Article 34 at Sudbury’s Annual Town meeting calls for additional funding for a renovation and repair of the Atkinson Pool. The initial draft of the article had a placeholder number of $429,000. That would be added to the prior budget of $2,350,000. (Other articles in recent years have been approved for different components of the…

This fiscal year Sudbury Town Manager Andy Sheehan has been tasked with negotiating union contracts while the financial forecast for the Town shows difficult years ahead. Yet he has steadily settled contracts without drama. As previously reported, Sheehan has reached agreements with the Supervisory Association, the DPW Union, Sudbury Police Sergeants and Sudbury Police Lieutenants. …

Sudbury’s portion of the Mass Central Rail Trail (MCRT) will be paved in the coming months, and grading work appears to be moving along swiftly. But one of the more unique features of the trail is already taking shape. The intersection of the MCRT and the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail in Sudbury is often…

Article 54 at Sudbury’s Annual Town Meeting is a citizen petition to cut the Community Preservation Act surcharge from 3% to 1.5%. The petitioner presented to the Finance Committee in April, after which the committee voted not to support approval of the article. Since then, a number of committees have voted to oppose the article. None of…

The Sudbury Water District's annual election is on Tuesday, May 20, and this year it features a contested race for a commissioner seat. Robert Sheldon is running for re-election, and he is being challenged by Robert Crane. SWD-2025-Specimen-BallotDownload There are three other races on the ballot. Craig Blake is running unopposed for re-election…

The April 14 meeting of the Sudbury Public Schools (SPS) School Committee featured an exhaustive presentation on academic benchmarking. The presentation focused on social and emotional learning, mathematics, and English language arts. The actionable portion was mathematics. The administration proposed a change to the grade seven math curriculum following the benchmarking presentation. Grade seven at Ephraim…

The Sudbury Community Preservation Committee (CPC) is tasked with administering Sudbury's Community Preservation Act (CPA) program. Their work includes an obligation to "Study the needs, possibilities, and resources of the Town regarding community preservation." On April 16, the committee held a public hearing to get input on potential future projects. First, the Town…

[Feature Image: Town of Sudbury - Park and Recreation Commission] The Monday, April 14 meeting of the Park and Recreation Commission was not a typical meeting for the commission. By the end of the evening, a commissioner had successfully advocated for the Finance Committee to reverse its vote on Article 44, residents had provided…