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Boston Air Charter, whose site at Norwood Memorial Airport is shown here, unsuccessfully appealed adecision by the Airport Commission to revoke its license to operate there. The business now says it hopes toresume friendly relations with the Airport.

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DPW contendersnarrowed totwo finalists

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The field of contestants fora job managing the plannedexpansion of the Norwood De-partment of Public Works(DPW) headquarters was nar-rowed down to two finalists lastweek, with those finalists to beinterviewed Thursday night.

Members of the PermanentBuilding Construction Com-mittee (PBCC) met with DPWSuperintendent Mark Ryan onThursday, July 19 to discuss thefive bids they had received onthe project. PBCC membershad been asked by ChairmanBill Kinsman to rate the com-panies according to several cri-teria, after which the list wouldbe narrowed down to thosecompanies the Committee

wanted to interview.PBCC members each rated

the companies based on infor-mation received from them,giving them scores on staff sizeand qualifications, understand-ing of the DPW project, workbacklog, and past performanceand financial stability. Once allof the ratings were tallied, theCommittee decided to call thetwo companies that had scoredthe highest overall: Coast andHarbor Associates of Lynnfieldand Compass Project Manage-ment of Medfield, who had re-ceived total scores of 236 and258, respectively.

Kinsman previously told theNorwood Record that he hadreceived a total of five bid pack-

A lengthy legal dispute be-tween the town and a businessoperating at Norwood Memo-rial Airport has come to an end,with the judge ruling in thetown’s favor and any furtherlegal action appearing un-likely.

In an order dated July 10,Superior Court Justice PatrickF. Brady denied a motion byBoston Air Charter (BAC) ask-ing that he overturn a decisionby the Norwood Airport Com-mission on April 6, 2010 to re-voke a permit it had issued toBAC. That decision by the Air-port Commission came after anincident on March 17 of that

year, in which two BAC-oper-ated planes allegedly took offafter Airport Manager RussMaguire had specifically in-structed tenants not to do sodue to weather conditions.

Following this incident andthe subsequent revocation oftheir permit, BAC filed a com-plaint alleging that the AirportCommission had no authorityto revoke its permit or hold thetype of administrative hearingsat which the decision wasmade to revoke the permit.BAC also alleged that the townviolated the company’s civilrights and a Federal AviationAdministration (FAA) orderby refusing to provide the com-pany a lease to install a fuelfarm, as well as engaging in an

additional civil rights violationby forcing the company off theAirport’s property.

In his decision, JudgeBrady said he believed the Air-port Commission did in facthave the authority to revokeBAC’s permit. He added thatthe permit was “expressly sub-ject to revocation prior to ter-mination,” and that BAC wasgiven “adequate notice” of apublic hearing on the matter.

“The commission providedadequate notice of the hearing;it is obvious that the plaintiffknew the purpose of the hear-ing and was given an adequateopportunity to address the il-legal flights,” Brady wrote.

A local physician who wasseriously injured when a carstruck his bicycle last month re-mains out of work recoveringfrom his injuries, while authori-ties have not yet released thename of the driver who struckhim.

A representative forNorwood Hospital, where thephysician worked, declined tocomment in detail on his status,but said he had not yet been ableto return to work. Meanwhile,Norwood Police Department

Spokesman Kevin Grasso saidhe had not been informed thatthe driver had yet been arraignedon any charges stemming fromthe incident.

Norwood Hospital Spokes-woman Denise Grove con-firmed that the man injured inthe accident was Dr. JamesKolton, a physician at the Hos-pital who specialized in Pathol-ogy. However, she declined tocomment on his current condi-tion, other than to confirm thathe had not been able to return towork as of press time.

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Among the few items to be addressed on the site of the new Norwood High School is grass planted on theproperty, which has not yet been approved by a landscape architect.

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Last neighborhoodmeeting on NHS held

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The last neighborhood meet-ing on the subject of the newNorwood High School buildingwas held at Town Hall on Friday,though Town Manager JohnCarroll noted that it will not bethe last meeting held on the sub-ject.

With work on the new highschool site on Nichols Streetdrawing to a close, Carroll saidthat morning’s “neighborhoodmeeting” on the constructionproject would be the last of its

kind. However, he noted thatthose involved in the projectwould continue to meet, in orderto address any last-minute con-cerns about the nearly completedwork.

“They will continue meetinguntil the job is wrapped up,”Carroll said.

Last week’s meeting wasspent discussing recently com-pleted portions of the high schoolproject, including sidewalks anda visitors’ parking lot. It was alsoused as a time to field questionsand comments on the project.

Like others before it, the

meeting included a presentationby Kathy Labouliere of Agostini& Associates, the contractor incharge of the high school project.Labouliere said that in additionto the aforementioned visitors’parking lot and sidewalks, land-scaping and removal of construc-tion fencing had been completed.She added that final inspectionshad been performed on the sitethe previous week, and that tasksfrom a punch list of work remain-ing to be completed would con-tinue in the coming weeks.

