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Council on Aging hears plan to merge senior health, recreation and veterans services

SUDBURY — April 13, 2026 — Sudbury COA hears pitch for consolidated health, recreation and veterans department. Director of Health and Community Services Vivian Zeng told the Council on Aging at its April 13 meeting that the three-month-old consolidation — modeled on Acton, Westwood and Bedford — is already enabling cross-department

Select Board interviews six candidates for Liberty Ledge/Sewataro Advisory Committee

SUDBURY — April 9, 2026 — Sudbury Select Board interviews six candidates for Liberty Ledge/Sewataro Advisory Committee. Across a roughly two-and-a-half-hour session April 9, the board questioned William "Granger" Atkeson, Kay Bell, Rachel Henschel, William Pimentel, David Henkels and Christine Vitkauskas; a seventh, Jonathan Harding,

Historic Districts Commission backs Wayside Inn restoration over replacement on 140 windows

SUDBURY — April 9, 2026 — Sudbury HDC steers Wayside Inn toward restoration and presses for redesign of police-station solar canopy. The commission gave informal April 9 guidance on two major upcoming projects without taking a binding vote. Wayside Inn trustee Victor Stokowski told members the inn has $310,000 — $250,

Select Board calls special town meeting after citizen petition targets School Committee

SUDBURY — April 8, 2026 — Sudbury Select Board calls May special town meeting after 300-signature petition targets School Committee. The board voted 5-0 Wednesday to open the warrant from April 9 until noon April 21 in response to a citizen petition filed Monday by lead petitioner Jillian Kelton. Town

Planning Board endorses $20,000 Sewataro visioning article 5-0

SUDBURY — April 8, 2026 — Sudbury Planning Board endorses $20,000 Sewataro facilitator article 5-0. The board voted unanimously April 8 to support Town Meeting Article 19, which would hire a qualified consultant to run public visioning sessions on the Liberty Ledges/Sewataro property. Town Planner Adam Duchesneau described the

LS School Committee extends bus contract, adopts zero-emissions vehicle policy

SUDBURY — April 8, 2026 — LS School Committee reviews state anti-Semitism report and adopts zero-emissions vehicle policy. Superintendent and Principal Andrew Stephens walked the committee through the Massachusetts Special Commission on Combating Antisemitism's late-December final report, mapping LSRHS practices against its K-12 recommendations and flagging

Sudbury Board of Health appoints Fanioli as agent, names two animal inspectors

SUDBURY — April 8, 2026 — Sudbury Board of Health appoints new assistant director and lands a competitive $19,000 FDA grant. The board, with Chair Carol Bradford and member Linda Huet-Clayton present, voted 2-0 to appoint Mike Fanioli, a three-and-a-half-year Concord public health inspector, as

Goodnow Trustees set April 21 start for children's room renovation

SUDBURY — April 7, 2026 — Goodnow Library children's room to close April 21 for monthlong renovation. The Library Director told the Board of Trustees at its April 7 meeting that the room has been emptied and construction is on track to begin Tuesday, April 21 and finish by the

Sudbury ZBA grants 684 Boston Post Road time-limited permit with 35-car cap

SUDBURY — April 6, 2026 — Sudbury ZBA grants 684 Boston Post Road a nine-month permit with a 35-car cap. The Zoning Board of Appeals voted 5-0 Monday to issue Michael J. Griffin a time-limited special permit expiring Dec. 31, 2026, with conditions requiring the site be reduced

Finance Committee rejects $500,000 housing repair petition, endorses three solar canopy projects

SUDBURY — April 6, 2026 — Sudbury Finance Committee rejects $500,000 housing repair petition, backs solar canopies. The committee voted 6-1 on April 6 against recommending Article 39, a citizens petition seeking $500,000 from free cash to repair four Sudbury Housing Authority single-family homes, with only member Ryan

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