The Finance Committee got a preview of the Fiscal Year 2026 operating and capital budgets at the January 13 meeting. The discussion was broad, with an occasional deep dive into a technical topic. Members questioned if the Town was making sufficient progress towards compliance with the financial policies adopted by the Select Board in recent…

The SMILE playground at Haskell Field will be closed this week for tree removal work that is part of a long-delayed project to make improvements to the playground and repair the play surface. The Park and Recreation Department announced the closure on their website. The Park and Recreation Commission emphasized in their January…

The Atkinson Pool was closed last week and remains closed until "further notice" according to the Sudbury Park and Recreation Department. Multiple Town departments are working to resolve the situation, according to Health Director Vivian Zeng. Amid community concerns about the safety of the indoor pool, Sudbury Weekly reached out to the Sudbury…

Town Manager Andy Sheehan announced on Tuesday, January 14 that Assistant Fire Chief Timothy Choate will be promoted to serve as Sudbury's next Fire Chief. Choate will take the reins of the department from Chief John Whalen upon his retirement. Choate has served in the Sudbury Fire Department for over 30 years, and…

One of Sudbury's two school districts has come to terms with its teachers' union for a new contract. On January 7, the Lincoln-Sudbury School Committee announced the results of their negotiations. Member Kevin Matthews provided an overview of the changes to the contract terms and compensation schedule. Educators at Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School…

The Historic Districts Commission has a clear mission to "preserve and protect buildings, places and other areas of historic or architectural significance." As clear as that mission is, some applications are more complicated than others. That was the case in their January 9 meeting, as they deliberated on a proposed fence at the…

On Monday, January 6, the Sudbury Public Schools School Committee spent approximately an hour discussing whether or not to conduct hybrid meetings rather than their current practice of alternating between in-person meetings with a Zoom livestream, and fully remote meetings on Zoom. (2:16:30) They also discussed whether or not to allow members of the…

[CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story stated that chlorine levels were out of range in the Atkinson Pool. That was incorrect. The chloramine levels are out of range, which is a result of a chemical reaction between the chlorine and other substances in the water.] The Atkinson Pool was shut down this week…