On Dec 9 the Fire Department sent its (probably) annual appeal for people to adopt a hydrant to shovel out should we actually get any significant snow.  Find the article HERE. I just did the sign up for our nearest hydrant and couldn't help but notice the lack of joining in.  Here's a screen…

As we emerge from the shadows of the pandemic, it's time to reassess how we conduct public meetings in Sudbury. In that time Zoom became indispensable, allowing people to continue working, learning, and holding important discussions without leaving their homes. For our town of Sudbury, this platform enabled public meetings to persist amid unprecedented uncertainty.…

I attended the school committee policy sub-committee meeting on Wednesday, November 22nd, and something happened that should concern all Sudbury parents. As documented in the Sudbury Weekly, a member of the School Committee, Mandy Sim, believes that the school committee should not be creating policies outside of those set forward by the Massachusetts Association of School…

The League of Women Voters of Sudbury submitted the following request to the Sudbury School Committee: In June, the League of Women Voters of Sudbury urged you to reconsider your decision to hold alternate meetings of the Sudbury School Committee using an in-person only format, with no option for the public to attend and…

Disclosure:  I am sharing this opinion as an individual and not as a member of the Sudbury School Committee or member of Sudbury’s Commission on Disability. Last night, approximately 200 children visited the neighborhood of Meadowbrook Circle and Meadowbrook Road to participate in Sudbury’s 2nd Accessible Trick-or-Treat. Neighbors came together to put tables at the…

The Combined Facilities Director (CFD) is responsible for the facility planning, renovation, construction, sustainability, maintenance, and repair of all Town-owned buildings including the K-8 school buildings.   Sandra Duran was hired to do that job in May 2022.  A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Town and Sudbury Public Schools (K-8) which has been in…

I am writing in response to Diana Warren's opinion piece of July 25, 2024 [link]. It was valuable by laying out the history of the Tercentenary Marker issue in Sudbury. I participated in two of the events and I have a different viewpoint. While I serve as Town Historian, I want to be very clear…

You may use this link to find the School Committee’s meeting packet where the Facilities Department Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) appears at the very end. The MOA was executed in January 2012 and is outdated as it does not reflect arrangements made subsequently related to personnel, salaries, and cost allocation that were mentioned at the…

[This opinion article was submitted by Matt Allen and signed by CJ Davis, David Merrill, Sarah Kelly and Jim Kelly] Dear Fellow Resident of Sudbury, We, the concerned residents of Pine Lakes, write expressing our concern and disapproval of the Sudbury Housing Authority’s (SHA) plan to demolish four single-family homes (21 Great Lake…

Earlier this week the SPS School Committee met to discuss dissolving their current agreement with the Town of Sudbury for a shared facilities department. The following is a letter that we sent to the Committee strongly encouraging a vote in their upcoming meeting to continue the arrangement and ensure Sandra Duran remains our joint facilities director.…