Some major events in the 23-year tenure of Sharon Mayor Robert T. Price, one of the region's longest

Some major events in the 23-year tenure of Sharon Mayor Robert T. Price, one of the region's longest serving mayors:
January 1978 -- Begins having differences with Sharon City Council after having been in office just three days.February 1979 -- Asks for advice concerning downtown renewal, which would become one of the city's major achievements under his administration.March 1983 -- Asks the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources to conduct a full-scale investigation of the River Road Landfill before the agency considers granting a solid waste disposal permit for the site.March 1986 -- Denies reports of police layoffs.November 1986 -- Says he has dropped plans to close the East Side Fire Station for the remainder of the year.November 1989 -- Challenged by Andrew P. Kurelko as he seeks and gets a fourth term.November 1989 -- Is at odds with a neighborhood group over residents' desire to patrol streets to make public housing safer.February 1993 -- Campaigns for and wins a fifth term as mayor.July 1998 -- Hits the bricks in neighborhood walking tours as a "hands-on" mayor for whom no citizen complaint is too small to warrant his attention.June 2000 -- Makes good on his promise of a free spaghetti dinner for city residents who complete their Census forms.June 2000 -- Again goes in search of local concerns as he starts his walking tour through the city.September 2000 -- Suffers a major embarrassment when he asks city council to authorize a city loan of $495,000 to finish the year in the black following financial forecasting errors by City Finance Director Michael Gasparich, who apologizes to council for his errors.September 2000 -- Asks City Attorney William J. Madden to issue a certified warning letter threatening to sue the Trumbull County commissioners and Brookfield Township trustees in U.S. District Court in Youngstown if sewage discharge from Brookfield into Sharon doesn't stop. March 2001 -- Announces he won't seek re-election this year because of undisclosed health problems.
January 1978 -- Begins having differences with Sharon City Council after having been in office just three days.February 1979 -- Asks for advice concerning downtown renewal, which would become one of the city's major achievements under his administration.March 1983 -- Asks the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources to conduct a full-scale investigation of the River Road Landfill before the agency considers granting a solid waste disposal permit for the site.March 1986 -- Denies reports of police layoffs.November 1986 -- Says he has dropped plans to close the East Side Fire Station for the remainder of the year.November 1989 -- Challenged by Andrew P. Kurelko as he seeks and gets a fourth term.November 1989 -- Is at odds with a neighborhood group over residents' desire to patrol streets to make public housing safer.February 1993 -- Campaigns for and wins a fifth term as mayor.July 1998 -- Hits the bricks in neighborhood walking tours as a "hands-on" mayor for whom no citizen complaint is too small to warrant his attention.June 2000 -- Makes good on his promise of a free spaghetti dinner for city residents who complete their Census forms.June 2000 -- Again goes in search of local concerns as he starts his walking tour through the city.September 2000 -- Suffers a major embarrassment when he asks city council to authorize a city loan of $495,000 to finish the year in the black following financial forecasting errors by City Finance Director Michael Gasparich, who apologizes to council for his errors.September 2000 -- Asks City Attorney William J. Madden to issue a certified warning letter threatening to sue the Trumbull County commissioners and Brookfield Township trustees in U.S. District Court in Youngstown if sewage discharge from Brookfield into Sharon doesn't stop. March 2001 -- Announces he won't seek re-election this year because of undisclosed health problems.