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NPD still on the lookout,just in a different capacity

JefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

Library stillhas plentygoing on


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Norwood Police Depart-ment (NPD) Chief WilliamBrooks said he has been mak-ing changes to help keep hisofficers, staff and theNorwood citizenry safe dur-ing this epidemic, he is confi-dent they will be able to main-tain a high level of publicsafety in the community. Andyes, he will continue his walksthrough the neighborhood.

“Well, I mean right nowit’s pouring, so I’m going towait for the weather to getbetter,” he said with a laugh.“I’m still going out for a walkalmost every day, but insteadof going into the shops, Iknock on the doors and wave.And when I see people com-ing to answer the doors I stepoff onto the sidewalk into a

parking spot. I’m really tryingto visually reinforce the im-portance of social distancingwhile still being friendly.”

Regarding the changes totheir ways of doing things, hefeels that’s something theNPD has historically beenvery good at.

“I think the police have areputation of being stuck intheir ways and slow to re-spond, but it’s my experiencethat this department can turnon a dime,” he said.

Brooks used the troubles inFerguson, Missouri in 2014and the backlash against po-lice at the time as an example.Residents of Ferguson pro-tested, sometimes violently,about the fatal shooting ofMichael Brown by police. Theshooting was one of the moti-vations behind the formationof the Black Lives Matter

movement, and the continu-ous ravenous debate on policeethics and transparency to thisday.

“The Norwood Policecompletely changed the waywe did business,” Brookssaid. “We started doing moresocial outreach and increaseda social media presence in thecommunity, though I think wewere doing a pretty good be-fore that. You’re seeing a lotmore departments do that nowtoo. With this Conoravirus,we’ve made changes again,and we will eventually goback to the way we were whenthis is over, and maybe main-taining some of the recentchanges.”

Brooks said they are in amuch more reactive mode

While there’s no one physi-cally in the building right now,members of the Morrill Memo-rial Library have many optionsto come together (digitally) andride out the COVID-19 out-break.

According to Youth Ser-vices Director Kate Tigue, theLibrary is not only still offer-ing many of its usual servicesonline, but is now offering ex-panded uses of its online ser-vices. Tigue said even thoughthe Internet allows for unlim-ited connection between peopleand content, it doesn’t offer alocal flavor like this librarydoes.

“There are so many things

that are happening online rightnow, but I think one thing weprovide that other resourcesdon’t is a familiar face,” shesaid. “Seeing us is very reassur-ing for people during these un-certain times and I think that’swhy our programming has beenso popular. We have a lot ofpeople reaching out and join-ing our virtual programs. Weare actually meeting a lot ofnew people this way.

The Morrill’s Facebookpage, facebook.com/MorrillMemorialLibrary/, hasthe Library’s full list of offer-ings, which include at this timeMiss Dina’s Virtual Story Timeon April 13, Virtual Craft Con-

Norwood Teachers organize appreciation parade

The teachers of Norwood Public Schools paraded through Town last week to boost students' spirits during this State of Emergency.PHOTOS COURTESY OF NORWOOD COMMUNITY MEDIA AND PATRICK COLLINS

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The Charwell Nursing Home in Norwood, as well as nursing homesacross the state, are reporting increased instances of COVID-19.

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More deaths reportedat Charwell


The Norwood-basedCharwell House nursinghome issued a sttement that15 more people had died intheir establishment since thefirst reported deaths earlierthis month.

The previous week, twopeople had died fromCOVID-19. Charwell Co-Owner Chris Roberts said

that seven people who haddied had tested positive forCOVID-19, but had underly-ing health condit ions.COVID-19 had been listed asthe official cause of death forthree of the residents.

The State has reportedthat there have been clustersof COVID-19 patients inabout 78 long-term care fa-cilities in the state, out of atotal of 700. The NationalGuard has been called in to

help at the Holyoke Soldier’sHome, which as of the dateof publication has seen 25residents die since March, 18of whom have tested positivefor COVID-19.

On April 2, MassachusettsDepartment of Public HealthCommissioner MonicaBharel issued an order to allassisted living facilities inthe state that would stay ineffect throughout the dura-tion of Massachusetts Gov.Charlie Baker ’s State ofEmergency Order. All infor-mation on COVID-19 ordersand guidance can be found athttps://www.mass.gov/info-details/covid-19-state-of-emergency

The order, provided “theyhave sufficient staffing tomeet the needs of residents atall times” waives severaltraining requirements.

Massachusetts Secretaryof Elder Affairs ElizabethChen also released guidancefor all nursing homes in thestate, dictating procedure andterms of care suggested fornursing homes.

On April 6, MassachusettsPublic Health Director of theBureau of Health Care Safetyand Quality Elizabeth Daake

Kelley released a guide tonursing homes and first re-sponders that outlined howfirst responders andcaregivers should handlethemselves during this crisis.It stipulates that to reduce therate of infection, all individu-als entering a nursing home,except for those EMS person-nel responding to an emer-gency, should be screened forsymptoms. The state has alsostopped all visitors from en-tering nursing homes as longas the State of Emergency is

in place.Kelley stated in the guide

that nursing homes are see-ing an increased number ofcases because residents who arealready at high risk of severesymptoms are in an enclosedenvironment like a nursinghome.

“As an example, in oneMaryland nursing home,COVID-19 cases grew from oneconfirmed case one day to 64confirmed cases the next. Simi-lar outbreaks are happeningacross the country,” she said.


Dates for Town elections andTown Meeting tentatively setJefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

The Norwood Board of Se-lectmen met at Memorial Hallin the Norwood Town Hall onTuesday, March 7, and votedto tentatively schedule both theTown Election and RegularTown Meeting.

