Thursday, February 28, 2013
Public hearing scheduled for April 10.
In accordance with the provisions of M.G.L. Chapter 40A, Section 5, the Sudbury Planning Board will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. at the Town Hall, 322 Concord Road, Sudbury, Massachusetts concerning the following articles on the Warrant for the May 6, 2013 Annual Town Meeting. The full text of the 2013 Town Meeting Zoning Articles can be downloaded here. Amend sections 5336(d) and 5435(c) to increase the number of allowable one-bedroom units in the Senior Residential Community and Incentive Senior Development Bylaws from 10% to 25%. Amend Section 6330, Site Plan Procedures, to replace the word “unanimous” with the word “majority”, so that sentence reads as follows, “A unanimous majority vote of the Board…
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
The Board of Selectmen sided with the advice of town counsel over the method of four articles submitted by Ralph Tyler.
"I see where this decision is going. This is why we need change in this town." And with those words, Sudbury resident Ralph Tyler walked out of Town Hall Tuesday night during the Board of Selectmen's meeting, convinced his attempt to add four warrant articles for Annual Town Meeting would not go through. The Board granted Tyler time to argue why his method of submitting four articles together with the required number of signatures should be allowed. Both Chairman Larry O'Brien and Selectman John Drobinski said they did not feel comfortable going against the advice of Town Counsel Paul Kenny. "My initial concern is as John said, I would be far stretched to give it serious thought," O'Brien said. " You’ve been at Town Meeting as long as I …
Friday, February 1, 2013
Jim Cavanaugh is bringing a warrant to Annual Town Meeting to add an amendment to buffer zones around schools and playgrounds.
When Jim Cavanaugh heard Sudbury children could hear automatic gunfire while playing at Nixon and Noyes elementary schools, he knew something had to be done about that. The Codman Drive resident and others are bringing a warrant article to Annual Town Meeting in May to change the bylaw that allows the use of guns as close as 500 feet of dwellings, and have in include an amendment in relation to schools and playgrounds. "Over the last few years, there's been occasional gunfire around town," he said. "Kids at playgrounds have heard it. And I'm wondering how is it possible there is shooting so close to our schools?" The amendment would set a half-mile buffer zone around schools, temples and playgrounds, he said. Cavanaugh said the push to …
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Check back often as we provide up-to-date results on this year's warrant articles.
Have an opinion on tonight's meeting? Add your comment in the blog.
Monday, May 7, 2012
If you can't make it tonight, check back often as we provide updates on the warrant articles.
Saturday, May 5, 2012
Resident and farm owner Chris Kurth urges residents to attend and vote at Annual Town Meeting.
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Saturday, May 5, 2012
As a Sudbury native and farmer/owner of Siena Farms, a 50-acre vegetable farm here in North Sudbury, I am writing to passionately encourage every voting town resident to come to Town Meeting next week to raise their hand in support of the permanent preservation of Pantry Brook Farm (Article 30). Preserving farmland preserves – and creates – farming. Indeed, there would be no Siena Farms if not for the devoted work of the Sudbury community over the last half-century in preserving some of its most productive farmland, as the majority of our annual cropping occurs on protected farmland here in Sudbury. As a result, we are able to grow fresh organic food to serve a 500-member CSA community, as well as area farmers’ markets and restaurants, …
Friday, May 4, 2012
If you can't make it to Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School on Monday and Tuesday night, you can check for updates here.
Annual Town Meeting will be held next week, Monday through Wednesday, at Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School, and Sudbury Patch plans to live blog the meeting during the first two nights. We'll provide updates as the warrant articles, which number 35 this year, are voted upon, that way you know the results that night. Readers will be encouraged to comment as the blog is updated and share their opinions on how they think Town Meeting is going. Freelance reporter Helen Young will cover Town Meeting on Wednesday night and provide an in-depth article on the final night's results. You can view the warrant articles by clicking on the pdf attached to this story.
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
League of Women Voters says it supports numerous articles, including those in regards to town center and the Rail Trail.
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Tuesday, May 1, 2012
The League of Women Voters of Sudbury encourages every Sudbury voter to attend Town Meeting, which starts Monday, May 7, at 7:30 p.m. in the Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School auditorium. The League supports 13 articles on the 2012 Town Meeting warrant, based on League positions taken after studies and consensus by its members. We support Article 14 on town center traffic improvements. The League also supports all of the articles involving the Community Preservation Fund, Articles 24 through 33, including the recommendations for the Pantry Brook Farm preservation restriction and for the purchase of the property at 15 Hudson Road in the Town Center. The two non-binding resolutions covering the Rail Trail, Articles 34 and 35, also have …
Monday, April 30, 2012
Sudbury resident Bryan Semple has questions on certain warrant articles.
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Monday, April 30, 2012
With Town Meeting less than a week away, it is time to crack open the warrant and dig into articles. The challenge with Town Meeting is the difficulty asking an extended series of questions and actually getting answers, or even having a debate. So this year, vowing to be more prepared, I have already combed the warrant and submitted questions to the various town committees. Here is a summary of some positions and questions I have on the articles. Article 4 - FY 13 Budget The warrant does not list the current OPEB liabilities the town and school systems have accrued. These figures represent the future payments we will need to make to retirees for both pensions and health benefits. Also not listed is the rental income the town receives from…
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Proposals include historic projects, Town Hall design study and Town Center landscaping restoration.
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012
(EDITOR'S NOTE: The following was supplied by the Town of Sudbury website.) At its meeting of January 18, 2012 the Community Preservation Committee voted to advance the following proposals for votes at the 2012 Annual Town Meeting: 1. PANTRY BROOK FARM PRESERVATION RESTRICTION To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum, as recommended by the Community Preservation Committee, for the purpose of purchasing development rights to 94 +/- acres of land known as the Pantry Brook Farm located on Concord Road by the Town or another conservation organization, by the grant of an Agricultural Preservation Restriction or Conservation Restriction pursuant to M.G.L. c.184, s. 31-32; to see whether this sum shall be raised by borrowing, under …
siobhan hullinger
7:53 am on Saturday, March 2, 2013
sudburycitizentoo 7:45 am on Saturday, March 2, 2013 Look up the definition of PREEMPTIVE STRIKE in that new book of yours. This comment says it all, doesn't it? It's not about what's in the best interest of the town, it's all about preservation and control of power. Sudburycitizentoo, you have just made another point for a yes vote for 3-5. more ›