Inside The Competing Approaches To Legalizing Psychedelics In Mass
One side is behind the ballot initiative to regulate access to psychedelics. The other side has been advocating and organizing grassroots efforts across New England. Is there any chance these rivals will break through the tension and work together?
Ballot initiative season is…

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Can you tell us a bit about Neighbor Brigade? How did it get started and what work does it do?
Our late founder, Pam Washek along with her dear friend Jean Seiden started the Wayland Angels back in 2003. At that point it was an informal group of neighbors, run off of a spreadsheet,…
Sudbury’s new Fairbank Community Center has, in many ways, defied all the odds. It took roughly a decade of task forces and working groups to get to a proposal that voters supported. Then Covid hit.
But a global pandemic wasn’t all that the project had to overcome. Ensuing supply chain disruptions wreaked havoc on…
Saturday, Feb. 24—tomorrow—is the last day to register to vote in the March 5 Presidential primary election.
Saturday is also the first date you can vote in that election. Early in-person voting in the Presidential primary is Feb. 24 through March 1. For more information on the primary, click here.
The deadline to register to…
Massachusetts’ Presidential primary election will be held Tuesday, March 5, commonly known as “Super Tuesday” because of the number of primary elections taking place around the country.
Primaries are, by definition, party elections, and there are three available party ballots—Democratic, Republican or Libertarian. Voters registered with a party must take that party’s ballot. Unenrolled…
Monday February 12 was Capital Night in Sudbury. That’s when the Select Board, Finance Committee and Capital Improvement Advisory Committee get together to review capital articles and the Town Manager’s Capital Budget. The committee members tend to ask clarifying questions, vet the proposed projects/purchases, and try to assemble a broader picture of how the Town…
On Tuesday the Energy and Sustainability Committee met and reviewed a proposal for an LED lighting retrofit project across several town buildings. They tackled two issues. First, the incentives available from Eversource aren’t as lucrative as they have been historically. Second, the cost of the project came in above what they had previously approved.
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Jean Nam has withdrawn from the Sudbury School Committee (SPS) race in the March 25 Annual Town Election. Three candidates remain in the SPS race: Karyn Jones, Mary Stephens, and Richard Thalmann. There are two open seats. Nam is the fourth person to withdraw from the race. The Select Board race is also…
Sudbury TV, Sudbury's local television non-profit, today announced the addition of a fourth channel, as well as an upgraded on-demand service online. The new channel will feature major events such as Sudbury's Annual Town Meetings, concerts and sports. It will broadcast in high-definition on Comcast 1074 and Verizon 2130.
The complete channel lineup…
On Tuesday February 6 the Park and Recreation Commission voted unanimously to support separation of the Athletic Fields Needs Assessment from the Open Space and Recreation Plan. The vote came at the request of Adam Burney, Sudbury's Director of Planning and Community Development. In separating the two planning projects, Burney felt the Fields Needs Assessment…