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Welcome back!
Here’s what we have for you this week:
HOPEsudbury’s Annual Backpack Drive Is Here!
MCRT Top Course Paving On Pace for Summer Completion
Open Table Receives 10-Year Cummings Foundation Grant
Reformed By Pilates Ribbon Cutting
Calling & Character
Legislation Could Make Remote Participation in Open Town Meetings a Possibility
IN PICTURES: Sudbury 4th of July Parade – 2025
Let’s get into it!
HOPEsudbury’s Annual Backpack Drive Is Here!
EVENTS
By Contributor
HOPE’s Annual Backpack Drive is here! Help us send every SPS/LS/Sudbury student back to school prepared for a great year.
Donate now through July 24th – ship directly to us using our wishlist link: https://tinyurl.com/m7c7b48u
Prefer to shop/drop in person? Email us ([email protected]) for details.
MCRT Top Course Paving On Pace for Summer Completion
NEWS
By Kevin LaHaise
During the July 9 meeting of the Sudbury Rail Trails Advisory Committee, the public learned that top course paving on the Mass Central Rail Trail is pacing towards completion by the end of the summer. The top course, or surface course, is the top layer in a paved surface.
Open Table Receives 10-Year Cummings Foundation Grant
NEWS
By Contributor
Open Table, the MetroWest charity fighting hunger, has been awarded a $700,000 grant from the Cummings Foundation, which will provide $70,000 a year to Open Table for 10 years. Earmarked for general operations support, the grant will be used to provide healthy food to people facing hunger and to expand Open Table’s mobile food program.
Reformed By Pilates Ribbon Cutting
EVENTS
By the Sudbury Chamber of Commerce
State Representative Carmen Gentile joined the Sudbury Chamber of Commerce as we ma officially welcome a new business to town with a Ribbon Cutting on Thursday July 10th.
Savannah Polci, the owner and founder of Reformed by Pilates, opened the studio with a vision to create a warm, inclusive environment where people of all fitness levels can discover the benefits of Pilates.
Calling & Character
FEATURES
By Rev. Eric Wolf
Retired theologian and UMC bishop, William Willomon, wrote a book by this title that I read around the time I went to seminary. I can’t remember much of it after all these years other than this: we must answer our calling with the entirety of self.
An Unlikely Pairing American cultural identity is much more Greek than anything else. Our foundations were laid during the Enlightenment, which lifted up the ideals of ancient Greek culture and democracy, and particularly influenced by its dualistic cosmology. One of the classic tenets of Westernism dualism is roughly the idea that the flesh is icky, but the soul is pure. The idea of icky flesh deeply influenced the puritanical roots that plague us to this day.
Legislation Could Make Remote Participation in Open Town Meetings a Possibility
NEWS
By Kevin LaHaise
A new bill, Massachusetts House Bill 2274, aims to allow, but not require, hybrid or remote access and participation in open town meetings across Massachusetts. This legislation seeks to address the challenges many residents face in attending in-person-only town meetings, such as caring for young children, a lack of suitable transportation options, disabilities, and incompatible work schedules.
IN PICTURES: Sudbury 4th of July Parade – 2025
Parting Thoughts
Some weeks there’s a story that’s obviously the most important piece of news to cover. Other weeks are more of a toss up. But during the summer the local news tends be consistently lighter… until a story rolls in that’s truly important to many people in the community.
This week, HOPEsudbury’s Annual Backpack Drive is one of those stories. No, it’s not a fancy, 3,000-word feature story. It’s just an earnest call to action and an invitation to pitch in. Students in Sudbury need the community’s support to get supplies that will help them succeed in the school year ahead. It’s not complicated, but it’s important.
As slow as summer can feel, the return to school is coming quickly, and this drive is a chance to make a direct impact on Sudbury students and families. HOPEsudbury makes it as easy as a few clicks on their Amazon wishlist page. It has never been easier to pitch in, if you’re so inclined.
Onward!