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Rowing team scores at both Lake Q and Head of the Q
In James Bond books and movies, Q is the character that comes up with all manner of gadgets. The Bromfield Acton-Boxborough ...
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State opens grant program for towns that have enacted multifamily zoning
The Healey-Driscoll administration has opened a $15 million grant program for communities that are certified as compliant with the MBTA Communities Act, and Harvard is eligible. Communities can use ...
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Columbus Day
Another year has come and gone without the Massachusetts Legislature passing a bill declaring the second Monday in October Indigenous Peoples Day. Harvard is one of 28 towns or cities in the state ...
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A restroom in an unoccupied water pump station? Yes, says the state
The Water Commission is struggling to find the cheapest way to provide a state-required restroom in the small pump station that will be built as part of the Devens water connection project. The ...
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Food Whisperer: Logan’s Table enlivens Leominster dining scene with Neapolitan pizza, creative entrees
It had been a day. So we were looking forward to a night out with friends who had suggested Logan’s Table in Leominster.
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Harvard Lanes grand reopening: Candlepin bowling shines in refurbished venue
After a soft launch in April and months spent renovating, rejuvenating, and reinventing the bowling alley on Ayer Road, ...
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Remaining ARPA funds to be spent on DPW truck, Ayer Road project, tech upgrades
With a Dec. 31 deadline looming for towns and cities to obligate the American Rescue Plan Act funds they received in 2021, the Select Board voted unanimously at its Oct. 15 meeting to approve using ...
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From ragtime to opera to boogie-woogie, ‘Presidential Pops’ celebrates presidents past
With a reprise of its 2016 musical, “Presidential Pops,” the Harvard Historical Society celebrates a presidential election ...
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In-person, early election voting begins Saturday
Some Harvard residents may cringe at the thought of crowds and lines, so the office of the town clerk is inviting those folks (along with other early birds) to cast their votes for the 2024 general ...
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Tapestry weaving: ‘The yarn is always in your hands’
The exhibit currently at Fivesparks, “Over and Under Through the Warp: The Art of Tapestry,” features the work of Tapestry ...
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Personnel Board sets smaller COLA for nonunion employees, but increases merit pay
With inflation gradually declining, the Personnel Board voted unanimously last week to recommend a cost-of-living increase of 3.19% for the town’s nonunion employees in fiscal 2026. That is the lowest ...
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Algae bloom subsides at Bare Hill Pond; swim advisory lifted
The algae bloom that began in late August is officially over, according to the results of the Board of Health’s water samples collected Sept. 26 and Oct. 1. Swimming is once again safe in Bare Hill ...