Sharon, Massachusetts, located 22 miles midway between Boston
and Providence, has access to Boston and Providence via MBTA commuter
trains, and to New York City and Washington, D.C., via Amtrak trains at
nearby Route 128 station. Its population of 18,000 lives mostly in single-family
houses ranging from relatively modest ranches to luxury properties.
The Town proudly
holds the 2,250-acre Massachusetts Audubon Moose Hill Wildlife Sanctuary,
and has 1,260 acres of Borderland State Park within its borders, as well
as the Warner, Massapoag Brook, and King Philip’s Rock nature trails.
In addition, the Town has been successful in preserving an additional
1,500 acres of its area of 24 square miles as public conservation land,
totaling more than 5,000 acres of protected open space in Sharon. Lake
Massapoag is known for its concerts, fireworks, fishing, and good swimming
on Memorial Beach.
Sharon Public Library patrons are able to find a large assortment books
as well as magazines, music CDs, audio books, videotapes, e-mail, and
the Internet. The Community Center, a former resort hotel that the Town
acquired in 1967, has activities for all ages, such as dance, karate,
yoga, language lessons, chorus, chess, theater, and community television,
and a beach for swimming and fishing. The Recreation Department and citizens’
groups sponsor community events like Square Jam (music), Fourth of July
and First Night (New Year’s).
Beauty and diversity are the key words for Sharon, an attractive community
among its neighbors Canton, Norwood, Walpole, Foxboro, Stoughton, and
Easton.
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