The Town of Sudbury has a freshly-minted 15-year capital plan, and it was met with widespread praise from members of the Sudbury Select Board, Finance Committee, and Capital Improvement Advisory Committee on the evening of October 22. The positive sentiment alone is a fundamental shift in the way financial management has been discussed in…

During the October 22 meeting of the Sudbury Select Board, the board voted unanimously to call a Special Town Meeting on Monday, December 1, 2025. It will be held at Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School. The primary cause for the Special Town Meeting was for two Sudbury Public Schools school roof projects that have been…

Sudbury has a new addition to its business landscape. JPMorgan Chase has opened its first local branch at 525 Boston Post Road, marking the global bank’s official arrival in town. The new 3,000-square-foot branch features a bright, modern design with comfortable meeting areas and state-of-the-art banking technology. A dedicated Chase Private Client team will…

On October 21, the Sudbury Park and Recreation Commission voted unanimously to support a project application that has already been submitted to the Community Preservation Committee (CPC) by Assistant Town Manager Victor Garofalo, but it took some convincing and a lot of discussion. The project would add playground equipment to the SMILE playground…

A No Kings protest was held in Sudbury on Saturday October, 18. According to multiple estimates from attendees and organizers, between 700 and 800 people turned out to protest. Held from 1-2:30 along Route 20 at the intersection with Bay Drive (commonly known as the Whole Foods Plaza in Sudbury), the protest featured…

The Sudbury Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Commission has released its 2024–2025 Annual Report, highlighting a year of advocacy, collaboration, and renewed focus on the Town’s inclusion priorities. The commission presented to the Select Board on September 30. (35:00) The volunteer body, established in 2020, described its efforts to make Sudbury a place where…

During Sudbury's 2025 Annual Town Meeting, voters approved Article 28, which was a new local bylaw covering accessory dwelling units (ADUs). That came about in the wake of the Affordable Homes Act, which made ADUs allowable by right across the state in August of 2024. On October 14, the Massachusetts Attorney General, who is responsible…

The Community Preservation Committee (CPC) met on October 15 to compile questions about the big batch of applications they received for community preservation projects this cycle. Sudbury Weekly will be covering them in greater detail as the CPC conducts hearings and the projects are further refined in the coming months. For now, we're offering a…