Selectman Bill Plasko saidthat under normal circum-stances, the Town is requiredto hold its annual Town Meet-ing by or on May 11, so as tohave the budget worked outbefore the end of the fiscal yearon June 30. Town bylaws alsostipulate that annual TownMeeting must be held no lessthan two weeks after the elec-tion, which puts Town Meet-ing at June 22.

Plasko said the June 8 dategives candidates and officialstime to plan for the election,as well as campaign.

“The Town Clerk felt thatthe date she was most comfort-able with and favored most af-ter all considerations was June8,” he said.

Plasko said the date is com-pletely up in the air, and if thecurrent COVID-19 State ofEmergency continues, theyhave other options. He saidthat Massachusetts Gov.Charlie Baker recently passedlegislation that would allowthe Town to approve a 1/12budget every month until anelection and/or Town Meetingcan be held to pass a full bud-get. He also said, however, thatif the Town decides to post-pone the election again, theyhave to do it 20 days before theagreed upon date.

Town Manager TonyMazzucco said even if thereare still concerns aroundCOVID-19 and if the Towndecides to have an election,they have options for earlyvoting by mail. He added theyhave worked out a plan to havea touch-free in-person electionprocess. He said the Townwould provide personal pro-tective equipment (PPE) toevery voter (who would alsobe allowed to bring their ownpens) and would have strictprocedures to ensure no resi-dent coming into Town Hallfor the election would have to

touch anyone or anything. Headded that if they do hold aTown election, they would berequired to have in-person vot-ing and would not, under cur-rent law, be allowed to have acompletely mail-in election.

“There should actually notbe any need to have any physi-cal interaction when you comein to vote,” he said.

He added they are workingwith vendors to procureenough PPE for the election,but added that it would be bestif they had a date to work withso manufacturers could set cor-rect priority for the deliveryand distribution of said PPE,which obviously is in high de-mand throughout the countryright now.

Selectman David Hajjarfelt the date to be too late, as itwould affect Town Meeting’sdate to June 22.

“You’re really giving your-self two days for Town Meet-ing,” he said.

Hajjar pointed out that June22, a Monday, and the follow-ing Thursday, June 25, are thelast two days of the week TownMeeting is traditionally heldbefore the start of July 4 week-end, which starts on Monday,June 29.

“If you think we’re goingto have people around thatweek for a special or annualTown Meeting, I think we’regoing to have a tough time,”he said. “I’ve never seen(Town Meeting) done in twodays, but you never know whatthis Town can do.”

Selectman Allan Howardsaid June 8 is probably hismost acceptable date, as itstraddles June 30 for TownMeeting, and is the latest theycan postpone everything due toCOVID-19 before they wouldhave to start passing a 1/12budget, as now allowed byBaker’s recent law.

“We’re in this emergency,and we just don’t know at thispoint,” he said. “They’re say-ing this week and next weekcould be tough times for theState of Massachusetts for thisemergency, and we just don’tknow, but on the other side ofthe coin, it’s reasonable tothrow a date out there.”

Mazzucco said the Annaul

Town Meeting, whatever dateit is held, is going to be prima-rily focused on financial mat-ters to keep the Town going.He said they will keep TownMeeting to its barest bones, fo-cusing on what is absolutelynecessary to keep the Towngoing and will take care of anyother matters at a SpecialTown Meeting to be held, pre-sumably, in the fall.

The Board voted 4-1, withHajjar in opposition, to settingthe election date to June 8, andvoted unanimously to approvethe Town Meeting Warrant.

Mazzucco added in othernews that the Town may haveto cancel its July 4 and Memo-rial Day Parades due toCoronavirus concerns.

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Letters to the EditorWE WILL GET THROUGH THIS

To the Editor:A Letter to the Norwood Community,I am a nurse in your Local hospital. I’m not

one to ever write a letter like I am today but Ifeel that it is important to take a moment to ex-press my sincere appreciation for the commu-nity support during our current time of crisis.

We know the community is scared. . . We arescared too. These are unprecedented circum-stances and there is a lot of fear in uncertainty. Today I looked out front and saw people hold-ing up thank you signs. I was overcome withgratitude! Additionally, the local businesseshave been showering us with food supplies andsupport.

I am extremely proud to work in the hospitalserving this community you people are amaz-ingly strong during stressful times. When theday is overwhelming I think of how this com-munity is supporting us, cheering for us, andstanding behind us.

I want you to know that we are here for

you, fighting for you and your loved ones. Do-ing the absolute best we can to support the peopleof this community. You support has not goneunnoticed, and has been immeasurably helpfulin giving strength to this fight.

To all who have lost a loved one, my deepestcondolences. Together we will get through this.

Anonymous, RN(Editor’s Note) Typically we do not publish

anonymous letters, however in this case we de-cided to make an exception.

THANK YOUFOR PUBLISHING

To the Editor:Thanks for finding a way to publish the

Norwood Record on April 2nd. The paper,whether actual or virtual, helps Norwood resi-dents through these difficult times.

Bert ForestNorwood

Editor’s Note: Thank you. Everyone needsa little pat on the back every now and then.

Balch School PTO Graduate Award 2020The Balch School is currently accepting

applications for the Balch School PTO Gradu-ate Award. This award is presented to twodeserving high school seniors who graduatedfrom the Balch Elementary School. Applica-

tion forms are available online atwww.norwood.k12.ma.us/balch. The applica-tion deadline is May 8, 2020. Please email SheilaKeady, school secretary, [email protected] with any questions.

Brown joins with Friends to launchNorwood Feeds the Front Lines


Local Norwood residentMatt Brown has teamed withlocal nonprofit Friends ofNorwood Center (FNC) to or-ganize and launch a newfundraising effort, NorwoodFeeds the Front Lines, to bothsupport local eateries by pur-chasing meals which will bedelivered to our local front lineheroes -– employees of both theNorwood Hospital and theNorwood Fire Department.

