On December 18, the Sudbury Conservation Commission voted unanimously to extend the order of conditions for the Eversource Transmission Line Project and Mass Central Rail Trail for one year. (0:03:00) The order of conditions on the combined projects was quite robust, and so far the Town of Sudbury has reported that Eversource has largely…

Sudbury’s Annual Town Election for town and school committee offices will be Monday, March 25. According to the Town Clerk, candidates for those offices can begin “pulling papers” to gather signatures and run on Thursday, Jan. 4. You can find dates and deadlines for the local election here. Now is the time to think about…

It's peak budget season for Sudbury Public Schools (SPS). They're working to nail down a budget for Fiscal Year 2025. Here's a running summary of the process so far:  SPS received guidance from the Town Manager of 3.22%. That exceeds the 3.17% that SPS said it would need for FY25 when they set the…

On Monday the SPS School Committee voted to approve a contract extension with Superintendent Brad Crozier. There was no deliberation on the contract itself, as that's done in executive session, but members noted their appreciation for the commitment of the Superintendent to Sudbury Public Schools, voiced affirmation of his leadership of the district, and exchanged…

On Tuesday the Select Board took a final vote to ratify their prior vote on tax classification. This is when the Select Board, with the help of the Board of Assessors and the Assessor's department, gets to "determine the percentage of local tax levy which will be borne by each class of real and personal…

Users groups will begin moving into the Fairbank Community Center next week. The building is going to close on the December 11 and remain closed until early in the new year. On Wednesday, the Permanent Building Committee met to get an update, and the Owner's Project Manager shared some recent pictures of the building:  …

The preliminary FY25 budget for Lincoln-Sudbury was presented on Tuesday night at the L-S School Committee meeting. (0:05:45) There were no big surprises. The guidance they received was slightly higher than their request, though they're being cautious with their initial request because of rising health insurance costs, and to mitigate a "fiscal cliff" went debt…