Don Lowe -- First Selectman Column 10/19/26
The Annual Community Halloween Bash will be held on Saturday, October 24 from 4pm to 7pm in the roadway looping around Mallory Town Hall, the Sherman Playhouse, and the Scout House. This free-of-charge event features booths of various town organizations and opportunities for children to trick-or-treat safely among the participants. Thank you, Barbara Richardson, for coordinating this terrific event!
On Saturday morning, October 24, we will hold our Annual Town Meeting in Charter Hall. This is a review of the 2026 Annual Report which is compiled after the auditor goes over all of the Town and Board of Education finances for the 2025/26 fiscal year. There’s a presentation and then an opportunity for questions and comments.
The Board of Selectmen holds its regularly scheduled monthly meeting this Thursday, October 22. Due to early voting being held in Mallory Town Hall, the Board of Selectmen meeting will be at 7pm in Charter Hall. The agenda is on the Town website.
Just a reminder that the milling of Anderson Road begins this week and, if possible, try to take an alternate route. That aspect of the road resurfacing is the roughest although expect inconveniences all through the resurfacing process. After the resurfacing, the traffic enforcement starts in order to combat the speeding that we anticipate.
The Sherman Church bid farewell to Reverend Loring J. Carpenter on Friday evening with a potluck dinner and a ceremony. Great appreciation was expressed his way as he was a wonderful leader for that church during his four interim years. We will miss him. The Sherman Church, on Sunday, installed its new fulltime minister, Pastor Greg Flowers and he will lead them going forward. The Town holds great optimism that the church will continue even stronger as it is a vital part of our beautiful town.
Early voting starts on Monday, October 19 and continues every day through November 1 in Mallory Town Hall. The hours are 10am to 6pm except Tuesdays and Thursdays where the hours are 8am to 8pm.
As I had promised in a previous column, I plan (hopefully in next week’s column) to offer a summary of all capital projects and their funding amounts and mechanisms from 2018 to present. Included will be a listing of tax increases and decreases through the last nine budgets. I want to do this in conjunction with our Annual Meeting.
