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Health Department Director Sigalle Reiss gave an update to the schools regarding Norwood's statusas a municipality that is "in the red" when it comes to new COVID-19 cases.

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Planning Board givesupdate on Route 1 Zoning

School Committee, Board ofHealth discuss Town moving into

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JefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

The School Committeemet on Wed., Oct. 21 and wasjoined at the beginning of thesession by Sigalle Reiss, Di-rector of the Health Depart-ment and members of theBoard of Health (BOH) to dis-cuss Norwood’s moving intothe “red zone,” or the highestexposure rate to COVID-19.

Reiss explained that, at theprevious School Committeemeeting, the two boardsagreed to come together ifthere was a rise in cases. Al-though the MassachusettsDepartment of Public Health(DPH) had not released its sta-tistics on that day, as it typi-cally does on Wednesdays,she said she was “confident”that Norwood would be in thered zone.

The state uses an averagedaily case count over a two-week period per 100,000 todetermine the level of risk toCOVID-19 exposure. Thelowest zone rate is gray ifthere are only zero to fourcases in a community, becausethe rate is too low to tabulate.Zero to four cases per 100,000is green, while a yellow com-munity has between four andeight per 100,000, whereNorwood has been since Au-gust, except for one green pe-riod recently. A red commu-nity has eight or more casesper 100,000.

“For a size of Norwood’spopulation of about 30,000,what that means is if in a two-

week period, you have five to16 cases, you fall into thatgreen category,” Reiss said.Seventeen to 33 cases wouldequal a yellow zone, while 34cases would push Norwoodinto the red zone.

She noted that a lot oftowns have moved into the red,given the data she has seen.She also said she believed theDPH was looking for clustersof COVID-19 cases in specificinstitutions, such as collegesand prisons.

In Norwood, there were 37confirmed COVID-19 casesbetween Oct. 4 and Oct. 17, ac-cording to a presentation Reissshowed.

“It’s really communitytransmission,” she said,“mostly household clusters.”Another place where victimswere exposed was through or-ganized hockey. Although theNorwood Public Schools(NPS) is not running a hockeyprogram now, there are areaprivate hockey leagues that thestate shut down because of therisk.

“I equate playing hockeywith being in a refrigerator,which really preserves the vi-rus,” Reiss continued. “Soyou’re breathing very heavyand you’re in a refrigerated,dry environment, which is verygood for transmission of thevirus.”

Most of the cases now arepeople between the ages of 20and 60, with the intensity be-ing less severe. However, thereis more of a surge of peoplegoing to the hospital than in the

past.Reiss urged residents to

“be vigilant” with preventivemeasures including maskwearing and social distancingto deter the virus.

“Just like in the schools,”she said, “the rinks can beperfect in their social distanc-ing and their policies. But ifpeople don’t follow them out-side of the rink or outside ofthe institution, it can lead totransmission.”

In the NPS, there havebeen four student cases andone staff person case duringthis time frame. There werethree student cases at otherschools: St. Catherine’s,Xaverian Brothers HighSchool and the Blue Hills Re-gional Technical School, re-spectively. One student hascompleted the isolation pe-riod.

“There was no in-schooltransmission,” she stressed.“Any close contacts associ-ated with these transmissionswere due to activities outsideof the schools.”

BOH member Joan Jacobssaid that there are two peoplein the Health Deaprtmentwho have been diligent inperforming contact tracing.

School Committee ChairTeresa Stewart asked if Reissexpected Norwood to be inthe red zone the next week,which she did. If the Town isin the red zone for three suc-cessive weeks, then theboards will reconvene to de-

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The Norwood Board of Se-lectmen met with the PlanningBoard, the Planning Depart-ment and Consultant TedBrovitz to discuss the updatedRoute 1 Rezoning proposal tobe voted on at the upcomingFall Special Town Meeting.

Town Planner PaulHalkiotis said the biggestchange since the two bodiesmet regarding the plan is to re-duce the number of mixed-usezoning areas from five areas tothree.

“So mixed-use developmentcomes in a couple of differentforms,” Halkiotis said. “Oneform is where there is commer-cial development on the firstfloor of a building and residen-tial up above. Another type ison any given piece of property,it has a mix of residential andcommercial uses.”

Halkiotis said the plan haseliminated the intersections ofRoute 1 and Sumner Street,Route 1 and North Street, theeast side of Dean Street andPleasant Street. He said they arerecommending they allow theUniversity Avenue intersection,Neponset Street at the corner ofthe rotary at Route 1, and thewest side of Dean Street wherethere are two shopping centers(Staples, Workout World andMonkey Sports).

“We would consider both of

those opportunity areas for re-development, as they are notnecessarily the highest and bestuse,” he said. “The parking lotfor Workout World and Mon-key Sports is huge and willnever have that many cars park-ing there.”

Halkiotis said these areasseem to be the best situated fornew development, and that byoffering fewer areas than be-fore, it will increase the chancesof getting the required two-thirds vote for approval at TownMeeting on Nov. 12.

Halkiotis said the other bigissue that the Planning Depart-ment and Board have beenlooking at is density, basicallyhow many units per acre couldbe developed.

“Since we did the Down-town Mixed-Use Overlay Dis-trict (MUOD), which alloweda maximum density of 36 units(per acre), unfortunately we’vehad no takers,” he said. “We’vebeen told, and I think almost allof us, have been told in differ-ent conversations over the lastyear, that we didn’t put enoughdensity in there to make it fi-nancially viable for a propertyowner to undertake a mixed-useproject.”

Halkiotis said they willprobably have to revisit the is-sue for the MUOD at a laterdate to perhaps increase densityin the Downtown as well, but

Selectmen and the Planning Board rehashed plans for the Route 1 re-zoning.

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The original proposal with the Guild Medical Center and southern lots included on the left, with the shrunkenproposal of just the hospital, gas station and U.S. Post Office on the right.

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New Medical overlay(MSOD) reduced

JefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

The Norwood PlanningBoard met on Oct. 19 and dis-cussed the nine total zoningchanges members will rec-ommend to Town Meeting onNov. 12, but specifically dis-cussed recent recommendedchanges to the Medical Ser-vices Overlay Distr ict(MSOD), a new zoning over-lay designed to help the hos-pital rebuild after the June 28flood.

The overlay zoning is de-signed to help ease restric-tions on the property in casethe hospital needs to do a to-tal or partial rebuild, as thebuildings on the site now donot conform to the GeneralBusiness District zoning inplace now.

“It would prohibit themfrom rebuilding what theycurrently have today,” saidTown Planner Paul Halkiotis.

At a previous meeting, Se-lectmen had met with thePlanning Board and some ex-pressed their concern aboutthe MSOD. Selectman HelenAbdallah-Donohue said shewas not in favor of includingareas outside the NorwoodHospital for the MSOD.

“When we’re talkingabout a hospital overlay dis-tr ict , I never dreamed i twould include anything otherthan hospital property,” shesaid. “When we sold the oldjunior high school at 825Washington St. (the GuildMedical Center) and it be-came a medical building, Iwas at Town Meeting, andwas worried for the towns-

people that it would affect thehundreds of homes in thearea. That part of Town is onone of the best areas of all theTown.”

Abdallah-Donohue saidshe felt while the hospital isa good use of the land, shewasn’t comfortable seeingmedical services flowing out-ward into the outlying resi-dential neighborhood.

“We have to protect that,”she said, adding that if thehospital needs more land, itsadministration can ask theTown for it when it does.

Halkiotis said they didn’twant to just include the hos-pital property. Someonecould, if they were so in-clined, claim it was an in-stance of spot zoning, whichcould put the Town in legaltrouble. So at the Oct. 19meeting, Halkiotis said theywere including the gas station(Quick Mart on Broadway) aswell as the U.S. Post Office,and that would negate anyinkling of spot zoning.

