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. On May 20, Sudbury voters will consider Article 3 at Special Town Meeting, a citizen petition seeking a Special Act to add a recall election provision to…

I am an appointed member of the Commission on Disability. I am writing in my individual capacity.  Now that Annual Town Meeting has concluded, Sudbury has an opportunity to consider what is at stake at the upcoming Special Town Meeting on May 20. Article 4, the proposed “No Confidence” petition directed at the Sudbury School Committee, should…

Mother’s Day is often about flowers, brunch and dinner reservations, handmade cards, and celebrating the women who shape our lives in countless ways. But this year, I’ve been thinking more deeply about what motherhood really represents in a community like Sudbury. It represents advocacy. It represents showing up when things are difficult. …

In 2023, 23.2% of Massachusetts high school students identified as LGBT or reported being unsure of their sexual orientation or gender identity according to a recent report from The Fenway Institute and the Equality Fund at the Boston Foundation. In Sudbury that year, only 62% of gender diverse Curtis Middle schoolers reported feeling welcome…

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. …