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…

Ahh….A soaking rainstorm with 3.02 inches of rain on Tuesday! I had to go as far back as February 2025 to find our last similar storm.

FILED UNDER: "Only In Sudbury" After interviews with three candidates, Cynthia Howe was appointed to the Sudbury Housing Authority (SHA) on Tuesday, June 30. The vote was a joint vote by the Select Board and SHA. Lengthy interviews of each candidate preceded the vote. Deliberation was comparatively brief, but got testy, because...…

Our weather here in Sudbury continues with rainfall challenges for 2026. We have not had one month where we exceeded 4 inches of rain, which would typically be the norm. June ended with 2.33 inches largely driven by just two rain events later in the month. Year to date values and prior year comparisons are…