Selectman David Hajjarfloated the idea of adding ona parcel to the southeast ofthe hospital. It’s a parking lotabutting the Norwood Cen-tral MBTA Commuter RailStation, and, according to theTown’s GIS Mapping website(https://www.axisgis.com/norwoodma/), it is owned bythe hospital’s parent com-pany Steward.

“That was something wehad recommended to be in-cluded. And if you look nextdoor there’s a 75 percent va-cant parcel with two smallerbuildings in the front, but I’lldefer to the Board of Select-

men on those boundaries,”Halkiotis said. “We did rec-ommend that it be a largerarea, but I don’t want to goagainst what the Selectmenhad recommended at ourmeeting last week.”

Selectmen Chair Bil lPlasko agreed strongly withAbdallah-Donohue’s senti-ment to shrink the proposedoverlay district, and PlanningBoard member ErniePaciorkowski said that in-creasing it again could causeproblems.

“Do you think addingthose two lots in would gar-ner the support of the Select-men?” he asked.

Hajjar said a majoritywould, but not all of theBoard would be in favor.

“I know Bill is trying tokeep it confined and I am nottrying to say you should in-clude those two lots, I’m justopen to including them, be-cause I think it’s right for de-velopment, since they’re ba-sically vacant, as opposed to

the Guild Building and theother buildings on East Hoylethat are already occupied,” hesaid. “I don’t think there’s anurgency to make sure thatnothing we don’t want to getbuilt gets built there.”

Paciorkowski said heagreed and thought it wouldbe the perfect spot to beadded, but he and Hajjar saidthey were worried that TownMeeting members may notpass the overlay district at allbecause of it.

“I think that was the con-cern of Mr. Plasko coming offthe ‘Island,’” said PlanningBoard Chair Al Porro. “It’stoo large an area for TownMeeting members to considerat this time.”

Hajjar said he could livewith the overlay either way,but stressed that if the vacantlot was to be rezoned or in-cluded in an overlay districtin the future, it should bedone sooner rather than later.

“It’s a large area ripe fordevelopment and I think hav-ing it included for medical

makes perfect sense,” hesaid.

“I think there have beenone or two people sniffingaround those lots in the past,”said Paciorkowski.

Halkiotis said he and hisstaff worked with consultantTed Brovitz to draft the origi-nal proposal. He said he useda similar piece of height re-striction for this proposal ashe did when he helped theTown write the Mixed-UseOverlay Distr ict for theDowntown. The restrictionstates that within the first 20feet of setback from the road,the height limit is 45 feet, butafter that 20-foot setback theheight restriction lifts to 80feet. Brovitz said the idea isnot to create a canyon-likesetting where pedestrians onthe street would only be al-lowed an hour of sunlightaround noon.

“At the sidewalk it’s asmaller building, but thedeeper you get into the prop-erty the higher the buildingcan be,” he said.

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Selectmen vote to “postpone”Town Meeting

The Norwood Board of Se-lectmen met on Tuesday andvoted to recommend to TownMeeting members that they voteto support a motion of dissolu-tion for the majority of the up-coming Special Town Meetingon Nov. 12 because of concernsfrom the Town’s recent red des-ignation for COVID-19.

“We had a very good experi-ence in June (at regular TownMeeting) and we worked veryhard to get that meeting held in away that was as reasonably safeas it could be,” Town MeetingModerator David Hern said.“Back in June I don’t think wehad the red, green or yellow cat-egories, but we were fortunate.”

While it is not technically apostponement, that will be thevote’s effect if Town Meetingmembers decide to adopt it forthe majority of the Town Meet-ing Articles. Hern said the ideais to give the Town time to adopta virtual meeting software thatwould be equitable for TownMeeting Members to both learnand then use in a reasonable pe-riod of time.

However, Hern said TMwould more than likely have tomeet in person and go throughthe three financial articles thatneed to be completed by Decem-ber 12. The Town actually sched-uled two Town Meetings, one forthe majority of the articles and asecond for these three financialarticles respectively. Hern said aquorum would still have to bemet in person to vote to pass amotion of dissolution for themeeting involving the more time-consuming articles. After that,members could get on with thefinancial articles.

“We’ve got to get that doneand do that in person,” Hern said.

Hern said technically TownMeeting has to adopt a vote ofdissolution before any resched-uling can be done, according toTown Meeting procedure. Oncethat is done, he suggested that theTown look into virtual meetingsoftware.

“The way the statute readsunder Section 8 is you can havea remote meeting if the modera-tor determines it’s not possible tosafely assemble Town MeetingMembers and interested mem-bers of the public,” Hern said.“It’s got to be tested though... Iwill tell you based on what othermoderators have done and re-ported, there’s a lot of traininginvolved.

“And we could be runninginto Christmas and the holidays,so we’ve been talking about hold-ing the meeting in January,” hesaid. “As things happen, theMassachusetts Moderators Asso-ciation is hosting its annual meet-ing this Friday and one of theseminars is being led by the Mod-erator of Brookline about virtualTown Meetings.”

Hern said he hopes to learnall he can about virtual meetingsthen. Selectmen Chair BillPlasko said he agreed with thesentiment of the vote for disso-lution/postponement, as the 20-plus articles for the majority ofthe meeting have the potential tokeep residents in one room forpossibly several meeting days ata time.

“The only way to accommo-date those concerns is what Mr.Hern just said,” he said.

Selectman Helen AbdallahDonohue asked if the zoningNorwood Hospital rezoning ef-fort article should be includedfor the first in-person meetingwith the three financial articles.Hern said the question is up fora vote of Town Meeting mem-bers.

“I suppose somebody mightsay, ‘we really need to do thisnow so I propose we take thisout of order and get it done,’”he said. “I’d want to think a littlebit about it.”

Plasko said he agreed that itwould be legally and parliamen-tary allowable under the TownMeeting rules, but he said he feltit could open a can of worms.

“The question might bewhether or not we want to pro-pose that because you say thehospital is important, I say Route1 is important, he says the land-scaping is important and, beforeyou know it, the meeting doesn’tget dissolved,” he said. “But itwill be up to the body.”

Selectman David Hajjar saidhe felt the Town should look intoperhaps a hybrid option, so resi-dents who want to show up canand those who want to partici-pate remotely can do so. Hernsaid earlier that for the Nov. 12date, a hybrid model wasn’t fea-sible because it was unclear asto whether or not that would belegal, and if the meeting resultswere challenged and nullified,the Town would have to meetagain and he didn’t want towaste time and lose a meeting.But with a January meeting,there would be time to see if itcould legally be done.

“I think there’s a lot of sup-

port for that in the community,”Hajjar said. “There’s a verylarge group who want to do itremotely and you can accom-plish both through the hybrid...I think a lot of us who have donethe research have found variousanswers as to whether or not wecan do a hybrid meeting.”

The Board voted to recom-mend a vote of dissolution atTown Meeting.

The Board also voted to de-crease the quorum required tohold the Town Meeting as pernew state laws. Hern suggestedthat the Board vote to select aspecific number and not apercentage of the total quo-rum to avoid any confusion.Hern said the Town is al-lowed to reduce its requiredquorum (in normal timesabout 127 Town Meetingmembers) to a minimum of10 percent of the quorum.The Board agreed on 45members as a quorum.

“We can’t go below 10 per-cent of the normal quorumand 45 is well above that 10percent,” he said.

The Board voted unani-mously to adopt this lowerquorum requirement.

JefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

St. Jude’s NovenaMay the Sacred Heart of Jesusbe adored, glorified, loved andpreserved throughout the world,now and forever. Sacred Heartof Jesus pray for us. St. Jude,worker of miracles, pray for us.St. Jude, helper of the hopeless,pray for us. Say this prayer 9times a day. By the 9th day yourprayer will be answered. It hasnever been known to fail. Pub-lication must be promised.Thank you St. Jude. My Prayerswere answered.

In gratitude for helping me.

—A.T.

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I CARE ABOUT WHATGOES ON AT AIRPORT

To the Editor:In last week’s opinion piece,

you asked if anyone cared aboutwhat goes on at the NorwoodAirport. As a resident in a nearbyneighborhood for more than 30years, I care. Unfortunately, asa resident, I feel I have little sayin what goes on at the airport.The Norwood Airport Commis-sion does whatever it wants, andresidents are powerless to doanything about it. Members ofthe NAC are appointed notelected to their positions. Whenthe US military turned the facil-ity over to the town after WorldWar II, the town was requiredto maintain it as a working mu-nicipal airport. I’m not aware ofany mandate that the town in-crease traffic at the airport yearover year.

Bert ForestNorwood

TOWN’S INSISTENCE ONSELLING FORBES PROP-ERTY CONFUSING

To the Editor:Evidently, the property off

Upland Road (Route 1A) onceowned by William CameronForbes, former Governor-Gen-eral of the Philippines and USAmbassador to Japan, does notwant to be sold, but kept for theTown of Norwood and its resi-dents for conservation and his-toric purposes.

Initially bought by the Townto prevent another 40B apart-ment complex, it is hard to un-derstand why the Town insistson selling the property so an out-of-town developer can make anobscene profit and put evenmore housing in this alreadydense town, this time for 175apartment units and an officepark there. (BTW, Dedham isthe same size as Norwood at10.6 square miles, but has 4,000fewer residents.) Now that bidhas been challenged, and notone, but two judges, sent it backto the town. Norwood has mademany poor decisions over theyears, even with advice fromtown counsel, and therefore, haslost several lawsuits.

Town Officials should with-draw from the bid process to sellForbes for a number of reasons.The fact that 70% of the almost700 respondents to the ForbesHill Task Force’s own surveywant to keep the Forbes prop-erty for green space, not to bebuilt upon, is one. The townneeds more conservation not

less. Moreover, the plan to havefour traffic lights on this shortstretch of Upland Road (Route1A) from the rotary at ProspectStreet to Clapboardtree Streetnot only will mar the Forbeslandscape, but also may causefrustration and increased trafficchaos.

Norwood businesses andresidents should be able tohandle the $13 million purchaseprice to keep Forbes in its natu-ral state. Actually, taxpayershave been paying for Forbessince the Town bought the prop-erty and put it out to bid a fewyears ago. Keeping it is part ofthe cost and benefit to living inNorwood. Taxpayers alsoshould be able to handle projectsthat are coming up includingadditional conservation landand a new middle school by rec-ognizing and implementingvarious revenue sources not cur-rently in place.

The vision for Norwoodshould be a balance among eco-nomic development, conserva-tion, and the protection andpreservation of significant andhistoric buildings and places inwhat once was the Crown Jewelof the Commonwealth.

Judith HowardTMM – 3

TOWN MEETINGNEEDS AREMOTE OPTION

To the Editor:As Norwood has just turned

RED and certain sports are be-ing temporarily shut down bythe state; as parents are all wor-ried about the impending doomof schools being closed for thewinter; you should know thereis an IN PERSON Town Meet-ing scheduled for Thursday,November 12th in the highschool gym and 280 people havebeen invited.

Many Town Meeting mem-bers have strongly advocated fora virtual option for this meeting,either fully or partly, and thedecision makers have rejectedour request.

It is the opinion of many thatholding this meeting in personat this time is hugely irrespon-sible, especially when virtualplatforms like zoom are avail-able with options to “raise yourhand” and “vote.”

I am asking our town lead-ers to do everything in theirpower to keep our schools openand keep our townspeople safe.Moving forward with an in-per-son meeting of this magnitude

could risk the educationalwellbeing of our children, espe-cially those in the special needscommunity. This meeting needsto have a remote option.

Town Meeting ModeratorDavid Hern, Board of Select-men, and Town Manager TonyMazzucco, I am begging you toconsider all that has changed thispast week and do what is bestfor the people of our town. Weneed a remote option for TownMeeting.

Katie ButtonTown Meeting Member

District 9

IT’S ALL ABOUTTHE VOTE

To the Editor: I don’t know that I’ve seen

an election with more on the linethan this one. I’m asking all ofyou: Have you made your vot-ing plan yet? Will you vote early,which started October 17, andruns through 10/30? Please seethe Norwood Town hall websiteor our Facebook page for datesand times early voting hours areopen in Town Hall. Have youmailed your vote-by-mail appli-cation yet? You have until Sat-urday, October 24. If you’ve al-ready mailed your ballot, makesure you use the barcode to trackthat it’s been received. Will youvote in person on November 3?WEAR YOUR MASK!!! Beready to wait in line, and knowwhat’s on the ballot. Vote411.orgis an excellent resource that willlet you know exactly who is onyour ballot, including ballotquestions 1 and 2. The Leaguehas no official position on Ques-tion 1: Right to Repair, but weare strongly in favor of a Yes onQuestion 2: Ranked Choice Vot-ing. LWVMA was actively in-volved in signature gathering inboth stages needed to get thisquestion on the ballot, as wellas helping to disseminate infor-mation about the question acrossthe state. You may rememberLWV Norwood had a forum onRanked Choice Voting back in2018.

Our sister Leagues took thelead on the Norfolk County racesfor Sheriff and the County Com-missioners. We thank Sharon/Stoughton and Needham fortheir efforts there, and links areavailable on our Facebookpage, as well as throughNorwood Community Media.

The rest of our fall is quietthis year. No in-person eventsto promote, and no social gath-erings on the horizon. Forthose of you who are TownMeeting members, TownMeeting is happening on No-vember 12. Please look for de-tails soon.

Voting matters. Don’t letanyone tell you differently.Don’t waste your opportunity.

Courtney Rau RogersPresident, LWV Norwood

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.

—A.T.

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.

—A.T.

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Residents will have to have their own starting guns this year to kick off the 34th annual Norwood TurkeyTrot, but at least said runners will be able to set their own start time.

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Turkey Trot to be on-demand this yearJefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

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Like many local favoritefundraisers in the age ofCOVID-19, the 34th annualNorwood Turkey Trot will begoing virtual this year.

The race is scheduled forSunday, Nov. 15, through Sun-day, Nov. 22, and according toOrganizer Jim Henry fromWinged Foot Running, runnerscan plot their own course forthe race and run it when theywant to within that time frame.

“That being said, there areno awards because we can’tcertify the times,” he said. “Wecan’t have age group awards,overall awards, or any of that.”

Henry said they’re prob-ably also going to get fewer

people sign up for the race,which is problematic becausethe Norwood High SchoolBoosters Club ScholarshipFoundation (the local charitythe Trot raises funds for everyyear), like many local chari-ties, hasn’t been able tofundraise during the pandemicas its members normallywould.

“Normally we get 400 to500 people and sometimes up-wards of 600 pre-registeredrunners,” Henry said. “Rightnow, with about a month to go,we’re sitting on 150 runnerswho are registered. Normallywe’d have 250 to 300 at thispoint.”

Henry said that he and theBoosters are still glad to seethis amount of people coming

out to support them.“Well, when it’s between

virtual and nothing?” he said.

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.

—B.D.

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“If you do nothing you get nothing for the Boosters Scholar-ship Foundation.”

Henry added that they’ve been able to cover the funds forthe ever-popular long-sleeve Trot T-Shirts, which means anysales of which going forward go right to the Foundation. Hesaid the reduction of overhead also helps.

