Yet this week’s unanimous vote by the Select Board to raise Transfer Station sticker and bag prices deserves more than the usual grumbling. In this case, officials faced unwelcome facts and acted ...

MassDevelopment’s newly appointed Executive Vice President of Devens Operations Michael Sweeney made his first appearance before the Devens Committee at its April 1 meeting, joining its five members ...

In the past week, the ambulance responded to 12 calls and transported nine patients to the hospital, six with out-of-town ALS Paramedical services on board. The ambulance responded to four motor ...

The week of June 21 will see the ninth year that Fivesparks has sponsored the Chamber Music Festival in Harvard, and this year a new addition will be a cello seminar, with up to eight young cellists.

Harvard residents will pay more for Transfer Station access and town trash bags starting this month, after the Select Board concluded that current fees do not fully cover the cost of operating the ...

Earlier in March, when the pond was still iced over, three wood ducks flew around the farm and circled over the frozen pond. Two days later, with the ice starting to disappear, a pair of mallards ...

The recent outbreaks of measles are the largest in this country since 2000, when the disease was declared eliminated in the United States, according to a January 2026 article by Dr. Robert H.

In the past week, police made 75 motor vehicle stops, 28 resulting in verbal warnings and 42 in written warnings or citations. Officers also responded to one disabled motor vehicle and one false ...

In an era of movies on television and videos on cellphones, seeing a live theater performance is an exciting reminder of how ...

The last day to register to vote in the May 2 Annual Town Meeting and the May 5 Town Election is Wednesday, April 22. The last day to request a vote-by-mail ballot is Tuesday, April 28. For more ...

Last month, Harvard received two substantial grants from the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER). Together, the grants total more than a third of a million dollars. The goal of both ...