Sudbury TV Gets Upgrades, Adds Channel

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…

ByKevin LaHaiseFebruary 14, 20240Comments

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Athletic Fields Needs Assessment To Move Forward Solo

On Tuesday February 6 the Park and Recreation Commission voted unanimously to support separation of the Athletic Fields Needs Assessment from the Open Space and Recreation Plan. The vote came at the request of Adam Burney, Sudbury's Director of Planning and Community Development. In separating the two planning projects, Burney felt the Fields Needs Assessment…

ByKevin LaHaiseFebruary 11, 20240Comments

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School Committee Stonewalls On After-School Care

On Monday the Sudbury Public Schools (SPS) School Committee discussed whether or not to welcome a parent group to a future committee meeting to review the results of a recent survey on after-school needs throughout the community. According to the parent group, Parents for Sudbury After School Solutions, they received over 300 responses to their survey…

ByKevin LaHaiseFebruary 10, 20240Comments

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Select Board Accepts Warrant Articles

On Tuesday the Select Board was tasked with accepting the warrant articles for the 2024 Annual Town Meeting, and accept them they did. (32:48) You can review the articles starting on page 18 here. There were no major surprises among the articles. But we did learn a bit more about projects and initiatives that have…

ByKevin LaHaiseFebruary 10, 20240Comments

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Thoughts in Return? A Q&A With The Sudbury DPW

The Sudbury Department of Public Works is responsible for an enormous amount of critical work and infrastructure in Sudbury. They were kind enough to take some time and answer a few questions about the initiatives they’re focused on right now, and others on the roadmap in the near future. The DPW has been publishing…

ByKevin LaHaiseFebruary 10, 20240Comments

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Victory Cigar Permanently Surrenders Tobacco Permit

Victory Cigar, a cigar bar and lounge at 615 Boston Post Road in Sudbury, failed to renew its tobacco permit and as a result the tobacco permit is deemed permanently surrendered according to Sudbury Health Director Vivian Zeng. Zeng reported to the Board of Health on February 5 that Victory Cigar failed to renew their…

ByKevin LaHaiseFebruary 6, 20240Comments

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Former Sudbury Resident Honored By Boston Celtics

Former Sudbury resident Joyce Duvall, founder of Christopher’s Haven, was honored as a “Hero Among Us” at the January 29 Boston Celtics game as part of a Cancer Awareness Night initiative. According to the announcement from the Boston Celtics: "Duvall founded the nonprofit, Christopher’s Haven in 2006. As thousands of families come to Boston…

ByKevin LaHaiseFebruary 3, 20240Comments

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School Committee Race Gets Crowded Ahead of Consequential Year for SPS

Six potential candidates have pulled papers for the Sudbury Public Schools (SPS) School Committee. Incumbent and current-Chair Silvia Nerssessian is joined by official candidate Karyn Jones, and potential candidates Danielle Stackpole, Jean Nam, Carla Curley, and Mary Stephens. If all potential candidates become official candidates, this will be one of the most contested elections in…

ByKevin LaHaiseJanuary 31, 20240Comments

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Water Rates to Increase

At the January 23 meeting of the Sudbury Water District Commissioner’s , the commissioners voted to approve a 4.3 percent rate increase. That will begin on the fourth quarter of the billing cycle, meaning it will take effect in June. The rate increase is consistent with, if not a little lower than, rate increases announced in other municipalities…

ByKevin LaHaiseJanuary 28, 20240Comments

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Firearms Business Bylaw Inches Towards Town Meeting Warrant

On Tuesday the Sudbury Select Board continued discussions around a firearm business bylaw that has been under development since the middle of 2023, but has undergone rapid development in the last two months. The bylaw itself would limit firearms businesses to two establishments operating in Sudbury at any given time, and they would be limited…

ByKevin LaHaiseJanuary 28, 20240Comments

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