“And now anything we get from runner registration fees isgoing straight to the Boosters Scholarship Foundation,” he said.

However, Henry said they are having trouble recruiting spon-sors for the race as many local businesses that regularly spon-sor are hurting from the pandemic.

“Ninety-nine percent of our sponsors are small businesses,”he said. “I don’t have the exact number of sponsors now but wehave raised at least some money through the local businesses todate. Again, it’s better to get some money for the Boosters thanto just get nothing, because that’s what some races are doingright now, saying ‘we’re not going to get enough money so it’snot worth it.’”

Henry said they tried the virtual model for the May 2020Run for a Vet race, and had moderate success with about 75people participating.

“We also did a 10-mile challenge with Charles River Run-ning called the Run into Fall Challenge, and we had probablyaround 75 people there too and that was successful,” he said.“It’s tough, but we’re just trying like everybody else. We’retrying to get through Covid and with the parameters that are outthere now, there’s no in-person racing allowed. So we need some-thing to keep our name out there and give the runner somethingto do.”

Henry said many runners see these races as a way to social-ize, build friendships and keep in touch with said friends.

“And that’s been taken away,” he said.For the future of in-person racing, Henry said he was usu-

ally trying to organize for a New Year’s race that Winged FootRunning organizes most years on the first day of the new year.He said however, that in trying to organize that, he feels in-person racing is not coming back anytime soon.

“That’s just what I’ve heard from people in the industry andjust through what the state and local governments have beenforecasting,” he said. “I personally just do not see in-personracing at least until halfway through 2021.”

Henry said he’ll be organizing the Run for a Vet 2021 for avirtual race again this upcoming May. For more information onthis year’s Turkey Trot, go to runsignup.com/Race/MA/Norwood/TheNorwoodTurkeyTrot

Turkey Trot continued from page 5 Covid Red Zone continued from page 1cide if measures need to betaken to close a school or theschools for a period of timeand go to remote learning.Likewise, there would be athree-week pivot back to hy-brid learning if there is a clos-ing period.

“Unless there is a largecluster, I don’t see a need tochange direction,” Reiss said.

Superintendent Dr. DavidThomson said he has been re-porting the student cases to theDepartment of Elementary andSecondary Education (DESE)as required.

School Committee memberJoan Giblin asked if there were“gradients of red” that wouldcall for different measureswith contact tracing.

Reiss said that now there isan additional public healthnurse on staff, thanks to fund-ing provided by General Man-ager Tony Mazzucco. Duringthe spring peak, there werezero, and now there are two.There is also now a state con-tact tracing collaborative tohelp. Reiss said she wants tohold on to school-aged caseslocally to track them.

Thomson addressed theschool COVID-19 cases. Forthe last couple of cases, thefamilies involved called theschools directly once they gottheir test results to start the pro-cess.

“We worked directly withthe Health Department, ournurses, our administration tocontact trace those cases and getto the nitty gritty of where thosepeople were,” he said. “Thoseclose contacts are contacted bythe Board of Health and told thatthey must quarantine.”

He noted that there is a needto protect people’s privacy, butthe community will be notifiedwhich school the case is in afterthe contact tracing is done.

“The people who are at highrisk will be told by the Board ofHealth,” Thomson said. “Wewill take another step beyondthat, and that comes from theprincipal, where we will tellfamilies and high school-levelstudents that they were in thesame vicinity of that case. Thatdoes not mean that they are aclose contact, but it does meanthat they should be aware of thatand cognizant of their ownhealth and symptoms and thingsalong that line.”

The schools have been verystrict about cleaning and socialdistancing protocols to reducethe chance of a cluster, he added.

“Because of the structurewe’ve built, we have not had toclose a classroom or a buildingbecause the cleaning had al-ready happened,” Thomson con-tinued. “And that was done pur-posely so we would avoid dis-ruption as much as possible.”

Cooperation among theHealth and School Departments,as well as the Town government,has led to the success in theschools, he said.

“We want kids connecting inour community,” he said, stress-ing that, outside of family,people need to wear masks. “Butwe can’t do it if we’re in thered.”

Thomson also talked aboutthe deadline for switching in-structional models from the hy-brid model to the Remote Learn-ing Academy. Schools will besending out forms. The requestsneed to be either scanned and

emailed or dropped off to thehome school. For middle andhigh school students, the requestperiod is open from now untilNov. 4 for Term 2.

“At the middle school, itmight require a change ofteams,” he said. “At the highschool, depending on the roomand the classes, it might meanyou might have to change someof your teachers.”

At the elementary level, thesix-foot distance factor will de-termine the number of seatsavailable. The switch date forthese schools begins Nov. 6 andends Nov. 20. The new place-ment begins Dec. 11. Seats willbe allocated on a first-come,first-served basis, but there willbe measures taken to preventshifts to one particular school.

“If we do see a massivemovement in any direction oranother, we probably will haveto reallocate staff,” Thomsonexplained, “which is going to bedisruptive for a lot of people.This is why there is a windowto do this.”

The Remote Learning Acad-emy was originally based upontwo surveys, but more peoplesigned up than originally ex-pected. Other people moved intoNorwood, which has increasedthe numbers as well.

“We are lucky in Norwoodthat we have a lot of supportfrom this town … to really ex-pand our schools,” Thomsonadded regarding the creation ofthe Remote Learning Academy.“If you take a step back andlook, we’ve only done this for amonth. It’s actually pretty amaz-ing what the professionals in theNorwood Public Schools havedone.”

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The new zoning would allow some areas for mixed-use developmentlike this, and would require stepped height limits like this based on howclose the developments are to the street.

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Route 1 Zoning continued from page 1he said that’s a conversation fornext year.

“This year we don’t want tomake the same mistake again,”he said. “Particularly when theRoute 1 Corridor being a com-pletely different area of Townand one that can accept moregrowth and development thanthe Downtown at a greater den-sity and intensity. And so thisis one of the reasons we werelooking to increase the densitythere.”

Halkiotis said he discussedthe problem of increased den-sity with two “substantial”property owners on the Route1 corridor, asking for a numberof units per acre they thinkwould be feasible to start aproject. He added that he madeit clear to the developers that ithas to be a reasonable number– not 100 units per acre – sothat it could pass Town Meet-ing.

“That owner said ‘Paul, whydon’t you look at it in a differ-ent way, and why don’t youapproach this differently thandwelling unit per acre,’” hesaid. “He described this ap-proach that in planning terms,we’d say it was a form-basedprotocol.”

Halkiotis said other regula-tions in the proposal includeopen space requirements (20percent of the parcel), height re-quirements (60 feet) and set-backs would create a buildingenvelope, or basically a three-dimensional space in which abuilding could be built.

“So, the owner suggestedthat the Town let them buildhow every many units theywant to if they comply with allof these intensity and dimen-sional standards that you’ve al-ready got in your bylaw?”Halkiotis said.

Halkiotis said he discussedthe issue with the Town’s con-sultant Ted Brovitz, who saidmany other towns do zoningthis way, and in fact he wasworking on a proposal in Lex-ington in a similar vein.

Matt Lane said he feels al-lowing no density limit in andof itself could be troubling forTown Meeting Members, and

he asked for an estimate as towhat the maximum numbercould be with the regulationsmentioned above.

“I think when this is pre-sented to Town Meeting that’swhat they’re going to fixate on,that density number and justbeing able to justify it,” he said.

Halkiotis said one of theproperty owners he talked towould have to have 175 unitson three acres to make it workfor him (about 58 units peracre).

“He’s also recommendingwe allow more height, 70 or 75feet,” he said. “The other de-veloper I met with said 80 feet.But we are near the Airport, andall of this would be dependenton what the FAA would ap-prove in terms of the exact lo-cation. But no surprise to us thedevelopers are asking for moreheight.”

