On May 1, the League of Women Voters of Sudbury issued a press release outlining the non-partisan organization's positions on articles for Sudbury's Annual Town Meeting. According to the release:
"The League is in favor of Articles 33 and 34 creating a zoning bylaw to comply with the MBTA Communities Act. League members…
Four MA Municipal Water Employees Admit to Violations, Pay Fines
On Monday, April 29, the Massachusetts State Ethics Commission announced that four municipal water services employees admitted to violations of the Conflict of Interest Law and paid fines ranging from $6,000 to $18,000. They included Sudbury Water District Executive Director Vincent Roy, former Salem…
Draft Plan Raises Questions About Property Selections
The Sudbury Housing Trust met on Monday, April 29, to discuss a draft of Sudbury's Housing Production Plan (HPP). According to the Town website:
"An HPP in Massachusetts is a plan that helps municipalities better understand local housing needs and demand, development constraints and…
The Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School Building and Grounds department presented a high-level update on their work to the L-S School Committee on Tuesday. Kevin Rossley, the Director of Building and Grounds, walked them through the broad strokes of their efforts to maintain an environment that supports the academic and athletic activities at the school. …
A Q&A with Glenn Pransky, Rail Trail Expert
Glenn serves on Sudbury's Rail Trails Advisory Committee, and is a rail trail expert who has traveled extensively to explore rail trails from coast to coast.
1. Rail trail activity in Sudbury has never been higher in Sudbury. Can you give readers a sense of the…
On Thursday, the Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) met to discuss the Firearms Safety Business Use Zoning Bylaw proposed by the Select Board for Annual Town Meeting. The net result was a decision to take a position on the proposed bylaw amendment at Annual Town Meeting. The ZBA will not be supporting the bylaw amendment, but their…
The Town of Sudbury published a "Web edition" of the 2024 Annual Town Meeting Warrant to the Town website recently. Many residents have grown accustomed to the print edition that is physically mailed to each household, or the PDF version of the warrant which is usually the first version made available each spring. However, certain…
On Tuesday, April 16, the Sudbury Historical Commission discussed their warrant article which would authorize the Town to acquire the Section Tool House and the South Sudbury Train Station buildings from the MBTA. Both buildings are of significant preservation interest to the commission, and discussions to date have indicated the cost of the acquisitions could…
Get ready for a barrage of posts on social media asking why a helicopter is flying so low. The answer, of course, is that Sudbury is doing its routine mosquito spraying. The Health Department pre-announced the spraying on the Town website here. The spraying will occur between April 16 and 24, and is targeted at…
The Sudbury Public Schools (SPS) nurses issued a statement via the Massachusetts Nurses Association Facebook page on Friday, April 12:
Image: Massachusetts Nurses Association
SPS nurses have a separate contract from SPS teachers. The nurse's contract reached its term during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, and negotiations have not achieved an agreement since.…