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Harvard’s General Store building changes hands: Longtime residents step up to preserve landmark

The building that’s home to the General Store has new owners. They are Matt Marolda and Betsy Starr, longtime residents of ...
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The Taylor School Annex: Montessori comes to Harvard

The Montessori method is an educational approach developed by Italian physician and educator, Maria Montessori, in the early ...
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MassDEP says old landfill contaminated private wells with PFAS, town must remediate

Last year, MassDEP told the town it needed to officially close the old landfill, a step that didn’t exist when the town stopped using it more than 40 years ago. Part of the closing process includes ...
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Thank you, Lyn and Adam

It’s heartening to know that the new owners are committed to the General Store, which has become such a hub of community life ...
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Boys and girls sweep Quabbin and Lunenburg in second league meet of cross-country season

The girls and boys cross-country teams outpaced Quabbin Regional and Lunenburg runners in a three-school league meet hosted ...
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Harvard finds new volunteers for key boards and commissions

Select Board approved Nancy Hartshorne for the Harvard Climate Initiative Committee, which had a vacant associate seat running through 2026. With years of experience in community groups in neighboring ...
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A glossary of municipal lingo

Form-based code: A land development regulation, or bylaw, that is meant to be less confusing and less wordy than the traditional bylaw used in most Massachusetts communities. In addition to written ...
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An inch wide but a mile deep: Getting to know the Parker Charter School

The Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School in Devens opened its doors for the 30th year on Wednesday, Aug. 27, boasting a ...
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Fitzgibbons is soccer Rookie of the Week

Bromfield graduate and Bentley University freshman Tilly Fitzgibbons was named as the Northeast 10 Conference Women’s Soccer Rookie of the Week for play during her first NCAA ga ...
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Lions Club Fall Fest entertains a multigenerational crowd with food, a raffle, beer, music, and games

Left: Kindergartner Todd Gillett enjoys a chocolate-covered apple decorated with gummy worms. Right: Lions Club member Chris Landry serves as a walking billboard for the raffle. First-graders, from ...
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In its seventh year, Devens framework committee perseveres despite MassDevelopment snubs

For the third time in as many years, MassDevelopment, the state agency responsible for the commercial and residential development and municipal operations of Devens, has seemingly rejected a request ...
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At a Farmstand Near You: September 26, 2025 9/26/2025

At the self-service farmstand (and adjacent shed) this week: raspberries, pears, tomatoes, zucchini, tomatillos, Russian and Italian Lacinato kale, spinach, pattypan, crookneck, and delicata squash, ...