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862-878 Washington St. will be staying as it is after the application for a new 12-unitresidential development was withdrawn without prejudice at Tuesday night's meeting.

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Counter Bob Donnelly hands over the tally on Article 4 to moderator Michael Reillyat Monday night’s Special Town Meeting. The Article failed by a vote of 61-101.

PHOTO BY MATT MACDONALD Proposed Washington St.development withdrawn

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TM fails to support motion torezone South Norwood land


On Monday, May 14, the Specialand Annual Town Meetings got un-derway in the auditorium of NorwoodHigh School (245 Nichols St.).

After Town Moderator DavidHern first convened and then imme-diately adjourned the Annual TownMeeting, Special Town Meeting wasopened for business.

The session – which ran just un-der three hours and drew just under200 Town Meeting members – fea-tured votes on the first five Articles(of 24) on the Warrant, as well as theFinance Commission’s report and re-marks from Congressman StephenLynch.

Three of the first five Articles dealtwith parking issues having to do with

auto dealership storage, and Hern –representing Boch Automotive in theland sale connected with Article 4 –immediately recused himself from thatone and Articles 1 and 5, as well.

Michael Reilly acted as TemporaryModerator, initially for those Articles,but also – in the interest of continuityand based on Hern’s recommendation– for Articles 2 and 3.

Article 4 was, in fact, the mainbusiness of the evening, drawing overan hour of discussion and commen-tary on the petition – brought forwardby Michael Saad with the support of anumber of South Norwood residents– to change the zoning of a parcel ofland including and running back fromthe school bus yard on Morse Street.

The zoning amendment petition

The Zoning Board of Appeals(ZBA) met on Tuesday evening, May15, in Room 12 of Town Hall to heartwo cases requesting variances regard-ing inadequate lot space for newmulti-family construction.

The main case – scheduled for 7:30p.m. – dealt with a variance requestfor the 12-unit residential develop-ment proposed for 862-878 Washing-ton St. The hearing had been contin-ued from May 1 for the ZBA to con-sult Town Counsel regarding the ap-plication.

The applicant – Charles River Eq-uity Partners, represented by Princi-pal Stefan Frey, real estate developer

John Roche, and attorney David Hern– was seeking zoning relief for thesite’s 26,128 square-foot lot; for thenumber of units proposed, 48,500square feet is required by Town by-law.

Although the ZBA’s reception tothe development had been generallyfavorable, it was reluctant to overstepTown zoning bylaw regarding lot sizevariances.

Additionally – based on PhilipRiley’s reading of Mitchell v. Boardof Appeals of Revere, in which he de-termined that Massachusetts zoningboards, in fact, have no authority togrant variances based solely on insuf-ficient lot space – Chair Patrick

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IN HONOR OFOUR VETERANS Last year Our Town’s Dolly

Parker honored our veteransfrom all wars and conflicts at theNorwood Senior Center. Towns-people brought their memora-bilia (photos, medals, etc.) oftheir friends and loved ones tobe displayed, thanks to Dolly’scommitment to our war heroes.She also invited high school stu-dents, who came with manyquestions about the heroes whowere honored. They also viewedservice vehicles outdoors withmembers of the military to an-swer their many questions. Thisyear’s gathering will take placeon May 24 and 25. New this yearwill be a history of the Ameri-can Women’s Voluntary Ser-

vices (AWVS). The AWVS wasthe largest American women’sservice organization in the USduring WWII. The empoweredwomen volunteers providedsupport services during the warincluding message delivery, am-bulance driving, selling warbonds, emergency kitchenscycle corps drivers, dog-sledteamsters, aircraft spotters, navi-gation, aerial photography, fire-fighting, truck driving and can-teen workers. At the time of thehorrible attack on Pearl Harborthere were approximately18,000 members. Eventuallymore than 325,000 women weretrained. If you know of anywomen who served in theAWVS please give the informa-tion to Dolly for display at theCenter. Joan Crawford, HattieMcDaniel, Betty White, andLillian Randolph were alsoAWVS members. Bring yourphotos, etc., to the Center. Youmay reach Dolly at781.255.0228 for further infor-mation. AH…SPRING Nomatter how hard the winterweather hits us, spring bloomswith great beauty every year.This year the PJM’s were in-credibly gorgeous. The grass issuper green, along with a veryhealthy score of weeds to keepus busy outdoors. It is amazinghow the earth continues billionsof years, even with extremelyquestionable blame upon every-one by the guy who lives at theseashore, Mr. Gore. You knowthe old saying…anything for abuck. There’s another oldsaying…don’t believe every-thing you read.

CONGRATULATIONS A well-deserved promotion

at Big Y has been given to a ter-rific young man. Nice going,Seamus!

LET THERE BE LIGHT Do you like the new street lightsin your neighborhood? I amhappy if it will save Our Townmoney and not increase the costof usage. There certainly is a bigdifference in the light emission.Oh well, progress I guess.

DEDICATIONANNIVERSARY The Norwood Firefighters

Memorial Statue will celebrateits 17th anniversary, May 20. Itwas a beautiful sunny day whenthe statue of ‘Jake’ was dedi-cated to those who served yes-terday, those who serve today,and to those who will serve to-morrow. Thank you to Ret. Cap-tain George Geary and commit-tee for their commitment to the

beautiful project. May the fol-lowing words be always at theirback…”When I am called toduty, God, wherever flames mayrage, give me strength to savesome life, whatever be itsage…Help me embrace a littlechild before it is too late, or savean older person from the horrorof that fate…Enable me to bealert and hear the weakest shout,and quickly and efficiently toput the fire out…I want to fillmy calling and to give the bestin me, to guard my every neigh-bor and protect hisproperty…And if according tomy fate, I am to lose my life,please bless with Your protect-ing hand my children and mywife”

WHAT’S GOIN’ ON? Why would Utah, and probablymore states, pass a law called‘Free Range Parenting?’ Thenews filmed two ‘little’ kidswalking through the woods toschool. If something should hap-pen to the children, the parentswill not be held responsible.Little children in their car seatsare left to die in a hot, closedup, car. The latest case out weststated that the parent will not becharged…the parent honestlyforgot…really? So, in answer tosuch a horrific self-inducedproblem, car manufacturers areinstalling something that re-minds the driver when the carshuts off to check the back seat.Do you think there is too muchof little importance on the mindsof many today? It’s very sad andit’s certainly unacceptable.

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Stewart takes issue with FinComwalking back earlier statement


Norwood Teacher of the Year Honoree Joy Hughey appeared before the School Comittee last Wednesday.PHOTO BY MATT MACDONALD

The School Committee gath-ered last Wednesday night, May9 at Norwood High School forthe penultimate installment of itstraveling meetings, duringwhich it has been visiting dif-ferent schools throughout the2017-2018 academic year.

As with all prior school sitemeetings, student presentationsmade up the appearance portionof the agenda: in this case themajority of the first hour of thenearly three-hour session.

The main business items onthe agenda included a vote re-garding School Committee Ar-ticle 14 on the Special TownMeeting Warrant, a raised off-agenda policy concern, and avote on the traveling SchoolCommittee for the next aca-demic year.

Article 14 on the SpecialTown Meeting concerns$60,000 requested to cover thehiring of an English LanguageLearner (ELL) teacher broughtin earlier this school year to meet

the increased influx of Englishlanguage learners that hit theDistrict in the first part of theyear.

Before the Special TownMeeting at which this requestwas first made last November,this Article was designated forindefinite postponement.

This was done at the requestof the Finance Committee, withthe School Committee’s agree-ment, on the condition that itwould be revisited before May’sSpecial Town Meeting and thatif the School’s finances were indifficulty serious enough to re-quire it, FinCom would supportthe re-filed Article moving for-ward.

In reviewing Article 14 at itsApril 30 meeting, the FinanceCommission voted not to recom-mend the approval of $60,000ELL request, basing its decisionon the fact that a supplementalbudget being negotiated on Bea-con Hill could very well send anadditional $200,000 in circuitbreaker/special education reim-bursement funds to the SchoolDepartment, which would free

up additional funds to pay forthat ELL teacher.

This set the stage for the dis-cussion regarding how to pro-ceed regarding the Article.

The motion made was tosupport Article 14 contingentupon a decision coming downfrom Beacon Hill, with ChairMyev Bodenhofer and Superin-tendent David Thomson ex-pressing support for the FinanceCommission’s decision, butwith Teresa Stewart extensivelyexpressing her dissatisfactionwith FinCom’s decision makingprocess.

At one point in the discus-

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FILL OUT THOSESURVEYS!

To the Editor:A few weeks back, I wrote

a letter to the Norwood Recordurging the Town of Norwood tosell the Forbes Mansion and theadjacent land as soon as pos-sible, with a legally bindinglong-term agreement that theonly residential housing thepurchaser could build would befor adults 55 years of age andolder.

Now, Norwood’s residentshave a chance to weigh-in witha survey. Survey forms areavailable at the Library andonline at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/forbeshill.

The printed version of thesurvey form has both a front andback side. Be sure to fill the en-tire survey out.

When filling-out the survey,be sure to indicate that you wantthe Town to sell both the man-sion and the surrounding land.

Also, be sure to indicate thatyou would not be willing to payany extra property taxes for thetown to keep the property.

And on the back, indicatethat the only residential housingthere you would be in favor ofat that location would be foradults 55 and older; and also inthe section indicating what pos-sible ways the mansion could bedeveloped, write-in that theTown should sell the propertyand not keep it under any cir-cumstances.

As I had previously written,I could understand why Town

Meeting members voted to buythe property: The concern overso-called 40B’s. But I feel thisis a huge mistake and that theTown should sell the mansionand property, subject to the con-ditions in the first paragraph ofthis letter, as soon as possible.Otherwise, Norwood could faceeither a major Proposition 2-1/2 override, or major cuts in mu-nicipal services.

The deadline to submit thesurvey is June 15, so let townofficials know you want theForbes property sold as soon aspossible!

