The Finance Committee welcomed Town Manager Andy Sheehan for a Fiscal Year 2027 (FY27) budget hearing on the evening of March 2, and attendees learned just how a previously-anticipated FY27 override was averted. The short answer is that new growth (new tax revenue from construction, renovation and property improvements) came in stronger than…

The Candidates’ Forum for the March 30 Annual Town Election is now available.  Voters can view the program on demand via the LWV Voters’ Guide or sudburytv.org. A cable subscription is not needed to view the programs on demand on a computer or smartphone.  The forum will run on SudburyTV’s cable channels, Comcast…

An anonymously-sponsored Change.org petition has been circulating in Sudbury and surrounding towns over the last week. The petition makes several demonstrably false claims, but garnered over 400 signatures for a "vote of no confidence" in four of the five members of the Sudbury Public Schools (SPS) School Committee. The petition appears to be an attempt…

A Sudbury police department dispatcher deployed on U.S. Navy Reserve duty was injured in an Iranian attack on a military base in Dubai Saturday. Owen Gerow, 22, sustained injuries the first day of the conflict when the United States and Israel attacked Iran and Iran retaliated with strikes on U.S. bases in the Middle…

The Sudbury Public Schools (SPS) school district has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for after-school care in the school buildings. Meanwhile, the Sudbury Park and Recreation Department is slated to present concepts for collaboration with SPS at the March 2 meeting of the school committee. With regard to the RFP, the district…

A rhetorical bridge appears to have been built between the operator of Camp Sewataro and one member of the Sudbury Select Board, as both parties have adopted the same phrase to describe residents calling for a formal planning process for the Town-owned property: a "small but vocal minority." The use of the phrase by…

The Voters’ Guide for the March 30 Annual Town Election is now available on the League of Women Voters of Sudbury website, www.lwvsudbury.org.   All 11 candidates on the March 30 ballot are participating in the Voters’ Guide. The digital guide includes photos of the candidates, a statement from each candidate outlining their priorities…

The Sudbury Select Board created a Liberty Ledge/Sewataro Advisory Committee during the Tuesday, February 24 meeting of the board. The committee will be tasked with a simple mission: "The Committee shall explore possible uses of this town-owned property and offer an advisory report on recommended uses to the Select Board." The goals and objectives…

Summer camp excellence is making headlines across the region this month. Deepening its longstanding commitment to youth development, the MetroWest YMCA announced Tuesday its selection as a grantee of the American Camp Association’s (ACA) Character at Camp Grant Program. The announcement comes at a time when the value of summer programming is taking center…