At the Tuesday, March 25 meeting of the Sudbury Select Board, the board voted 4-0 to send a letter of of support to finish the Mass Central Rail Trail to the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation. (Page 20) Select Board Vice Chair, Dan Carty, recused from the conversation as an abutter to the…

Cost center budget guidance does not seem all that complicated at first blush. It's the percent increase or decrease a Town cost center gets for its operating budget from one fiscal year to the next. Sudbury boards typically talk about the three major cost centers: the Town of Sudbury, Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School (LSRHS), and…

Sudbury Public Schools School Committee After their joint meeting with the Select Board, in which they appointed Jessica McCready to the school committee, the school committee carried on with their own meeting. Much of their agenda was procedural and housekeeping-related. From the Department of “You Can’t Make This Stuff Up”: After discussing their annual committee self-assessment, the…

On Monday, March 17, the Sudbury Select Board and the Sudbury Public Schools (SPS) School Committee interviewed 5 applicants for appointment to a vacant seat on the SPS School Committee. They ultimately voted to appoint Jessica McCready to fill the vacancy. The vacancy was the result of school committee member Mary Stephens resigning earlier this…

Sudbury Select Board Chair Jennifer Roberts provided an update on the appointment process to fill a vacancy on the Sudbury Public Schools (SPS) School Committee during the Tuesday, March 11 meeting of the Select Board. The Select Board voted to proceed with the appointment process on February 25 (1:47:00). A week later, on…

At the conclusion of the March 4 meeting of the Goodnow Library Trustees, the director of the library, Esme Green, informed the Trustees that she had accepted a position in Andover. Green told the Trustees “So this is my last meeting, because I got a new job.” She went on to add “It feels…

The Sudbury Public Schools (SPS) School Committee met on March 3, and discussed two Open Meeting Law (OML) complaints against the committee, as well as the appointment process for a vacancy created by Mary Stephens’ resignation from the committee earlier this year. Open Meeting Law Complaints The first OML complaint was filed by the…

In the early hours of Wednesday, March 5, 2025, the Sudbury Fire Department responded to an alert from a fire suppression system at the Lotus Blossom restaurant, located at 394 Boston Post Road (Route 20). According to a press release, the alert came in at approximately 12:47 a.m. Upon arrival, crews reportedly observed smoke…

The February 25 meeting of the Lincoln-Sudbury Regional School Committee opened with a brief and unexpected performance of what sounded like “Question” by The Moody Blues. After a good laugh, the members got down to business. (1:25) After scheduled presentations, they discussed the regional agreement between the Towns of Lincoln and Sudbury that governs…