Joseph GallantNorwood

LWV URGESPARTICIPATIONAND ADVOCACY

To the Editor:Greetings Norwood Town

Meeting Members!The League of Women Vot-

ers is writing to remind you thatTown Meeting started on Mon-day May 14, 2018. Town Meet-ing takes place at Norwood HighSchool, from 7:30 to 10:30 onMondays and Thursdays untilbusiness is finished. Having rep-resentative town meeting is oneof the most direct way citizenscan participate in government.As a Town Meeting member,you are directly responsible forapproving what happens in yourneighborhood, approving thetown’s budget for the next fis-cal year, and approving specialprojects Norwood may want toundertake that could assist withthe long-range growth and de-

velopment of this place we callhome. This year, Town Meeting,and the Special Town Meetingthat precedes it, is undertakingseveral special projects includ-ing a land transfer near theCoakley Middle School to theSchool Committee, some sig-nificant zoning bylaw changesand requests—which directlyimpact the feel of particularneighborhoods in Norwood, andshould be carefully reviewed byTown Meeting—changing thestructure of the PlanningBoard, splitting the TownClerk and Accountant posi-tions into two distinct posi-tions, and discussing the instal-lation and tax credit ramifica-tions of installing a solar arraystructure at the Norwood Cen-tral Parking Lot. Residentswho are not a Town MeetingMember can attend TownMeeting live; although theycannot vote, they can registerto speak on an issue with themoderator. The Warrant isposted on the Town website. Ifyou can’t attend, you are en-couraged to watch it on televi-sion through Norwood Com-munity Media. Voting matters,and as a Town Meeting Mem-ber, your vote matters most ofall. Please make every effort toattend as much of Town Meet-ing as you can, as these are theissues that truly affect all ofour day to day lives.

Thank you in advance foryour participation and advocacy.

Courtney Rau RogersPresident, League of

Women Voters Norwood MA

sion, Bodenhofer articulated thebalancing act between the cashstrapped Schools and the cashstrapped Town.

“Sitting in the Chair of theSchool Committee, it’s all aboutadvocating for the schools, butwe’re actually part of the Town,and I certainly recognize that theTown has needs, too,”Bodenhofer said. “Dipping be-low $162,000 in free cash (if allTown Meeting requests are ap-proved) there won’t be moreuntil it’s certified in late Novem-ber, December…”

“And,” Thomson jumped in,“if we take that money and wedon’t actually need it, then it’stied up until spring.”

Responding to this, Stewartmade her objections clear.

“We paused the budget thisyear because we didn’t take that$60,000,” she said. “I feel thatwhen people say the SchoolCommittee is not telling the truth– that they’re crying wolf – thisis kind of why: because nowwe’re saying that we didn’t re-ally need that $60,000... We

needed it, we did what we wereasked, we were told we couldindefinitely postpone, and nowwe’re being asked to not ask forit. The $60,000 that we did notget in November did cause otherthings in our budget this year tonot be funded, and that needsto be acknowledged.”

While generally agreeing,Bodenhofer also stated that nei-ther she nor the Superintendenthad any idea last November thatan additional $200,000 might becoming in from the state.

“I don’t feel that we can, ingood faith, say that we need thatand that we need the $60,000,”she said.

Stewart stuck by her argu-ment.

“I feel really confident thatwhen we asked for this moneyin the fall, it was needed then; Iwas really uncomfortable withhow that role played out. I hadfaith that we would get it now;in my mind, it’s still a need,”she said. “So, I know how I’mgoing to vote but, obviously, it’sthe will of the Committee.”

The vote came down 4-1 tosupport the Article pendingword from Beacon Hill.

In non-agenda policy busi-ness, Maura Smith voiced herconcern regarding a food ser-vice plan policy that she had

been made aware of in whichstudents – when overdrawn ontheir meal accounts – are offereda designated alternate (identifiedby Smith as a cheese sandwich)“which,” as Smith quoted thepolicy, “will meet the require-ments of the national schoollunch program but will not bethe meal of the day.”

Smith expressed a handful ofissues with this policy, includ-ing her uncertainty aboutwhether or not a cheese sand-wich constitutes a meal, andwhat is done for students whoare gluten and lactose intoler-ant.

Reading further into thepolicy, Smith informed theCommittee that the alternatewould be charged at the stan-dard lunch rate, “so I’m curi-ous why they can’t just get themeal of the day.”

Related to this, Smith saidthat students don’t know thatthey have maxed out their ac-count until they check out.

“The meal has alreadybeen given to the student and– if I’m correct from what I’mbeing told – that meal isthrown away,” Smith said.“So why are we throwing themeal away and not just giv-ing the student the meal? Butwe’re still charging them the

same amount, but we’re justnot allowing them to eat thefood that was plated to them.”

Getting at what she called“food shaming,” Smith fin-ished her point.

“It seems like a recipe forstudents who may be havingsome financial difficulties be-ing embarrassed,” she said. “Itseems like a waste of food. SoI’m fairly concerned aboutthat.”

As it was not an agendaitem, discussion was necessar-ily truncated, but it was for-warded to the Policy Subcom-mittee with the immediateagreement of Stewart (cur-rently the only School Com-mittee member on it, rightnow).

The Committee also votedunanimously to continue withits school site meetings for the2018-2019 academic year,while keeping open the optionof changing the format fromthis year.

Regarding the student pre-sentations, three groups ap-peared before the Committee.Two of them had to do withoverseas spring trips.

This first group showedslides and too turns speakingof its trip to Italy. Chaperonedby Latin teacher MoriahHolmes and special educationteacher George Stamides, the

itinerary included Rome andOstia, among other sites.

The second group to ap-pear also spoke and showedslides of their service trip tothe Dominican Republic tovolunteer with the MariposaFoundation for Girls, an orga-nization that aims to end pov-erty for girls in that country.

On a related note, this trip– for 2019 – was approved bythe Committee at this samemeeting.

The last group to appearwas comprised of four stu-dents representing the “FourA’s:” Academics, Athletics,Arts, and Activities.

Finally, Joy Hughey, re-cipien t of the NorwoodTeacher of the Year Award,appeared before the Commit-tee to receive praise and ac-colades.

School Department datesof note:

There will be a forum forthe three finalists for NHS andPrescott principal positions.The Prescott’s will be onWednesday, May 16 in thecafeteria from 5:30 p.m. –6:40 p.m. NHS’s will be onWednesday, May 16, begin-ning at 7:15 p.m. in theUsevich Lecture Hall.

The next School Committeemeeting will be on Wednesday,May 23 at the Savage Center.

Conserve our resources.Recycle this newspaper.

A sobering (no pun intended) statistic in one of our recent articlespointed out that there were six pedestrian fatalities in Norwood in thelast year. That is a VERY high number. To put it into proper perspec-tive, in the City of Boston in 2017 (most current year of posted statis-tics) there were eight pedestrian fatalities. So, what is going on?

One of the fatalities included a workplace accident at Upland Woodswhere a truck backed into a worker at a job site, which is classified asa pedestrian accident. However, even subtracting this from the totalnumber the statistic is still troubling. Distracted driving, speeding,lack of respect for local traffic rules and pedestrian inattention are allpossible reasons for the increase in these deaths, and perhaps it is timefor the Town to establish a committee to study the specifics of theseaccidents and come up with possible fixes. Anyone who has everdriven south on Washington Street past the hospital can rationalizehow an elderly woman could end up being the latest statistic. All ofthe cars parked on the opposite side of the street from the hospitalobscure the crosswalks, and pedestrians suddenly emerging from be-tween the cars can catch drivers by surprise, particularly if said driversare not paying complete attention. This newspaper doesn’t have theanswers as to why people are getting killed inordinately more herethan in other towns; we just know it’s happening…

At last week’s School Committee meeting school board memberMaura Smith voiced her concern regarding a food service plan policyin which students – when overdrawn on their meal accounts – areoffered a cheese sandwich. Really? Why not just tattoo “deadbeat” ontheir foreheads and have them sit by themselves in a corner of thelunchroom?

And to make matters worse, these kids aren’t even aware theiraccounts are overdrawn until, according to Smith, they go to checkout and the current meal of the day is taken out of their hands in frontof everyone and, we can only assume, they’re handed the aforemen-tioned sandwich. Apparently, this kind of policy is referred to as “LunchShaming”, and steps are being taken on the federal level to do awaywith these kinds of draconian measures. Why should kids be the onesto suffer when their parents can’t or won’t foot the bill? Undoubtedlythere are some parents who think they are entitled to everything andtry and take advantage. However, it is just as likely that some of theseparents are struggling financially or, perhaps, are facing difficult cir-


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Mazzucco explainsSTM Article 5


For the Special Town Meet-ing (STM) underway, parking hasbeen an early theme on its War-rant, with a common thread ofauto inventory storage for Rte. 1dealerships.

While the Town generally ac-knowledges the importance ofthese auto dealerships to the localeconomy, it has continued to dealwith recent and ongoing inconve-niences and problems caused bytheir constant search for car stor-age space.

This issue came to a head last

fall for Rock Street area residentswho, in a sometimes heated com-munity meeting, demanded thatsomething be done about the lackof on street parking in their neigh-borhood caused by dealership em-ployees leaving their cars there.A parking ban aimed at eliminat-ing this problem was the immedi-ate result.

On a more ongoing basis,dealerships have been illegallyparking their inventory inunderused business parking lotsthroughout Norwood, resulting ina game of cat-and-mouse in which– when discovered by zoning en-forcement – they move on to an-

other lot until discovered again,at which point they move on tothe next lot in Town.

In response to this dealershipparking issue, three of the first fiveSTM Articles – involving the ac-tive participation of the Town, aswell as a group of residents andan auto dealership – have at-tempted to deal with this in dif-ferent ways.

Article 1 (indefinitely post-poned) requested a zoning bylawamendment to allow regulatedopen lot vehicle storage, whileArticle 4, though voted down on

cumstances and paying the lunchbill may have slipped their mindsdue other pressing priorities.Whatever the reason, shamingthese kids in front of their peers isabhorrent and should never hap-pen, particularly in a Town likeNorwood where it has a reputa-tion of taking care of its own.Besides, whatever happened to allthat extra money food serviceswas going to have after unceremo-niously cutting St. Catherine’s outof the food services program?...

