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Cordeau leaves Sharon Hospital

SHARON, Conn. — Health Quest announced on Tuesday, Jan. 29, that Sharon Hospital President Peter Cordeau would leave for a new position as president of Norwalk Hospital. 

Denise George, the interim president as of Feb. 4, will serve while a search is conducted for a new head of Sharon Hospital. 

George is president of Northern Dutchess Hospital in Rhinebeck, N.Y., and senior vice president of Health Quest. The search will be led by members of the hospital’s community Board of Directors, medical staff and Health Quest administrators.

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Watering the flowers of 2018’s Trade Secrets

Wed, 05/23/2018 - 8:21am
By
Alexander Wilburn

SHARON — April showers bring May flowers, but the rain didn’t stop anyone from shopping for blooms and plants on Saturday morning, May 19, the garden-sale day of this year’s two-day Trade Secrets fundraiser for Women’s Support Services in Sharon.
The sale was followed with garden tours on Sunday, May 20.

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Progress and promises from Sharon Hospital

Wed, 05/23/2018 - 8:11am
By
Cynthia Hochswender

SHARON — At a State of the Hospital presentation to community members on Wednesday, May 16, Sharon Hospital President Peter Cordeau gave a characteristically upbeat picture of where the care center has come from and where it’s headed.
The talk, held at Sharon Town Hall, recapped the past nine months, since Sharon Hospital joined the New York State-based Health Quest group.

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Well-known Secrets

Wed, 05/23/2018 - 8:04am

Dana Brandwein Oates was one of the vendors at Trade Secrets, held in Sharon last weekend, selling handmade porcelain ware she crafts for dbO Home. For story and another photo, see Watering the flowers of 2018’s Trade Secrets.

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Sharon voters give nod to new budget plans

Wed, 05/16/2018 - 8:41am
By
Leila Hawken

SHARON — Voters unanimously approved all budget proposals at the annual town meeting, held Friday, May 11, at Town Hall. 
No comments were offered by the 60 residents attending. All of the votes on all of the items were passed unanimously. John Perotti served as moderator.
A strong voice vote approved the budgets as presented by the finance board, showing total expenditures for the selectmen’s side of $4,609,567, up by $134,729 over current year levels. 
The fiscal year begins July 1.

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Much to review for little critics

Wed, 05/09/2018 - 8:20am
By
Alexander Wilburn

SHARON — Lest one think that a children’s art show might be pint-sized, Standard Space gallery owner Theo Coulombe was busy Friday, May 4, making labels for more than 100 pieces by students pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Sharon Center School, Salisbury Central School, Kent Center School, North Canaan Elementary School, Cornwall Consolidated School and Lee H. Kellogg School, all submitted by the art teachers. 

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Sharon budget moves to May 11 vote

Wed, 05/02/2018 - 8:17am
By
Leila Hawken

SHARON — About 50 Sharon residents turned out for the budget public hearing on Friday, April 27. No one expressed opposition to any specific budget area. 
Following the hearing, the Board of Finance met and voted to move the education and municipal spending plans forward to a town meeting vote, which will be held on Friday, May 11, at 7 p.m.
The selectmen’s  proposed municipal spending plan totals $4,602,767, an increase of $134,929 or 3 percent over this year’s budget of $4,467,838. 

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Rebuilding trust at Sharon Playhouse

Wed, 04/25/2018 - 8:09am
By
Macey Levin

SHARON – Several months ago the Sharon Playhouse board of directors hired a new management team. Alan M-L Wager and Robert Levinstein are theater pros who have worked in several capacities on Broadway, off-Broadway, at regional theaters and summer theaters, not to mention in television and films. 

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Paintings of history are ‘a treasure’

Wed, 04/18/2018 - 8:44am
By
Leila Hawken

SHARON — Although he did not begin painting until he was in his 50s, Cornwall’s Charles Besozzi continued creating folk paintings in oil until his death in 1997 at the age of 92. The passion he felt for American history is continued by his granddaughter, Elysia Magazzi, who has set out to share his works with an ever-widening audience.
An exhibit of his work at Sharon Town Hall is titled, “The Heart and Soul American History Initiative.” It features 18 paintings and was curated by Town Hall Gallery Exhibit Co-ordinator Zelina Blagden.

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Sharon looks at superintendent’s role

Wed, 04/18/2018 - 8:30am
By
Leila Hawken

SHARON — Town boards of education are being asked to weigh in on the job description for the superintendent of the six-town Region One School District. 
The Sharon board looked at a slightly revised description at their meeting on Monday, April 9.
“This is the first year that this has been done,” board Chair Doug Cahill commented. 

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A literary superhero visits SCS

Thu, 04/12/2018 - 8:31am
By
Leila Hawken

SHARON — How does a writer about superheroes become a superhero himself? Students at Sharon Center School learned how when they met successful author Marc Tyler Nobleman on Thursday, March 29, and heard about how he researches to dig out facts that would otherwise remain hidden. And then he writes about them.

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