A proposal to convert a former diner into a marijuana dispensary has been snuffed out by voters. Residents took to the polls Tuesday and narrowly rejected an option to allow retail cannabis in town by a vote of 137 to 135.
The result puts a risk a plan by Chelsea resident Sean Trombly to turn Sandy's, a former diner that closed following a 2022 fire, into a retail cannabis dispensary that was to include an ice cream stand.
Trombly, 31, operates a cannabis cultivation operation in Chelsea called Trombly's House of Cannabis and recently purchased the Sandy's building on Route 14 in Sharon. In August, he presented the selectboard with a petition signed by 5% of Sharon's voters asking it to bring the issue to a vote.
Tuesday's results were "surprising and devastating," Trombly said by phone on Wednesday. "A lot of people have reached out today asking us to petition for a revote," he said. He's uncertain if he will.