“The Town of Norwood hasbeen instrumental in my roadto recovery over the last 10years, especially during the firstyear when the support wasneeded the most. Through thewords of encouragement, thecountless meals that were ca-tered, and the physical forcesthat came together to renovatemy house, I will be forevergrateful, having been raised inthis great town,” said MattBrown. “But what we have infront of us today is somethingunlike any of us have ever beena part of. Lives have beenturned upside down and thereis uncertainty that comes withevery day. One of the things that

makes Norwood so special isthat members of the town cometogether to support those inneed. This is one of those timesand I am so excited to see whatthis great town is going to do.”

To promote the effort, aGoFundMe page has been es-tablished to be shared across asocial media campaign usingthe hashtag#NorwoodFeedsTheFrontLineto collect donations from theNorwood community. 100 per-cent of the funds collected willpurchase meals from local res-taurants to be delivered to ourcommunity’s first responders,and support the local food pan-tries. The Norwood Feeds theFront Lines campaign will co-ordinate directly with represen-tatives from local restaurants aswell as Norwood Hospital andFire departments to schedulemeal orders and delivery times.

“Our local front line work-ers need us right now. Stayinghome and practicing social dis-tancing is crucial in the fightagainst this pandemic but wecan help them in other ways aswell,” said Charlotte Walsh,FNC President who owns localbusiness Charles River Run-ning. “Our business communityconsists of many restaurants,cafes and eateries that are stillopen for take out and delivery.By purchasing meals from themand delivering them to wherethe front line workers are, wecan provide both sustenance to

the helpers and a financialboost to our small businessesand their employees.“

Everyone can help! Nomatter how much you are ableto donate, it is needed and wel-comed! Please donate at#NorwoodFeedsTheFrontLine

About FNC: Friends ofNorwood Center (FNC) is a501c3 nonprofit organization.FNC connects local businesses,town leadership, and residentsto energize the downtown ex-perience for everyone. Our goalis to empower the people,places, culture, and experiencesunique to Norwood to supporta vibrant community and athriving local economy. We be-lieve when we choose to livelocally, we make the heart ofour town a welcoming destina-tion for everyone.

About Matt Brown: MattBrown suffered a spinal cordinjury during a high schoolhockey game while a sopho-more at Norwood High Schoolthat left him paralyzed from theshoulders down. From the be-ginning, he was determined hewas not going to let the injurydictate the way he was going tolive his life. Matt went on tograduate from high school, at-tend Stonehill College andgraduate with a degree in com-munications, all while living oncampus. Matt has now writtena book, Line Change, andlaunched his own foundation,the Matt Brown Foundation.

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TremblingTalk back, trembling lips

Shaky legs, don’t just stand thereIt was not until recently that

a local musicologist specializ-ing in the ol’ time rock and rollinterpreted for me the 1963 hitsong by Johnny Tillotson, thefirst two lines of which arecaptured above. It was not thegirl in the song who experi-enced the trembling lips andthe shaky legs; it was, surprise,surprise, the male singer whowas displaying physical symp-toms as a result of the teenagelovers’ break-up.

Because of the coronavirus,the whole world, even the mostmacho among us, is trembling,as it were. For many of us it’sthe word of the day. It’s hardto think of something else——perhaps a rogue asteroid or athermonuclear disaster——that within a short time wouldunite our fragile planet to-gether in such a fearful stateof emotional, if not physical,trembling.

There are two classicscenes of visible trembling onthe big screen, both involvingwater and both foretellingevents to come. One is in the1993 movie “Jurassic Park”(the original), when a glass ofwater on the table starts toquiver, indicating the unseen,unheard, and distant stompingof feet by approaching dino-saurs, unbeknownst at first byLaura Dern (aka Ellie) and oth-ers sitting at that table.

The other classic scene in-volves Tom Cruise (aka Lt.Daniel Kaffee) in the 1992movie “A Few Good Men,”when he has to decide whetherto press for the full truth wheninterrogating a formidable su-perior officer, Jack Nicholson(aka Colonel Nathan Jessep),about the latter’s issuing an il-legal Code Red. Cruise’s col-league, Demi Moore (aka Lt.Cdr. JoAnne Galloway), hadadvised him not to purse thatline of questioning because ifit did not produce the desiredresult, Cruise would be de-moted. After 10 minutes ofunsuccessful interrogation,

Cruise approaches the defensetable and reaches unsteadilyfor a glass of water——trem-bling in his hands——indicat-ing he would eschew Moore’sadvice and go for the jugularto break Jack Nicholson’sseemingly indomitable stone-walling.

Usually during this week,called Holy Week on manycalendars, congregants wouldhear and sing more abouttrembling, undoubtedly due tothe current popularity of thegospel hymn, “Were YouThere (When They CrucifiedMy Lord)?” each stanza end-ing with the haunting “Some-times it causes me to tremble,tremble, tremble.” Originallyand likely composed by slavesin the 19th century, the hymnwas first published in 1899 inWilliam Barton’s Old Planta-tion Hymns. Reputed to be afavorite of Mahatma Gandi,the hymn was recorded by anumber of contemporary art-ists; it was also the first spiri-tual to be included in the Epis-copal Church hymnal.

Indeed, this is a time ofyear when many of us, reflect-ing upon the significance ofthe present contagion and ofhistorical occurrences sometwo thousand years ago, arealso not averse to admitting,“Sometimes it causes me totremble.”

My Kindof Town/Joe Galeota

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Extended Play Sessionsoffering concert experiences


Extended Play Sessions at the Fallout Shelter in Norwood is hosting dozens of videos of live performancesfrom local and national artists.

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The Extended Play Ses-sions, out of the Fallout Shel-ter at the Norwood CommerceCenter on Endicott Street, isgearing up for a full weekendof performances in May.