And while on the subject ofthe School Committee, we under-stand the disappointment of mem-ber Teresa Stewart when bothSchool Superintendent Thomson

and Chair of the School Commit-tee, Myev Bodenhofer, expressedunderstanding of the FinCom’srecommendation to indefinitelypostpone their $60k ELL requestat this Town Meeting, based onmore money potentially beingavailable from the state. Stewartdidn’t seem to agree withBodenhofer when she said, “Sit-ting in the Chair of the SchoolCommittee, it’s all about advocat-ing for the schools, but we’re ac-tually part of the Town, and I cer-tainly recognize that the Town hasneeds, too.”

We like that Stewart myopi-cally advocates for the kids, per-haps a bit idealistically some-

times, and isn’t afraid to suggestthat the FinCom was reneging ona deal made last fall when theytalked the schools into postpon-ing the request for the money un-til this spring when the FinComcould support it. Stewart said,“The $60,000 that we did not getin November did cause otherthings in our budget this year tonot be funded, and that needs tobe acknowledged.” Good for youTeresa. You go girl…


April Citizens of the Month!April Citizens of the Month!April Citizens of the Month!April Citizens of the Month!April Citizens of the Month!

Grade 8: Briana Harnett, Shellby Francis, Tim LeeGrade 7: Jenna Berg, Samantha Rose, Leanne Saad, Patrick McDonaldGrade 6: Rebecca LaVange, Hannah Ruscio, Sofia MontanoCongratulations to the March winners of Dr. Philip O. Coakley Middle School’s Citizen of the Month.Citizens of the Month exemplify the school’s mission statement and are chosen by teachers and staff. Tocelebrate their accomplishments, an end of the year breakfast celebration will be held for students andtheir families.

ZBA continued from page 1Mulvehill recommended con-sulting Town Counsel for asecond look at that court de-cision.

Town Counsel DeLuca es-sentially confirmed Riley’sreading and sealed the deci-sion, although ZBA memberTom Brady encouraged send-ing a letter to the PlanningBoard encouraging a down-town zoning bylaw change re-quest to go to Town Meeting.

Hern argued that theMitchell case did not exactlymatch his client’s application(which Riley disagreed withentirely) and that waiting fora Town Meeting bylawchange would take too long,all while staying with hisoriginal argument: that theZBA, in fact, did have the au-thority to grant the variancebeing applied for.

However, despite Hern’s

efforts, Mulvehill suggestedthat his client’s withdrawingwithout prejudice might bepreferable to losing a vote andgoing into a “two-year limbo.”

After recessing to consultwith Frey and Roche, Herntook Mulvehill up on his of-fer.

The 7:15 p.m. hearing hadto do with a variance requestfor a conversion/constructionat 20 Neponset St. in whichthe owner – William Hinton –proposed to tear down the

single-family house at the ad-dress and replace it with two3-bedroom townhouse resi-dences.

The house, according toHinton’s attorney, DavidHern, the property has exten-sive termite damage, a leakyfoundation, a crumbling chim-ney, and old wiring. Consid-ering how to best go aboutimproving the property –which Hilton said he inheritedfrom a woman who he “sortof became a caretaker to” –Hern spoke for him:

“The real issue here is that– in order to make this workeconomically – they (Hiltonand his brother-in-law, MichaelVerrano) feel the cost of a newsingle family or the cost of re-doing this house just does notwork, so they would like reliefto do a 2 family.”

A two-family house requiresa 15,000 square-foot lot and 20Neponset St. has 10,000. Hernexplained that a number of twofamilies in the neighborhoodhave less than 10,000 squarefoot lots, but was unable to givedetails regarding whether or notthese were pre-zoning.

Hern and Hinton offered theplans for the two townhouses,should they be built: to eithermove children in or – if they arenot interested – to sell the unitsas condominiums.

When asked by Mulvehillwhy the house couldn’t be re-built as a single-family, Hernspoke of Hinton planning thebest option for the property andnot wanting “to throw goodmoney after bad.”

Responding to this, TomBrady ran through a rough es-

timate of tearing down the cur-rent house and rebuilding a newsingle family.

“It would probably cost youabout $20,000 to tear thatdown, and then it will probablycost you $250,000 – maybe$300,000 on the long end – tobuild a new house that’s 2,000-2,500 square feet – somewherein between – on a 10,000 squarefoot lot. You’re going to makeabout $550,000-$600,000 inthat neighborhood. That’s aprofit of – I would say -$250,000 approximately, giveor take. That’s a pretty goodprofit.”

Mulvehill agreed, saying ofthe real estate market, “It’scuckoo out there right now.”

After some public commen-tary, the hearing was continueduntil June 5 at 7:15 p.m. Thiswas done in order to allowMulvehill to research the zon-ing history for 2 families in theneighborhood, but also becausethere were only four Boardmembers available for a hear-ing requiring a minimum offour favorable votes to prevail.

Under the Mullen Rule, anAssociate member will be ableto watch the hearing video andthen fill out the Board – andvote – at the next session.

The next ZBA meeting willbe on June 5 at 7:15 p.m.


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Monday evening, requestednearly the opposite: a zoningchange to keep land from beingturned into a parking lot to storeauto dealership cars.

Article 5, however, requestedthe acceptance of a state statute.

Brought forward by the Boardof Selectmen and based on the re-search and findings of Town Man-ager Tony Mazzucco, TownMeeting – with its vote on Mon-day – accepted the provisions ofChapter 148, Section 56 of theMassachusetts General Laws thatpertain to fire prevention for open-air spaces used for parking or stor-ing vehicles.

Before Town Meeting,Mazzucco went into the detailsregarding the Article’s appear-ance, which was based on theTown Manager’s investigation ofthe statute’s use in other cities andtowns across the state.

“It’s interesting. The statute isused by a number of communi-ties around the Commonwealth,but all for different reasons, andNorwood is kind of in themiddle,” Mazzucco said.

Mazzucco gave Foxborough– which uses to statute to preventGillette Stadium parking lots frompopping up, as well as for safetyreasons. He also mentioned theadoption of the statute byBrookline and Cambridge, whichuse the statute to maintain somecontrol over the dense local park-ing situation.

The Board of Selectmen, onthe other hand, want a licensing

procedure to make sure that theopen-space lots in Town are be-ing inspected, with a fee to be di-rected at those being used for apurpose not directly tied to them.

“If I was McDonald’s and Iwanted to store cars from BurgerKing right next door on my lot,I’m not using my lot to supply myprimary business, I’m using it tofurther another business,”Mazzucco gave as an example.

He went on to say that an autodealer storing cars somewherethat’s not on their property wouldfall under this category.

The fee imposed would likelybe a combination of a base fee anda per-space fee for any lot deter-mined to be within this category.

Mazzucco gave the hypotheti-cal figures of a base fee of $500being charged for a lot with up to100 spaces, $1,000 for 100-200spaces, and $2,000 for more than200 spaces. He also noted that perspace fees in the Massachusettscommunities using this statutecurrently range from $7-$18. Thislicensing fee would be chargedannually.

Using these hypothetical num-bers, the owner of a 100-space lotwith a per-space fee of $10 wouldpay $1,000, plus a base fee of$500, for a total annual licensingfee of $1,500.

Mazzucco estimated potentialrevenue from instituting this feeat between $10,000 and $20,000.

“It’s not going to be a gamechanger, the reason being that anytime we charge a fee under state

statute, we need to be able to jus-tify the cost of that fee,” he said.

Going into some of the detailsof his research regarding othertowns charging parking fees,Mazzucco described workingback to the fees’ origins in statestatute or local bylaw and discov-ering the fire safety statute in theprocess.

“I didn’t necessarily think togo back to the fire code, but youalways look at what other citiesand towns have done and traceback to where they got it frombecause you have a strongerstanding if something’s based onstate law as opposed to if you cre-ated your own local law and wentwith it,” Mazzucco said.

The Town Manager madeclear where the statute would, forpractical purposes, be aimed.

“Like everything else, you’regoing after the low hanging fruitthat’s out there,” he said. “It’s nottargeted at the real small busi-nesses that maybe co-locatespaces or share spaces. It’s reallytargeted where there’s going to bea lot of vehicle storage.”

Having now been approved byTown Meeting, the Board of Se-lectmen will spend time this fallworking out implementationplans regarding regulations andfee structure, with Mazzucco es-timating that the statute would gointo effect at the end of 2018 or2019.

In explaining the timing of theimplementation process,Mazzucco made this point:

“Good public policy can taketime. We’re looking to do it right,not quick.”


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was made to prevent Boch Au-tomotive – which currently hasa purchase and sale agreementon the land with its ownerBruce Comenitz – from turningthe undeveloped, wooded landinto an approximately 800-carparking lot.

Of note was that the peti-tioners had no moneyed inter-est in the land and thatComenitz was at first unawareof and then vocally opposed tothe idea.

Of further note was that, onApril 24, Hern filed – on be-half of the owner – an ApprovalNot Required (ANR) plan forthe site with the Town PlanningOffice, triggering a three yearzoning freeze on the land.

Despite this, many of thesame people who had attendedand spoken at the PlanningBoard’s Article recommenda-tion hearing held last month –from Saad to Comenitz to Hernto a string of others – stood upagain to repeat and add to theirarguments.

When the Article wasmoved, it failed by a margin of61-101, the result in generalline with the Planning Board’s4-1 vote – after last month’shearing – not to recommend it.

The application will now –likely in June – go before thePlanning Board again for an-other hearing – likely featuringmany of the same attendees –as it makes its way throughTown Hall seeking the approv-als necessary for the parking lotto become real.

Article 1 – a zoning bylawamendment allowing open lotvehicle storage for local busi-nesses with a surplus of park-ing spaces – was recommended

by the Planning Board for in-definite postponement, withChairman Joe Sheehan sayingthat the Board “will continue towork on the bylaw in order toresolve some outstanding is-sues.”

That motion carried with amajority voice vote.

Article 2 – a zoning bylawamendment establishing a newAssociate Planning Boardmember position – carried witha vote of 165-6.

Article 3 – another zoningbylaw – sought to establish twonew Manufacturing, Process-ing, and Related Uses catego-ries in order to prohibit them.