Selectman David Hajjarsaid he would be okay with thelack of a density requirementonly if the parking restrictionswere immutable, as the parkingrestrictions would limit thenumber of units for a particu-lar building. However he saidhe is worried because currentlyunder the plan parking limitsare changeable.

“That’s more or less howour framework would work onRoute 1,” Brovitz said.

Selectman Helen Abdallah-Donohue said she is worriedthat developers would thencome before the Zoning Boardof Appeals and ask for heightvariances to put in way moreunits than Town Meeting mem-

bers might envision when andif they vote for no density re-quirement.

“I think we have to havesome confidence in our Boardof Appeals that they wouldmake the right decision and usediscretion in the variances thatthey grant for things likeheight,” said Halkiotis.

Selectman ThomasMaloney asked why VanderbiltAvenue was not included in theMixed-Use districts on Route 1.Halkiotis said it’s a light indus-trial park, with two sections:one is a more upscale area witha grassed median to make itlook like a parkway and theother is more dedicated to in-dustrial, with the smokestack ofthe meatball factory theresometimes emitting smells thatin the past have been problem-atic for neighbors.

“Largely because of its in-dustrial park feeling now, Ididn’t think it was a great placeto allow for housing, but hav-ing said that, you’re not the firstone who’s asked me that ques-tion,” he said. “We’re certainlyopen to Selectmen making rec-ommendations for adding orsubtracting areas.”

Maloney said the area isbegging for renovation and be-cause it is somewhat cut off, itcould be its own communitywith residential and commer-cial.

“It might just be a matter ofallowing developers torepurpose the land for housing,since you can have a mini-neighborhood or community”he said.

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PoliceLogs

PPPPPolice Logsolice Logsolice Logsolice Logsolice LogsContinued on page 9

Monday, October 191344 Phone - Animal Complaint

Area Search Negative Loca-tion/Address: Pleasant St +Nahatan St Small dog in thearea Brown & about 10 pounds.

1422 911 - B & E Residence*Report Filed Location/Ad-dress: Dean St Caller reports aB&E in progress. Party wasGOA. MSP makes arrest inBoston, party transported toS.Boston barracks. Arrest:Manago, Edward Address: 149Pleasant St Apt. #2 Dorchester,Ma Age: 28 Charges: Vandal-ize Property C266 §126a

1528 Phone - Susp Activity AreaSearch Negative Location/Ad-dress: Orleans Rd Hunter walk-ing into the woods nearWorkmen’s Hall carrying abow. Officer reports he wasunable to locate the hunter orhis vehicle.

1559 Phone - Neighbor Distur-bance Spoken To Location/Address: Norwest Dr Kids andparents involved in a dispute.

2104 Phone - Susp Person GoneOn Arrival Location/Address:Winslow Ave + Press AveCaller reports seeing a maleparty on the corner smoking,and has noticed him a few timesin the past couple days. N664checked the area.

Tuesday, October 200740 Phone - Assist Citizen Spo-

ken To Location/Address:Vernon St Caller requesting tospeak to an officer regardingongoing issue with party at thisaddress. N679 advised thatparty.

1015 Phone - Assist Citizen Ser-vices Rendered Location/Ad-dress: Winslow Ave Caller re-ports she may have found asmall baggie with possible nar-cotics in the bag. N666 reportsit was a small bag of marijuanaand will return to the station todestroy the product.

1257 Phone - Well Being ChkTransported To Hospital Loca-tion/Address: Railroad Ave Fe-male transported for psychevaluation.

Wednesday, October 210820 Phone - Citizens Complaint

Services Rendered Location/Address: Town Hall - Washing-ton St Report party holding apolitical sign, believe he is tooclose to polling place. N679 re-ports he is across the street andover the 150 foot distance away.

1052 Phone - Well Being ChkServices Rendered Location/Address: Nichols St Caller re-quests a wellness check on anelderly female who has nottaken in her mail for a week.Units spoke with her, all is well.

1136 Phone - Well Being Chk*Protective Custody Location/Address: Hoyle St Caller re-quests wellness check on a fe-male walking. NFD transports.

1543 Phone - Susp Activity Ser-vices Rendered Location/Ad-dress: Home Depot - Bos-ProvHwy Report 3 B/M’s in MA PC1XNK26, believe they are steal-ing from the store. Officers con-ducted an onsite investigation,nothing was stolen.

1711 Phone - Mischief (Kids)Area Search Negative Loca-tion/Address: Doherty Field -Brewster Dr Caller reports ju-veniles knocked the port-a-potty over. N679 spoke to sev-eral people on scene who statedthat was knocked over whenthey arrived.

1745 Walk-In - Assist Citizen Ser-vices Rendered Location/Ad-dress: Washington St Walk inreports she has not spoken withher adult daughter in over aweek. Daughter does not wishto speak with mother, party ad-vised.

1837 Phone - Assist Citizen As-sisted Party Location/Address:Jefferson Dr Party seeking ad-vice on a court order, is goingto return with additional infor-mation.

1915 Phone - Fireworks AreaSearch Negative Location/Ad-dress: Walpole St + Olde DerbyRd Olde Derby Village, WilsonStreet and Bullard Streetsearched, nothing heard by of-ficer.

1932 Phone - Fireworks AreaSearch Negative Location/Ad-

dress: Westover Pkwy WilletSchool and surround streetsalso checked with negative re-sults.

2122 Phone - Drunk PersonTransported To Hospital Loca-tion/Address: Mayfair CirCaller reports his neighbor’sson is intoxicated and is cur-rently at the front door. NFDresponded and transported thatparty for medical evaluation.

Thursday, October 220001 Phone - Assist Citizen *Re-

port Filed Location/Address:Upland Woods Cir Caller re-questing to speak to an officerregarding voicemails he re-ceived from father in law. SeeReport

0507 911 - Well Being Chk Ser-vices Rendered Location/Ad-dress: Olde Derby Rd FoxboroP.D. received a call from a Cri-sis line in Atlanta stating theywere speaking to a male partyfrom Norwood who was upsetwith his brother and was talk-ing suicidal. N667,N679checked out his residence andparking lot for car.(Ma.Reg#5rv856) (GOA). Noone answered the door andhouse was in darkness. Phonewas pinged and bounced of atower in Wrentham. WrenthamP.D. checked property on andaround the Wrentham Outletsarea where the ping was com-ing from. Nothing found in areaof tower or Stores in Wrentham.Bolo put out over teletype. SeeCall#: 20-22481 0933 Hrs. Re-check of address-no longerlives here. Foxboro notified.1000 Hrs-Subject spoken to inhis room at Boston College.

0607 Phone - Noise ComplaintSpoken To Location/Address:Prescott School (Acct# 1383d)- Richland Rd Resident reportsa Waste Management truckemptying trash. N669 re-

sponded. Truck from WasteManagement located andstopped. Driver advised of by-law MA S23570420

1012 Phone - Threats *ReportFiled Location/Address: Mys-tic Scenic Studio - Lenox StReport threats over the phone.

1144 Other - Assist Other AgencyServices Rendered Location/Address: Buckminster Dr N678checks truancy issue.

1300 Phone - Assist Citizen Spo-ken To Location/Address: Sum-mit Ave Advised about a neigh-bor feeding wildlife.

1345 Cellular - Susp Vehicle Spo-ken To Location/Address: DeanSt Report of a black car, no frontplate, someone sitting in it, inrear parking lot, caller believesit is a female that her boyfriendmay have been sent to assaulther due to a past relationship.N663 reports it is a B/M, callerdoes not recognize name, mat-ter resolved.

