Opposition Mounts Against Parkinson Field Driveway Project

The Community Preservation Committee (CPC) recently voted to support a project that would study and design an improved, wider driveway for Parkinson Field, as it is currently one lane in and out. Once it had their support, they submitted an article for the warrant for Annual Town Meeting. Projects that apply to the CPC…

ByKevin LaHaiseMarch 23, 20240Comments

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Sudbury Announces Massive Earth Day Event

The Town of Sudbury announced a sprawling Earth Day event that is slated for April 20. The event will be held throughout Sudbury’s historic town center with participation from an exhaustive list of community organizations, nonprofits, local businesses and Town departments. Here’s the flyer that was published by the Town: There will be demonstrations, activities, a…

ByKevin LaHaiseMarch 23, 20240Comments

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Dude, Where’s My Drive-Through?

This Is Why You Won’t Find Fast Food In Sudbury Sudbury residents have grown accustomed to driving elsewhere for drive-in food. But many wonder why they can’t find anything of the sort in Sudbury. Yet others wonder why there are drive-throughs for some businesses, like banks and pharmacies, but not others like fast-food restaurants. On…

ByKevin LaHaiseMarch 16, 20240Comments

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FinCom Discussion Brings Clarity to MBTA Communities Compliance

The MBTA Communities legislation, or “Section 3A”, became law in 2021. It “requires that an MBTA community shall have at least one zoning district of reasonable size in which multi-family housing is permitted as of right and meets other criteria set forth in the statute…” More information here. In other words: it requires 177 towns…

ByKevin LaHaiseMarch 16, 20240Comments

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Select Board Votes to Support Firearm Business Bylaw

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. …

ByKevin LaHaiseMarch 13, 20240Comments

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“Parental Rights” Movement Surfaces In School Committee Race

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…

ByKevin LaHaiseMarch 9, 20240Comments

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Thoughts in Return? A Q&A with LSRHS Class of 1974’s 50th Reunion Organizers

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…

ByKevin LaHaiseMarch 7, 20240Comments

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Next Phase of Rail Trail Could Happen Fast

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…

ByKevin LaHaiseMarch 3, 20240Comments

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Thoughts In Return? A Q&A With Fairbank Septic Pumping

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…

ByKevin LaHaiseMarch 2, 20240Comments

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Firearms Business Bylaw Discussions Get More Contentious, More Complicated

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…

ByKevin LaHaiseMarch 2, 20240Comments

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