The first category pertainedto the manufacturing of asphalt,cement, and bituminous con-crete; the second pertained tocommercial rock crushing andprocessing, as well as cementand concrete crushing.

Speaking of the rationalebehind the explicit prohibitionof any new businesses in Townfalling under these categories,Town Planner Paul Halkiotisspoke of their negative impacts.“They create noise, odor,smoke, truck traffic, and dust,just to name a few.”

The motion carried with aunanimous voice vote.

However – in a matter simi-lar to an aspect of Article 4 –the applicant for a proposedasphalt plant that would be lo-cated at 973 University Ave. hasfiled an ANR plan for the site,thus freezing the zoning.

There is currently a pendingland court case for this propertyregarding a Zoning Board ofAppeals decision. If successfulin court, there may be anotherasphalt plant in Town.

Article 5 – a licensing accep-tance statute brought forward bythe Board of Selectmen – soughtto require a license – and a fee –for Town businesses to maintainopen-air parking/storage for ve-hicles not directly furthering thebusiness where they’re parked.

The motion – requiring amajority – passed with a unani-mous voice vote.

For more details on Article 5,please see the accompanying ar-ticle.

Special Town Meeting con-tinues on Thursday, May 17, at7:30 p.m.


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Norwood High track teams leapingtowards personal records

Boys tennis hoping to end seasonwith a grand slam

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In each team's final dual meet as a member of the Bay State Conference, the Norwood High boys' track teamdominated Milton while the girls' ultimately fell short.

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Sai Nedunchezhian (above) and Finn Kelley, the tandem which comprises Norwood's first doubles team,have won six of the 11 matches they've competed in this season to date.

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The Norwood High out-door track teams are on to theTri-Valley League after theirfinal dual meet of the seasonlast week vs. Milton.

The boys ended their runin the Bay State Conferenceon a major high note, comingaway with a 91-41 win. Thegirls fell to the Wildcats, 86-40.

Individual highlights foreach team were plentiful,with a number of personalrecords falling. Craig Rileyrecorded his best time in theone-mile run to date, com-pleting the race in 4:39.

Even more athletes shat-tered their marks in the girls’portion of the meet, includ-ing Catherine Hurley, who

captured a win the shot putwith a placement of 28 feet,1 inch.

Caitlin Foley’s time of18.2 in the 110-meter hurdleswas good enough for both awin and a personal record, aswas Vanessa Dorfeuille’s 79-foot toss in the javelin. LilyCronin notched a personalrecord in the hurdles as well.

Other notable times, dis-tances and wins for the Mus-tangs included Tarek Zakiand Tom Condon’s win andrunner-up finish in the 800-meter run, Olivia Beaudet’s2:33 time in the 800, SawdahMcCloud’s wins in both the100-meter dash (13.1 sec-onds) and the high jump (4feet, 11 inches) and a 1-2-3finish in the 110-meter

In a match that bodes wellfor both the present and thefuture, the Norwood Highboys’ tennis team earned a 3-2 win over the Norton Lanc-ers on Monday afternoon.

It was the second win ofthe season overall for theMustangs, and their secondagainst a future Tri-ValleyLeague opponent following a4-1 win over the DedhamMarauders on April 13.

While the overall recordof the team is 2-9, Norwood’sfirst doubles tandem of SaiNedunchezian and FinnKelley are above .500 at 6-5.This is despite back-to-backlosses heading into theNorton match, a 6-4, 4-6, 2-10 loss to Braintree’s firstdoubles last Thursday and an0-6, 0-6 loss to Brookline’sfirst doubles a week agoWednesday. As Mustangshead coach John Churchillsaid following the Brooklinematch, there’s no shame ingoing up against a Warriorsteam as well-constructed asthat one and coming up short.

“Sai and Finn started offwell, winning the first set 6-

4,” Churchill said of the firstdoubles againstBraintree.“The second setwent Braintree’s way alongwith the momentum as Saiand Finn seemed to lose someof their stamina. The matchwent to a supertiebreaker,which ended up being domi-nated by Braintree.

“Brookline has a reason-able shot at this year’s MIAADivision1 tournament,”Churchil l added ofNorwood’s other opponentlast week. “This was defi-nitely a top-quality oppo-nent.”

Sophomore co-captainT.J. Fehm, playing his usualfirst singles spot againstBraintree, earned his first winof the season against theWampsin straight sets (6-3,6-2).

“T.J. rolled to his first winat No. 1 singles,” Churchillsaid. “I came in expectingmore of a fight at the top spot[from Braintree].”

Sophomore co-captainTejAryaputra fell in straightsets, 4-6, 2-6, while freshmanWill Fehm fell at the thirdsingles spot, 2-6, 1-6 vs.


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Chris Cox serves during Norwood's match at Norton on Monday after-noon.

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Amanda Olbrys has been flat out dominant for the Mustangs this spring, striking out 62 batters in 55 inningsof work to the tune of a 1.03 earned run average.

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Boys volleyball bidsadieu to seniors

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Norwood's seniors, from left to right: Jake Fleming (No. 12), Billy Mosca (No. 20) and Ryan Garczynski (No.26). COURTESY PHOTO

With a Senior Day winover the Norton Lancers onMay 9, the Norwood Highboys’ volleyball team hassurpassed its win total fromthe 2017 season.

Unfor tunate ly for theMustangs , i t won’t be

enough to get back into thestate tournament. A straightset loss to the NeedhamRockets two days af tersweeping the Lancers gotNorwood to its tragic num-ber of 10, meaning the teamcan no longer finish with awinning record.

“We took control earlyand played aggressive with

hitting and serving hard, Iwas able to play everyoneand moved the lineup aroundto get players to play posi-tions they normally wouldnot play,” Mustangs headcoach Paul Nimblett said inthe aftermath of the win overNorton.

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Perhaps no tradition inNorwood has become moreregular than the Mustangsqualifying for the state tour-nament in sof tbal l wi thample time to spare.

Make it 9 for 9 underhead coach Carol Savino, asshe has her Norwood Highteam well-positioned onceagain wi th a 9-1 recordthrough 10 games; win No.9, which officially punchedthe ticket to the postseasonfor the Mustangs, came lastFr iday a t home againstMilton High.

Savino, never shy topump up her team, admittedthat this year’s team is actu-ally playing above its abili-ties at the moment.

“The bottom line rightnow is that we’re 9-1,”Savino said. “We’re in agood position.”

Norwood hasn’t los tsince Opening Day on April9 vs. Braintree High, reelingoff nine straight wins in theprocess.

During the first sevengames of the s treak, theMustangs looked like theclass of the Division 2 Southregion, outscoring its foes byan otherworldly 80-7 mar-gin. Norwood had to buckledown and grind out a pair ofone-run wins las t week,however, squeaking byBrookline High, 5-4, andlater Milton, 4-3.

“The kids understand thattheir first goal is to alwaysmake tournament,” Savinosaid. “The motivation forany game is to win. You’rein it to win it. Every gamethey’re in it to win it.”

The Mustangs quicklyfel l in to a 3-0 hole vs .Brookline after half an in-ning, as the team was with-out s tar p i tcher AmandaOlbrys. Slowly but surely,Norwood clawed back, tak-ing a 5-3 lead in the bottomof the fifth on a three-rundouble for senior f i rs tbaseman Janelle Kelleher.

It took another win of thecome-from-behind varietyagainst Mil ton, as onceagain, the Mustangs fell intoan early hole.

Milton jumped out to a 2-0 lead, holding Norwoodwithout a hit through threeinnings. But per usual, theMustangs couldn’t be si-lenced for the duration.

The game was tied at 3-all after five innings, withNorwood pushing across thewinning run in the last of theseventh to qualify for thetournament.

Not that simply qualify-ing for the tournament is theonly goal Savino has in mindfor the Mustangs. For onelast time, she has Norwoodin excellent position headinginto the final two weeks ofthe season to snag the BayState Conference – HergetDivision title on their wayout the door to the Tri-Val-

ley League.“The emphasis has al-

ways been to win the



Braintree. Chris Cox andAlessandro DiCesare, bothsophomores, also went downin straight sets against theWamps, 4-6, 1-6.

“Tej had a much tougherbatt le on his hands,”Churchill said.“He workedhis way back into the first setafter trailing 1-4. However,the Braintree No. 2 was re-ally playing well.

“Will started off closewith long points,” Churchillsaid of the third singlesmatch.“However, theBraintree No. 3 player pow-

ered through with big servesand quick movement.”

The Mustangs get anothercrack at the Wamps on Mon-day, this time at NorwoodHigh, at 3:45 p.m. The teamalso has matches againstWeymouth and Walpole nextweek, which will conclude itsstatus as a Bay State Confer-ence member. Norwood lostto Weymouth earlier in theseason, 3-2 on April 11, withAryaputra winning at secondsingles and Nedunchezhianand Kelley winning at seconddoubles.


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hurdles by Dorian Isidore(16.7 seconds), SolomonKing (17.1) and Bil lyTomasello (17.7).

Colin Plasko and OlyverReynaud swept the shot putwith distances of 39 feet, 9inches and 32 feet, 4 inches,respectively. BriannaMcCann’s triple jump re-sult was 28 feet, 1 inch andRachel Fagan picked up awin in the 400 in 1:02.5.

At the MSTCA Boys’ In-vitational at Durfee HighSchool in Fall River on Sat-urday, even more runnersgot a chance to impress forNorwood.

Out of 56 runners,

Zaki’s time of 2:02.31 in the800-meter run set a personalrecord and was good enoughfor an 11th place f inish.Condon and Jacob Loganplaced 31st and 35th, respec-tively. Will Hornyak fromLongmeadow won the racewith a time of 1:59.26.

Out of 46 initial runners,Mulligan was one of sevenwho qualified for the finals inthe 200-meter run. He placedsixth in the final with a timeof 23.27 seconds; Watertown’sMange Camara won in 22.31.

In alumni track news, PatForrest (Norwood High ’17)set two new school records atMerrimack College in the New

England Track Champion-ships (NEICAAA champi-onships). Forrest ran the200 in 21.65 seconds andthe 400 in 48.03 – winningsilver medals in each eventat the meet.

