A recent report issued by the Town of Sudbury presented school spending in a manner that many residents don’t typically think of school spending. While “per pupil cost” is a common method of analyzing school spending, and the report included that (page 83), the report also laid out Sudbury’s “net school spending.”
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Sudbury weather for April lived up to the theme of April Showers. The area received rain on 17 days for the month. But, no big rain storms were embedded in the monthly rainfall numbers. Hence we continue to run somewhat sub par on our precipitation values. And yes a little snow was thrown in but…
“I used to rescue bugs outside at recess,” laughs Ashley Makridakis. “Everyone else was playing tag and I was taking care of my own little ant farm. My sisters would see a spider and they’d be screaming,’Kill it!’ and I would be running over with my cup to save it and bring it outside.”
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It’s no secret that one of the best theaters in Boston is in Concord—at The Umbrella. So, it was surprising to see the theater not quite half full during The Spitfire Grill’s preview weekend on Saturday night. That should change: this production is firing on all pistons, especially its lead character, Percy Talbott, played by…
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…
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…
“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…
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…
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…
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…