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SHARON — At a town meeting that lasted about five minutes Thursday, voters approved renewing the lease for town-owned 67 Main St., the building adjacent to Town Hall that houses Robin Hood Radio.
The rate will increase from $1,975 to $2,250 per month.
First Selectman Casey Flanagan said the selectmen felt this was a reasonable amount, given that the rent had remained at the same level for a few years.
The radio station subleases office space to other entities.
The meeting also accepted the town’s financial report ending June 30, 2024.
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Cartoon time at Hunt
Apr 23, 2025
Eli Sher made excellent popcorn for the audience for a showing of animated versions of Grimm’s Fairy Tales based on Eric Carle’s Storybook and co-produced by Falls Village’s C.B. Wismar.
Patrick L. Sullivan
FALLS VILLAGE — Visitors to the David M. Hunt Library on Friday, April 18, were treated to a screening of somewhat obscure cartoon versions of Grimm’s fairy tales, based on Eric Carle’s Storybook and co-produced by Falls Village’s own C.B. Wismar in 1977.
Hunt Director Meg Sher said that Wismar showed up one day with a box of 16mm prints of the cartoons and donated them.
Thanks to a grant from the Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation, the old reels of sound film were digitized.
The three on offer were “Seven with One Blow,” “The Fisherman and His Wife,” and “Three Golden Hairs.”
If the voices sounded familiar to some members of the audience, it’s because they were Hans Conried and June Foray, who were the voices of Snidely Whiplash in the “Dudley Do-Right” cartoons and Rocket J. Squirrel in “The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show.”
Eli Sher made some really good popcorn for the show. Bags were passed around, and everybody settled in for some fairly fractured fairy tales.
One featuring a talking golden flounder who gives a fisherman’s greedy wife everything she wants and then some.
There was a tailor who parlays prowess at swatting flies into power and fame.
And there was a malevolent queen who, angered at the effrontery of an upstart princess who has married her son, sends the girl off to prove herself by obtaining three golden hairs from the beard of the Devil, which in addition to being a tiresome process has little or nothing to do with creating a solid foundation for a successful marriage.
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Police Blotter: Troop B
Apr 23, 2025
Police Blotter: Troop B
John Coston
The following information was provided by the Connecticut State Police at Troop B. All suspects are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Assault arrest
On April 13, troopers arrested Mark Greenier, 63, at his home in Colebrook for an active arrest warrant for Disorderly conduct and Assault in the third degree. Greenier was released on a $1,500 non-surety bond the same evening, and was scheduled to appear for an arraignment at Torrington Superior Court on April 14.
Main Street utility pole crash
Serena Granbery, 76, of Lakeville was stopped at a T-intersection on Main Street in Salisbury in a Honda Element on April 16. Upon moving from the intersection, the vehicle veered off the roadway and struck a utility pole. Her vehicle sustained functional damage and was towed, while Granbery was transported by Salisbury EMS to Sharon Hospital for evaluation of potential injuries. Granbery was issued a written warning for Failure to maintain lane.
Accident leads to multiple charges
On the afternoon of April 17, troopers responded to a report of a potentially disabled vehicle on Canaan Valley Road in North Canaan. Upon arriving, they determined that an accident had taken place. Edyta Krystyna Smejlik, 40, of Southfield, Massachusetts, was then taken into custody after officers determined she had lied about her involvement in the accident. Troopers ultimately charged Smejlik on five violations: Failure to keep right at curve; Illegal operation of a motor vehicle without a license; Evading responsibility resulting in property damage; Interfering with an officer/resisting; Use of drug paraphernalia; Breach of the peace in second degree. Smejlik was released on a $5,000 cash bond, and is scheduled to appear at Torrington Superior Court on April 30.
The Lakeville Journal will publish the outcome of police charges. Contact us by mail at P.O. Box 1688, Lakeville, CT 06039, Attn: Police Blotter, or send an email, with “police blotter” in the subject line, to johnc@lakevillejournal.com
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Hunting for eggs at Kellogg
Apr 23, 2025
Children in the age six and up category swarmed the athletic field at the Lee H. Kellogg School Saturday afternoon, April 19, in search of candy-filled Easter eggs. The Easter Bunny also made an appearance but wisely stayed out of the scrum.
Patrick L. Sullivan
FALLS VILLAGE — On Saturday, April 19, an Easter egg hunt, took place on the athletic fields at the Lee H. Kellogg School.
The hunt had been postponed from the previous Saturday, which was decidedly unspringlike.
Plastic eggs filled with candy were strewn about the school’s playground area and the athletic fields. Because participants in these events lean toward the mad dash, the five-years-and-younger set were directed to the playground, and the older children to the field.
For the grown-ups in attendance, Falls Village Volunteer Fire Department provided hot dogs.
Recreation Director Emily Peterson, watching with amusement as the children swarmed around, said of all the Recreation Commission’s events, the Easter egg hunt “is over the fastest and has the longest prep time.”
Hunting for eggs at Kellogg
Patrick L. Sullivan
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