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Select Board Two seats were left open for Board of Selectmen after two incumbents - John Parent and Joseph Durant - decided not to run again. “I am excited to start the next phase of this journey and serve the residents of Hudson,” wrote Shawn Sadowski on a campaign Facebook page. He also thanked those who helped with the campaign, his family and the voters. “I will promise to do my best to help Hudson move forward and continue to improve.” Sadowski, who has lived in Hudson for most of his life, said in an interview a few weeks ago he hoped to tackle tax rates, the school system, diversity issues and water and sewer rates, and planned to work on community outreach from the Board of Selectmen. ....
KEYNOTES: Rotarians adapt to online setting Rosemary Rimkus The confines of COVID-19 have forced the Hudson Rotary Club to adapt its meetings and its aims. Organized in 1923, almost one hundred years later the Hudson service organization has swapped its weekly meetings at the Hudson Portuguese Club for bi-weekly “Zoom” meetings, and in recent years dropped its mandatory weekly attendance rules. Hudson Town Moderator Richard Harrity, current club president, said when Covid restrictions were announced in March 2020, the club attempted outdoor meetings for a few months, “but in the Fall the weather forced us to make other plans.” At recent “Zoom” meetings, the club has hosted guest speakers Tom Gregory, who will soon succeed Tom Moses as town administrator; Police Chief Rick DiPersio and Mark O’Connell, Avidia bank president. ....
HUDSON Election season is heating up, with two familiar faces pulling nomination papers to serve on the Board of Selectmen. Dandrick “Ricky” Gelin and Shawn Sadowski have each taken out papers. Incumbents Joseph Durant and John Parent have not pulled papers as of last week, said Town Clerk Joan Wordell. Sadowski a member of the Finance Committee for the past three years and also a member of the Packard Street Reuse Committee plans to be a voice for working-class residents, if elected. “I noticed there wasn’t a true representation of the working class of this town,” said Sadowski, a machinist for more than three decades. ....