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The Board of Selectmenvoted unanimously Tuesdaynight to approve a license re-quest for a new WashingtonStreet restaurant, as well as toauthorize more funding for re-pairs to Town Hall.

The Board voted unani-mously to award a CommonVictualler's (CV) license toMichel J. Konicki and his newbusiness, Letizia’s HomestyleItalian, Inc., located at 1243Washington Street, while tak-ing a separate vote to revoke thelicense held by the site's formeroccupant, Captain Pizza. Theselectmen also approved a re-quest from the PermanentBuilding Construction Com-mittee (PBCC) for $33,650 inadditional funding for repairs toNorwood Town Hall, with Se-lectman William Plasko castingthe lone dissenting vote.

Town Hall repairsPBCC Chairman Bill Kins-

man appeared before the select-men to request the additionalfunding for the Town Hallproject, accompanied by JeffD’Amico of Compass ProjectManagement, who has beenmonitoring the project.

The project involved stabi-lizing the bell tower on TownHall, as well as other mainte-nance on the building.D’Amico said $200,000 hadbeen appropriated for theproject, but that more fundswere needed, as the amount ofwork needed was found to begreater than expected when the

building was examined.Kinsman added that the

PBCC had hoped to garner ad-ditional funding for the work atTown Meeting in May, but thatidea was abandoned due to un-certainty over the project. Hesaid the PBCC now hoped topresent the request at a specialtown meeting in the fall, whenthe costs would be known.

Selectmen asked why thePBCC had asked to come be-fore them with the request, not-ing that the Finance Commis-sion would be making the finaldecision on it. Kinsman notedthat he had only been servingas PBCC Chairman for a shorttime, and that former ChairmanTed Callahan had advised himthat they should seek theselectmen’s blessing first, asthey had done in the past.

Most of the selectmen didnot appear to have a problemwith the PBCC’s request for areserve fund transfer to coverunanticipated costs until thatspecial town meeting. How-ever, Plasko questioned theneed for such a transfer, sayinghe did not believe the situationconstituted an emergency.

Plasko said he did not havea problem with the Town Hallproject or the way it was beingmanaged generally. However,he said he felt the funds shouldbe appropriated via a specialtown meeting vote in the fallrather than a reserve fund trans-fer, and thus cast the lone dis-senting vote on the PBCC’s re-quest.

Letizia’s licensedBlackstone resident Michel

Konicki appeared before theselectmen requesting a CV li-cense for his new business,Letizia’s Homestyle Italian,Inc., to be located at 1243Washington Street. The requestwas approved unanimously bythe selectmen, while the licenseheld by the location’s formerowner was revoked in order toallow for it.

Konicki said the businesswas named after his late aunt,whose cooking he hoped to paytribute to via his food offerings.He said Letizia’s would focuson home-style Italian bakeryitems, but would distinguish it-self from other bakery-typebusinesses by also offering“overstuffed sandwiches” andother items that would make itan attractive alternative to otherlunch destinations.

“I wanted to give people amore wholesome alternative tofast food,” Konicki said. “We’llstill be selling pizza. But wewant to put a little twist on itthat will make us different.”

Selectman Paul Bishopnoted that there was an out-standing utility bill for whichthe town was owed money bythe previous owner. Konickisaid the former owner had toldhim he would have the bill paidby the time of the selectmen’smeeting, but that it might nothave showed up in Town Hallrecords yet. The selectmen de-cided to approve Konicki’s li-cense request with the stipula-tion that all outstanding utilitybills must be paid first – a con-dition that Konicki appearedagreeable to.


Not all Hit and Runs alikeLetters to the EditorOPINION

ROGERS RESPONDSTO STANTON LETTER

To the Editor:In his letter to the editor,

dated July 19, my opponentJames Stanton of Walpole em-ploys a tired, old campaigntactic: innuendo. (See“Stanton Questions Rogers’Involvement,” The NorwoodRecord, p.4). He refers to aJuly 15, 2012 Boston SundayGlobe story regarding thestate’s probation departmentscandal and states that I am“deeply involved” in order toinsinuate that I have donesomething wrong. Let me beclear about my role in the U.S.Attorney’s investigation: I ama witness for the U.S. Govern-ment in its effort to root outcorruption on Beacon Hill. Ihave helped the prosecution inits search for the truth. If myassistance leads to truth andjustice and restores integrityto the Probation Department

SENIOR NEWSOur Tuesday night suppers are

going strong! The cost is $4.00 perperson. All seniors are welcome butremember the reservation list fills upquickly and the maximum numberserved is 75. Sign up by Friday of theweek before! Sign up at the front desk.

