The Sudbury Select Board and Finance Committee met jointly on Tuesday, March 25 to cover two matters: the Town Meeting article to provide Community Preservation Act funds to the Sudbury Housing Authority’s (SHA) duplex project, and Finance Committee recommendations on Town Meeting articles. The SHA’s Executive Director, Sheila Cusolito presented on behalf of the SHA.…

The Sudbury Select Board and the Finance Committee are in the middle of their processes of voting their positions of support or opposition to Town Meeting articles. They’ve taken votes on most of the articles, but several highly anticipated votes will have to wait for their next meeting or longer. Here’s the status on…

The Town of Sudbury launched a new information service called “Sudbrief.” Distributed via email for the first time on Friday, March 28, it includes updates on events, programs and information from Town of Sudbury. Town Manager Andy Sheehan told Sudbury Weekly: “Today we issued the first of a new communication tool that we are…

At a meeting of the Lincoln-Sudbury (L-S) School Committee on March 5, the committee voted to adopt six policy updates ranging from their non-discrimination policy, to their pregnancy policy and donations policy. The policies were voted in one combined motion, which passed 5-0-1. Member Kevin Matthews abstained on the vote. The committee members didn’t discuss…

At the Tuesday, March 25 meeting of the Sudbury Select Board, the board voted 4-0 to send a letter of of support to finish the Mass Central Rail Trail to the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation. (Page 20) Select Board Vice Chair, Dan Carty, recused from the conversation as an abutter to the…

Cost center budget guidance does not seem all that complicated at first blush. It's the percent increase or decrease a Town cost center gets for its operating budget from one fiscal year to the next. Sudbury boards typically talk about the three major cost centers: the Town of Sudbury, Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School (LSRHS), and…