I am writing this as an individual member of the Sudbury Commission on Disability and Sudbury School Committee. These views are my own. Earlier this year, the Sudbury Select Board proclaimed the week of July 20–26 as National Disability Independence Week. That proclamation prompted me to reflect on what Disability Pride Month means…

We have many institutions to be thankful for. My favorite is a free press, for without it there would be no democracy. As the Washington Post banner declares every day. ‘Democracy Dies in Darkness’. The signers of the Declaration of Independence understood that when they penned their names at the bottom. What would the Declaration…

To the readers of “One Bad Rhyme Deserves Another,” In a political climate such as today’s -- both nationally and, unfortunately, locally – where disagreement has become absolute and vitriolic, I’m afraid what was intended as a gentle teasing of Kevin’s coverage of the recent Liberty Ledge/Sewataro meeting might be taken as serious criticism.…

As a member of the SHC for 44 years, some of which was Chairman, I would like to let the public know how  important it is to support this town Commission. I knew Miss Hosmer and attended SHC before she passed away in 1978.  The town is very fortunate that she left the house, furnishings and her…

Dear Kevin, your reporting in rhyme To new journalistic heights it did climb, You summarized well The unanimity, which was swell But what was missing was something sublime. One item was left off your list. It was something I think that you missed. What was said in the Weekly Took a slant that just…

This past May, Sudbury Town Meeting did something rare: it gave the Sudbury Housing Authority (SHA) a clear, funded answer to a question the town had been wrestling with for over 3 years. Voters passed Article 39, a citizens' petition appropriating up to $500,000 from Free Cash to repair four SHA-owned single-family homes at 21…

Liberty Ledge / Sewataro Advisory Committee is taking a look at the Liberty Ledge property Sudbury purchased in 2019.  We will gather information and ideas and submit a report to the Selector Board in October. For the last six years Camp Sewataro has been thriving there. The public has had access to the property during…

The Housing Roundtable had its first meeting on June 9 at the Goodnow Library.  Over 40 members of the public came to the Library or participated virtually.  Sheila Cusolito, Executive Director, gave an overview of the Sudbury Housing Authority’s ownership and management of rental properties for low and moderate income residents in Sudbury.  Carmine Gentile,…

Having lived in Sudbury for sixty years and attended most Town Meetings, I’m appalled at what I witnessed at our Special Town Meeting.   I could not believe the booing, the disruption and the nastiness that was shown by some Sudbury citizens attending the meeting.  I felt for our Moderator who tried to control the meeting to…

Although Sudbury has clung proudly to the tradition of open town meeting, the proceedings and attendance at our recent Annual Town Meeting (May 4 – 6) and the May 20 Special Town Meeting indicate that we Sudbury residents are misusing our legislative body and disdaining other functions of town government. Attendance at these two…