As the Thursday deadline to file an intention to run looms, there are potentially no contested races for the March 30 Annual Town Election. Currently, one person has pulled papers for each of the 11 open positions on the town election ballot. If no one else pulls papers by 5 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 5,…

The Select Board took a peek at all the warrant articles submitted for Annual Town Meeting this week, and it's looking like a fairly typical Town Meeting for Sudbury... with a few notable articles and adjustments from prior years. There are 48 articles listed in the Select Board packet, but there are…

The Sudbury Select Board's Liberty Ledge/Sewataro Subcommittee was dissolved during a February 3 meeting of the board. Member Radha Gargeya waded into a tense discussion with a motion to accept the report of the subcommittee in its current form, and dissolve the committee immediately. Gargeya voiced his appreciation for the work of the…

The Town Clerk’s office certified Tuesday the nomination papers of Charles G. Russo, who is running for Select Board, and Ellen Lederer-DeFrancesco, who is running for Sudbury School Committee. Russo and Lederer-DeFrancesco are now official candidates whose names will appear on the ballot, bringing the total number of candidates whose names will appear on the…

The Parmenter Foundation, a mainstay of the MetroWest nonprofit community, announced on Tuesday a significant expansion of its support network, awarding over $400,000 in grants to 23 programs dedicated to end-of-life care and bereavement services. The 2026 grant cycle targets four critical areas: children’s bereavement, caregiver support, family loss, and hospice care. For Sudbury…

The Sudbury Finance Committee held their annual budget hearing with the Sudbury Public Schools (SPS) administration on Monday, February 2. The hearing followed the standard process the committee has been using for years, and featured deep dives on the district's use of Circuit Breaker special education funds from the State, the management of revolving funds,…

Charles G. Russo, who is running for re-election to the Select Board, returned his nomination papers to the Town Clerk’s office early Monday. That office said it expects to certify the signatures Tuesday.  With one week to go until the Feb. 9 deadline to submit papers, prospective candidates for Planning Board, Park and Recreation…

If you want to vote by mail in the March 30 Sudbury town election, you must file a 2026 application for a mail ballot with the Town Clerk. If you checked a box on last year’s application that you would like a mail ballot for all elections, that request expired on Dec. 31, 2025,…

Sudbury residents voiced alarm on social media after observing heavy police activity and multiple vehicles reportedly traveling at high speed during rush hour on Friday, January 30. The Sudbury Police Department issued a community alert on their Facebook page: "Community Alert: Sudbury PD along with assistance of NEMLEC SWAT is serving…

The Town of Sudbury has released its proposed Fiscal Year 2027 (FY27) budget. The budget totals out at $138,943,141, which is a 5.42 percent increase over FY26. The 5.42 percent increase is $7,146,334 more than the current fiscal year. That is inclusive of the operating and capital budgets. The FY27 proposed operating budget…