During the first meeting of the Select Board's Liberty Ledge/Sewataro subcommittee, member Dan Carty voiced a desire to eliminate public comment from the subcommittee's agendas. Member Janie Dretler opposed that idea, and the two agreed to take it back to the full Select Board for a final decision. On Tuesday, January 20, the…

Ellen Lederer-DeFrancesco filed an intention (“pulled papers”) Tuesday to run for Sudbury School Committee in the March 30 Annual Town Election. This will be her first run for a seat on the committee. There are 11 open positions on this year’s Annual Town Election ballot. Any Sudbury registered voter may run for office.…

The January 15 meeting of the Sudbury Public Schools (SPS) School Committee was not a normal school committee meeting. The administration, represented by Superintendent Brad Crozier, Assistant Superintendent Annette Doyle, and Director of Student Services Stephanie Juriansz, spent much of the meeting fending off tough Fiscal Year 2027 (FY27) budget questions from a frustrated committee.…

The Planning Board got an update on a long-discussed wireless overlay district bylaw from Adam Burney, Sudbury's director of planning and community development, during their January 14 meeting. Burney informed the board that he instructed their wireless consultant to draft the bylaw for the board to review. Burney also told the board that…

Ballot gaps remain after the second week of the local election season since no additional prospective candidates “pulled papers” to file their intention to run for the 11 open town and school committee seats in the March 30 Annual Town Election. The deadline to pull papers is Thursday, Feb. 5. According to the Town…

The Sudbury Public Schools School Committee appeared to be fed up in their January 15 meeting. After two months of a budget building process that raised more questions than answers, the committee let the administration know that they expect better communication from Superintendent Brad Crozier moving forward. Over the course of two nights…

The Sudbury Education Association (SEA) recently ratified three union group contracts. The Sudbury Public Schools School Committee also ratified the contracts, which brought some clarity to the Fiscal Year 2027 budget. In a statement issued this week, the SEA noted "The new contracts benefit not only our educators, but our students as well.…