1402 Phone - Larceny *ReportFiled Location/Address:Neponset St Report catalyticconverter stolen.

1416 Phone - Unwanted PartyServices Rendered Location/Address: Boch Chevy - Bos-Prov Hwy Report customer ar-guing over getting is car fixed.N677 reports civil matter andhe will take is business else-where.

1438 Phone - Unwanted PartySpoken To Location/Address:Amazon - Everett St Report ex-employee arguing over tools.N677 reports he got all his stuffand left area.

1938 911 - Assist Citizen AssistedParty Location/Address: ValleyRd Party seeking advice on ob-taining a harassment preventionorder.

2016 Phone - Larceny *ReportFiled Location/Address: Con-venient Food Mart - Washing-ton St Caller reports a past lar-ceny.

2057 Phone - Civil Dispute Spo-ken To Location/Address:Sunnyside Rd Landlord reportsa tenant’s girlfriend is attempt-ing to move in right now. Allparties spoken to, advised. Noone moving in.

2228 911 - Complaint Of Mv Spo-ken To Location/Address:Mcdonalds - Union/Rte1 - Bos-Prov Hwy Employee reports a

young child in the driver’s seatof MA PC 2EFX44. N664spoke to the owner of that ve-hicle and reports her daughterwas sitting on her lap orderingher food in the driv-thru.

2327 Phone - Susp Person AreaSearch Negative Location/Ad-dress: Jefferson Dr Report of amale party walking in circles foran hour. N666 spoke to him, helives in the area and is on hiscell phone.

Friday, October 230936 Walk-In - Malicious Dam-

age *Report Filed Location/Address: Winter St Reportsomeone altered the wording ona political sign that resident hadon their lawn.

1106 Phone - Assist Citizen CivilMatter Location/Address:Tremont St Landlord reportstenant, who was properly noti-fied, will not let him and ap-praiser into Apt. 2, N667 spoketo all parties, tenant is calmeddown and matter is resolved.

1145 Phone - Susp Person AreaSearch Negative Location/Ad-dress: Nahatan St Male hasknocked on doors asking to usea bathroom. He uses a yellowwalking stick or “paddle “ perthe caller.

1205 Phone - Animal ComplaintTaken/Referred To OtherAgency Location/Address:Summit Ave Report neighborputs parts of a chicken on pub-lic sidewalk, today it is nails.N.A.C.O. and N662 conduct in-vestigation. DPW notified topick them up. Norwood HealthDept. then notified to continueinvestigation and will recall po-lice if needed.

1248 Phone - Larceny *ReportFiled Location/Address:Neponset St Catalytic conver-tor stolen.

1314 Phone - Warrant Of Appre-hension *Arrest(S)Made Loca-tion/Address: Nichols St N666places subject under arrest andN666, using N670, transportsto Dedham District Court.

1407 Phone - Animal ComplaintNACO/WACO notified Loca-tion/Address: Access Rd Re-port dog in MA VN FEZ13 hasbeen barking for the 15 minutessince owner left to go into

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Police Logs continued from page 8 Library NewsTRADITIONAL DISHES FOR CELEBRATING DIWALI

Join Sandhya Jain for another virtual cooking class on Monday,November 16 at 6:30 p.m. to celebrate the biggest Hindu festival inIndia: Diwali. Learn to make a quick and easy version of Butter Paneer(Indian cheese in tomato cream curry). She will also show us how toprepare her version of Gujiya, a sweet treat traditionally served tousher in Diwali festivities. Recipes will be emailed to participants inadvance so they may cook along with Sandhya if they wish. She isalso happy to answer any questions during the demonstration.Sandhya’s Kitchen, her culinary school, is located in Franklin, Mass.

Registration is required. To sign up and receive an email reminderalong with the recipes, please visit our online events page atnorwoodlibrary.org/morrillcalendar. An email with the Zoom link willbe sent to you the day before the program and again shortly before itbegins.

TOP TEN TIPS FOR GETTING ORGANIZED!Do you crave organization but aren’t sure where or how to start?

Organizing doesn’t have to be complicated! Join Marilyn Cruickshank,professional organizer and owner of Creative Simplicity Organiza-tion and Productivity, on Tues. November 10 at 7:00 pm via Zoom asshe shares her top 10 tried and true tips for getting organized. Marilynwill offer ideas and inspiration to help you get started on your orga-nizing journey and answer all your questions. Registration is required.To sign up, please visit our online events page at norwoodlibrary.org/morrillcalendar or call 781-769-0200 and press 2 for Reference. Youwill get an email with the Zoom link the day before the program andagain shortly before it begins.

SEWSTAINABILITY 2020: MAKING MASKSFOR THE HOMELESS…FROM HOME

For this year’s charitable work project, Together Yes has decidedonce again to make warm fleece scarves for the homeless in collabo-ration with Making Masks in Norwood. Between September and No-vember, anyone interested can sew scarves from home to be deliv-ered in December to nearby shelters. Some fleece is available, butdonations of additional fleece are needed. Pickup and delivery of ma-terials as well as the finished scarves will be arranged.

You can participate by sewing scarves, donating fleece, or givingadvice and encouragement on the Facebook page below. For moreinformation, instructions, or questions, please emailsustain@tgryes.org or go to Making Masks in Norwood on Facebook.For instructions on making scarves, click on Patterns and Instructionson the right of the Facebook page. Any help you can offer to ourneighbors in need is most welcome.

LIBRARY OFFERING PHONE CALL HELPLibrarians at the Morrill Memorial Library are now offering phone

call help to our patrons. While the chat feature on our website,norwoodlibrary.org, provides a good way to ask us questions 24/7, insome cases you may rather talk on the phone for help. To reach us byphone, please call our Reference line and leave a message: 781-769-0200 x110. Please leave your name, phone number, preferred callback time, and a brief message about what you’d like help with and alibrarian will return your call. We are checking this voicemail severaltimes daily, so please reach out with any questions.

building.1436 Phone - Mischief (Kids)

Spoken To Location/Address:Washington St Officer spokewith the business owner afterhe spoke with teens who brokea branch on a town tree.

1549 Phone - Assist Citizen As-sisted Party Location/Address:Bahama Dr Party in the lobbyadvised on obtaining a modifi-cation to a restraining order.

1841 Walk-In - Assist Citizen Ser-vices Rendered Location/Ad-dress: Upland Rd Walk in re-ports her nephew has her carand is not returning it, shewould like her car back. N677spoke to the nephew and he hasagreed to return the vehicle to-night. B677 reports the vehicleis back in her possession.

1925 911 - Well Being Chk AreaSearch Negative Location/Ad-dress: Nahatan St + Pleasant StCaller reports a male partywalking in the road pushing acarriage. N668 locates thatparty and he advised him to stayon the sidewalk.

2055 Phone - Mischief (Kids)Area Search Negative Loca-tion/Address: Standish Dr Resi-dent reports youths knocking ather door.

2135 Phone - Mischief (Kids)Spoken To Location/Address:[Nod 1060] Shaws Supermar-ket - Nahatan St Caller reportsa group of kids being loud.N666 spoke to those juveniles

and they have been movedalong.

2355 911 - Well Being Chk *Pro-tective Custody Location/Ad-dress: Upland Woods Cir Callerreports she can hear someoneyelling for help. N679,N662responded. NFD notified for anevaluation. NFD transports oneto the hospital with N679 onboard and 662 following. N662gives the patient’s girlfriend aride to the hospital S/M 41172,0043 Hrs./ E/M 41179 @00:54@ Beth Israel Hospital.

Saturday, October 240029 Phone - Well Being Chk

Gone On Arrival Location/Ad-dress: Upland Woods Cir Callerreports a male party sitting onthe sidewalk, she wants to makesure he is ok.

0109 911 - Well Being Chk Trans-ported To Hospital Location/Address: Washington StWestwood P.D. receives 911call for upset female with lan-guage barrier, in the area of HillSt. and Washington St.N668,N664,N677 respondedand located female. Request forNFD.

