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Town of Sudbury Releases Long-Term Financial Report and Reference Guide
According to the Open Government Partnership, “transparency occurs when ‘government-held information (including on activities and decisions) is open, comprehensive, timely, freely available to the public, and meets basic open data standards…’” Based on that standard, the Town of Sudbury took a significant step to increase transparency on Friday, April 25, when it published nearly 200…
April 26, 2025
Why Not In My Backyard?
There’s nothing easy about farming. Weather. Pests. Deer. Raccoons. Rabbits. There are vast numbers of things completely out of one’s control which threaten to make even a seasoned veteran of the fields raise the white flag of surrender. Yet there is truly nothing like a warm, vine-ripe tomato picked just before making a BLT…
April 21, 2025
A Tradition That Surpasses Muster
“I’m kind of like a little kid.” This is how John Neuhauser, a fixture in Sudbury since he was indeed a little kid, describes this coming Saturday, April 19th. Some folks know John as Kim’s husband, or as Kaleigh’s and Brennan’s dad, or even as the coach that once taught their sons and daughters…
April 14, 2025
250 Years Ago
250 Years Ago, Concord Road did not lead to Concord; it only led to Nine Acre Corner. The bridge over the Sudbury River would not be constructed until 1802. The attached map shows the likely routes taken by the six companies of the Sudbury Minute and Militia as far as we know today. The…
April 14, 2025
Almost a Quarter of Voters Used Mail Ballots
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…
April 12, 2025
Sculpture in Steel for the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail
The Framingham and Lowell Railroad that ran from Lowell to Framingham is long gone, and memories of seeing trains on it are fading fast.  The baritone steam whistles blow no more.  The Framingham and Lowell line is receding into history.  No trains have been seen on it for more than 25 years. We can read…
April 12, 2025
Making a Run For It
For Kaleigh Neuhauser, participation in the Boston Marathon runs in the family. “When I was young, my grandmother lived right on the course in Wellesley, around mile 14,” she says. “Every year, my cousins would come over, too, and we would make the Marathon a whole family excursion.” The Neuhausers, however, are not mere…
April 6, 2025
Town Election Makes (Modern) History
The results of Sudbury’s Annual Town Election came in on Monday night. They were decisive, and they made some history. Lisa Kouchakdjian was reelected to the Select Board with 66.6% of the vote—a dominant performance, and a significant gain on her last election, which was a 54.5% performance in 2022. Kouchakdjian’s vote share on Monday…
April 5, 2025
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Yes, Spring Arrived
Sudbury weather for March jumped quickly into Spring with no measurable snow for the month. Rainfall generally running sub par, so will hopefully become a bit wetter as we move further into the season, but be careful what we wish for. Some of the important stats and comparative data noted below. March Monthly Rainfall:…
April 1, 2025
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