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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

Conservation Commission approves fee increases and continues Birch Hill II hearing.

The Sharon Conservation Commission voted unanimously to restructure permit fees, doubling most local bylaw rates while maintaining the Riverfront District Act filing fee and advertising costs at $50 each. Conservation Administrator Josh Philibert's Finance Committee-requested review resulted from

Library Trustees approve consultant role for outgoing director

Sharon Library Trustees retain outgoing director as consultant. The board unanimously approved keeping Library Director Lee Ann Amand on town payroll as a Grant Consultant to finalize construction-project work, pending approval by incoming Director Randy Gagné. In parallel action, Trustees

Board of Health approves chicken variance and 2026 meeting calendar.

Board of Health approves chicken variance and sets 2026 calendar. Chair Hope Klassman, Chuck Levine, and Michael Blackowicz unanimously approved a variance allowing up to 10 chickens at 37 Brook Road and set nine meeting dates throughout 2026. Septic Inspector Kevin Davis briefed the Board on six