Even before the federal shutdown, Loaves & Fishes was experiencing a steady increase in the number of families needing food assistance—up 67% in the past two fiscal years. At the close of its fiscal ...

Every 10 years, the town of Harvard must take stock of how its government operates and functions, and the time to review is approaching. The Select Board has begun its process of forming a Charter ...

Rapant was the owner of a dog that had been declared dangerous at a Select Board hearing last August, after two people reported it had bitten them. At that time, the yellow Lab mix was taken to a ...

The Ellis family, from left, Thorin, Jamie, Enzo, and Matt pose as the characters from the movie “Cars.” Lions Club President ...

Costumed kids and their parents had already begun to arrive for Harvard’s annual celebration of Halloween Friday, Oct. 31, before the town bell struck 5 o’clock, and the crowds grew as darkness fell.

But, said Saltsman, because the average assessed value of a single-family parcel had increased by 5% —from $875,152 in fiscal 2025 to $918,796 in the current fiscal year—the tax bill for an average ...

In her front page story in this week’s paper, reporter Marty Green set out to examine the fallout from federal cuts to food benefits for needy families. What she found was a growing calamity for ...

With the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association state divisional championships a week away, Bromfield’s varsity runners traveled to Wrentham on Nov. 1 to compete in the Frank Mooney Small ...

More than 100 runners laced up their shoes for the Harvard Conservation Trust’s annual “Run for the Hills.” The fundraising event was held in the Community Harvest Orchard o ...

The Massachusetts School Building Authority voted this week to approve Harvard’s application for a grant to pay nearly half the cost of a new heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system for the ...

Depot Road residents are breathing easier this week, now that they have been assured they will not be charged betterment fees for the new line connecting Harvard’s municipal water supply to the Devens ...

The stand is open Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Choose-and-cut Christmas tree sales start the Friday after Thanksgiving, Nov. 28, and end when the trees are sold out (usually very ...