Select Board defers flag policy revisions pending further legal refinement. Chair Xander Shapiro and Town Administrator Frederic Turkington guided the board through revisions tied to the 2022 Shurtliff Supreme Court decision, with Member Sam Liao requesting narrower language restricting flags to
Sharon Travel Basketball Association, home of the Sharon Eagles, posted its first hard tryout numbers for the 2026-2027 season: boys' registration ranged from 14 in fourth grade to 34 in sixth grade, while girls' registration ran between 6 and 14 per grade, according to the group's webs…
Three Sharon obituaries were published this week: Bibbo, Robert Anthony; Cremer, Stephen (Steve) Mark; and Stein, Arthur A. Robert Anthony Bibbo, 78, died Tuesday, September 1, at his Sharon home surrounded by family; his arrangements are with James H. Delaney & Son Funeral Home. Stephe…
Planning Board unanimously enters executive session on litigation. Chair Robert Maidman and all five members present voted 5-0-0 to close the meeting and discuss strategy in Sunrise Senior Living, LLC v. Town of Sharon Planning Board, et al., Land Court Civil Action No. 26 PS 000212, with Maidman
Conservation Commission continues hearings on Birch Hill II Subdivision and Sunrise Senior Living land disturbance permit. Chair Peg Arguimbau and five voting members unanimously continued the Birch Hill NOI to September 17 at the applicant's request with no recorded debate. The Sunrise hearing on
Sharon Standing Building Committee approved $767K in Water Treatment Plant project invoices.
Sharon confirmed its first spotted lanternfly infestation on Sept. 1, state and local officials said. The Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources verified the invasive, tree- and crop-damaging insect within town limits, according to a notice posted on the town's website. Supe…
Sharon voters headed to Sharon High School's gymnasium Tuesday for the Massachusetts State Primary, with polls open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. The town's website reiterated the single polling location and pointed residents to the clerk's office for early-voting and vote-by-mail questions. The nig…
Sharon Travel Basketball Association's 2026-2027 tryout registration is filling in across grade levels, with the group's website reporting signups from 4th through 8th grade for both boys' and girls' teams as of a Sept. 2 count. Sixth and eighth grade boys and sixth grade girls showed s…
Sharon's obituary notices this week include three people with ties to town: Halber, Dorothy E. (Feldman), 86, of Sharon; Rosenberg, Selma, 98, a former Sharon resident who lived in town for three decades after her marriage before later moving to Florida; and Schultz, Stephen S., 80, a f…