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By: John Osborn
Dawn Dunbar's new office at Town Hall is easily twice the size of the one she occupied as Harvard's assistant town administrator. She is still settling in. On her desk sits a candy dish. On a shelf nearby, four large blue three-ring binders—their pages flagged with colored Post-it notes—hold the town charter, bylaws, and policies she wants within reach. “I like paper,” she said. “I like being able to reach for what I need.”
The crisis shown on HBO’s ‘The Pitt’ is all too real in VA hospitals The Seattle Times
Harvard's town charter has no way to remove an elected official who has lost the public's confidence. That gap, and several other issues, are before a nine-member review committee working toward proposed changes for Town Meeting in the spring of 2027.
By: John Osborn
The town must cap the former Harvard landfill, and the work will force the Department of Public Works headquarters and the Transfer Station off their current site, Town Administrator Dawn Dunbar told the Select Board Tuesday night.
By: Kristi Hobson Edmonston, John Osborn
Jeremy and Ruby Haag eagerly awaited the start of the annual Fourth of July parade in a shady spot by the blinking light of Harvard's “downtown” crossroads. Standing there among myriad spectators, Jeremy Haag paused for a moment when asked what he hoped the town's celebration would look like in 50 years, when the United States of America will celebrate its 300th birthday. In answering, he did not talk about fireworks, floats, or even candy.
By: John Osborn
This report was updated July 9 at 10 p.m.The House voted 148-2 Wednesday night, July 8, to pass the $425 million, 82-page Mass Wins economic...
By: John Osborn
The Massachusetts Senate was expected to vote Thursday evening on its version of Gov. Maura Healey's $425 million Mass Wins economic development bond bill, after declining to revive a proposal that would have bypassed Harvard, Ayer, and Shirley's control over Devens zoning decisions, and earmarking $5 million to redevelop Vicksburg Square, the boarded-up former Army barracks complex at Devens.
By: John Osborn
Senate earmarks $5 million for Vicksburg Square housing, rejects bid to bypass super town meeting
By: John Osborn
MassDevelopment on Wednesday presented preliminary findings from a long-awaited building conditions assessment of the Innovation and Technology Center (ITC) district, putting the cost to stabilize and remove hazardous materials from its most significant vacant structures at nearly $44 million.
MassDevelopment announced Thursday that Elite Home Builders, working with the neighborhood's original developer, NOW Communities, has closed on the financing needed to build a 46-unit apartment building at Emerson Green.
