Sharon is one of a number of volunteers from around Wales trained as BBC Wales' first community reporters. Here are some of the stories Sharon has reported on:

Sparrow's Museum
If the 1950s was your era - if you had a drape coat and a D.A or perhaps you spent your time going on Ban The Bomb marches - then there's a museum in Denbigh you will absolutely adore. It's run by Sparrow Harrison who has an amazing collection of '50s memorabilia - all set out on a small holding near his home in the town. Community reporter Sharon slipped on her blue suede shoes and went along wallow in a bit of nostalgia.

Charcoal making
Sharon talks to Rod about his woodland management business in the Vale of Clwyd which includes making charcoal using traditional methods.

Vet still practising at 85
Ruthin vet Ivor Davies is still working at the age of 85, retiring twice before coming back to work - now as a 'hobby' - in the profession in which he started nearly 60 years ago.

How did Denbigh get its name?
Local historian Bobi Owen explains how the town got its name - the legend and the real story - as part of a BBC Wales series called What's in a Name? which includes a growing section about NE Wales.

Denbigh museum plans
Sharons finds out more about plans to set up a dedicated museum for the town.

War veteran, 100, flies high
100 year old WWII veteran, Charles Eyles from Denbighshire, fulfils a lifetime ambition as he takes to the skies in a glider. Sharon goes along to watch.

Willy Russell comes to Denbigh
Sharon speaks to Simon Powell at Denbigh Town Hall where Liverpool playwright Willy Russell has come to entertain the locals. Willy is only one of a long list of well respected literary names who have visited Denbigh.

Urdd National Eisteddfod comes to Ruthin
Each year a town in Wales plays host to the biggest youth festival in Europe - the Urdd National Eisteddfod. In 2006 it was Ruthin's turn and while being chosen as the venue is a huge honour, it's also an enormous amount of hard work, as community reporter Sharon Braunton found out. Around 40,000 youngsters from across Wales compete in 460 different events, from singing and dancing to swimming and art. Preparations in Ruthin began well over a year before. Sharon spoke to local organisers and to some of the young hopefuls about their experiences before Urdd '06 got underway.

Belly dancing
The women of Denbigh have discovered a taste for the exotic - they're turning in their droves to belly dancing lessons, which have proved a real hit in the town. Sharon asks why they want to spice up their lives.

Pet therapy
Sharon meets a woman from Llanelidan who has a real passion for dogs. Apart from training them, she has become something of a canine therapist.

Garden Dye
Sharon goes to meet two ladies who have cultivated a dye garden. Helen Melvin is a textiles artist who uses natural dye as part of her art work, and Enys Davies is the gardener who finds her the right plants.

Home births
Five weeks after giving birth to baby Charlie, Sharon talks to midwives Nest, Meinir and Ceri about the beauty of home births.

Dinner ladies
Sharon finds out how school meals have changed down the years from dinner ladies at Howells School, Denbigh.

HM Stanley
Sharon found out more about Denbigh's infamous son who was a journalist and explorer most famous for the greeting 'Dr Livingstone I presume?' at a temporary exhibition to mark his links with the town.

Historic buildings
Listen again as Sharon learns that Denbigh has some interesting old buildings. Nathan Blanchard talks about them and Geoff Ward takes Sharon on a mystery tour to an old doctor's surgery only to find a medieval toilet!

Denbigh Hospital
As plans are put forward to re-use the former hospital site, Sharon talks with former staff to find out what life was like there.

Denbigh Choir
Sharon finds out more about the characters involved with Denbigh Choir, including newest recruit Edwin who comes from the Philippines.

Sharon's profile

After gaining a degree in history at Bangor University as a mature student, I discovered Denbigh and fell in love with the potential of the town and its beautiful but decaying buildings. Although I was under pressure to pursue a career in teaching, I just knew that I wanted to work for myself and Denbigh was where I wanted to be.

I had worked in various gifty type shops over the years and had really enjoyed it. I rented premises for four years then in May 2003 moved into the present shop. More importantly we were able to breathe new life into the floors above and made them our home.

I am now chair of the very active and productive Denbigh town business group. A combination of funding and enthusiasm has resulted in some great long-term projects and events from which the local community and visitors to Denbigh can enjoy.

A commitment to the regeneration of the town is for me fundamental. Of course being in a shop in a central position is a great place to promote the various events or facilities on offer in the town. To be able to contribute to The View from Here is just brilliant for Denbigh and other towns in the county - raising the profile of the local community.

As you can see I have had an interesting and varied career but for the first time I feel at home here in Denbigh. In August 2005, I became a mother again after a break of 13 years - a new chapter in my life, but I will still find time to "get out there" with my microphone, I just might have a pram in tow too!