Sudbury's SMILE Playground reopened Friday after renovations adding new equipment and more accessible surfacing, the town said, while nearby Haskell Field restroom work continues with completion expected in early November.
Budget subcommittee reviewed FY28 preliminary budget with 6.03 percent growth and voted to defer student activity audit.
Sudbury's Community Preservation Committee elected new leadership and opened review of 13 grant requests for its fiscal 2028 cycle, including a proposal to tap preservation funds for walkways connecting recreational areas that drew sharp pushback over whether it even qualifies.
Reconstituted Agricultural Commission scheduled next meeting and assigned foundational inventory and outreach tasks.
The committee flagged that the camp's special permit and management agreement renewals both expire around September 2027 and should be coordinated.
Working group voted 2-0 to recommend 17 people for Superintendent Screening Committee.
Sudbury announced that construction on the Sherman's Bridge Rehabilitation Project is set to begin Nov. 9, closing the bridge between Sudbury and Wayland for about 12 weeks until Feb. 1, 2027, with detour signage in place.
Sudbury's Department of Public Works says a culvert project on Old Sudbury Road near 230 Old Sudbury Road will close one lane with alternating traffic on Monday, Oct. 26, from about 9:30 a.m. until the afternoon.
Sudbury's FY28 Budget Working Group met Wednesday to review a lower retirement assessment, certified free cash and two competing budget guidance options, as the town manager warned of a larger shortfall ahead.
Community Preservation Committee unanimously rejects Wayside Inn walkway project as ineligible and postpones other fiscal 2028 application votes.