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SHARON — Facing the glassy surface of Mudge Pond, more than 80 people, wearing wet suits, goggles and swim caps, stood eagerly on the water’s edge. In a few moments they heard “swimmers begin,” and with it, the Sharon Sprint Triathlon kicked off for the 15th time on Saturday, Aug. 13.
Anne Cameron worked on a portable loom during the Sharon Arts and Crafts Fair Saturday, Aug. 6. Photo by Riley Klein
SHARON — Artisans from the Northwest Corner and beyond set up shop at the Sharon Green on Saturday, Aug. 6, for the Sharon Arts and Crafts fair. It was the 63rd year of the event.
Creativity and craftsmanship were on full display within the tents that lined the Green along Main Street.
Smiles all around at the new Le Gamin Ice Cream Shop in Sharon. Keeping up with the demand on Sunday, Aug. 7, clerk William Iorio had just dished out a blackberry cone to Ella Kotnik, 9, of Sharon. Photo by Leila Hawken
SHARON — That everyone is said to love the new little ice cream shop in town is a sure sign that it will succeed. Le Gamin Ice Cream Shop is adjacent to Le Gamin restaurant, offering the perfect way to top off delicious French fare with something sweet and lusciously creamy.
Children’s author Eva Chen took a pause in book signing to embrace her daughter, Ren Bannister, 9. Chen’s book, “I Am Golden,” was a favorite with those who attended the annual Hotchkiss Library of Sharon book signing on Aug. 5. Photo by Leila Hawken
SHARON — Following a two-year pandemic break, the Sharon Summer Book Signing drew authors and book lovers to benefit the landmark Hotchkiss Library of Sharon and enjoy each other’s company.
SHARON — Christina McCulloch, the new president of Sharon Hospital, said that the hospital’s parent company, Nuvance Health, is going ahead with its plans to close the Labor and Delivery unit and consolidate two critical care units into one.
SHARON — Sharon Hospital, part of Nuvance Health, has been awarded a five-star rating — the highest overall — by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for quality patient care.
SHARON — For now the little bus is a dull green all over, but only because it is newly acquired as part of a project recommended by the committee that receives applications for American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding.
SHARON — Following years of effort by the town’s broadband task force to find a way to provide internet access for every home and business, the Board of Selectmen considered a recent proposal from Comcast at its regular meeting on Tuesday, July 26.
Left to right, MacKenzie Farrell, Michelle Lemon, Danielle Jackman and Stephanie Eve Parker in “Havana.” Photo by Ashley Garrett
SHARON — Sharon Playhouse’s joyous production of the 1950 “Guys and Dolls”, one of the greatest American musicals of all time, opened Friday evening with the exuberance of a Broadway premier at a jam-packed Bobbie Olsen Theater. It’s the first full production staged in Sharon’s updated, old summer-stock barn since the pandemic, which gave the
SHARON — Sharon Hospital, part of Nuvance Health, will host an online community update from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Monday, August 8, via livestream video.
Hospital President Christina McCulloch will discuss the latest hospital developments and provide updates on the affiliation in 2019 that created Nuvance Health.
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