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…

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All three candidates for Select Board have contributed significant time and energy as appointed and elected officials…
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.
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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…
[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…
[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,…
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…
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.…
The Sudbury Savoyards are committed to producing the works of Gilbert & Sullivan “’on a grand scale,’ with a large chorus, a full orchestra, costumes, lighting, sound, and top-notch performers.” Their recent production of Princess Ida or, Castle Adamant ran from February 24-March 2 at Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School. Being able to experience a full-on,…
On Tuesday the Sudbury Select Board voted to submit a letter of support to get the next phase of the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail on the Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) for the 2025-2029 cycle with the Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO).
The letter from the Select Board notes:
This project represents the…