On a sunny spring day, former Sherman first selectman Tony Hapanowich could still be found working around the barns at Happy Acres Farm. Mr. Hapanowich has lived all 82 years of his life at the farm ...

The future of the town-owned Happy Acres Farm now rests in the hands of the Board of Selectmen and residents of Sherman. The immediate future includes choosing a tenant farmer to run the 90-acre farm ...

Plans were still not in place for the town of Sherman to take over ownership of Happy Acres Farm when Tony Hapanowich died in August 2013. The town had purchased the farm from Hapanowich in 2010 for ...