Park and Rec Backs SMILE Playground Application to CPC

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…

ByKevin LaHaiseOctober 22, 20250Comments

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Atkinson Pool On Track For On-Budget, On-Time Completion

The Atkinson Pool renovation is on pace and on budget according to a report form Sudbury's Assistant Town Manager and Finance Director, Victor Garofalo. During the October 20 meeting of the Finance Committee, Garofalo told members that tile work is almost entirely complete, new filters are in, and skimmer work should be completed…

ByKevin LaHaiseOctober 21, 20250Comments

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Nearly 800 Participants Estimated At Sudbury No Kings Protest

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…

ByKevin LaHaiseOctober 19, 20250Comments

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Sudbury DEI Commission Finds Footing, Charts Course For Year Ahead

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…

ByKevin LaHaiseOctober 19, 20250Comments

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Sudbury’s ADU Bylaw Gets Partial Approval From AG

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…

ByKevin LaHaiseOctober 18, 20250Comments

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CPC Applications Revealed

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…

ByKevin LaHaiseOctober 17, 20250Comments

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Sell High or Build Affordable Housing? The State’s Dilemma Over Sudbury Crime Lab Property

The Healey-Driscoll administration may soon find itself balancing competing priorities in Sudbury. Following the announcement of the new crime lab being built in Marlborough, Sudbury residents learned that the Sudbury lab would be closed, and the jobs relocated. But the administration has said nothing about what it will do with the property once the operation…

ByKevin LaHaiseOctober 17, 20250Comments

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Fontes Steps Down, Mayyasi Takes Over As Goodnow Library Chair

The October 7 meeting of the Goodnow Library Trustees was routine by all accounts, with the exception of one agenda item titled "Announcement from Chair (Vote)." That created some intrigue before the meeting, if for no reason other than the requirements of the Open Meeting Law for agenda items to be "sufficiently specific to advise…

ByKevin LaHaiseOctober 15, 20250Comments

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Sudbury Author Leta Serafim Releases Fifth Greek Islands Mystery Novel

Writer returns with “The Nameless Dead,” explores murder and migration amid the beauty and complexity of the Aegean — and teaches local creative writing this fall Sudbury author Leta Serafim has once again brought the intrigue of the Greek islands to readers around the world with the release of her latest mystery novel, "The Nameless…

ByKevin LaHaiseOctober 15, 20250Comments

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Gloomy Report Explores Fiscal Pressures on Cities and Towns

The Massachusetts Municipal Association (MMA) has issued a report titled "A Perfect Storm: Cities and Towns Face Historic Fiscal Pressures." The report identifies key funding challenges facing Massachusetts municipalities, many of which have been escalating over the last 20-plus years. The MMA highlights that: "While state government spending has, when adjusted for…

ByKevin LaHaiseOctober 15, 20250Comments

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