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Duplex Housing Debate Takes Ominous Turn
[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…
September 25, 2024
Community Center Space Use Under Review
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…
September 24, 2024
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MCAS Results Are In – A Mixed Bag For Sudbury
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…
September 24, 2024
Voter Registration Celebration
[Feature image credit: Laurie Ensley] 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,…
September 22, 2024
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Historical Commission Revisits Tercentenary Markers
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…
September 22, 2024
Half the Story
Massachusetts passed historic police certification reform. But even with the POST Commission, the public can’t see which cops have been part of the “officer shuffle.” After the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police in 2020, lawmakers in Massachusetts took an action that advocates had been pushing since at least 2010: creating a system to…
September 18, 2024
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Finance Committee Discusses Combined Facilities MOA
On Monday, September 16, the Sudbury Finance Committee discussed the financial aspects of a number of initiatives around Sudbury. Those include the schools HVAC project and recent conversations among the Sudbury Public Schools School Committee about possibly voting to terminate the memorandum of agreement (MOA) that established a Combined Facilities Department shared between the Town…
September 18, 2024
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