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Town Manager Gently Bursts Park and Rec’s Bubble — Fee Increases Loom

On Monday, September 16, the Park and Recreation Commission assembled for a meeting with Town Manager Andy Sheehan. They were set to discuss a number of topics, including the funding and finances for the Park and Recreation Department. After a lengthy discussion about the value of recreation to the Sudbury community, and the various…

ByKevin LaHaiseSeptember 22, 2024

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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…

ByCHRIS FARAONE & SAM STECKLOWSeptember 18, 2024

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…

ByKevin LaHaiseSeptember 18, 2024

L-S Committee Meeting Clarifies Status Of School Resource Officer

After a couple weeks of speculation on Sudbury social media, Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School Superintendent Andrew Stephens provided an update on the school resource officer (SRO) program. With rumors swirling that the high school’s school resource officer was no longer in the school, Stephens stated plainly: “We have not lost our SRO. We…

ByKevin LaHaiseSeptember 15, 2024

Write-In Campaign Creates Contested House Race

A successful write-in campaign in the Sept. 3 Republican primary has created a contested race in November for the 13th Middlesex State Representative seat. Virginia A. Gardner of Wayland ran as a write-in candidate for the Republican nomination for the House seat, and received enough write-in votes to qualify as a candidate in the November…

ByThe League of Women Voters of SudburySeptember 15, 2024

ZBA Continues Discussions On Firearms Business Zoning Bylaw

The Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) is continuing discussions about a business use zoning bylaw that would regulate firearms businesses in Sudbury. (2:02:30) The new bylaw draft was developed by what the ZBA described as an ad-hoc committee of residents, as well as ZBA member Frank Riepe. Sudbury Weekly covered the new approach and…

ByKevin LaHaiseSeptember 15, 2024

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Sudbury Housing Authority Receives $1.2M For Duplexes

On Tuesday, September 10, the Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities announced $31.4 million in Public Housing Innovation Demonstration Program (PHIDP) grants. The Sudbury Housing Authority will receive $1,200,000 to "rebuild four scattered site single family homes with modern and energy efficient 2-family (duplex) units, with four net new units restricted to those earning…

ByKevin LaHaiseSeptember 11, 2024

SPS Ponders Terminating Combined Facilities Department Agreement With Town of Sudbury

As SPS Relations Turn Tense With More Town Groups, Union Contract Negotiations Loom The Sudbury Combined Facilities Department, established by way of an agreement dating back to 2012, could be on the chopping block. On Monday September 9, the Sudbury Public Schools School Committee discussed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) that created the shared department…

ByKevin LaHaiseSeptember 10, 2024

Select Board Sets Goals (Sort Of)

The Sudbury Select Board met on Thursday, September 6 to set their “S.M.A.R.T.” goals for the year. The SMART goal framework means specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time-bound. The acronym induces the same type of nausea you experience when your employer announces that a motivational speaker will be giving a talk to your company and…

ByKevin LaHaiseSeptember 7, 2024

Are You Ready To Vote?

You can register to vote, check the status of your voter registration, or make changes to your registration on Tuesday, Sept. 17 from noon-4 p.m. in the atrium of the Goodnow Library. Volunteers from the League of Women Voters of Sudbury will be available to assist as needed and answer voting questions. Voters who…

ByThe League of Women Voters of SudburySeptember 7, 2024

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