Thanks to a grant from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, many patients who were accustomed to receiving care from the now-closed Nashoba Valley Medical Center will have access to a free shuttle to Emerson Hospital.

With a new year approaching, the Park and Recreation Commission faced the need for someone to carry out the duties of harbormaster while the longtime incumbent, Bob O’Shea, remains ill.

This week the Nashoba Valley working group convened by Gov. Maura Healey in October blessed the creation of a nine-member subcommittee whose job is to determine the services a reconstituted ER would need to provide and to find a means to pay for them. 

Fire Chief Rick Sicard came before the Capital Planning and Investment Committee at its Nov. 20 meeting in the hope the committee would get the ball rolling on a new fire station. But the project is proving to be a conundrum. 

The nearly $2 million the town received in American Rescue Plan Act funds in 2021 has now either been spent or committed to projects. 

Citing a districtwide need for a curriculum that will better support students with disabilities and special education needs, the Harvard schools will implement a new literacy program at the start of the 2025-2026 academic year.

Mandy Ostaszewski, finance and nutrition support specialist for the Harvard Public Schools, was promoted to school business administrator by unanimous vote of the School Committee.

Gov. Maura Healey and Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll announced Nov. 22 that Navjeet Bal has been appointed president and CEO of MassDevelopment, the state’s primary economic development agency.