AFTERNOON DANCEThe afternoon dance with John

Rampino will be held on Friday, Au-gust 10 at 1:30 p.m.

ALTERATIONSAND MENDING

Bring your alterations to the Se-nior Center on the first Monday of eachmonth between 1:00 and 3:00 p.m.Please attach your name and telephonenumber to each garment.

BASIC COMPUTER COURSEA four-part basic computer course

is frequently offered to those who wishto learn how to use a computer. Signup at the front desk.

BLOOD PRESSURE CLINICHellenic Health Care will be avail-

able for blood pressure screening onWednesday, August 1 at noon. EllisNursing Home will now offer bloodpressure screening on the 2nd Wednes-day of each month at noon, and willbe here on Wednesday, August 8.

BOCCE and HORSESHOESOur Bocce Courts and Horseshoe

Pits are now open for use! Please callto schedule a time.

BOOK CLUBThe Book Club will be meeting

on Monday, August 20 at 10:00 a.m.

BRIDGEOur Bridge Club meets on Tues-

days at 9:15 a.m. and Thursdays at 9:30a.m. in the Library.

COMPUTER CLUBThe Computer Club meets each

Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. in the library/computer room. Computer users at alllevels are invited to attend.

COUNCIL ON AGINGThe next COA meeting will be

Thursday, August 2, at 1:00 p.m.

CRIBBAGEOur seniors meet every Monday

at 12:45 p.m. to play cribbage.

DIABETES WORKSHOPThere will be no Diabetes Work-

shops during the summer months.They will resume on Thursday, Sep-tember 28th.

FOOT DOCTORDr. Cormier is scheduled for Tues-

day, August 14 from 9:00 a.m. to noon.Cost is $25.00. Please call for appoint-ment

GLEE CLUBThe Glee Club will not meet for

the summer and will return after La-bor Day

HISTORY TALKThere will be no history talk dur-

ing the months of July and August.

MASSAGE THERAPISTKaren Tracy is here on the first

Monday of each month. Please signup at front desk. She will mot be herein August. PLEASE NOTE: massagesare now $30.00 for half an hour.

MINI FIX-IT SHOPThe workshop will be open from

1:00 to 3:00 p.m. on the 2nd and 4thMonday of each month. Please, notelevisions.

NORWOODRETIRED MEN’S CLUB

The Board of Directors will notbe meeting during July and August.

PING PONGOur Ping Pong table is available

for anyone to play. Just ask at the frontdesk.

PROPOPEThe Propope group will meet on

Wednesday, August 15th, at 1:00 p.m.

SCRABBLEOur Scrabble players meet in the

library every Thursday afternoon at1:00 p.m. Come and join them for agame.

SHINEOur SHINE Counselor, Carol,

continues to assist you on Tuesdaysfrom 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Pleasecall 781-762-1201 for an appointment.

TRIADTriad meetings will not be held

during July and August.

WATER COLORThe next sessions are scheduled

for Thursday, August 9th at 9:00 a.m.

and 12:30 p.m. We will now only betaking checks for payment, and pay-ment in advance is necessary.

WAXINGAngela will be here on Monday,

September 24th at 9:30 a.m. Waxingis moving to an every other monthschedule.

WHISTWhist players meet to play Whist

on Tuesdays at 12:45 p.m., in the li-brary.

WHIST PARTYPlease note whist parties will be

held on the 4th Friday of each monthfrom 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.

Wii GAMESWe have a Wii Game Console

available for anyone that would like totry it. It has bowling, tennis, golf, andother games. Just ask at the front deskfor help.

The next meeting of the Friends’will be on Thursday, September 6, af-ter the COA meeting.

The Friends’ August dance will beon Friday, August 17th, at 7:00 p.m.,with the D.B. Band. This is our Ha-waiian-themed dance. Hawaiian dressis optional, this is just a fun time!

The Friends’ Annual Cookout,catered by Westbury Farms, will beheld on Friday, August 10th at noon,at the Senior Center. Tickets are onsale now - $5.00.

Mini-Bus TripsTuesday, August 7: WalmartTuesday, August 14: NantasketTuesday, August 21: Twin Riv-

ersPayment must be made at the time

of signing up, or within 24 hours ofphone call.

Tuesday, August 28: Castle Is-land

August 16: Rail and Sail, NHTransportation, Train Ride, ScenicCruise, Lunch, and Entertainment$84.00 p.p.

September 25: Beatlemania,Twin River CasinoTransportation,Buffet Lunch, $10, Gaming, $79.95p.p.

October 5: Fall Foliage TrainRide Transportation, Lunch Train Ride$99.95p.p.

October 18: Italian Festival 2012,Luciano’s, Wrentham Lunch, Show,Transportation $43.95 p.p.

