By Julie Durgin-Sicree Sudbury resident and parent of two Sudbury Public Schools students. Sudbury is spending a lot of time and emotional energy right now on a citizen’s petition involving the Sudbury School Committee. I understand why. When an issue touches our schools, everything else- budgets, programming, staffing, and even good-faith disagreement, can start…

The Select Board and Town Manager must withdraw Article 13. If the article proceeds to Town Meeting as written, Sudbury taxpayers will likely vote it down as did the Finance Committee, as the proposed funding would require either reductions in SPS funding or other the reduction in other funding sources. Article 13 is premature…

By Jessica McCready, Vice-Chair, Sudbury School Committee I am writing this as an individual member of the Sudbury School Committee and am representing my own views only. One of the criticisms being lobbied at the School Committee is that they only cater to “special interest” groups such as children in the LGBTQ+ community or…

[Submitted by co-presidents Linda Smith and Bonnie Glass on behalf of the League of Women Voters of Sudbury] The League of Women Voters of Sudbury supports 15 articles on the May 4 Annual Town Meeting warrant, based on local, state and national LWV positions. The League opposes two warrant articles proposed by citizen…

I am the current Chair of the Sudbury Select Board and the opinions expressed in this article are my own and should not be attributed to any other member of the Select Board. The Select Board has voted to support Article 13. The Town of Sudbury’s relationship with Minuteman Vocational Technical High School (Minuteman)…

By Janie Dretler, Vice Chair, Sudbury Select Board – I am writing this as an individual member of the Sudbury Select Board. These views are my own. I write this with a heavy heart, and I hope these words find their way not only into print, but into the conscience of our community. …

As Sudbury moves beyond our annual election and fast approaches our next hallowed civic event, Town Meeting (starting Monday May 4th), we are met with a citizen petition (page 74) for a second Town Meeting (Wednesday May 20th). The mechanism for a citizen to request a special Town Meeting is an important feature of…

The ‘vote of no confidence’ petition which has been submitted to the Sudbury Select Board to become an article at a future special town meeting, makes serious allegations of wrongdoing and misconduct by members of the School Committee, residents who were voted into office. The petition alleges several serious concerns: An improper procurement…

No matter how the final results are certified, one thing is undeniable: a write-in candidate, Jonathan Sullivan, received enough support from this community to earn a seat. That does not happen by accident. It reflects a level of frustration and dissatisfaction that cannot be ignored or explained away. The Sudbury Public Schools School Committee…

As the 2026 Town election approaches, I have mixed feelings.  Very glad that many incumbents and a few new candidates have stepped up to do their best to carry the workload of keeping Sudbury moving forward.  Very sad that a whole swath of my neighbors have coalesced around a set of ginned up allegations, false claims, and…