While the show won’t belive, said Grass Roots Culturaland Performing Arts CenterExecutive Director BillHurley, it will be a showcaseof past performances from lo-cal artists and a few famousnames as well.

Hurley said they have beenoperating since 2007 as a stu-dio/live performance space,first on Lenox Street. In 2013it moved to the CommerceCenter.

“We’ve done about 500shows and we’ve live streamedabout 250 of them, and all ofthose have been out on thesound stage at the CommerceCenter,” he said. “Of course,then comes COVID-19 and weshut down all of our opera-tions, but we have literallythousands of hours of footage,and so we started putting to-

gether artist tributes.”Hurley has several shows

up on the Shelter’s Facebookpage, featuring artists old andyoung. Right now, he’s put upvideos of Anthony Geraci andHis Blues All-Stars, local bluesman Kent Harris, JimmyVivino (of the Conan O’BrienBasic Cable Band) and Provi-dence favorite, The Silks. Andhis viewership is very high,ranging from 1,800 views to2,400 views per show.

Hurley said they are plan-

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Library Happenings continued from page 1

Library activities, like book clubs, are going digital and the librarysays it's attracting a lot of new members who might not have otherwisejoined. COURTESY PHOTO

Prayer to the Blessed Virgin(Never known to fail!)

Oh, most beautiful flower of Mt.Carmel, fruitful vine, splendor ofHeaven, Blessed Mother of the Sonof God, Immaculate Virgin, assist mein this necessity. Oh Star of the Sea,help me and show me herein you aremy mother. Oh Holy Mary, Motherof God, Queen of Heaven and Earth,I humbly beseech thee from thebottom of my heart to succor me inmy necessity (make request). Thereare none that can withstand yourpower. Oh Mary, conceived withoutsin, pray for us who have recourse tothee (three times). Holy Mary, I placethis cause in your hands (threetimes). Say this prayer for threeconsecutive days and then you mustpublish and it will be granted to you.

—J.R.G.

Miracle PrayerDear Heart of Jesus, in the pastI have asked You for manyfavours. This time, I ask youthis very special one (mentionfavour). Take it, dear Heart ofJesus, and place it within Yourown broken heart where YourFather sees it. Then, in Hismerciful eyes, it will becomeYour favour, not mine. Amen.Say for three days, promisepublication and favour will begranted.

—J.R.G.

nection on April 9, and Turn thePage Book Group – Virtually!on April 15.

“We’re using Zoom as oneof our platforms for invitation-only programming like bookclubs and chat groups, butZoom also allows us to offer theaudio component to our olderpatrons who might not have acomputer,” she said, alluding tothe fact Zoom allows viewersto call in by phone for audio-only renditions of services.“They can call the library andleaves messages at the refer-ence desk at the Library’sphone number (781-769-0200)to sign up. We’re checking ourmessages frequently.”

Tigue said new program-ming includes a new bookgroup called Together Apart.

“It’s slightly different froma traditional book group, moreof a book recommendation andchat group really,” she said.“This is a way to get people totalk about specific topics, per-haps one thing they’ve read orare watching now and make arecommendation. We then putthem on a list and share to ourweb site.”

Tigue said they have usedsocial media and online offer-ings in the past to try to getfolks interested in coming to thelibrary to increase a communityfeel as well as a social gather-ing place. However, given cur-rent circumstances, she said ex-panding their online offeringshas allowed them to still createcommunity, only virtually.

She added however that be-cause of copyright laws, theyprobably won’t be able to offerthings like virtual story time forlong, as a lot of publishers havejust recently eased their restric-tions on their copyrighted ma-terial for librarians and teach-ers.

“It’s given us a window intoconducting more virtual pro-grams, even when we aren’topen to the public,” she said.“One of our concerns aboutstarting Virtual Story Time wascopyright law. Some peoplewere like, ‘let’s go ahead andwe’ll deal with the repercus-sions later, people need the ser-

vice.’”She added that it’s not just

fear that gave them pause onthis issue.

“As librarians, we definitelydon’t want to put authors orpeople who are running theirown small businesses out ofbusiness,” she said. “The mainthing for publishers is theydon’t want anything perma-nently posted on the Internet, soStory Times will eventually betaken down... It’s important toremember that with authors andmusicians, the publishing com-panies and record companiesare not the ones who take thehit when they don’t make asmuch profit.”

Tigue said they are also of-fering a teen book recommen-dation group called, appropri-ately, Quarantine Book Chat.

“It’s open to children fromages 10 to the middle of highschool, and it’s just to get themto talk about their favoritebooks, what they’re readingnow and what they want torecommend to other kids,” shesaid. “We had billed it as aone-time program but nowthey meet biweekly. The nextmeeting is Monday, April 13

at 4 p.m., and we’ll have theinformation on our Facebookpage.”

Tigue said the library’sonline streaming services,free to any library member,will be increasing their bor-rowing limit from 10 itemsper month to 20 on Hooplaand from 20 to 30 on Kanopy.

“They don’t always havethe newest things, but they

add to their catalog everyday,” she said. “We’re goingto be coming up with moredigital programming, andwe’re all doing these profes-sional meet ups through athome meetings with staff inNorwood and other librariesacross the state to see whatthey’re doing and what we canlearn from other libraries thathave had success.”

St. Jude’s NovenaMay the Sacred Heart of Jesusbe adored, glorified, loved andpreserved throughout theworld, now and forever. Sa-cred Heart of Jesus pray for us.St. Jude, worker of miracles,pray for us. St. Jude, helper ofthe hopeless, pray for us. Saythis prayer 9 times a day. Bythe 9th day your prayer will beanswered. It has never beenknown to fail. Publicationmust be promised. Thank youSt. Jude. My Prayers were an-swered.

