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SHARON — Responding to a petition from Hilltop Road residents along with years of study and public discussion, the Board of Selectmen at its meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 9, unanimously recommended installing speed humps to slow traffic along the long incline of that short road.
Veteran Stephen Valyou was honored by students at Sharon Center School on Thursday, Nov. 10. Photo by Leila Hawken
In a program organized by the Student Council in observance of Veterans Day, students at Sharon Center School (SCS) gathered for an assembly on Thursday, Nov. 10, to honor the service of two local veterans.
Townspeople turned out in force for a town meeting on Thursday, Nov. 10, to discuss and later approve a Comcast proposal to partner with the town, extending internet service to previously unserved or underserved residences and businesses. Photo by Leila Hawken
SHARON — Seven years of effort to provide internet expansion throughout the town came to fruition on Thursday, Nov. 10, when residents gathered for a town meeting and resoundingly approved a proposal for a public-private partnership with Comcast.
The vote was 159 in favor and two opposed, with five abstentions.
Sharon hospital’s new telehealth kiosk offers patients access to medical specialists.
SHARON — Residents along Hilltop Road explored the topic of installing engineered speed humps to slow traffic that passes by their homes, which they said poses a hazard to pedestrians and Sharon Center School traffic.
SHARON — With little more than a week remaining before the scheduled town meeting and vote on whether to approve a partnership with Comcast to expand internet coverage to all underserved homes and businesses, Frontier Communications has offered an alternative proposal to the town to provide high-speed fiber service.
SHARON — Years of study and planning by town officials and the Sharon Connect Task Force have led to Comcast proposing a partnership with the town to expand their existing service to underserved homes and businesses within the town.
SHARON — With both officials in the town health department planning to leave their posts in April 2023, the Board of Selectmen at its regular meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 25 looked ahead to how the work of that office might be handled in the future.
SHARON — Although the town meeting to decide whether to approve a proposal by Comcast to expand internet service in the town had been postponed to a new date of Thursday, Nov. 10, the scheduled town meeting was still held on Friday, Oct. 28 at the Sharon Center School to decide two other items concerning the current year’s budget.
SHARON — A town meeting vote to consider a proposed partnership with Comcast to expand internet access service to all homes has been postponed.
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