and your constant commenting is???????????? Perhaps if Sudbury had some "good things" happen they would make the list! Have you bothered to stop and think about that?

Boycott My Passion Flower and only do business with Frugal Flower.

If you all don't mean it then please stop running this featured article because it is and has been painful. People can say, "then stop reading The Patch," but other people are reading it and the words are still out there, being discussed. If you won't pull this article then please be thoughtful when posting the next two "Top Stories." If the stories are top stories because of all of the hits they've gotten then you'd better believe they are going to be stories of hurtfulness and cause embarrassment for townspeople.

Why don't you please share ONE EXAMPLE of a made up story. I am sure you have dozens. There is nothing for Patch to be embarassed about. Your credibility is completely gone.

As I have said before, I post with my name and photo. Ann, if something I say regarding the insensitive reporting and the need to keep the feelings of others in mind is revolting to you then perhaps you are in need of clarity about what ugly is. Frankly, If the need to insult others is what prompted your first post on Patch I worry about what else the readers should expect from you. The citizens of Sudbury do not need to be reminded about the tragedies that have happened to some of the townspeople over the past year. The family members who are struggling with their losses do not need that type of freedom of speech--
So please Ann Howard, tell me and all of the other readers who are very upset with this story line that we are revolting for voicing our desire to protect our neighbors from more pain. You are part of the problem with your first "contribution" to Sudbury Patch being full of anger and hatred. Clearly you have the need to be full of anger and resentment. I feel compassion for you and your family members that must suffer from your problems.

Thank you, Ann Howard, for clarifying your hatred. You clearly have issues with someone you have never met. That is your problem. Take your hatred and turn it into some good. Because from everything you have written on your very short tenure on Sudbury Patch is most unsavory and contributes nothing to the better good of this town. Not only do I feel compassion but sorrow for an individual that can have hate towards someone they have never met. You dear resident and citizen of Sudbury do have a problem. Get some help. Carrying around hatred like yours can cause a heart attack. Again, hating people you have never met is not rational and a cause for concern.

Robert G. Stein,
Perhaps your watch stopped and you did not read the 6 signs posted by the building owner Maggie Flood that clearly states parking is only for Maggie Flood and My PassionFlower customers. Your sense of entitlement and disrespect for the building owner and tenants combined with the fact that you are, unfortunately, who you are merited my stance. That and the fact that you have made threats to me and the Sudbury Police has a series of reports about you and your actions and the SPD have advised me to take further actions at the District Court all combine to the reality that you were very much in the wrong by parking within two feet of my vehicle. I have never said anything to any one else. You are special.

No Ann Howard. I have never made your acquaintance and will do my best to avoid such toxicity. I will vocalize my disrespect for Sudbury Patch in it's continued need to publish this 5 part "story" that has proven to do what it does best--cause pain and misery and for that reason and that reason only I reply to you. No Ann Howard. We have never met. And pretending that we have suggests your instability is more profound than one might think.

Cute. :)

Wow. You must enlighten us, Ann Howard. I surround myself with beauty and positive energy. You do not fit that criteria. If I see you everyday indeed I would be aware of it. Now I ask you to think about the family of this fellow who died and was found on June 18th and ask yourself if the hatred you are exhibiting towards me this afternoon and early evening is a good thing or a bad thing. I really am not interested in the answer.

There is no sudburyciticentoo either! You are correct. What a plot....

Oh I forgot: LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm as real as it gets baby. when you read the patch you get the news about all the dirt and the best you can do is......LOL!!!!!!!

Sudburycitizentoo,
Did you come up with one story that was "made up" by Patch yet? I guess not. Who is the psycho? Get well soon.

Sometimes it is better to not respond. Using this article as a "chat room" is disrespectful to the subject of the article. My suggestion would be to write a letter to the editor and then comment.

Siobhan
I did not make this a chatroom. Please do not include me in the group that did. When attacked I defend. When an article is offensive and many readers request its removal and the Editor remains silent then we readers have a right to protect our neighbors from further harm.

Kristen, i do not know you. I am not a Sudbury resident. I do think you need to re-evalute your postings. You are an adult and business owner and you ar enot doing yourself any god by even commenting in here. Now I see your comments on th Natick Patch. Please stay in your town and don't start in another town. If I were posting a back and forth argument like this i would be embarrased.

DGM,
As an admitted non-resident of Sudbury your clearly have not experienced the toxicity that this Sudbury Patch has published in OUR town. If AOL posts a news story in Natick that originates in Sudbury that is AOL's responsibility. I am not concerned with your opinion as it has no bearing on my purpose. My purpose is to defend the residents of Sudbury from further harm by an online "news" publication that has repeatedly presented biased reporting in order to increase sales. This is clearly not going to stop if I and others who have voiced the exact same opinion do not continue to voice our opinions. If you were to look back at every article of contention over the past 1.5 years you will see a pattern. Killing the messenger makes more a statement of the attacker.

Sudbury Citizen,
I feel nothing but pity for you. Empathy is hard to muster but the lies and defamation of character that you produce and the editor of the Sudbury Patch endorses by posting is indicative of the changes that need to will be made in the near future. For now, realize that my business has prospered over the 3 years I've been established because my clientele does not include the type of person that would be so bold as to write what you write. You are the minority in Sudbury, thank goodness, and in that position you must find comfort. I am a firm believer that the majority of people in this world are good and know the difference between right and wrong. You are not among the majority.

Agreed Joanne. May Peace be with you and yours.