Nearly one quarter of voters in the March 31 Annual Town Election voted using a mail ballot. Of the 2,411 total ballots cast and counted, 555 (23%) were mail ballots. Twelve additional mail ballots were not counted because they were received after the deadline of 8 p.m. on Election Day.  You can check the status of your…

When he retires as Sudbury fire chief Feb. 3, John Whalen reckons he has been to every major fire in Sudbury in over 40 years, responding as a member of the Lincoln department before he became Sudbury assistant chief in 2010.   The 1999 fire that destroyed Mill Village is his most vivid memory, as…

Updated Nov. 6, 2024, 7:20 p.m. While Donald Trump won the Presidential race Tuesday, Massachusetts voters picked Kamala Harris 61.6% to Trump’s 36.2% in the state, and Sudbury voters were even more in favor of Harris, 73.4% to Trump’s 22.3% in the town. In the contested race for Sudbury State Representative, Democratic incumbent…

Barbara Fisher of Sudbury has been named chair of the board of directors of Open Table, a Maynard-based organization that offers healthy and culturally-appropriate foods through a food pantry and a prepared meals program. In addition, newly-elected to the Open Table board are Sudbury residents Jill Bradford and Megan Chambers. Fisher discusses the Open Table…

In Monday’s annual town election, Daniel Carty and Janie Dretler were re-elected to the Select Board in a contested race for the two seats. Mary Stephens and Karyn Jones were elected for the first time to the Sudbury School Committee (SPS, grades preK-8) in the other contested race. There were 3,322 votes cast,…

The Sudbury Water District has taken a “proactive approach” dealing with PFAS chemicals, budgeting about $10 million to install carbon filter systems at its Raymond Road and East Street water treatment facilities, Vincent J. Roy, executive director, noted at a public forum on PFAS contamination in Sudbury. Other speakers at the forum discussed pending legislation…

Bucking both national and state outcomes, Nikki Haley beat Donald Trump by a two-to-one margin in Sudbury’s Republican Presidential primary election. President Joseph Biden won handily in the Democratic primary. Haley won 1,201 Republican votes to Trump’s 647 in the unofficial results of the Super Tuesday March 5 voting, according to the Town website.…