In gratitude for helping me.—B.T. The other big topic of the night was a re-

quest for an extension from Hibachi SteakHouse, which closed its doors in July of 2019,to sell or transfer its liquor license, which theBoard approved until June 30 with a 4-1 votewith Plasko voting against. If the extensionwasn’t approved, the Town would be wellwithin its right to take the license back orrevoke it entirely. Attorney Representing Hi-bachi Steak House Inc. Jessica Deratziansaid i t was a tough market before theCOVID-19 outbreak.

“The economy is toast, obviously evenbefore we started this pandemic in Massa-chusetts and it’s been difficult to find abuyer or transferee, and given the currentsituation, it’s not getting any easier.”

Plasko was unmoved by Deratzian’s ar-gument, pointing out that Hibachi alreadyhad six months to move the license. Other

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Selectmen pointed out i t was a veryunique situation under the State of Emer-gency, and they should not do anythingto hurt or even appear to hurt small busi-nesses.

“We go out of our way to work withsmall businesses and to be as accommodat-ing as we can. We don’t want to hurt smallbusinesses, but we’re not hurting a business,they’re already out of business and they’vebeen out of business since last July,” Plaskocountered. “I just think enough time has beengiven and we should be moving on.”

In another matter, Hajjar reminded theBoard they still need to discuss increasingthe Town’s cemetery fee structure. TheBoard agreed that during a time of crisis,such as now, cemetery fees would be inap-propriate to discuss. The Board voted to tablethe matter by a unanimous vote.


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Brighton native “Sonny” Jim Clifford and Sugar Blood Jinx's performances are available as well at theFallout Shelter's Youtube page.

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ning a big show sometime inMay. He said there isn’t an ex-act date yet, but they are look-ing at May 8, 9 and 10 to show-case eight hours of blues perday.

“I don’t think anyone’sdone anything like this be-fore,” he said. “It’s about 44bands that we’ve had in thestudio from all over, fromTexas to Chicago and all thebest blues bands that havebeen at the Fallout Shelter,and we’ll be doing these four-hour blocks that run twice a

day.”He said they will also be

recommending local restau-rants from Norwood, Walpole,Canton, Sharon, Dedham andFoxborough to help strugglinglocal businesses.

“It’s where our audience isfrom and we’re going to high-light those restaurants in thelower third (bottom banner ofthe screen) and encouragepeople to get carry out,” hesaid. “Also, in between eachband, we’re doing virtualbooth spaces. So if you can

picture a festival in your mindand you’re walking aroundand seeing all these booths setup and selling stuff you get theidea. We’ll put up a threeminute block that runs a videoso that local artisans and mak-ers can show off their stuff atthat time.”

Hurley said he is proud ofthe production value theyhave been able to put intothese shows and said it’s oneof the reasons they’ve beenable to develop a loyal audi-ence. He said because they’vebeen able to develop and per-fect their live streaming

shows, it is more professionalthan one might expect.

“We’re using a platformwe developed over the years,and I know everybody livestreamsnow, but we livestream with five cameras, andthese are full-on productions,”he said.

Hurley also said he likes toinclude an interview with theartists where ever possible, likewhen the Shelter hosted the Bos-

ton Blues Challenge.“An artist will come in and

do two sets of music and we’llsit down and talk about theirmusic and their influences andthe history of the genre, so there’san educational element to eachshow too,” he said.

For more information, go toh t t p s : / /www.extendedplaysessions.com/or check out the group’sFacebook page mentioned above.


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published.

CARRIGAN

Elaine M. of Norwood, passedaway peacefully surrounded by herfamily on Sunday, March 29, 2020,at the age of 62. Born on July 14,1957, in Norwood, MA, she wasthe daughter of the late Joseph F.& Jeanne (Hart) Seery. Elaine wasa lifelong resident of Norwood andgraduated from Norwood HighSchool with the class of 1975. Sheworked as a repair technician for27 years at Polaroid in Norwoodbefore taking a position at HomeDepot, where she worked for thepast 14 years. Elaine had a passionfor photography and was also anavid collector of postcards. Shewas preceded in death by her sis-ter Jeanne Ferris and her brotherMichael Seery. She is survived byher siblings, Joseph F. Seery, Jr. &his wife Mary Lou of Norwood,MA, Anne Flagg & her partnerDonna Bigelow of Gill, MA, andDavid Seery and his wife Janice ofNorwood, MA; her brother-in-law,Robert M. Ferris of Norwood,MA; her nieces & nephews,Heather, Jennifer, Kristen, Joseph,Donna, James, Michael, Meaghan,Sean, and her great-nephews andnieces, Robbie, J.J., Nicholas,Finn, Josh, Jake, Emeline,Michael, Bobby, Samantha, andCallen. Private graveside servicewill be held at Highland Cemeteryin Norwood with a Memorial Massto be held at a future date. In lieu

of flowers, remembrances inElaine’s memory may be donatedto Dana-Farber Cancer Institute,P.O. Box 849168, Boston, MA02284.

CORDO

Maria L. “Mary” (Viscone) ofNorfolk, formerly of Norwood,passed away on April 4, 2020 atthe age of 92. Beloved wife of thelate Rosario J. Cordo. Devotedmother of Joseph F. Cordo and hiswife Teresa, David N. Cordo andhis wife Ellen, Mary Zimmermanand her husband Daniel and JudithWoodall and her husband Joseph.Sister of Erminia Battaglia, cher-ished grandmother of 11 grandchil-dren and 8 great-grandchildren.Daughter of the late Raffaele andMarsilia (Viscomi) Viscone, andpredeceased by her brothersFrancesco and Pietro Viscone.Maria was a wonderful and lovingwife, mother, grandmother, andgreat-grandmother, who was com-pletely devoted to her immediatefamily, her large family in Italy, andthe many friends she had there andhere in America, her adopted

home. She married Rosario Cordoin 1955, immigrating to the UnitedStates, starting and raising a fam-ily of four, and quickly becomingrenowned for the large Italianfeasts she cooked for her familyand friends. She often took re-quests when family and friends vis-ited, and a testimony to her Italianculinary skills is that favoritedishes are still prepared by herdaughters, daughters-in-law, andgranddaughters. She was knownfor her perpetual warmth, infec-tious smile, and the love she radi-ated especially to her grandchil-dren and great-grandchildren. Shelived by and often repeated thesimple teaching, “love each other.”All Services and Burial will be pri-vate. A Memorial Mass in theCatholic faith will be scheduled ata later date. Arrangements by theKraw-Kornack Funeral Home,NORWOOD, MA. In lieu of flow-ers, donations may be made in hername to St. Anthony’s Shrine, Bos-ton, MA. Kraw-Kornack FuneralHome kraw-kornackfuneralhome.com 781-762-0482.