Norwood competed in itsfinal Bay State ConferenceChampionship meet onWednesday at BraintreeHigh School, in an eventheld after the Record’sdeadline. The Division 3State Championships are onMay 26 in North Readingand the All-State Champi-onships are on June 2 atFitchburg State University.

Norwood’s record standsat 5-10 as the final week ofthe season gets underway.

The Mustangs needed theminimum three sets to knockout the Lancers, 25-17, 25-13 and 27-25. It was the fi-nal home match in the leg-endary career of senior JakeFleming, whose play downthe stretch in the third set ne-gated the need for a fourthor fifth set to finish off a sea-son sweep of Norton;Norwood also took care ofthe Lancers in straight setson April 11 in Norton.

“When it got close in Set3, Fleming secured the winfor us with some big killsand aces,” Nimblett said.“Sean Pugatch had one of hisbest games from the serviceline as well.”

Fleming f inished thematch with 23 kills, five acesand 20 service receptionswhi le Pugatch recordedeight service points in all,complete with four aces.Billy Mosca dished out 15assists for the Mustangs,Ryan Garczynski had 10 ser-vice points, five blocks andthree kills and Brian Terrellhad four kills to go alongwith five blocks.

“Jake has been such ahuge part of the Norwoodprogram and is well regardedaround the league as one ofthe top players,” Nimblettsaid of Fleming’s impact onthe program.

Fleming is a t tendingErskine Col lege in DueWest, S.C. next fall, wherehe’ll be continuing his vol-leyball career.

The Mustangs fe l l instraight sets to the NatickRedhawks last week as well,25-17, 25-12, 25-9. Natick,ranked No. 2 in the most re-cent Boston Globe Top 20poll, provided a lofty chal-lenge for Norwood.

“We showed we are ca-pable of playing with themin Set 1, but their aggressivehitting and serving was justtoo much the rest of thematch,” Nimblett said of theRedhawks.

Fleming had 15 kills and20 service receptions vs.Natick.

The first of Norwood’s fi-nal two matches of the season– and as such, as a member ofthe Bay State Conference –was on Wednesday atBrookline High, in an eventheld after the Record’s dead-line. The Warriors defeatedthe Mustangs in four sets onApril 25.

The 2018 season comes toa close on Thursday afternoonfor Norwood, with a trip toWeymouth High to take on theWildcats at 3:30 p.m. TheMustangs hung on to beat theWildcats in five sets on April26.

Additionally, Nimblett isholding youth clinics fortomorrow’s volleyball stars atNorwood High on Tuesday,May 22 and 29 from 5 to 6:30p.m. each night. The clinicswill be held in the NorwoodHigh gymnasium and parentscan sign their kids up throughthe Norwood Recreation De-partment.

The clinic is open to kidsin grades 5 through 8.

Herget,” Savino said. “Theemphasis comes from thekids. I’ve always been out towin it. That’s why I coach.”

Recovered from a backinjury, Olbrys continues tolead the team in hitting witha .625 average (15 for 24) allwhile posting a 1.03 earnedrun average over 55 inningspitched for the Mustangs.She’s struck out 62 batterswhile walking only 10.

Catcher Bryn Garczynski(.615, 24 for 39) is right onthe heels of Olbrys for theteam lead in average out ofthe leadoff spot and is now

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up to 14 stolen bases on theseason as well.

Kelleher, hitting out ofthe cleanup spot, is hitting arobust .583 (21 for 36) whileplaying stellar defense atfirst base. Second basemanErin Murphy is just a tickunder .500 ( .483, 14 for29).

On the defensive side ofthe ball, Emma Maturo con-t i nues t o ea rn Sav ino ’spraise for her glove work atshortstop.

“She’s getting to balls Iwould never bel ieve shecould,” Savino said. “She’s

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The Norwood boys volleyball team finishes up its 2018 season on Thurs-day afternoon at Weymouth High.

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Janelle Kelleher, a senior captain for the Mustangs, is hitting .583 while playing Gold Glove caliber defenseat first base for Norwood, which is tournament bound once again. PHOTO BY JAKE LEVIN

making plays in the hole andJanelle is finishing the playby stretching 10 feet out.Janelle is playing excellentsoftball, too,” Savino said.“She reads the ball well. Youdon’t a lways have to bequick, but if you’re readingthe ball well off the bat,you’re all right.”

Norwood hosted WalpoleHigh on Tuesday, in an eventheld after the Record’s dead-line. It also traveled to New-ton North on Wednesday andplays against on Thursdayafternoon at Sharon High at3:45 p.m.

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The Record Book Library Events SCS MOTHER/SONCARNIVAL

Saint Catherine of Siena Schoolin Norwood will be having a MotherSon Carnival on Saturday, May 19,at 1-4 p.m. The Carnival will be heldat 249 Nahatan St., Norwood.

ELECTRONIC ANDAPPLIANCE RECYCLE DAY

It’s time to recycle all those oldelectronics! All welcome. Clean outyour basement or garage and bringyour items to the church parking lot!The following is a list of recyclableitems, including, but not limited to:

TVs, monitors, computers tow-ers, laptops, VCR, copiers, DVD,stereo equipment, microwaves, de-humidifiers, radios, small electron-ics of any kind, lighting, vacuums,any appliance such as stoves, wash-ers, dryers, etc. Exercise equipment,lawn mowers, snow blowers, smallengine items, empty propane tanks$10.

TVs up to 18" $15 each; TVs 19"to 24" $20 each; TVs 25" to 31" $25each; TVs 32” to 35” $30 each; TVs36” and larger, wood console, andprojection TVs $35” each.

CRT monitors $15 each; flatpanel monitors $10 each, AC unitsand dehumidifiers, $15; Microwaves$10 each; Small dorm refrigerators,$1; Washers, dryers, stoves, $20each; Large refrigerators, $25; Lawn

mowers, ride on included, snow-blowers, $10 each; Grills $10 each;Any kind of exercise equipment, $10each. (rain or shine) (cash or check)

Keyboards, car batteries, cellphones, circuit boards, no cost.

Please bring any and all un-wanted or under used bikes to theparking lot. We will be accepting anymodel of bike: mountain, road,BMX, etc., in any condition. Our aimis to keep bikes from being thrownout when they can be reused. TheElectronic and Appliance RecycleDay takes place at Saint Timothy on65 Nichols St., Norwood, Saturday,May 19, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

REGISTER OF DEEDSWILLIAM P. O’DONNELLTO HOLD NORWOODOFFICE HOURS

Norfolk County Register ofDeeds William P. O’Donnell willhold Office Hours in the FinanceCommittee Room at Norwood TownHall located at 566 Washington St.from 10 a.m. until noon on Thurs-day, June 14.

Register O’Donnell and mem-bers of his staff will be on hand toanswer questions about the NorfolkCounty Registry of Deeds. The Reg-ister will have information about theMassachusetts Homestead Act aswell as on-site work stations that canprovide in real time the status of your

mortgage discharge, a print out ofyour deed or a demonstration of howRegistry technology works. No ap-pointment is necessary.

All land record research infor-mation can be found on theRegistry’s websitewww.norfolkdeeds.org. Residents inneed of assistance can contact theRegistry of Deeds Customer ServiceCenter via telephone at (781) 461-6101, or email us [email protected].

NORWOOD ARTASSOCIATIONMONTHLY MEETING

The NORWOOD ART ASSO-CIATION holds their monthly ART-IST DEMONSTRATION on thethird Thursday of each month at 6:30p.m. in the Simoni Room of theNorwood Morrill Memorial Library, lo-cated at 33 Walpole St. in Norwood.These demonstrations are FREE andthe public are welcome and encouragedto attend! Light refreshments are servedand there is a raffle of a piece of art do-nated by the attending artist.

On Thursday, May 17, the NAA’sfeatured demo artist will be KristinaOcchino. Kris is a nationally recognizedartist living in the Attleboro area whereshe teaches at her own “Treetop Stu-dio.” She is a graduate of SkidmoreCollege in New York, as well as RhodeIsland School of Design.

WELLNESS COACHING AND REIKI HEALINGCome to the presentation “Inspire Your Journey” at the Morrill

Memorial Library on Monday, June 4 at 7 p.m. with Certified HealthCoach and Reiki Master Susan Kapatoes. She will give an overviewof how health coaching and Reiki can help you reconnect to yourinner wisdom, offering tools of empowerment that can last a life-time. Reiki is an ancient Japanese healing art that involves a systemof tapping into universal life energy, or ki, and transmitting it throughlight touch. Susan is also the author of an inspirational self-helpmemoir entitled “A Spiritual Journey,” copies of which can be pur-chased for $10. Toward the end of the program, Susan will offerindividual Reiki sessions to six interested volunteers. These abbre-viated, 5-minute long sessions will include light touch on the top ofthe head and shoulders. Susan is the owner of Inspire Your JourneyLLC, a company dedicated to helping people transform their wellnessgoals into action. To sign up for this event, limited to 25 partici-pants, please call 781-769- 0200, x110 or 222, [email protected], or stop by the library Reference or Infor-mation Desk.

HAVE YOU ALWAYS WANTED TOPLAY AN INSTRUMENT?

Join the Morrill Memorial Library for 4 weeks of fun and learnthe fundamentals to start your musical journey on the UKELELE.No prior musical experience is necessary. You will learn basic chords,rhythms, and strums that will enable you to play songs in no time!The library has a very limited number of ukuleles for the program,but all participants are encouraged to bring their own SOPRANO,CONCERT, or TENOR ukelele (with GCEA tuning) and musicstand. A clip on electronic tuning device such as a Snark Tuner isalso recommended. This program is generously sponsored by the2017 Andrew and Ernest J. Boch Memorial Fund, is recommendedfor ages 17+, and is offered on Saturdays from 1 – 2 p.m. on May12, May 19, June 2, and June 9 in the Simoni Room. In order tomake the most of this program, please do not register unless youcan commit to attending all 4 classes. Space is limited. Contact thelibrary with any questions and to register. Please register by [email protected], calling 781-769- 0200 x110, or visitingthe Reference or Information Desk.

