[Feature image: white-tailed deer] Baby wood duck Great blue heron Painted turtle Raphaëlle is a graduate of the Art Institute of Boston, and a former Sudbury resident who now lives in Lincoln. Although she takes photos of wildlife, she considers herself shaped as much by curiosity and close observation as by artistry. More naturalist than technician,…

Claims of a Plot to Build High-Density Affordable Housing Appear to Have Been Hot Air The July 30 meeting of Sudbury's Liberty Ledge/Sewataro Advisory Committee (LLSAC) was noteworthy not because of the acrimony circulating regarding the committee's recently-issued survey. Instead, it was noteworthy because the committee's initial ideas for future uses of the property…

Finally our July weather for Sudbury yielded our wettest month of the year with 6.45 inches of rain. Our neighbors to our west had much more but this did help alleviate some of our yearly rainfall deficit. What is interesting is that 5.99 inches of rain fell in just 3 storms. So it did not…

Rabbi Noa Kushner, described by Newsweek as a “rabbi to watch,” seeks to help people—Jews and non-Jews—approach religion in this more secular age with a new book, Pretend You Believe: How to Enter Religion. While she now leads a congregation in San Francisco, Kushner grew up in Sudbury and credits the town and her…

The Liberty Ledge/Sewataro Advisory Committee (LLSAC) has been meeting frequently this summer as they work to deliver recommendations on future uses of the property to the Select Board this fall. The committee hit a major milestone today, as it issued a survey that had been envisioned earlier in their process. (Survey here.) But there's…

The local Leagues of Women Voters of Acton Area, Arlington, Bedford, Belmont, Boston-Cambridge, Brookline, Concord-Carlisle, Harvard, Lexington, Newton, Sudbury, Waltham, Wayland, Wellesley, and Weston, in coordination with Newton’s local media outlet NewTV, will be holding a Candidate Forum for the upcoming primary contest for Governor’s Councillor District 3 between Mara Dolan and Margie Palladino. Members…

Town Meeting is often celebrated as the most direct form of democracy. Any voter can become a citizen legislator at a Town Meeting. But when people think about democracy, they usually think about voting on a ballot. That’s how Sudbury elects members of the Select Board, and all other elected boards and committees to represent…

The Sudbury Senior Center has a dynamic new senior meals program, and it's about more than just some good grub. Sudbury Weekly caught up with the Senior Center team that put the program together for a Q&A on all things "Sudbury Eats." "Sudbury Eats launched back on May 6th out of your commercial…

The great blue herons on Raymond Road have outgrown their nests and have been practicing flying and walking out onto the branches. By the end of this week, they will probably all be gone! And one blue bird! Raphaëlle is a graduate of the Art Institute of Boston, and a former…

For many Sudbury Public Schools (SPS) parents, the biggest change in their child's school day this year came from a new English Language Arts (ELA) curriculum that was rolled out throughout the elementary schools. Last fall, every elementary classroom in the district switched to a new English Language Arts curriculum called EL Education. It was…