Category: Features

  • ‘Smiley’ was widely known in  Kingsville — but remained shrouded in mystery

    ‘Smiley’ was widely known in Kingsville — but remained shrouded in mystery

    Gregory Chmara was known, but not known, by hundreds of Kingsville residents. He’d sit in front of the downtown Bank of Montreal branch watching the world go by, smiling, exchanging a nod and a few words with anyone who stopped and said hello. He was a recluse, but his funeral in 2004 at St. John…

  • ‘Smiley’ was widely known in  Kingsville — but remained shrouded in mystery

    ‘Smiley’ was widely known in Kingsville — but remained shrouded in mystery

    Gregory Chmara was known, but not known, by hundreds of Kingsville residents. He’d sit in front of the downtown Bank of Montreal branch watching the world go by, smiling, exchanging a nod and a few words with anyone who stopped and said hello. He was a recluse, but his funeral in 2004 at St. John…