1335 Phone - Disturbance Ser-vices Rendered Location/Ad-dress: Chapel St

1355 Walk-In - Well Being Chk*Report Filed Location/Ad-dress: Bahama Dr Walk in partyreports that her relative, whohas mental health issues, wasacting erratic and was lastseen driving MA 22B320.BOLO given out.

1416 Walk-In - Auto Theft *Re-port Filed Location/Address:Parkway St 1982 Honda Ur-ban Express Moped removedfrom the property.

1738 Phone - Assist CitizenSpoken To Location/Ad-

dress: Upland Woods CirCaller seeking advice on hervehicle that was returneddamaged from a family mem-ber. N667 advised that partyof her options.

2025 911 - Report Of Fire Po-lice & Fire Notified/RespondLocation/Address: NahatanSt Caller reports she cansmell smoke from the apart-ment behind hers. FD noti-fied. NO fire FD handles.

2349 Phone - Well Being ChkServices Rendered Location/Address: Day St + Central StCaller reports a male partyleft the establishment andthey do not want him to drive.N669 transported partyhome, girlfriend will be athouse.

Sunday, October 250346 Phone - Noise Complaint

Spoken To Location/Ad-dress: David Ter Call forrowdy neighbors across fromher building. N677, N669 re-sponded. Spoken to and ad-vised.

1010 Phone - Unwanted PartyServices Rendered Location/Address: Day St Caller re-ports an unwanted male partyon his front porch. Party leftupon arrival. 1926 911 - SuspActivity Spoken To Location/Address: Neponset St Callerreports a male party in awhite sweatshirt keepsknocking at her door thenleaving. N669 reports thatparty was a friend of thedaughter all is ok. 2138Phone - Noise ComplaintArea Search Negative Loca-tion/Address: Tremont StCaller reporting loud music.N679 reports all quiet uponarrival.

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DeathsKOZAK

HELEN K. (Jocas) ofNorwood passed away on Octo-ber 23, 2020 at the age of 88.Beloved wife of the late GeorgeM. Kozak. Devoted mother ofKathryn A. Doran of Katy, TXand Christine M. Nee and herhusband Thomas of N. Easton.Sister of William Metta ofWarwick, RI. Cherished grand-mother of Garry, Allison, Scottand Colleen. Great grandmotherof Cameron and Cassidy. Auntof Andrea and Pamela. Daugh-ter of the late Frank and Bernice(Budrick) Jocas. Helen was alongtime member of theWomen’s Health Initiative and anavid gardener. Funeral from theKraw-Kornack Funeral Home1248 Washington St. Norwood,MA. In lieu of flowers donationsmay be made in her name to theWomen’s Health Initiativewww.whi.org

KUPHAL

Charles E., age 66, sadlypassed away at his home inHaverhill, Ma, on Sunday, Oc-tober 18, 2020. Formerly ofNorwood, Charlie was the son ofEvelyn Kuphal and the lateCharles Kuphal of Norwood. Heleaves behind his wife GloriaCarey of 32 years. His step-chil-dren Deborah Barrett, WilliamBarrett, the late James Barrett Jr.;grandsons Hunter Barrett andWilliam Barrett Jr. who affec-tionately called him UncleCharlie, also of Haverhill.Charlie also leaves behind his 7siblings, Richard Kuphal and hishusband James Cook of Magno-lia, Cheryl MacIntire and herhusband Bruce of Mashpee,David Kuphal and his wife Su-san of Millis, Ronald Kuphal andhis wife Denise of Longmeadow,John Kuphal of Randolph, Kevin

Kuphal and his wife Charlene ofMillbury and Gary Kuphal andhis wife Remi of Franklin; elevennieces and nephews, and threegreat-nieces. Charlie was aNorwood High School graduateclass of 1972. Growing up theeldest of seven brothers and onesister, Charlie was dubbed “CoolCharl” by his siblings. The nick-name would stick because hewas a cool guy, spouse, brother,and friend. From his early child-hood and throughout his life,Charlie was an avid fan of clas-sic horror movies and loved punkmusic, like his favorite band TheRamones. An aficionado of themacabre, he attended monsterconventions, collected memora-bilia from the genre, and paintedthe most amazing replica mod-els. He was an extremely talentedartist. Known for a quick wit,Charlie’s sharing of stories andanecdotes were always assuredto give you a laugh. Since hisretirement from Lucent Tech-nologies in North Andover,Charlie enjoyed relaxing, paint-ing, and reading in the companyof his beloved dogs. He will begreatly missed. Services will beheld privately at St. Catherine ofSiena Parish with interment tofollow at Highland Cemetery. Inlieu of flowers, donations may bemade to the Cape Ann AnimalShelter, 4 Paws Lane,Gloucester, MA 01930. For ad-ditional information or to signthe online guestbook please visit:GilloolyFuneralHome.com

LUIZZOS. Paul Affectionately known

as “Sammy,” died a day shy ofhis 98th birthday. Born October19, 1922 in Newton to Jack andFrances (Casella) Luizzo. Paulwas a resident of Norwood forthe past 60 years. He was prede-ceased by the love of his life andwife of 50 years, Jean C. (Quinn)Luizzo. Paul was offered a con-tract by the Boston Braves, butinstead chose to proudly servehis country. Paul was a Veteranof the U.S. Navy. He served forfour years during WWII. Paulgraduated from Boston Collegein 1948. At the age of 74, he re-tired as Vice President of FoodEnterprises. Paul was passionateabout his family, work, “the WestNewton crew,” his best friendJulian Lacourse, golf, especially

the “19th” hole with his buddiesJim Ledwith and Doc Farrellyand until recently, The Red Sox.At the age of 92 he was the old-est active member of the NewSeabury Country Club. Paul wasthe beloved father of the late PaulJ. Luizzo; survived by his lovingchildren, Meg and her husbandEd King, Jack Luizzo and AnneKeating, his adored grandchil-dren, Michael Luizzo & his girl-friend Ally Howlett and TereseMenard and her husband,Michael; nieces and nephews,Linda & Dorothy Luizzo, KenMcGagh and Doug Quinn.Stepgrandfather to Brian & AliKing; brother of Mary McGaghand to the late Frank Luizzo. Aspecial thanks to “The Irish An-gels” Anne Marie, Brigidh,Jamie, Maryanne, Olivia, Orlaand Una who were devotedcaregivers. Funeral Mass ofChristian Burial was held onOctober 23, 2020 at St. Catherineof Siena Parish in Norwood; in-terment followed at HighlandCemetery. In lieu of flowers,please donate to your favoritecharity in Paul’s name. GilloolyFuneral Home NorwoodGilloolyFuneralHome.com

O’MALLEY

RICHARD B. of Norwoodpassed away on October 19,2020 at the age of 85. Belovedhusband of Faith C. (Taylor)O’Malley. Devoted father ofDavid T. O’Malley of Norwoodand the late Brendan D.O’Malley. Loving brother of thelate Mary P. Granskie. Richardwas a US Army Veteran, a gradu-ate of Northeastern, and an en-gineer for the Foxboro Companyand the MWRA. He enjoyed

music and loved animals, espe-cially cats. Funeral from theKraw-Kornack Funeral Home1248 Washington St. Norwood,MA. A funeral mass was held onWednesday, October 28, 2020 atSt. Catherine of Siena ChurchNorwood. Burial followed atHighland Cemetery, Norwood.In lieu of flowers donations maybe made in his name to theAlzheimer ’s Assoc. 309Waverley Oaks Road Waltham,MA 02452. KRAW-KORNACKFUNERAL HOMENORWOOD, MA 781-762-0482 WWW.KRAW-KORNACKFUNERALHOME.COM

