The SMILE playground at Sudbury's Haskell Field is officially under renovation as of October 6. The project, which was previously delayed due to material availability, includes added play equipment to the playground, new poured-in-place surfacing, and a comprehensive renovation to the bathrooms. The bathroom renovation closure began before the playground work, and the playground portion…

The Park and Recreation Commission reviewed schematic designs of a potential Davis Field project during their September 30 meeting. The concept is to add a paved parking lot, bathrooms, up to three fields with drainage and irrigation, and an accessible walkway, along with a handful of possible other amenities. The impetus for the project is…

The Community Preservation Act (CPA) allows Sudbury residents, town boards, and community organizations to propose projects for funding across open space and recreation, historic preservation, and community housing. The Community Preservation Committee reviews applications and makes recommendations for which projects should proceed to Town Meeting. Their process heats up this time of year, as they…

After lengthy and respectful deliberation in their September 30 meeting, the Sudbury Park and Recreation Commission (PRC) voted 1 in favor and 4 opposed to supporting changes to the Community Preservation Act (CPA) legislation that would allow towns to use the funds for municipal sidewalks. The matter came up at the request of the…

During a September 28 Sudbury Public Schools (SPS) School Committee meeting that was rife with committee tension regarding topics spanning everything from goal setting to a superintendent search, one exchange stood out. Acting Director of Business and Human Resources Buck Creel informed the committee that he had virtually zero access to any budget documents,…

Sudbury's Budget Working Group met last week to review the latest modeling of the Fiscal Year 2028 (FY28) budget, and discuss the overall approach to close the forecasted deficit. (For information from the earlier meetings, read THIS.) While the meeting was largely uneventful, there were two key takeaways. The first was potentially big news,…

The Massachusetts Department of Revenue officially certified Sudbury’s free cash today, at a robust $9,985,147. The certification was made available on the Division of Local Services (DLS) website. FreeCashCertification (6)Download According to DLS "free cash" is “the remaining, unrestricted funds from operations of the previous fiscal year, including unexpended free cash from the…