DUNDULIS

Janet Lee “Bunny” (Cannon),a lifelong resident of Norwood,MA passed away on Wednesday,April 1, 2020 at the age of 65. Janetgrew up in Norwood and graduatedfrom Norwood High School withthe class of 1972. She met her fu-ture husband James Dundulis in

1971 a year before they graduated.The high school sweethearts weremarried in 1979 and the youngcouple made their home inNorwood where they welcomedtheir daughter Jayne. Janet workedas an accountant for State StreetBank for 45 years before retiringthis past summer. She was a friendof Workman’s Hall in Norwoodand always looked forward to theyearly trips she and James wouldtake to Las Vegas. Janet cherishedthe times she spent with her familyand friends, especially her grand-children. She was the beloved wifeof James R. Dundulis. Lovingmother of Jayne Dundulis. Adoredgrandmother of Philip Hunt IV andMelanie Hunt. Devoted sister ofJean Cannon of Plainville, JoanPender & her husband Chis ofNorwood, Judy Wooten & her hus-band Rob of Walpole, Bobby Can-non of Norwood, Jayne Lawrence& her husband Scott ofBridgewater, Joyce Hatch of RI,Joanne Cannon of RI, Jimmy Can-non of Westwood, Julie Tracey &her husband Vincent of NorthAttleboro, Jackie King & her hus-band Michael of Plainville, and JillDadmun & her husband Shawn ofMansfield. Cherished sister-in-lawof Mary Dundulis of Foxboro. Sheis also survived by many nieces andnephews. She was predeceased byher mother Joan (Wells) Cannon.Due to the recent health concernsregarding the COVID-19 pan-demic, services will be held at fu-ture date. In lieu of flowers, re-membrances in Janet’s memorymay be made to Susan G. Komento help in the fight against breastcancer.

FEENEY

MARY R. (Walsh) of Sharonformerly of Norwood passed awayon April 5, 2020 at the age of 90.Beloved wife of the late AnthonyP. Feeney. Devoted mother ofBrenda M. Leonard and her hus-band Ray of Sharon, Peter M.Feeney and his wife Tammy of FL, Michael E. Feeney of CA and thelate Steven Feeney. Sister of thelate Edmund Walsh and Rev. Mar-tin Walsh. Cherished grandmotherof Jaclyn, David, Rosie and greatgrandmother of Keegan andHarlow. All services will be pri-vate. Arrangements by the Kraw-Kornack Funeral Home, Norwood,MA. In lieu of flowers donationsmay be made in her name to Com-passionate Care Hospice 800 W.Cummings Park, Suite 3100,Woburn, MA 01801. Kraw-

Kornack Funeral Homew w w . k r a w -kornackfuneralhome.com 781-762-0482.

GIORDANOBRUNO of Norwood passed

away on April 4, 2020 at the ageof 89. Son of the late Joseph andMaria (Mazzotta) Giordano. Though never married, Bruno hada large extended family consistingof many brothers, sisters, nieces,nephews and close friends. He wasthe long time caretaker of hisyounger brother, Frank, who sur-vives him. Bruno loved the casi-nos and the horses. He made fre-quent trips to Atlantic City in theearly days of casino gambling, of-ten taking many of his relatives andfriends from Norwood and as faraway as Italy. Bruno had friendsall over the country and the world. He was constantly taking trips tovisit family and friends in placessuch as Pittsburgh, Philadelphia,Denver, Florida and Italy amongothers. No matter where he went,he always put a smile oneveryone’s face and he alwayswanted to make the kids happy. Hewas also an avid Boston sports fanand he especially loved the RedSox and Patriots. Rest in Peace,Bruno. You will be sadly missed. A private burial will take place atthe Massachusetts National Cem-etery in Bourne, MA. Bruno was aUS Army Korean War Veteran. Ar-rangements by the Kraw-KornackFuneral Home Norwood, MA. Inlieu of flowers donations may bemade in his name to a Veteran’sCharity of your choice. Kraw-Kornack Funeral Homew w w . k r a w -kornackfuneralhome.com 781-762-0482.

HENRY

RICHARD Allan of Norwoodpassed away on April 4, 2020 atthe age of 92. Beloved husband ofRena Ann (Michaud) Henry. De-voted father of Mary Jo Delsignoreand her husband Michael ofWrentham, Brian R. Henry and hiswife Traci of GA, Mark J. Henryand his wife Rhonda of TX andKaren Henry of FL. Cherishedgrandfather of Michael, Michelle,Veronica, Zachary and Briannah.Great grandfather of Brooklyn,Tyler and Maddison. Brother ofJames X Henry of FL and manylate brothers and sisters. Also sur-vived by many nieces and neph-ews. Son of the late David andMarguerite (Healy) Henry. Richardwas a WWII Navy Veteran, theformer Treasurer of the NorwoodK of C and the Norwood RetiredMen’s Club. He was also very ac-tive with the Debs Drum and Bugle


Deaths continued from page 8Corps, Norwood American Legionand the Norwood Lions. All ser-vices will be private with a memo-rial service to be held at a laterdate. In lieu of flowers donationsmay be made in his name to theAlzheimer’s Assoc. 309 WaverleyOaks Road Waltham, MA 02452.Arrangements by the Kraw-Kornack Funeral Home, Norwood,MA.

