Three local school buildings are in the planning process for roof repairs or replacements. School roofs are major capital projects. They often cost millions of dollars, and each step of the process needs to be carefully timed to avoid, or minimize, disruptions during the school year. Here's what Sudbury is looking at in the next…

The Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School Committee discussed the Boston Magazine high school rankings during their meeting on Wednesday evening. Sudbury Weekly questioned the accuracy of the data used by Boston Magazine in our first story about the rankings. This week, the superintendent of Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School confirmed that the data Boston Magazine used was flat-out wrong.…

During the Wednesday, November 6 meeting the of the Sudbury Select Board, the board discussed submitting a letter of opposition to a proposed “hostile” 40B housing development in Maynard, right on the border of Sudbury. In the end the board was unanimous in opposition. Members discussed concerns ranging from environmental impacts, siting concerns because portions…

The Mass Central Rail Trail (MCRT) is soon to be under construction in Sudbury according to comments from a Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) representative. During the November 6 meeting of Sudbury's Rail Trail Advisory Committee, DCR’s Amber Christofferson informed the committee that they will be putting the project out to bid…

The October 21 meeting of the Sudbury Public Schools (SPS) School Committee featured a peculiar discussion about future agenda item requests. Where they netted out was equal parts farcical and ominous. A future agenda item is a request from a member of a committee to put a topic on an upcoming meeting agenda for…

Is the third try the charm in Sudbury's effort to enact zoning rules for firearms businesses? The Sudbury Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) held a public input session on Monday, October 21 at the Goodnow Library. The session was conducted in a hybrid setup, with public joining in-person and remotely via Zoom. To…