The annual U.S. News and World Report high school rankings were released this week, and Massachusetts schools fared quite well overall. Here in Sudbury, Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School (LSRHS); came in at 68 in Massachusetts and 1,659 nationally. Last year, Niche ranked LSRHS 12 in the state, and Boston Magazine ranked LSRHS 36…

During the Tuesday, August 12 meeting of the Sudbury Select Board, the board voted to authorize Town Manager Andy Sheehan to sign power purchase agreements for solar installations at the Sudbury Police Station and Haskell Field. The Energy and Sustainability Committee had already voted to support the projects at a prior meeting. The…

A potentially devastating fire at a Boston Post Road storefront was quickly contained Tuesday morning, thanks to the fast thinking of a Sudbury firefighter and construction workers on site. At 7:09 a.m. on August 12, multiple 911 calls reported flames on the roof of 439 Boston Post Road, the location of Sudbury Farms and…

The Town of Sudbury and the Goodnow Library Board of Trustees have announced the appointment of Amy Stimac as the new Director of the Goodnow Library. Stimac, a familiar face in the library, officially stepped into the role on August 6 following a competitive search process. Known to many local families as “Ms. Amy,”…

The Sudbury Public Schools (SPS) school district now has a Gender Identity and Inclusivity policy following a unanimous vote of the SPS School Committee on August 4. (Page 18) The policy includes provisions governing parent and guardian engagement, student records and name/gender marker changes, facilities/bathrooms, physical education and athletics, gender-based activities, rules, policies, and…

The SMILE playground at Haskell Field in Sudbury is the only Sudbury playground under the jurisdiction of the Sudbury Park and Recreation department. All other playgrounds are school playgrounds, which are managed and maintained by the Sudbury Public Schools school district. The Park and Recreation department has communicated plans to renovate the playground to…

Following passage of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act" in Washington, D.C., municipalities are scrambling to safe harbor solar projects before incentives for solar projects are phased out by the federal legislation. The process of safe harboring functionally locks in incentives and benefits under existing regulations before they go away. For Sudbury's Energy…

After more than four months of anticipation, the beloved Lotus Blossom restaurant in Sudbury will officially reopen its doors on Wednesday, July 30, following a temporary closure due to a kitchen fire earlier this year. The fire, which occurred in early March, caused damage to the restaurant’s kitchen, forcing the popular Chinese and Asian…