INGEMI

Pauline (Lo Verde) ofNorwood since 1950, passed awayon March 26, with her family byher side. She was 97. Born inPalemo, Sicily, the daughter ofSalvatore and Maria(Domenichelli) Lo Verde. Emigrat-ing from Italy in 1942, Paulinelived in New York, and worked asa seamstress. She met and marriedthe late Pasquale P. Ingemi, andthey moved to Roslindale, MA.Later, after moving to Norwood,she started her own seamstressbusiness in South Norwood. Aftershe closed the shop, she producedpiece work for a company onTremont St., and she continued tomake garments and do alterationsfrom her home. Her family was hergreatest pride. All of her grandchil-dren loved spending time with her,and would occasionally live withher. Pauline’s children lovinglyspeak of their mother with respectand pride when they tell the storyof her coming to a new country asa young girl, learning a new lan-guage, starting and managing herown business, and raising her chil-dren. Pauline was the belovedmother of Michael J. Ingemi andhis wife Irene of Norwood, PeterP. Ingemi of Springhill, FL, JanetO’Connor and her husband Ed ofCarver and Paula Stroshine ofWrentham. She is also survived by7 grandchildren; Edward C.O’Connor and wife Rachel,Geoffrey O’Connor and wife CarolBaldwin, Julianne O’Connor,

James Allen, Angela Allen-Plunketand her husband Robert Plunket,Paul Ingemi, Amanda Ingemi andher spouse Victoria Joseph and 4great grandchildren; CaseyO’Connor, Thomas O’Connor,Rory O’Connor and VanessaPlunket. Pauline was predeceasedby her siblings; Gaspare Lo Verde,Frances Sturniolo and Rose Trigili.A private burial was held in High-land Cemetery, Norwood. A cel-ebration of her life will be held ata later date. In lieu of flowers, do-nations in Pauline’s name can bemade to the Ecumenical Commu-nity Food Pantry of Norwood, Inc.,150 Chapel Street, Norwood, MA02062 or online at https://norwoodpantry.org/ Arrangementsby May Funeral Home. To signguestbook, visitwww.folsomfuneral.com

JURGELEWICZ

Charles J. A lifelong residentof Norwood, passed away on April1, 2020 at the age of 89. Belovedhusband of Evelyn A. (O’Malley)Jurgelewicz. Devoted father ofNancy R. Rockwell of Walpole,William C. Jurgelewicz ofNorwood, Paul M. Jurgelewiczand his wife Maureen A. ofNorwood and Robert A.Jurgelewicz and his wife Nanetteof Millis. Brother of the lateHelen Boncek and WandaMackun. Cherished grandfatherof Patrick H. Rockwell, ColleenE. Rockwell, Ryan J. Jurgelewiczand Nora A. Jurgelewicz, andCody L Jurgelewicz. Son of thelate Kazimierz and Mary (Yotka)Jurgelewicz. Charles was a 1948graduate of Norwood HighSchool and then went on tograduate from Northeastern Uni-versity. He was a MechanicalEngineer and worked for MIT In-strumentation Labs and subse-quently Charles Stark Draper

Labs in Cambridge, MA. He wasa Mechanical engineer whoworked on the Apollo programincluding assisting with the safereturn of the Apollo 13 mission.Charles was a Veteran whoserved in the U.S. Army Corps ofEngineers. In lieu of flowers, do-nations may be made in his nameto Care Dimensions, 333 WymanStreet, suite 100, Waltham, MA02451 or to a charity of yourchoice. At the request of the fam-ily, burial will be private and aMemorial Mass will be held at alater date. www.Kraw-KornackFuneral Home.comFamily Owned and Operated781-762-0482.

O’NEILLWilliam J. III Age 65, of

Norwood, passed on March 28th,2020. Son of William O’Neill,Jr., and the late Catherine O’Neill(Murphy). Brother of the lateMarianne Axberg and brother-in-law to Andrew Axberg. Survivedby his wife Marion O’Neill (Re).Beloved father of WilliamO’Neill and his wife Alison,Christopher O’Neill and JoanO’Neill. Stepfather to Jill Kellyand her husband Devin, BrittanyMaloof and her husbandMichael. Grandfather toMadeleine and Liam. A Memo-rial Mass will be held at a futuredate. Services were private. Forcomplete obituary, please visitwww.gilloolyfuneralhome.com

PARKER

EILEEN C. (Connolly) ofAttleboro, formerly of Norwood,passed away on April 2, 2020 atthe age of 83. Beloved wife ofRobert E. Parker. Devotedmother of Robert E. Parker Jr.and his wife Joanne of N.

Attleboro, William F. Parker ofAttleboro, John F. Parker ofWrentham, James M. Parker andhis companion Sandra ofWalpole, Eileen C. Elliott ofPlainville, Paul J. Parker and hiswife Kelly of Attleboro and thelate Stephen C. Parker Sr.Daughter of the late Helen(Trask) Rowell and thelate Robert Connolly. Sister ofMaureen MacEachern ofNorwood and the late RichardConnolly. Cherished grand-mother of 12 grandchildren and2 great grandchildren. Eileenwas a graduate of Norwood HighSchool. She loved to play bingoand was an avid Red Sox Fan.She was also a CNA caring formany Alzheimer ’s patients.Burial will be private. In lieu offlowers, donations may be madein memory of Eileen Parkerto:Paralyzed Veterans ofAmerica801 18th StNorthwestWashington DC

20006. Kraw-Kornack Fu-neral Home www.kraw-kornackfuneralhome.com 781-762-0482.

RANSOWSuzanna (Petroff) of East

Walpole, passed away on April3, 2020 at the age of 92. Be-loved wife of the late CarlRansow. Devoted mother ofCynthia McCaig of EastWalpole . Cher ished grand-mother of Gretchen Ransow ofLondon, England and EileenRansow-Smith of Watertown.Sister of the late Bill Petroff.Daughter of the late Alexanderand Alexandra (Pazloss)Petroff. All Services are privateand a Memorial Service will beheld at a later date. Arrange-ments by the Kraw-Kornack Fu-neral Home, NORWOOD, MA.Kraw-Kornack Funeral Homekraw-kornackfuneralhome.com781-762-0482.


