The $300,000 Deception: Inside Sherman's Municipal Shell Game
How do you overspend a $14,000 routine maintenance budget by 2,000 percent? By quietly turning it into a slush fund to hide the escalating costs and delays of a $50 million school renovation bond.
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Administration Transparency Tracker
In Connecticut, the Freedom of Information Act is not a courtesy; it is a statutory mandate. Yet, formal requests for municipal records have been constructively denied, forcing Sherman CT News to file formal appeals with the State Freedom of Information Commission.
2022 Pre-Revaluation Grand List & BAA Logs
FILED: 05/11/26 • CONSTRUCTIVE DENIALSuppressed BOS Correspondence on BOE Financial Irreg...
FILED: 05/11/26 • CONSTRUCTIVE DENIALBOE Repairs & Maintenance Invoices & Purchase Orders
FILED: 04/02/26 • CONSTRUCTIVE DENIAL2019/2020 Sherman School Cyber Incident & Retention ...
FILED: 03/27/26 • CONSTRUCTIVE DENIAL$50M Sherman School Renovation Project Financials
FILED: 02/10/26 • CONSTRUCTIVE DENIALMissing Construction Logs & State Auditor Escalation
The Architecture of Oversight: When the Auditor Works for the Architect
A forensic review of Sherman’s public records reveals a closed-loop financial ecosystem where the Board of Education Chairman is privately employing the Selectman tasked with auditing his $50 million school project.
UPCOMING EVENT • SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 2026 @ 6:00 PMLive at Limoncello - Featuring: Dean Snellback
Saturday, June 6, 2026 at 6 PMLive at Limoncello - Featuring: Dean Snellback1 Route 37 E, Bldg 1, Sherman, CT, United States, Connecticut 06784This month, 23rd May, 06:00...
JCC/Sherman Concerts' Presents: TAL NACCARATO, LIVE! Unplugged!
Tal Naccarato'JCC/Sherman Concerts' Presents: TAL NACCARATO, LIVE! Unplugged! Solo Acoustic Performance Friday, June 12th, 2026 7:00-9:00pm (2 SETS!)View All ConcertsJewis...
OBITUARY • MAY 28, 2026Beth Anderson
Beth A. Anderson, 72Passed away: May 28, 2026Beth A. Anderson, a longtime resident of Sherman who spent a 35-year career serving the Wassaic Developmental Center just across the state line in New York, died on May 28, 2026, at Danbury Hospital. She was 72.Born in Sharon, Connecticut,...
Rev. Paul Astbury
Rev. Paul Astbury, who shepherded the congregation at the Sherman Church for 14 years and balanced his pastoral duties with a quiet passion for literature and the natural world, died on April 27, 2026, at his home in Sherman, Connecticut. He was 78.Born in Blue Hill, Maine, on February 1...
Sherman’s Next Major Project: The $3.5M Senior Center
With the town already shouldering a chaotic $42.8 million school renovation, another major municipal building is poised to rise. The proposed Sherman Senior Center—a $3.5 million project—is now quietly moving through design and consultation. Why taxpayers need to watch this blueprint closely before the shovels hit the dirt.