Joan Eliyesil is a journalist for The Harvard Press, focusing on local news and events in the town of Harvard, Massachusetts. With a keen interest in community issues and developments, Joan covers a wide range of topics including town infrastructure, public services, and local government decisions.
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By: Joan Eliyesil
A standing-room-only crowd of 126 voters made short work of approving the extra $2.3 million to cover the April bids for the project to connect the town's water supply to Devens at Special Town Meeting May 14, held at Town Hall. The vote for Article 1, the lone article on the warrant, was nearly unanimous.
On Saturday, June 1, at 7:30 p.m., the walls of the old library at 7 Fairbank Street will reverberate with Irish music courtesy of Fódhla, a fiddle, flute, and guitar trio from the Portland and Boston areas.
By: Joan Eliyesil
After two rounds of no responses to a request for proposals to lease land from the town for construction of a cell tower on land just west of Hildreth House, five bidders responded to the town's latest request. The Select Board voted unanimously at its May 7 meeting to move forward with the most financially advantageous proposal, that of Wireless EDGE of Rhinebeck, New York.
By: Joan Eliyesil
Both Town Administrator Tim Bragan and Assistant Town Administrator Marie Sobalvarro are scheduled to end their employment with the town June 30. Bragan is retiring and Sobalvarro is leaving for a job as Bolton's town administrator. While a search for both positions is underway, neither is likely to be filled by July 1.
By: Joan Eliyesil
As each of the 351 towns in Massachusetts try to figure out how to spend their share of the state's $946 million in opioid settlement funds, Harvard's Board of Health is proposing that it take a leadership role in this town's spending recommendations. At the June 4 Select Board meeting, Board of Health Chair Sharon McCarthy proposed the creation of a working group to advise the board on the use of the $620,576 the town will receive as its share of the opioid settlements.
By: Joan Eliyesil
Longtime Harvard resident Sharon McCarthy, who currently chairs the Board of Health and has served on multiple town boards and committees over the years, will move to Woods Hole in a few weeks. McCarthy's term expires June 30, and the board has recommended the appointment of Brad Holub as its third member starting July 1.
By: Joan Eliyesil
When, in early 2023, the state published the total amounts that each of the 351 towns in Massachusetts would receive from seven opioid settlements, the numbers for Harvard, as compared with its neighbors, practically jumped off the page.
By: Joan Eliyesil
In 1984, when Harvard closed its old landfill on Depot Road and built a new Transfer Station, there were no state regulations to cap or otherwise officially close landfills in Massachusetts. But the state Department of Environmental Protection is now requiring Harvard to officially close the old landfill, and the first step is to determine its boundaries.
By: Joan Eliyesil
The cell tower to be built by Wireless Edge on town-owned land behind Hildreth House just got taller. Initially discussed as a 135-foot tower, the terms of the lease approved by the Select Board at its July 2 meeting are for a 150-foot tower and an additional 6 feet of antennas. Town Administrator Tim Bragan said the additional height was needed for the antennas, which will improve public safety radio reception.
By: Joan Eliyesil
About half the town's remaining American Rescue Plan Act funds will be used to pay for police details for the Devens water connection project and a peer review of the Conservation Commission's plans for the Ayer Road reconstruction project. At its July 2 meeting, the Select Board voted to commit $105,600 of ARPA money to those two items.
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