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Planning Board denies Sunrise Sharon assisted living facility

Sharon Planning Board denies Sunrise Senior Living special permit after six-month hearing. The board voted 3-2 against approving a 99-unit assisted living facility at 313 and 319 Norwood Street and 5 Edge Hill Road, rejecting arguments that the project would generate $400,000 in annual tax revenue

Transportation Board Approves Prior Minutes, Outlines 2026 Work Plan

Transportation Board outlines 2026 initiatives for Select Board. Chair Linda Hager and the five-member Transportation Advisory Board voted unanimously to approve prior minutes and identified three major work priorities: reexamining Sharon train station circulation and reopening the station building

Finance Committee approves bond rating at AA, sets budget growth target.

Sharon Finance Committee affirmed the town's AA bond rating and reviewed robust financial metrics. Standard & Poor's reaffirmed the rating January 21 following comprehensive review of town fiscal performance; certified free cash rose to $12,066,104 from $10,779,470 the prior year. The Priorities

WMAC approves $5 quarterly fixed fee increase; usage rates to be rebalanced.

Sharon Water Management Advisory Committee approves $5 quarterly increase in fixed water fee for fiscal 2027. The unanimous vote directs DPW Superintendent Eric Hooper to revise tiered usage-fee rates so 5,500 residential accounts share the overall increase proportionally, addressing Chair David

Lake advisory committee approves $36,500 in contracts for water quality monitoring and mapping

Lake Massapoag Advisory Committee approves $36,500 in monitoring and mapping contracts. Chaired by Laura Henze Russell, the committee unanimously backed three TRC Environmental agreements, $7,200 for plant mapping, $9,100 for in-lake monitoring, and $9,700 for targeted testing, and a $9,500