THE LIFE AND TIMES OF FRANK SINATRACultural historian and former actor Bruce Hambro will present

“The Life and Times of Frank Sinatra” at the Morrill Memorial Li-brary on Wednesday, May 23 at 7 p.m. – a fast-paced program aboutthe momentous career of the greatest male entertainer of the 20thcentury. Bruce’s illustrated lecture will include a treasure-trove ofmusic and images from the crooner’s vast repertoire. From the startof Frank’s singing career in the 1930s, the presentation follows hismeteoric rise to fame in the early 1940s, his subsequent fall fromgrace, and his historic comeback in the 1950s. Finally, Bruce willexplain how Sinatra solidified his hold on the show business worldin the ‘60s, ‘70s, and ‘80s and touch upon aspects of his private lifeas well. The audience will hear classic Sinatra recordings such as“I’ll Never Smile Again,” “Young at Heart,” “I’ve Got You UnderMy Skin,” “New York, New York,” and “My Way.” Audience mem-bers are encouraged to sing along; the lyrics to each song will beprojected on the big screen. To sign up for this event, funded by theFriends of the Library, call 781-769- 0200 x110, [email protected], or visit the Reference or Information Desk.

OVERCOMING THE FEAR OF DEATHNorwood native Kelvin Chin will present a talk, Overcoming

the Fear of Death, at the Morrill Memorial Library on Monday, May21 at 7 p.m. He approaches the topic in a non-religious way de-signed to help reduce the anxiety many people face over confront-ing their mortality. Working with audiences on death and dying is-sues since the 1980s, Kelvin has taught numerous seminars andworkshops worldwide. After graduating from Norwood High School,he earned degrees from Dartmouth, Yale, and Boston College LawSchool. In addition to being a co-founder of the Center for MedicalEthics and Mediation, he is a certified Grief Recovery Specialist andhas taught meditation in schools, businesses, the U.S. Army and atWest Point.

Following Kelvin’s presentation, signed copies of his 2016 best-selling book, “Overcoming the Fear of Death: Through Each of theFour Main Belief Systems,” will be available for purchase at a dis-count. To sign up for this program, call 781-769-0200, x110, [email protected], or stop by the library Reference or Infor-mation Desk.

“HIT THE ROOF” DUO FROM NYC PERFORMSA performance by the talented duo from New York City – Hit the

Roof – will wrap up the Spring Musical Sundays concert series at theMorrill Memorial Library on Sunday, May 20 at 3 p.m. Considered“the ultimate eclectic experience,” Hit the Roof offers an interactivemusical program presenting jazz and blues styles with roots in theHarlem Renaissance and the American South. Matt Daniel plays pi-ano and composes the melodies and lyrics while younger brother Albertis a virtuoso on the drums. To sign up for this concert, made possiblethrough the library Endowment Fund, please call 781-769- 0200, x110or 222, email [email protected], or stop by the library Refer-ence or Information Desk.

Boston’s own Junior Damato, “The Auto Doctor” has agreed to field auto repairquestions from Bulletin and Record readers. Please forward your questions to

[email protected] and we will do our best to get your questions answered.

Junior Damato began servicing vehicles in 1969. He owns a 10-bay auto repairservice center in Hyde Park and an 8-bay center in Middleboro. Junior is anASE-certified Master Technician, ASE-certified L-1 and ASE-certified Natural Gas.

Ask The Doctor2018 Mitsubishi Outlander 2.4 SEL S-AWC

The last three years that I have driven Mitsubishi vehicles I have seen improvements in all areas.This week I had the 2018 Outlander SUV. This SUV is not large on the outside yet has third-rowseating. The third-row seating has enough room for children, not adults; however, there is plenty ofroom up front and in the second row. The interior style is simple and all controls are in reach,although the button for the heated steering wheel could have been located in the upper portion ofthe dash and not on the lower side. The radio has only one knob that is small and close to the screen,so it is easy to touch the screen and change the station by mistake. The rest of the features arecontrolled by the touchscreen. Sound quality is good and the radio screen is clear.

The Outlander is a quality vehicle. Power comes from the 2.4 liter, 4-cylinder engine via a CVTtransmission. A center button on the console locks in the all-wheel-drive, just forward of the heatedseat button. The Outlander is quiet and powerful at any speed and under all road conditions.

The styling blends in with the best of styles. You have to get close to it to see that it’s a Mitsubishi.Open the hood and there is plenty of room for servicing. Base pricing on the Outlander starts out atonly $27,995 (destination fee: $940). Our test Outlander had a very popular and recommendedoption package called the Touring Package. This package includes forward collision warning, lanedeparture warning, adaptive cruise control, automatic headlights, power sunroof, 170-watt audiosystem with 9 speakers, multi-view camera, LED headlights and fog lights, and heated steeringwheel, all for $3,000. EPA: 24 city, 29 highway, combined 26 MPG. The bottom line is that thewhole Mitsubishi lineup is fresh and all geared to the buyer. Warranty is 10 years/100,000 milepower train, 5 years/60,000 mile limited new car warranty.


Police Logs MONDAY, MAY 71120 Phone - Trespassing *Report Filed Lo-

cation/Address: Ernest Boch - Sumner StReport Party On Property Whom ShouldNot Have Been There.

1242 Phone - Trespassing Spoken To Loca-tion/Address: Walnut Ave Resident Fom# 165 Keep Walking His Dog In The BackYard And Driveway . Resident Was NotHome And The Officers Check The AreaWith Negative Results.Verbal DisinviteIssued To The Residnt By Officer Sullivan@ 1430 Hrs.

1305 Phone - Unwanted Party Spoken ToLocation/Address: Pleasant St Matter Re-solved And Subject Was Just Slow Mov-ing.

1727 Phone - Assist Other Agency *ReportFiled Location/Address: Norwood Hos-pital - Washington St White Male FledThe Hospital . Subject Arrived ViaWalpole Fire In Pc.Subject Located AfterRunning Up The Tracks And Located AtNorwood Depot. Witness Reports He WasThrowing Rocks And A Chair At VehiclesNear The Hospital & Post Office. NfdTransports Him Back ToNorwood.Vehicles Damaged And OfficerSpoke With Some Of The Victims.

TUESDAY, MAY 80427 911 - Motor Vehicle Accident

*Arrest(S)Made Location/Address:Jefferson Dr Caller Reported Crash. Don& Wallys Towed Pc Ma 2be378. One Un-der Arrest. Arrest: Pandolfo, Shaylene PAddress: 371 Nahatan St Norwood, MaAge: 24 Charges: Oui Liquor NegligentOperation Of Motor Vehicle

0809 Phone - Malicious Damage *ReportFiled Location/Address: St Joseph AveCar Spray Painted.

0838 Cellular - Susp Person Area SearchNegative Location/Address: George Wil-let Pkwy Report Of An I/M, Hat, Dhoti,Standing Next To Mailbox, Looking To-wards Playground, No Overt Action.

2016 Phone - Well Being Chk Spoken ToLocation/Address: Brook St Caller Re-ports People Fishing On The BridgeStanding In The Road. NReports No Is-sues 1 Person Fishing And He Is Stand-ing Over The Guard Rail.

2134 Initiated - Motor Vehicle Acciden*Arrest(S)Made Location/Address: Wash-ington St + Cottage St Arrest: Marini,Michael Address: 408 Norwest Dr Apt.#1 Norwood, Ma Age: 26 Charges: OuiLiquor Negligent Operation Of Motor Ve-hicle State Hway-Traffic Violation

2218 Phone - Disturbance Spoken To Loca-tion/Address: Melville Ave Possible Ar-gument. No Problems Found.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 90647 Phone - Noise Complaint Spoken To

Location/Address: Shaws Supermarket -Nahatan St Noise Bylaw Violation. Par-ties Advised.

0909 Phone - Assist Citizen Services Ren-dered Location/Address: Gazebo - TownCommon - Washington St Subjected Lo-cated On The Common Seeking Help ForA Detox Stay. Officers Assisted In Trans-porting Her Home And To A Doctor ToAssist With A Prescription And Back ToThe Station. Detox Facility Worker Re-sponded And Provided A Ride To AWorcester Facility.

1108 Phone - Mischief (Kids) Services Ren-dered Location/Address: School Of Rock- Washington St Extra Checks RequestedWith Kids After School Hours. He OnceGave Them Permission To Skateboard ButNow They Have Caused A Mess With TheLandscaping And Stone Borders.

1131 Phone - Forge/Counterf *Report FiledLocation/Address: Bertuccis Pizza - Bos-Prov Hwy Employee Reports That A ManTried To Pass A Counterfeit Bill. PartyHeaded S/B On Rte. 1 In A Grey Vehicle.Walpole Pd And Surrounding Towns No-tified Over Bapern South. Refer To Inci-dent: 18-628-Of

1407 Phone - Disturbance *Report Filed Lo-cation/Address: Bank Of America - Bos-Prov Hwy Verbal Argument. See Report.

1522 Phone - Susp Activity Services Ren-dered Location/Address: Residence InnBy Marriot - Norwood Pk S Caller Re-ports That Room Service Found WhatAppears To Be Firearms In This Room.Units Confirmed That They Were Air SoftGuns.

1619 Phone - Drug Law Violation Gone OnArrival Location/Address: Windsor Gar-dens (The Berkshires @ Windsor Ga -Walpole St Caller Reports Two VehiclesWith Teens Pulled Up Near The Train Sta-tion Reserved Spots. Odor Of MarijuanaFrom The Vehicles . White Suv & A Sil-ver Vehicle .

1828 Phone - Disturbance Spoken To Loca-tion/Address: Melville Ave Caller ReportsChild Screaming And Yelling. Three YearOlds Tantrum Calmed Down.

1857 Phone - Unwanted Party Spoken ToLocation/Address: Bos-Prov Hwy Cus-tomer Dispute Resolved.

1907 Phone - Animal Complaint ServicesRendered Location/Address: Marlboro StWorker Advised The Resident He Saw A6ft Snake Near The Pool Filter . OfficersCheck The Yard And Found Nothing.Waco Covering For Naco Out Of ServiceUntil 10 Pm. Homeowner Advised.