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Chief Brooks, his officers and residents have been observing strict social distancing of six feet, as shownhere.

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The Town of Norwood Recreation Department sent out their EasterBunny last week to deliver sweets and chocolate to young childrenthroughout the Town. Residents signed up and paid $20 per visit,with all proceeds going to the Norwood Food Pantry, but recentlythe Recreation Department announced that they would not be ableto go to all of Norwood's houses to deliver candy, as the initiativehas grown too popular. They have announced that there will beinstead an Easter Bunny Drive Through for residents to drive up tothe Easter Bunny on April 10 from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. and April 11,9 a.m. to 11 a.m. To sign up, go to https://norwoodma.myrec.com/info/default.aspx.

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No, there's not a real bear prowling around the Town of Norwoodduring the COVID-19 crisis. But just last week, residents have beenorganizing Bear Hunts throughout their neighborhoods to help giveyoung children a fun activity during the State of Emergency andschool closures. At the time of publication, Norwood has postedthe locations of 659 different bears put out for kids to hunt, bothinside residents' homes and outside. Residents are asked to observesocial distancing recommendations and not get out of their cars.To see a full list of all locations, go to https://bit.ly/2Xjk9GB

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now than proactive. He saidhe has stopped carryingaround NPD trading cards, forexample, that have been histrademark outreach tool. Hesaid he does miss the commu-nity interaction, but he wantsto keep residents and officersas safe as possible.

He said the civilian work-ers who can work from homeare doing so.

“Obviously, our patrol of-ficers can’t do that but be-tween the Town’s IT (infor-mation technology) Depart-ment and our IT person An-drew Jurewich, we’re doingwell,” he said.

Brooks said they’re alsochanging up duty rotation tokeep contact between all per-sonnel as limited as possible.

“For instance, the deputychief and I are not in the build-ing at the same time,” he said.“I’m concerned about one ofus getting sick and possiblyinfecting the other, so we’renot in the building at the sametime or travelling together.”

Another aspect of policinghe said they’ve done awaywith, perhaps permanently, isroll call. Avid cop showwatchers would know this asthe daily briefing for officerscoming on shift.

“Every shift starts with ev-ery officer in one room receiv-ing a briefing from the ser-geant,” he said. “We’ve beendoing it that way for a longtime... but now we’ve comeup with a virtual roll call.”

Brooks said the officerswill head to their patrol carsand won’t even go into thebuilding unless absolutelynecessary.

“The first thing they do iswipe down the cockpit of thecruiser and check their gear,”he said.

He said the NPD RecordsDivision has established a se-cure emailing list set up byTown Hall that sends each of-

ficer her/his assignments, rollcall of arrests from the previ-ous shift and descriptions ofwanted suspects.

“I think I’m going to keepthat, and we’ll no longer do aphysical roll call,” he said.“The sergeant on duty willstill go into the parking lot andsee their officers standing onthe fleet line with six feet ofseparation... And I’m out thereon the fleet line most days too.I see the officers wiping downtheir cruisers and they take thetime to do it, and they do itright.”

Brooks said they’re alsolimiting interaction with thepublic as much as possible.He said where ever possible,they will be charging suspectswith a summons rather than anarrest so as to limit physicalcontact, unless the suspect isconsidered dangerous.

“I don’t want this to be anencouragement for people tomisbehave,” he said. “We willtake people into custody whenwe need to, but we’re usingas many state protocols as wecan.”

Brooks said he is conduct-ing all of this through SpecialOrder authority.

“I had probably not issueda special order for more thana year,” he said.

Basically, they are tempo-rary provisions for temporaryactions by the department. Hesaid they’ve suspended alltraining, for example (save forfirearm certification, whichcan be done outside where therisk is lower), encouragedhand washing, passed outhand sanitizer, and now re-quire any officers who call insick to check in with theirlieutenant and the new depart-ment doctor before returning.

In some good news, he saidthe call volume in recentweeks is down 60 percent.

“We have seen some do-mestic activity but, quite

frankly, we see domestic ac-tivity anyway,” he said. “Wehave some (COVID-19) re-lated mental health calls, andwe handle that too. We havealso seen some anxiety aroundthe virus spread. We’re stillmaking arrests and we’re stillopen for business, just in adifferent way.”

Brooks has been a policeofficer for more than four de-cades, and he’ll be staying ona bit longer. The Massachu-setts State Legislature re-cently passed House BillH.2356, An Act Authorizingthe Town of Norwood to con-tinue the Employment of Po-lice Chief William G. BrooksIII. The act was signed byGov. Charlie Baker on March26. Brooks said he feels hon-ored that the state and theTown have enough faith inhim to let him continue hiswork at the NPD while the lawwould otherwise force him toretire.

“After 43 years of service,I’m entitled to put my feet upand stay in the house andwatch Netflix,” he said witha laugh. “But this is what I dofor a living and this is what Itook an oath to do, and I loveit.”

Brooks said they actuallydelayed promoting the an-nouncement publicly.

Brooks said he wanted tothank the Town for proposingthe legislation and State Rep.John Rogers and State Sen.Michael Rush for pushing thelegislation through.

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