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Town Hall: P.O. Box 250, Sharon, Vt. 05065; 763-8268
Hours: Monday, Tuesday and Thursday 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2-6 p.m., Wednesday 7:30 a.m.-2 p.m.
Town Clerk: Joanne M. Slater, 763-8268
Administrative Assistant: Margaret Becker, 763-8268
Hours: Monday,Wednesday and Thursday 9 a.m.- 2 p.m., Tuesday 9 a.m.-7 p.m.
Selectmen: Robert Ferguson (chairman), 763-8543; Kevin Blakeman; William Kitchell, 763-7828 (meets the first and third Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Municipal Building)
Road Foreman: Theodore Wilson, 763-7194 (town garage)
Health Officer: David Indenbaum
Service Officer: Douglas Moore, 763-2864
Tree Warden: Bruce McShinsky
Pound Keeper: Roland Potter, 763-7631
Planning Commission: Deborah Wroth, Paul Kristensen, Peter Anderson, Anne Berndt, Jason Flint, Susan Sellew, Nancy Matthews, Jay McPhretres, Vince Gross (meets on the second and occasionally on the fourth Tuesdays of each month at 7 p.m. at the Municipal Building)
Emergency Management Chairman: Dana Durkee
Conservation Commission: Michael Zwikelmaier (chairman), 649-2940; Fritz Weiss; Alma Zwikelmaier; Margaret Raymond; Karen Hewitt (meets the first Monday of each month at 7 p.m. at the municipal building)
Recreation Commission: Carol Flint, Michael Tracy, Martin Yning, Corrine Jennings, Phil Pomerville (meets the last Monday of each month at 7 p.m., except July and August, at the Sharon Elementary School)
Volunteer Fire Department: David Potter (chief); Jason Flint (president), 259-9496
Moderator: Michael Hillinger
Treasurer: Margaret B. Raymond, 763-8268
Hours: Monday-Friday 7:30 a.m.-2 p.m., Monday and Thursday 3-5 p.m., Tuesday 4:30-8 p.m.
First Constable, Delinquent Tax Collector, Fire Warden: Kenneth Chase
Second Constable: Roland Potter
Listers: Kenneth Wright Jr.; Galen E. Mudgett Jr. (chairman), 295-3074; Helen Barrett
Auditors: Debra Boles, Valerie Potter
Agent to Prosecute and Defend Suits: Doug Moore
Trustee of Public Funds: Judith Tyson, Martha Fisk, Phyllis Potter
Baxter Memorial Library: Roberta Henault (librarian), 763-2875
Hours: Tuesday 3:30-7:30 p.m., Thursday 2-5:30 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m.- noon during summer through October
Trustees of Baxter Memorial Library: Paula Duprat, Debra St. Peter, Kathy Lowell, Laurie Swanson, Marjorie Diehlmann
Trustees of Downer Fund: Calvin Keyler, Jim Kearns, Robert Ferguson
School Directors: Elaine Kearns, 763-8476; Donald Shaw, 296-2546; Ronald Amato (meets the first Monday of each month at 6 p.m. at Sharon Elementary School)
Sharon Elementary School: Shelia Moran (principal), 763-7425
Superintendent of Schools: Lanning Nicoloff, Orange-Windsor Supervisory Union, 763-8840
Sharon Historical Society: Edwin A. West Jr. (president), Mary Ayer (vice president), Phyllis Potter and Kelly Clark (co-curators)
Year incorporated or chartered: 1761
Land area: 40 square miles
Percent private and public conserved lands: 5.7
Population:
2000: 1,411
1990: 1,211
Number of families: 379
Average family size: 3.06
Income:
Per capita: $20,824
Median family income: $47,500
Median household income: $40,952
Employment:
Residents working in community: 12.9%
Unemployment rate: 1.2%
Top five industries in which residents work:
1. Retail trade
2. Health services
3. Construction
4. Educational services
5. Other professional services
Housing Units:
Owner occupied: 414
Renter occupied: 139
Vacant: 110
2001 Equalized tax rate: $2.00*
Full-time police department: No
Full-time fire department: No
Public schools
Elementary: 1; enrollment: 140
Middle-junior high: None
High school: None
Private/parochial schools: 1
Vermont Vietnam Veterans Memorial: The first such memorial in the nation, it overlooks scenery said to resemble Vietnam's Central Highlands. Located at the northbound rest area on Interstate 89.
Old Home Days Celebration: Each year on the first Saturday in August.
Sharon Historical Society: Open Sundays 1-3 p.m., from the first Sunday in July through the last Sunday in August.
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