During the July 16 meeting of the Sudbury Select Board, the board was set to vote to hold a public hearing on July 30th. That hearing would cover whether or not the Town would call a Fall Town Meeting, in accordance with the Town’s General Bylaws. The board voted to hold that hearing later this…

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…

Sudbury revisits town-wide trash pickup nearly two decades after an initial conversation. The Sudbury Energy and Sustainability committee has been on a roll of late. Following a presentation of a Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory to the Select Board, there was discussion about initiatives that could help the town aggressively reduce emissions. One idea was…

The Sudbury Park and Recreation Commission, as well as the corresponding Town department, have been grappling with a number of challenges since before the Covid-19 pandemic began in 2020. But those challenges have taken on an existential bent in recent conversations amongst the commissioners. In May we covered a commission meeting in which the financial realities…

[This photo essay, contributed by Sudbury resident Len Simon, features photographs taken on July 3, 2024.]

On Monday, July 1, the Sudbury Zoning Board of Appeals discussed a new firearms business zoning bylaw after the Select Board's version of a bylaw failed at the May 2024 Annual Town Meeting. Chair John Riordan stated that a draft of the bylaw was circulated to members of the board, and that he would scheduled…

Or How Songbirds May Influence and Symbolize Town-Owned Land Planning in Sudbury... The bobolink bird is a small, migratory bird that likes to nest in meadows, often in tall grass. Their numbers have been in decline in recent years, which the Audubon Society attributes to a decline in habitat. More frequent mowing of tall grass…

On June 4 the Energy and Sustainability Committee welcomed Kim Lundgren Associates and EcoDataLab to present their findings from their Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Consumption-Based Emissions Inventory. The presentation provided data and estimates on emissions in Sudbury, and recommendations to reduce those emissions going forward. They found that Sudbury’s 2021 geographic emissions were roughly equivalent to…

[Disclosure: the author of this story has children in SPS, but does not use any before-school or after-school programs for childcare and has no plans to do so.] On Tuesday, May 28, the Sudbury Select Board discussed after-school care in Sudbury. Following much discussion and several tense exchanges, no clear path for action or…

False Allegations of Police Escorts Add Rancor to Division After hours of debate, points of order, motions to amend and several votes in the hall, Sudbury's Annual Town Meeting defeated the Select Board's proposed Firearms Safety Business Use Zoning Bylaw on Monday night. The Board was divided with three members in favor of, and two…