On Tuesday the Sudbury Select Board voted to submit a letter of support to get the next phase of the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail on the Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) for the 2025-2029 cycle with the Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO).
The letter from the Select Board notes:
This project represents the…
1 -- Tell us about your business. How did you get started and how has the business grown and evolved since you got started?
Prior to owning my own business I spent almost a decade working for a local company as a technician. When the owner decided to retire I made an unsuccessful attempt to…
The Tuesday, February 27, meeting of the Sudbury Select Board featured a contentious debate about a public forum on the proposed Firearm Safety Business Zoning Bylaw, as well as draft articles about the proposed bylaw that will run in the Select Board’s quarterly newsletter.
The proposed bylaw would require firearms businesses to get a…
As has become tradition in Sudbury, the Sudbury Chamber of Commerce is accepting submissions for the theme of the 4th of July Parade. The Chamber's Parade Committee will choose a winning theme, and the person who submits it will be awarded a gift certificate to a local restaurant, and will receive recognition on the Chamber…
Can you tell us a bit about Neighbor Brigade? How did it get started and what work does it do?
Our late founder, Pam Washek along with her dear friend Jean Seiden started the Wayland Angels back in 2003. At that point it was an informal group of neighbors, run off of a spreadsheet,…
Sudbury’s new Fairbank Community Center has, in many ways, defied all the odds. It took roughly a decade of task forces and working groups to get to a proposal that voters supported. Then Covid hit.
But a global pandemic wasn’t all that the project had to overcome. Ensuing supply chain disruptions wreaked havoc on…
The Sudbury Health Department announced their hazardous waste collection day will be on Saturday, March 30. Registration is required and can be done on this page. The event will be held at the Department of Public Works building at 275 Old Lancaster Road.
The health department partnered with Sustainable Sudbury, and they will…
Monday February 12 was Capital Night in Sudbury. That’s when the Select Board, Finance Committee and Capital Improvement Advisory Committee get together to review capital articles and the Town Manager’s Capital Budget. The committee members tend to ask clarifying questions, vet the proposed projects/purchases, and try to assemble a broader picture of how the Town…
On Tuesday the Energy and Sustainability Committee met and reviewed a proposal for an LED lighting retrofit project across several town buildings. They tackled two issues. First, the incentives available from Eversource aren’t as lucrative as they have been historically. Second, the cost of the project came in above what they had previously approved.
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Sudbury TV, Sudbury's local television non-profit, today announced the addition of a fourth channel, as well as an upgraded on-demand service online. The new channel will feature major events such as Sudbury's Annual Town Meetings, concerts and sports. It will broadcast in high-definition on Comcast 1074 and Verizon 2130.
The complete channel lineup…