News

Skip to content Skip to sidebar Skip to footer

Dude, Where’s My Drive-Through?

This Is Why You Won’t Find Fast Food In Sudbury Sudbury residents have grown accustomed to driving elsewhere for drive-in food. But many wonder why they can’t find anything of the sort in Sudbury. Yet others wonder why there are drive-throughs for some businesses, like banks and pharmacies, but not others like fast-food restaurants. On…

ByKevin LaHaiseMarch 16, 2024

LWV Uncontested Candidates’ Forum Available on SudburyTV

The League of Women Voters Candidates’ Forum featuring candidates in uncontested races in the March 25 Town Election is now available on SudburyTV. The League invited uncontested candidates to introduce themselves and briefly discuss the work of the committee or board they will be elected to. Participating in the forum are Linda Huet-Clayton, Board of…

ByThe League of Women Voters of SudburyMarch 16, 2024

FinCom Discussion Brings Clarity to MBTA Communities Compliance

The MBTA Communities legislation, or “Section 3A”, became law in 2021. It “requires that an MBTA community shall have at least one zoning district of reasonable size in which multi-family housing is permitted as of right and meets other criteria set forth in the statute…” More information here. In other words: it requires 177 towns…

ByKevin LaHaiseMarch 16, 2024

Thoughts In Return? A Q&A with Janie Dretler, Select Board Candidate (Incumbent)

[Editorial Note: As Sudbury Weekly has done in prior years, we offered the opportunity for all candidates in contested races in the Town Election to answer a few questions. We run any and all responses we receive.] All three candidates for Select Board have contributed significant time and energy as appointed and elected officials…

BySudbury WeeklyMarch 14, 2024

Select Board Votes to Support Firearm Business Bylaw

On Tuesday, March 13 the Sudbury Select Board voted 3-2 to recommend approval of the Firearm Business Safety Use Zoning Bylaw to Town Meeting in May. The vote was split along the same lines as prior votes, with Members Russo, Roberts and Carty in support, and Chair Dretler and Vice Chair Kouchakdjian opposed. …

ByKevin LaHaiseMarch 13, 2024

“Parental Rights” Movement Surfaces In School Committee Race

The “parental rights'' movement is widespread across the country. Some credit a group called Moms for Liberty in Florida for starting the movement a few years ago, primarily in reaction to Covid-19 measures related to remote learning, mask-mandates and vaccination requirements. But the concept of parental rights in public education has long been used by…

ByKevin LaHaiseMarch 9, 2024

Thoughts in Return? A Q&A With Karyn Jones, SPS Candidate

[Editorial Note: As Sudbury Weekly has done in prior years, we offered the opportunity for all candidates in contested races in the Town Election to answer a few questions. We run any and all responses we receive.] What is your vision of what public education should be? For me, the purpose of schooling…

BySudbury WeeklyMarch 7, 2024

Thoughts In Return? A Q&A With Mary Stephens, SPS Candidate

[Editorial Note: As Sudbury Weekly has done in prior years, we offered the opportunity for all candidates in contested races in the Town Election to answer a few questions. We run any and all responses we receive.] What is your vision of what public education should be? Public education should be an inclusive,…

BySudbury WeeklyMarch 7, 2024

Thoughts in Return? A Q&A with LSRHS Class of 1974’s 50th Reunion Organizers

The Lincoln-Sudbury class of 1974 is planning a 50th reunion for later this year. For full details, and registration information, please go here. If you're interested in learning what exactly it was like at L-S during one of the more unique eras in American history, you should read on. The organizers of the reunion were…

ByKevin LaHaiseMarch 7, 2024

Haley, Biden Win Sudbury Presidential Primaries

Bucking both national and state outcomes, Nikki Haley beat Donald Trump by a two-to-one margin in Sudbury’s Republican Presidential primary election. President Joseph Biden won handily in the Democratic primary. Haley won 1,201 Republican votes to Trump’s 647 in the unofficial results of the Super Tuesday March 5 voting, according to the Town website.…

ByNancy BrumbackMarch 7, 2024

This Pop-up Is Included in the Theme

Best Choice for Creatives

Purchase Now