THURSDAY, MAY 100020 Phone - Auto Theft *Report Filed Lo-

cation/Address: Day St + Central St CallerReports Her Vehicle Stolen When SheCame Out Of Work This Morning.( 2013Blue Equinox-Ma Reg# 20vw08 ). Re-sponded And Checked The Area WithCaller. Vehicle Was Entered Into ToLeaps By Dispatcher Condrin And ATeletype Was Put Out As Well. ReportFiled.

0339 911 - Disturbance Spoken To Loca-tion/Address: Sector Nw - Nahatan StCaller Reports Male And Female InDriveway Arguing. Responded And Re-port All Is Quiet, No One There. StateCalls Back, Pinge And Reports Caller IsOutside In The Rear Of St. RespondedAnd Located Who Was Advised To CeaseWith Calls.

0605 Phone - Well Being Chk Spoken ToLocation/Address: Washington St Call-ing Party Was Concerned As She HeardYelling From Her Neighbors Apartment.She Thinks It Was A Son Yelling At His80 Year Old Mother. Responded. Offic-

ers Spoke To All Parties. There Are NoProblems, Everyone Is Fine.

0705 Phone - Susp Vehicle Spoken ToLocation/Address: Railroad Ave CallerReports There Is A Man In A Vehicle ThatAppears To Be Sleeping Parked On HerProperty By The Pine Trees With VehicleRunning. Responded. Party Is Homeless.Spoken To And Sent On His Way. ( Ma.Reg# 9nf531 )

1259 Initiated - Susp Person *Report FiledLocation/Address: Bos-Prov Hwy +Everett St Report 2 Panhandlers. WarnedThem And Sent Them On Their Way.

1408 Phone - Susp Person Area SearchNegative Location/Address: Bos-ProvHwy + Morse St Report Of A Female,Blonde Hair, With A Sign, Panhandling.

1414 Phone - Susp Person Taken/ReferredTo Other Location/Address: Bos-ProvHwy + Coney St Report Of A Female,Heavy Set, Dark Hair, Panhandling.Walpole Pd Notified.

1450 Phone - Susp Vehicle Services Ren-dered Location/Address: 47 Chapel St -Chapel St Caller Reports Several YouthsHanging Out In The Parking Lot. UnitsSpoke With Them And All Is Well.

1602 911 - Disturbance Services RenderedLocation/Address: Walnut Ave Report OfA Male Party Being Aggressive AndLoud. Located That Party At Walnut Av-enue And Walpole Street. Advised PartyTo Keep Voice Down, No Further Issues.

1617 Phone - Animal Complaint No Vio-lation Location/Address: Pleasant StCaller States She Was Attacked By ALoose Dog While She Was Walking HerDog. Reports No Attack Occurred, NoInjuries. Spoke With Owner Of LooseDog, Advised Of Leash Law.

FRIDAY, MAY 110203 Walk-In - Well Being Chk *Report

Filed Location/Address: Norwood PoliceDept. - Nahatan St Resident Reports HerHusband Left The Home Upset Approxi-mately 10:30pm Last Night In ( Ma.Reg#1kxl31) Red 2018 Toyota Corolla AfterHearing News About A Family MemberWho Is Ill.She States He Does Not HaveHis Cell Phone With Him And StatesThis Is Unlike Him To Do This. Bolo ToCars And On South District For A Well-Being Check.

0239 Phone - Phone Harassment *ReportFiled Location/Address: Norwood Hospi-tal - Washington St As A Result Of AnAccident On Rt.95, A Patient’s Upset SonWas Making Irate Remarks To Employ-ees At The Hospital Even Though HisFather Has Been Released. Responded ToSpeak With Evening Administrator.

0853 Phone - Susp Activity Spoken To Lo-cation/Address: Walpole St + Wilson StPassing Motorist Reports A Male InBiker’s Outfit And Helmet Is SprayingLines In Intersection. Loctaes Him, AllDone, Had To Put A Chaulk Line For ABike Run This Weekend.

1052 Phone - Larceny *Report Filed Loca-tion/Address: Central Buick / Gmc - Bos-Prov Hwy Caller Reports Four Tires Sto-len Off Truck.

1136 Initiated - Trespassing Spoken To Lo-cation/Address: Mbta Railroad Tracks -Broadway Reports Subject WalkingAlong Tracks. Reports He Got Off AtWrong Stop, No Warrants, Sent On HisWay.

1138 Phone - Message Delivery Legal Ser-vice Made Location/Address: UplandWoods Cir Units Serve In-Hand A Ltc Let-ter Of Suspension And Seize The Ltc.

1834 Other - Vandalism *Report Filed Lo-cation/Address: Walnut Ave Spray PaintOn Utility Box.

SATURDAY, MAY 120658 Phone - Vandalism *Report Filed Lo-

cation/Address: Mobil Gas - Rte 1/Dean- Bos-Prov Hwy Employee Reports AMale Party Came In For Gas , Broke TheNossle And Refused To Give His Infor-mation Then Fled. Responded.

1225 Phone - Vandalism *Report Filed Lo-cation/Address: Nahatan St Tire SlashedA Week Ago In The Municipal Lot.

1600 Phone - Pedestrian Accident *ReportFiled Location/Address: Nahatan StCaller Reports His Wife Told Him SheWas Struck By A Vehicle In The ParkingLot And Is Now On Her Way To A Bos-ton Area Hospital. Located The Victim At394 Boston Providence Highway InWestwood. Westwood Fire DepartmentResponded And Transported Party ToMassachusetts General Hospital.

1857 Phone - Auto Theft *Complaint/Sum-mons Location/Address: Avis RentalAgency - Access Rd Employee States NjPc K83jwp Taken Without Authority.Bolo To The Cars And Surrounding Cit-ies And Towns. Vehicle Entered Into Ncic.

SUNDAY, MAY 130053 Initiated - Susp Activity Services Ren-

dered Location/Address: Dean St WasStopped By A Passerby Who States ThereIs A Male Party Running Up And DownDean St. As If Something Were Wrong.Responded. Party Was Located And StatesHe And A Friend’s Car Broke Down AndThey Were Looking For Help. VehicleWas Safely Off The Road And WillMoved In Morning. N679 Gave CourtesyTransport To Yew Dr.

0614 Phone - Noise Complaint Spoken ToLocation/Address: Washington St CallerReports Men Are Cutting Down Trees ByThe Railroad Tracks Across From UplandRd. Before 7:00am Stating This Has BeenGoing On All Night For Nearly 2 WeeksAnd A Violation Of Town Bylaw. N664Responded To Speak With Workers WhoStated They Have Been Working All NightOn Neccersary Repairs Which Are BeingDone On Saturdays & Sundays. CallersHave Been Advised.

1117 Phone - Civil Dispute Civil Matter Lo-cation/Address: Neponset St + WestviewDr Uber Driver Reports He Wants The FareOut Of His Car. N679 Reports Driver Up-set For Various Reasons And Is On HisWay, Fare Will Get Himself Another UberCar.

1515 Cellular - Threats Spoken To Location/Address: Fr Mac’s - Vernon St Parent Re-ports He Was Threatened By Soccer Coach.Reports All Parties Spoken To And TheyWill Cease The Jawing for The Remain-der Of The Game.


DEATHS BRACKETT

Lorraine M. (Alberto), a resi-dent of Norwood for over 40years, passed away on May 6,2018 with her family by her side.Lorraine celebrated her 80thbirthday in March. Born in Bos-ton, she was the daughter of Johnand Mary (Russo) Alberto.Growing up in Hyde Park andFramingham, she was a memberof the Framingham High SchoolClass of 1955. She was an em-ployee of the New England Tele-phone Company (aka Ma Bell,AT&T, NYNEX, Bell Atlantic)for many years before her retire-ment in 1998. Lorraine spentmany happy hours playing boardgames with her granddaughters.Her best friend was her belovedcat, the late “Tiger,” and sheloved her Dunkin Donuts coffee.She will be sorely missed for hersense of humor and quick wit.Lorraine is survived by her twodaughters, Elizabeth (Liz)Brackett and her husband Tho-mas (Tom) Radcliff of Vernon,Conn. and Laurie Dupre and herhusband Stephen of Upton,Mass., and her siblings, MaryKolz of New Hampshire andJohn Alberto of Florida. She isalso survived by her two grand-daughters, Robin and Rachel,along with many beloved cous-ins. Visiting were held with amemorial service at the May Fu-neral Home, 85 Nichols St.,Norwood. Interment was private.In Lorraine’s memory, donationsmay be made to the NeponsetValley Humane Society, P.O.Box 544, Norwood, MA 02062,www.neponsethumane.org Ar-rangements by May FuneralHome

CONTONGerard “Gerry” of Norfolk,

died May 2, 2018 after a brief ill-ness. Born in Norwood to Johnand Louise Conton September12, 1958, he was a graduate ofNorwood High School and BenFranklin Institute of Technology.He was passionate about stockcar racing, and he loved to golf.In addition to his parents, he waspredeceased by a brother, James“Jimbo” Conton of Norwood,and a sister, Jayne Holway ofTilton, N.H. Gerry is survived byhis beloved fiancée, CindyMarden of Norfolk, cherishedsister, Mary Lou Conton ofSanbornton, N.H., and threenephews: Ryan Dempsey ofSanbornton, Michael Dempsey

of Sanbornton, and DanielHolway of Pittsburgh, Pa. Thefamily wishes to thank the doc-tors and staff of Dana FarberCancer Center, Brigham andWomen’s Hospital, Brigham andWomen’s Pain ManagementCenter, and Central NH VNAand Hospice of Laconia. A me-morial service will be held Sat-urday, May 19, at 10 a.m. fromGillooly Funeral Home, 126Walpole St., Norwood, followedby a Mass of Christian Burial atSt. Catherine of Siena Parish,547 Washington St., Norwood,at 11 a.m. Visiting hours will beheld Friday, May 18, from 4-8p.m. at Gillooly Funeral Home.The family suggests memorialdonations to The Purr-fect CatShelter, P.O. Box 548, Medway,MA 02053.

