On Tuesday, March 13 the Sudbury Select Board voted 3-2 to recommend approval of the Firearm Business Safety Use Zoning Bylaw to Town Meeting in May. The vote was split along the same lines as prior votes, with Members Russo, Roberts and Carty in support, and Chair Dretler and Vice Chair Kouchakdjian opposed.
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The “parental rights'' movement is widespread across the country. Some credit a group called Moms for Liberty in Florida for starting the movement a few years ago, primarily in reaction to Covid-19 measures related to remote learning, mask-mandates and vaccination requirements. But the concept of parental rights in public education has long been used by…
The Lincoln-Sudbury class of 1974 is planning a 50th reunion for later this year. For full details, and registration information, please go here. If you're interested in learning what exactly it was like at L-S during one of the more unique eras in American history, you should read on. The organizers of the reunion were…
On Tuesday the Sudbury Select Board voted to submit a letter of support to get the next phase of the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail on the Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) for the 2025-2029 cycle with the Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO).
The letter from the Select Board notes:
This project represents the…
1 -- Tell us about your business. How did you get started and how has the business grown and evolved since you got started?
Prior to owning my own business I spent almost a decade working for a local company as a technician. When the owner decided to retire I made an unsuccessful attempt to…
The Tuesday, February 27, meeting of the Sudbury Select Board featured a contentious debate about a public forum on the proposed Firearm Safety Business Zoning Bylaw, as well as draft articles about the proposed bylaw that will run in the Select Board’s quarterly newsletter.
The proposed bylaw would require firearms businesses to get a…
As has become tradition in Sudbury, the Sudbury Chamber of Commerce is accepting submissions for the theme of the 4th of July Parade. The Chamber's Parade Committee will choose a winning theme, and the person who submits it will be awarded a gift certificate to a local restaurant, and will receive recognition on the Chamber…
Can you tell us a bit about Neighbor Brigade? How did it get started and what work does it do?
Our late founder, Pam Washek along with her dear friend Jean Seiden started the Wayland Angels back in 2003. At that point it was an informal group of neighbors, run off of a spreadsheet,…
Sudbury’s new Fairbank Community Center has, in many ways, defied all the odds. It took roughly a decade of task forces and working groups to get to a proposal that voters supported. Then Covid hit.
But a global pandemic wasn’t all that the project had to overcome. Ensuing supply chain disruptions wreaked havoc on…
The Sudbury Health Department announced their hazardous waste collection day will be on Saturday, March 30. Registration is required and can be done on this page. The event will be held at the Department of Public Works building at 275 Old Lancaster Road.
The health department partnered with Sustainable Sudbury, and they will…