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Select Board approves encroachment agreements, supports housing choice designation

Harvard Select Board unanimously approves Ayer Road encroachment agreements and housing choice designation. The board confronted a $396,754 FY27 budget deficit after cost-cutting on both school and municipal sides, with health insurance costs rising 6.65 percent as the most volatile line item. Town

Council on Aging addresses membership transition, affirms finances.

Harvard Council on Aging affirms finances and names recruitment deadline. The board unanimously accepted the Treasurer's Report on a "fairly healthy" fund balance and approved prior minutes. Chair Margaret Murphy noted potential impacts from town funding adjustments and signaled consideration of

Harvard climate panel defers January minutes, advances outreach agenda.

Harvard Climate Initiative Committee schedules spring events and reviews federal climate rollbacks. Chair Ellen Sachs Leicher reported that the committee will release its greenhouse gas inventory despite recent EPA rule reversals, noting Massachusetts' continued decarbonization focus. Upcoming

Capital Planning committee approves $22,000 for fire engine tank modifications.

Harvard Capital Planning and Investment Committee approves $22,000 for Fire Engine #2 tank modifications. Chair SusanMary Redinger, voting members Charles Oliver and Abby Besse approved the expenditure unanimously, citing safety justification for converting the engine's fire retardant tanks to

Commission reviews PFAS contamination, betterment policies at landfill meeting

Harvard Water & Sewer Commission reviews PFAS findings near landfill, no regulatory exceedances recorded. Licensed Site Professional Robert Berger of Capital Environmental reported that 11 of 22 sampled homes show detectable PFAS compounds, with no homes exceeding the MassDEP regulatory limit of 20