DEBENEDICTIS

Geraldine Catherine wasborn in Boston on March 28,1924 passed away on May 9,2018 at the age of 94. She wasthe daughter of the Late Concetta(Sarno) and FrancescoDeBenedictis. She grew up andlived in Dedham for 60 years.Geraldine worked at the FederalReserve Bank in Boston until herretirement in 1984 after 42 yearsof service. A few years after herretirement, she moved to Quincywhere she resided for almost 30years. Since April 2016 she livedat Sunrise Assisted Living inNorwood where she made many‘special’ friends including hercaregivers. Geraldine was gen-erous to her church and donatedto many charities as a way of

helping those in need. She en-joyed music and going to playsand shows. Throughout her life,she traveled around the worldwith family and friends.Geraldine was always remem-bered for being a fashionistawhich never changed right upuntil her death. Geraldine wasthe sister of the late HenriettaDeBenedictis, Mary Houstonand her husband William, ElviraCucinelli and her husband Gori,Francis DeBenedictis and hiswife Antoinette, JosephDeBenedictis and his wifeEsther, Vincent DeBenedictisand his wife Mary, GeorgeDeBenedictis and AnthonyDeBenedictis. For many years,Geraldine’s care was overseen byher nephew John DeBenedictisand his wife Linda of Norwood.She is survived by numerousnieces, nephews, great niecesand great nephews, and her sis-ter-in-law Mary DeBenedictiswho lives in Tennessee. Funeralwas from the Kraw-Kornack Fu-neral Home 1248 WashingtonSt., followed by a funeral massat St. Mary of the AssumptionChurch Dedham. Burial was atBrookdale Cemetery Dedham. InLieu of flowers Donations in hermemory may be made to theChristopher Catanese Children’sFoundation, PO Box 2661,Westwood, MA 02090www.chrisfoundation.org or St.Mary of the Assumption Church,25 Avery St., Dedham, MA02026 www.stmarydedham.com

MAINIAnne Margaret (Welsh) of

Norwood. She was a caring anddevoted mother of DeborahMaini, Karen Maini, Diane &Allan Maini-Gray. Lovingdaughter, sister, aunt and friend.Kindness, Love and Courageguided Anne throughout herbeautiful life. Born in Norwood,her heart will live forever in Ire-land where she visited manytimes and fulfilled a lifelongdream of becoming an Irish citi-zen. Anne loved all children, mu-sic, travel, taking pictures andspending time with her family.With the Grace of God one of herproudest accomplishments was

her 48 years of sobriety in AA.Family and friends celebratedAnne’s life by gathering for vis-iting hours at St. Susanna Parish262 Needham Street, Dedham,MA 02026. A Funeral Mass washeld at St Susanna ParishDedham. Arrangements by theKraw-Kornack Funeral HomeNorwood. Burial was at High-land Cemetery Norwood. Al-though Alzheimer’s tried to stealher away, Anne’s Spirit will al-ways shine brightly. In lieu offlowers, donations can be madeto the 2018 Walk to EndAlzheimer’s http://act.alz.org/goto/AnnesKindnessForAll

MALONEY

DORIS L. (Beaudry) ofNorwood passed away on May8, 2018 at the age of 89. Lovingmother of Dorene A. Grasso andher husband Frank of Connecti-cut, Clifford L. Maloney and hiswife Tracy of California andLynda Kuncl of Norwood. Sis-ter of Paul Beaudry of NewHampshire and the late EdwardBeaudry, Gene Cox, CarolYoung and Ronald Beaudry.Cherished grandmother of An-drew Grasso of Idaho andAllison Grasso of Connecticut.Daughter of the late Anthony andDoris (Nickerson) Beaudry. Afuneral home service was held atthe Kraw-Kornack FuneralHome 1248 Washington St.Norwood. Burial was at High-land Cemetery Norwood. In lieuof flowers donations may bemade in her name to theAlzheimer’s Assoc. 309 WaverlyOaks Road Waltham, MA 02452.

MARZUOLO

Lawrence D. “Larry” Long-time resident of Norwood,passed away on May 10, 2018 atage 90. Born on May 25, 1927in East Cambridge, Mass., to An-thony Marzuolo and Mary Toppi,Larry moved to Norwood as ayoung boy and met his wife Maryat the age of 20, whom he sharedthe next 71 years with. Follow-ing in his father’s footsteps, hestarted his career at Bird & Sonsin 1947, moving to his long timeposition at Mason Neilan beforeretiring at the age of 62. Larrymaintained a large family gardenevery year, enjoyed working in

the outdoors on his lawn andpainting everything he could! Heloved to cook and made the besthomemade pastas and pizzasfrom scratch, encouraging hisfamily to remain close duringSunday Dinners. Larry enjoyedmusic and was one of the fewwho could play accordion. Be-loved husband of Mary (Martin)Marzuolo. Loving father ofLaura Lanzoni, her husband Leo,Dottie Marzuolo, LarryMarzuolo and his wife Kaoru, allof Norwood. Cherished grandfa-ther of Donny, Audra, Michelle,Christa, LeeAnn, David, Johnand the late Joseph and Scott.Proud great-grandfather ofAshley, Eric, Alex, Madison,Morgan, Brandon, Brielle andLeo. Dear great-great- grandfa-ther of Noah. Devoted brother ofDolly Bradley, Sonny Marzuoloand the late Connie Lorusso andJohn Marzuolo. He is also sur-vived by many loving nieces andnephews. Visiting hours were atthe funeral home. A funeral ser-vice was held in the GilloolyFuneral Home, 126 WalpoleStreet (Rte. 1A), Norwood. In-terment followed the service inKnollwood Memorial Park, Can-ton. In lieu of flowers, memorialcontributions in memory of Larrymay be made to the charity ofone’s choice.

ROGERS

JUDITH C. (Lane) a life-long resident of Norwoodpassed away on May 12, 2018at the age of 84. Devotedmother of Michael F. Rogersand his wife Joan ofBellingham, William J. Rogersand his wife Rhonda Thibaultof Att leboro, Kathy A.Woodall and her husband Johnof Foxboro, James M. Rogersand his wife Kara of Norwoodand Brian P. Rogers and hiswife Vada of California. Sis-ter of Al Lane of Florida, Wil-liam Lane of Florida, JohnLane of Massachusetts and thelate Robert, David, Virginia,Marjorie and Linda. Daughterof the la te Francis andMildred (Hogardt) Lane.Cherished grandmother ofStephanie, Candice, Michelle,Brittany, Elizabeth, Patrick,Kayla, Shane and Shelby.Great grandmother of Kanan,Piper, Lucas, Lilly and Hazel.Also survived by many niecesand nephews. A funeral homeservice will be held on Friday,May 18, 2018 10 a.m. at theKraw-Kornack Funeral Home1248 Washington St .Norwood. Visiting hours willbe held on Thursday, May 17,2018 from 4-8 p.m. Burial willbe a t Highland CemeteryNorwood. In lieu of flowersdonations may be made in hername to the American Diabe-tes Assoc. 260 Cochituate Rd.Suite 200, Framingham, MA01701 www.KRAW-KORNACKFUNERALHOME.COM


SENIOR NEWSARTS &CRAFTS: Offered every first

Thursday of each month at 11 a.m.BASIC COMPUTER COURSE: A

four-part basic computer course is frequentlyoffered to those who wish to learn how touse a computer. Sign-up at the front desk.New class starting in May at 10 a.m. for fourweeks. $2.00 a class.

BINGO: Every Wednesday, from 12:45to 3 p.m., $5.00 to get started. We have be-gun a new game, for $1.00, with a winnertake all prize! You must be here by 12:45p.m. to play the new game!

BLOOD PRESSURE CLINIC:Walpole VNA will be available for bloodpressure screening on the first Wednesdayof each month. Ellis Nursing Home will of-fer blood pressure screening on the secondWednesday of each month. The WalpoleVNA will provide blood pressure screeningon the third Wednesday of each month at11:30 a.m.

BOOK CLUB: Our next Book Clubwill be meeting on May 21, at the senior

center.BRIDGE: Our Bridge Club meets on

Thursdays at 9 a.m., in the Library. TheTuesday group has been cancelled.

COMPUTER CLUB: The ComputerClub meets every Wednesday at 1 p.m.

CRIBBAGE: Our seniors meet everyMonday at 12:45 p.m. to play cribbage.

DIGITAL PHOTO ORGANIZA-TION & EDITING: will take place the firstand third Wednesday of the month at 11:30a.m.

FRIENDS EVENING DANCE: May18, 7-10 p.m. THE DB BAND.

GLEE CLUB: Glee Club meets everyTuesday at 11:15 a.m. New members Wel-come!

HANDCRAFTERS: Handcraftersmeet every Monday from 1-3 p.m.

HEARING SOLUTIONS: HearingAide clinic on Wednesday, May 23, at 11:30a.m.

LEARN TO PLAY MAH JONG -Thursday and Fridays at 12:30 p.m.

LINE DANCE: Classes are held eachTuesday. Class will be held from 1-2 p.m.

MAH JONG: Mah Jong players meetMonday, Wednesday, and Friday 10 a.m. -noon.

MANICURES: May 25, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.MASSAGE THERAPIST: Karen

Tracy is here on the first Monday of eachmonth. Please sign up at front desk. Mas-sages are $30.00 for half an hour.

NORWOOD RETIRED MEN’SCLUB: The Board of Directors meets onthe first Tuesday of each month at 10:30 a.m.at the Senior Center. The Club Membership

meets the second Tuesday of each month atthe Norwood Elks Lodge, at 10 a.m.

SCRABBLE: Thursday afternoon at 1p.m. Come and join us for a game.

SHINE: Our SHINE Counselor, Carole,is here to help you with your medical insur-ance needs on Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to 2p.m. New– Jill will be here on Fridays from10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Please call 781-762-1201for an appointment.

TAP DANCE: Thursdays at 11:15 a.m.All levels are welcome and encouraged tojoin the fun.

TRIAD: Monday, May 21, 2018 At 1p.m. Chief Tony Greeley-Norwood FireDept.

WAXING: Monday, May 21, 9:00 a.m.– noon.

WHIST: Whist players meet on Tues-days at 12:45 p.m., in the library.

WHIST PARTY: Whist parties will beheld on the fourth Friday of each month12:45-3 p.m.


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