In June Sudbury Weekly reported on an initiative at Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School to standardize course level designations across departments and make them consistent with the Common App for college applications.
At the time, the high school had settled on three levels: college prep, honors and high honors. But there was more work to do… The…

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Citizens who will turn 18 on or before the Tuesday, Nov. 5 presidential election can pre-register to vote now so that they will be automatically registered and eligible to vote when they turn 18.
Many teens have been automatically pre-registered to vote when they applied for a learner’s permit or driver’s license at the…
On Tuesday, both the Sudbury Public Schools (SPS) School Committee and Lincoln-Sudbury (L-S) School Committee discussed possible letters to Town of Sudbury officials regarding the recently-reduced School Resource Officer (SRO) program. In the end, the committees opted to take different approaches.
As previously reported, the SRO program has been temporarily and significantly reduced due to…
When Sudbury's Combined Facilities Director, Sandra Duran, completed a discussion with the Sudbury Select Board on Tuesday, September 25, she left the board with a simple message about the future of her department serving both the Town and Sudbury Public Schools:
"We definitely have opportunities for continuing in a shared services model that is…
[CORRECTION: the original version of this story mentioned two units being converted to duplexes in the Pine Lakes neighborhood, consistent with earlier funding requests. The full project would convert four single family units to duplexes. The story has been updated accordingly.]
An opponent of proposed affordable duplexes in the Pine Lakes neighborhood was spotted…
Construction of the Fairbank Community Center is in the final stages, with the exception of an upcoming renovation of the Atkinson Pool. But residents have been eager to start utilizing the new community center since its "soft opening" earlier this year. Some residents have voiced a desire to rent a room, and others wanted the…
The 2024 Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) test results are in, and it's a mixed bag for Sudbury's students.
The Boston Globe published their annual database of top-line results, and a story with the headline "2024 MCAS scores show Massachusetts falling further behind post-pandemic." Other headlines sounded the alarm about English and Language…
A specimen ballot for the Nov. 5 election, which includes the five ballot questions, is now posted on the Town Clerk’s website.
The ballot includes the newly-contested race for Sudbury’s State Representative between incumbent Carmine Gentile and Virginia Gardner, who waged a successful primary election write-in campaign for the Republican nomination.
The Sudbury League…
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The League of Women Voters of Sudbury and the Goodnow Library co-sponsored a voter registration table Tuesday, Sept. 17, in celebration of National Voter Registration Day. Now in its twelfth year, National Voter Registration Day is a civic holiday designed to encourage eligible voters to register, update their information,…
On September 17, the Sudbury Historical Commission continued ongoing discussions about the tercentenary markers along Sudbury’s roads. Questions have been raised about the historical accuracy of the language on the markers, as well as concerns that some of them may be offensive to Native people. Nearby Concord removed the signs in their community for similar reasons, and the Sudbury…