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The concept of a regional emergency communication center that would include a Reverse 911 system that will allow residents to be electronically warned of trouble has come to town.

The Harvard Friends of the Arts presents "Irving Berlin: The Voice of Everyman," featuring vocalists Bobbi Carrey and Will McMillan with Doug Hammer on piano.

The election may be a year away, but the three candidates vying for Gov. Deval Patrick's job met in Westborough Thursday morning to pitch how they would reform government.

When UMass Medical School at Worcester was first proposed as part of the state's public college system, critics contended it would never succeed against the likes of Tufts, Harvard and other private institutions offering a high quality, high cost medical education.

What if Harvard keeps bungling its financial investments? The outcome is all too clear.

HARVARD/BOSTON -- Word spread quickly that, after three years of waiting, Ethics Commission hearings into Harvard School Superintendent Thomas Jefferson and former School Committeeman Paul Wormser will be open to the public when they commence Thursday and continue as needed into Friday.

Ted Sizer, 12th headmaster of Phillips Academy, died on Oct. 21 of cancer at his home in Harvard, Mass.

Participation in one of the area's biggest Thanksgiving Day events, the Feaster Five Road Race, just got easier.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 6, 2009 Contact: David Giannotti, Communications Division Chief 617-371-9505 Ethics Commission's Enforcement Division Alleges that Town of Harvard School Superintendent and a Former School Committee Chairman Violated the Conflict of Interest Law Allegedly Used Official Positions to Secure Reimbursement of Private ...

School teachers and administrators were on hand to greet parents who took advantage of an open house at the proposed new home for the Harvard public school's Integrated Pre-K program.

It's a task so unwieldy that the Joint Boards of Selectmen for Ayer, Harvard and Shirley decided to outsource the job to the Montachusett Regional Planning Commission .

Cape Cod Home Helpers Specializing in providing the best in home health care solutions for seniors and those recuperating from recent illness or injury in Barnstable County, MA.

Inanna Arthen, a Pepperell resident of 20 years, started By Light Unseen Media, a publishing company dedicated to vampire-themed fiction and nonfiction, in 1996 after leaving her 10-year career as a certified domestic-violence counselor at a battered women's shelter.

On a recent Sunday afternoon, the last of the fall tours organized by the Shirley Historical Society took place on the grounds of the Massachusetts Correctional Institution.

Cambridge police issued a safety warning to Harvard students, following a brutal attack near the Ivy League campus Tuesday night.

A resident's petition seeking to dilute selectmen's power to appoint members to the Finance Committee was defeated 46-19 during last night's Town Meeting.

She has been called the bravest woman in Afghanistan. She was kicked out of the country's Parliament for criticizing it.

Excited birders with spotting scopes and cameras in tow gathered at Orange Airport this week to catch a glimpse of a bird rarely seen in this area.

"Holding a public office is a public trust," said state Rep. Robert Hargraves, "and I trust her.

The man born Kevin Moore - an unbelievable 58 years ago - will serve up his Grammy-winning take on the blues, which includes sprinklings of roots rock, jazz, country, pop, Cajun, and folk thrown in to spice things up.