PENNACCHIO

Eileen P. Pennacchio “Pat”,registered nurse, devoted wife/mother and loyal friend to somany, passed away Mondaymorning, October 19th after ahard fought battle withAlzheimer’s disease. She was 81years old. Pat was born inNorwood the daughter of Irishimmigrants, the late Richard andMary Burke. She attendedNorwood High School and laterearned an associate degree inNursing at Mount Auburn Hos-pital, Cambridge in 1960. Patworked for 25 years at NorwoodHospital in the orthopedic unit. All who knew Pat remember herbig heart and strong desire to

care for people. She met the loveof her life, Rocky, shortly aftercollege and the two of them mar-ried in November, 1965. Theyraised their family in Norfolkwhere they lived for 37 years. Pat was mother to 3 girls whoadored her and 6 grandchildrenwho will all tell you how muchfun Nana was to be around. Shewas full of life and her energywas contagious. Pat was also anincredibly loyal and trustedfriend to so many over the years. She could strike up a conversa-tion with anyone and quicklymake them feel like a bestfriend. Pat loved to be active,always keeping busy after retir-ing from nursing. She andRocky were very involved withthe Top of the Hill Gang, a skiand sports club for active adults50 years and over in age. Patenjoyed many adventures overthe years with “the gang”. Be-loved wife of 55 years of RoccoA. Pennacchio. Devotedmother of Christine M. Venturaand her husband Salvatore ofBurlington, Karen P. Perron andher husband Christopher of OakHill, VA and Sandra L. Graceand her husband John ofFoxboro. Sister of RichardBurke of Norfolk and the lateMaureen Kemp and EugeneBurke. Cherished grandmotherof Damian, Emma, Becca, Mat-thew, Abby and Molly. Daugh-ter of the late Richard and Mary(McSweeney) Burke. Also sur-vived by many nieces and neph-ews. Funeral from the Kraw-Kornack Funeral Home, 1248Washington St., Norwood. Afuneral mass was held on Mon-day, October 26, 2020 at St.Catherine of Siena Church,Norwood. Burial at HighlandCemetery Norwood, MA. Inlieu of flowers donations may bemade in her name to theAlzheimer ’s Assoc., 309Waverley Oaks Rd. Waltham,MA 02452 or you can donateonline at Alz.org.

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.

—H.M.

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.

—H.M.

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For the Record

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The Town Clerk’s Office wishes to inform the residents ofthe Town of Norwood that there will be Early Voting Sessionsheld for the upcoming State Presidential Election to be heldon November 3, 2020.

The information is as follows:HOURS: THURSDAY – 10/29/20: 8:30 AM TO 3:30 PM,

FRIDAY – 10/30/20 – 8:30 AM TO 12:30 PM.THE ONLY ENTRANCE FOR EARLY VOTING WILL

BE THE MEMORIAL HALL FRONT DOOR ENTRANCE(CORNER OF WASHINGTON STREET AND NAHATANSTREET)

HELP LIGHT UPTHE CIRCLE OF HOPE

The Norwood Circle of HopeFoundation invites you tohelp light up the Circle of Hopeby purchasing a luminary to belit on Saturday evening, Decem-ber 5, 2020 on the Town Com-mon from 4 – 6 PM. Continuinga Norwood tradition begun 19years ago, the members of theCircle of Hope Foundation saythe luminaries are a symbol ofLife, Hope, the Season, and Re-membrance of others. Last yearmore than 2100 luminaries werelit on the town common.

Luminaries can be purchasedfor $5.00 each by sending yourpayment to COH, PO BOX 421,Norwood, MA 02062. You mayinclude a brief message of life,hope, the season or remembranceto be written on theluminary. The candles will be litbeginning at 4:00 pm and theFoundation members welcomeresidents and friends to come outand see this beautiful site. Thisyear, out of an abundance of cau-tion, there will be no luminary

sales during the event, no enter-tainment and no refreshments.Anyone attending is asked towear a mask and practice socialdistancing.

The Norwood Circle of HopeFoundation is a non-profit orga-nization established to supportNorwood residents who needassistance due to a catastrophicmedical occurrence. Since it’sfounding in 1998 the Foundationhas provided over $885,000 toNorwood residents in need ofassistance. The Foundation wasestablished in 1998 in memoryof Michelle Kennedy, a youngNorwood resident, who sufferedwith leukemia. DuringMichelle’s battle the entireNorwood community, many ofwhom did not know Michelle,joined together and it is in thatspirit that the Circle of HopeFoundation continues.

WOMAN’S CLUB STILLNEEDS YOUR HELP

The Norwood Woman’s Clubwill not be meeting in 2020,hopefully we can resume meet-ings in the spring. We will notbe collecting dues. If you wouldlike to make a donation to helpsupport our many charities (Veteran’s Services, Morrill Li-brary, Norwood High Scholar-ship, Concerts on the Common,4th of July Parade, etc) pleasesend a check made out to theNorwood Woman’s Club to thetreasurer Mary Ann Naumann at31 Fulton Street, Norwood,Ma.

THE PUMPKINSARE COMING!

The Epiphany PumpkinPatch is open through October31, 2020. Hours of operation areM-F 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., andweekends 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. We are taking precautions tomake the patch a safe place tofind that perfect pumpkin foryour front porch or window. Workers and customers will be

required to wear masks and prac-tice social distancing while at thepatch. Visitors are encouragedto bring their own wagons whenshopping, but we will have someavailable during staffed hoursand provide cleaning materials tohelp sanitize them between cus-tomers.

FRIENDS OF BIRD PARKSET GOAL OF 100 NEWTREES

The Friends of Bird Park, acitizen volunteer group that sup-ports Francis William Bird Parkin Walpole, MA, haslaunched “The Bird ParkTree Project,” a year-long cam-paign to raise funds for the pur-chase and maintenanceof 100 trees at Bird Park.

According to Mike Keimig,President of the Friends of BirdPark, “The diversity andnumber of trees at Bird Parkmake it a truly special place, butmany of the trees are as old orolder than the park and are ag-ing out. Plus, storm damageand invasive species have takentheir toll on the park’s tree popu-lation. Our mission as an orga-nization is to support the park,and the best way to do that nowis to help ensure that thepublic, now and in thefuture, can enjoy the beauty andbenefits of the park’s trees as theBird Family intended when thepark opened almost 100 yearsago.”

In the last two years, TheTrustees, the nonprofit organiza-tion that owns and manages the

park, had toremove over 100 trees thatwere in hazardouscondition. Another 25 camedown last year due to severestorms. Each year, more ofthe stately hemlocks that wereplanted to provide a shieldfrom the hustle and bustle of lifeoutside the park fall or are re-moved because of damage bythe hemlock woolly adelgid, atiny sap-sucking insect that iscausing widespread death anddecline of hemlock trees in theeastern United States.

The Friends have set a goalof raising $15K for the Bird ParkTree Project. They are thrilledto announce that every dollardonated will be matched thanksto a generous donation by theCharles Sumner BirdFoundation. Individuals andbusinesses can donate throughthe project’s Go Fund Mep a g e : h t t p s : / /w w w . g o f u n d m e . c o m / f /BirdParkTreeProject. A link tothe page can also be found onthe Friends Facebookpage: www.facebook.com/friendsofbirdpark. All dona-tions will be dedicated to thepurchase and maintenanceof new trees at the park. Dona-tions at any level are most wel-come. Individuals and busi-nesses donating $500 or morewill receive permanent recogni-tion at the park’sMemorial Kiosk.

Questions about thefundraiser may be directedto Michael Keimig, President ofthe Friends of Bird Parkat mkeimig@gmail .com orMaura O’Gara, BirdPark Engagement Manager atmogara@thetrustees.org.

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