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Sudbury No Kings Protest Draws a Large Crowd (Photos)

BySudbury WeeklyOctober 18, 2025

CPC Applications Revealed

The Community Preservation Committee (CPC) met on October 15 to compile questions about the big batch of applications they received for community preservation projects this cycle. Sudbury Weekly will be covering them in greater detail as the CPC conducts hearings and the projects are further refined in the coming months. For now, we're offering a…

ByKevin LaHaiseOctober 17, 2025

Sell High or Build Affordable Housing? The State’s Dilemma Over Sudbury Crime Lab Property

The Healey-Driscoll administration may soon find itself balancing competing priorities in Sudbury. Following the announcement of the new crime lab being built in Marlborough, Sudbury residents learned that the Sudbury lab would be closed, and the jobs relocated. But the administration has said nothing about what it will do with the property once the operation…

ByKevin LaHaiseOctober 17, 2025

Fontes Steps Down, Mayyasi Takes Over As Goodnow Library Chair

The October 7 meeting of the Goodnow Library Trustees was routine by all accounts, with the exception of one agenda item titled "Announcement from Chair (Vote)." That created some intrigue before the meeting, if for no reason other than the requirements of the Open Meeting Law for agenda items to be "sufficiently specific to advise…

ByKevin LaHaiseOctober 15, 2025

Sudbury Author Leta Serafim Releases Fifth Greek Islands Mystery Novel

Writer returns with “The Nameless Dead,” explores murder and migration amid the beauty and complexity of the Aegean — and teaches local creative writing this fall Sudbury author Leta Serafim has once again brought the intrigue of the Greek islands to readers around the world with the release of her latest mystery novel, "The Nameless…

ByKevin LaHaiseOctober 15, 2025

Gloomy Report Explores Fiscal Pressures on Cities and Towns

The Massachusetts Municipal Association (MMA) has issued a report titled "A Perfect Storm: Cities and Towns Face Historic Fiscal Pressures." The report identifies key funding challenges facing Massachusetts municipalities, many of which have been escalating over the last 20-plus years. The MMA highlights that: "While state government spending has, when adjusted for…

ByKevin LaHaiseOctober 15, 2025

From a Garage to Global Acclaim: Sudbury’s Goodnow Farms Eyes Expansion

Tom and Monica Rogan have put Sudbury on chocolate makers’ world map, winning dozens of industry awards for their premium Goodnow Farms chocolate bars, made at their Sudbury farm. But their plans for expansion might take them out of their hometown. In the next five years, “we hope to develop a manufacturing and retail space…

ByNancy BrumbackOctober 10, 2025

Town Manager Warns of Uncertainty On Federal Grant Funding

During the October 7 meeting of the Sudbury Select Board, Town Manager Andy Sheehan informed the board that the Town is attempting to sort out the impact of certain executive orders from the White House and their potential impact on direct and indirect Federal funding that comes to Sudbury. Sheehan told the board:…

ByKevin LaHaiseOctober 10, 2025

Sudbury Historical Society to Unveil the Town’s Oldest Known Comprehensive Map

Sudbury residents will soon have a chance to see the oldest known comprehensive map depicting today's boundaries. The map dates back to around 1795 and will be unveiled at an upcoming lecture hosted by the Sudbury Historical Society (SHS) on Thursday, October 23, 2025, at 6:30 PM at the Sudbury History Center and Museum. …

ByKevin LaHaiseOctober 9, 2025

SPS To Consider Controversial “Chapter 70” Maneuver Again

On Monday, October 6, the Sudbury Public Schools (SPS) School Committee voiced a desire to see more information about a potential article for a 2025 Special Town Meeting that would, according to their meeting packet, increase the amount of Chapter 70 funding in their budget for the current fiscal year. Chapter 70 funding is the…

ByKevin LaHaiseOctober 9, 2025

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