On Saturday, Oct 9, 2021, between 8 am and 11 am, the SDTC placed a greeting table in front of the IGA in Sherman. Board of Education candidates Kate (Kelley) Frey and Matt Vogt were present. Chris McDermott coordinated and ensured the event was a success. Andrea O’Connor and Chris made chocolate chip cookies. Tim Laughlin created an informative handout. Marie Mennonna, Barbara Ackerman, and Bob Gamper also generously helped make it a success.
During the previous year, many folks have moved to Sherman. The Sherman Democrats extend a warm welcome to anyone who is registered as a Democrat or is Unaffiliated. Please contact us through this website to begin the process.
The Sherman Democratic Party is a political organization of inclusion, not exclusion. We have a long standing history of attracting both Democratic and Unaffiliated voters and endorsing both Democratic and Unaffiliated candidates. We work to represent the wide variety of Sherman people who hold many different viewpoints and opinions.
If you are interested in being active on any of the town’s commissions or boards, the Sherman Democrats can help,
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Contributions or gifts to ActBlue are not deductible as charitable contributions for Federal income tax purposes.
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Below is a list of donation pages for candidates running for “flippable seats”. These are all “act blue” links, meaning once you sign up for an account with Act Blue, you can easily make donations to other candidates without having to continually re-enter all of your information.
The 10th Sherman House and Garden Tour was held on Saturday, September 21, 2019. The attendance and excitement exceeded our expectations. Four spectacular properties offered a wide range including General Putnam’s Revolutionary war headquarters and a 1930’s shipbuilder’s retreat. The post-tour garden reception was held at a fifth site that was a showcase for landscape architecture in full bloom.
Most of the folks responsible for the tour.Four of the Democratic Candidates for this November’s election were on-hand greeting attendees.
The list of properties shown this year are:
SDTC has announced its 2019 House and Garden Tour. Explore several magnificent Sherman country homes and gardens.
This self-guided tour affords one-day-only access to several of the region’s most magnificent private residences and their gardens. Ticket holders will receive a program that describes what to expect at each home, along with addresses. In past years, the Sherman House & Garden Tour has featured lakeside estates, historically significant homes, working farms and horse properties, and Sherman’s most architecturally stunning abodes.
A garden party with refreshments will take place after the tour.
The Sherman House & Garden Tour is sponsored by the Sherman Democratic Town Committee. A portion of the proceeds are donated to the Guido Tino Scholarship Fund.
Purchase your tickets either from a DTC member, at the Sherman WIne and Liquor Store, on the day of the event at the Sherman School, or online. Tickets sold the day of the event are $25, prior to that day, they are $20.
On Saturday, September 21, 2019, go to the front of the Sherman School between 9 and 10 am to get your ticket (if bought online or to purchase), program and map. Use the map to find your way to the homes open for your tour and receive info on the after-party.
A caucus was held on Monday, January 21st, 2019 to endorse candidates for the Democratic Town Committee and to transact other business as may be proper to come before this caucus.
To the enrolled members of the Democratic Party of the Town of Sherman, Connecticut.
Pursuant to the Rules of the Democratic Party and the State election laws, you are hereby notified that a caucus will be held on Monday, January 21st, 2019 at 7:30 pm, at the Sherman Old Town Hall, located at 8 Route 37 Center in Sherman, to endorse candidates for the Democratic Town Committee and to transact other business as may be proper to come before said caucus.
Dated at Sherman, Connecticut, on the 7th day of January, 2019.
Democratic Town Committee of Sherman
Joel Bruzinski
Chairman
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From Citizen News, October 28, 2015
To the Editor:
I am writing to endorse the candidacy of Don Lowe for First Selectman. Others have written in these pages of the public service and dedicated
volunteerism of both Don and Ashleigh Blake. I want to focus on some of the human qualities I have observed over many years of friendship and
collaboration with Don that I think make him an ideal leader for our town.
As a writer of fiction, Don shows great empathy for individuals and communities coping with the vicissitudes of contemporary life. As a writer of non-fiction, including highly-respected reference works in several disciplines, he exhibits a great talent for researching complex topics and distilling them down to the essential facts and conclusions.
As a songwriter and musician, he gives eloquent voice to the grieving family of a dead soldier, the straying lover mending his evil ways, the husband and wife learning to live together once the honeymoon is over – real people with real joys and sorrows not unlike those of people in Sherman and every small town in America.
I have seen Don at work with our children as writer, director and stage manager of several Song to Symphony productions at the Sherman School, where he was teacher, mentor and inspiration to a whole generation of Sherman students. He has engaged with older adults at the senior center and elsewhere, not just in his prior position as a
Selectman but also as a private citizen concerned about the well-being of all in our town. Don has involved himself with campaigns and organizations focused on housing, farming, education, the arts,
natural resources and conservation. He is hardworking, intelligent, articulate and compassionate. Don is the kind of person Sherman
needs as First Selectman.
Please join me in voting for Don Lowe and his running mate Ashleigh Blake.
Mary Rindfleisch,
Sherman