Two hit and runs occurred inJune, one in Westwood the otherin Norwood. However, to datethe dispositions of the driversin these cases is far different,and this newspaper just can’tfigure out why.

On Monday, June 18 inWestwood, Jillian Belanger wasstruck by a vehicle while cross-ing Washington St. with herdog. The vehicle continued onwithout stopping. Belanger suf-fered serious injuries and herdog was killed. Westwood Po-lice contacted the driver of thevehicle by phone after one oftheir recruits spotted a vehiclematching the description of thevehicle involved in the hit andrun driving on the highway andcopied down the license platenumber. The driver turned him-self in the following morning toWestwood police who immedi-ately released the name of thedefendant and charged him withleaving the scene of a collisioncausing personal injury and aseparate charge of reckless op-eration of a motor vehicle. Hewas arraigned the same week inDedham District Court wherehe was held on bail and orderednot to drive pending the out-come of the case.

The above case seems prettystraightforward, nothing out ofthe ordinary. Not so for a simi-lar case in Norwood.

On June 1 in Norwood therewas also a hit and run. A doctorwho practices at Norwood Hos-pital was riding his bicyclehome from work in the eveningand was struck by a vehicle thatalso failed to stop. He waswearing a reflective vest andhad a blinking light so that hewould be clearly visible whileon the road. The doctor sufferedextensive injuries and was air-lifted to a Boston hospital. Thenext morning a person showedup at the Norwood Police De-partment and informed themthat he thinks he may havestruck something the night be-fore at around the same time andsame location as the hit and run.Police examined his vehicle andfound extensive damage, in-cluding a smashed windshield.At this point, most would as-sume that the driver, as inWestwood, would be arrestedgiven all of the facts. Slamdunk, right? Not so fast. Thedriver wasn’t arrested.

According to a press releaseissued by Norwood Police, thedriver will be charged with neg-ligent operation of a motor ve-hicle and going away after caus-ing personal injury. The pressrelease goes on to state: “Theseoffenses are not arrestable”, sothe Norwood Police Depart-ment “will” apply for a crimi-nal complaint at the DedhamDistrict court. Though charged

and to Beacon Hill, then I amhappy to help.

I encourage all of my con-stituents to read the storyStanton cites. Anyone whoreads it will know that the al-legations about the probationdepartment’s hiring system, ifproven true, will reveal a sys-tem used by former SpeakerDiMasi to prevent me frombecoming speaker of thehouse. Also, I have been call-ing for the reform of the Pro-bation Department for severalyears and was one of a hand-ful of legislators to voteagainst increased funding forthe beleaguered agency.

Mr. DiMasi employedmany tactics in his campaignto influence the election tothe speakership, including asmear campaign which he ini-tiated five years ago and

with the exact same crimes asthe driver arrested inWestwood, Norwood Policechose not to make an arrest.

This newspaper found thisodd so we did a little research.Massachusetts General Laws,Chapter 90, Section 21 statesthat any officer is authorized tomake arrests of “whoever op-erates a motor vehicle upon anyway or in any place to whichmembers of the public have aright of access as invitees orlicensees and without stoppingand making known his name,residence and the register num-ber of his motor vehicle goesaway after knowingly collidingwith or otherwise causing in-jury to any person...” Our in-terpretation of the above is thatthe driver could have been ar-rested.

There are other oddities inthe case. For example, duringour research we discovered thatthere was no police log nota-tion of any accident happeningon the night in question, yet thefire department logs show itdid. And to date, the name ofthe driver of the vehicle hasnever been made public. So,we sought answers from the de-partment and this is what wewere told.

According to Police ChiefBrooks, because Norwood of-ficers were not present at thetime of the incident, theycouldn’t arrest the driver, onlycharge him with misdemean-ors. However, despite our ef-forts, we could not find anynotations in MA General Lawsto confirm this. Regarding thelack of a police log notation,we were told that there is aglitch in their software systemthat needs to be corrected thatincorrectly deletes log nota-tions falling under certain cri-teria and they are working tocorrect it. And regarding thelack of releasing the name ofthe driver, Chief Brooks citedCORI laws prohibiting himfrom doing so until the courtsactually charge him with acrime. The department waseven hesitant on releasing thedate of the hearing until wepressed. It is August 7th,though these types of hearingsare closed to the public.

Though our initial thoughtsgiven all of the above was thatthis could be some sort of coverup to protect someone’sbrother, cousin, or sister in law,we are comfortable that this isnot the case. And yes, we diddirectly ask. We also have noreason to doubt the explana-tions given by Norwood Police,though some we could notverify. And it is worth notingthat everyone at the departmenthas been forthcoming with allinformation.

What does trouble us is thateven though both cases are al-most identical, the driver inWestwood was arrested andcharged, publicly named andalready arraigned and orderedoff the road. The Norwooddriver has never been arrested;never identified and is stilldriving. Is it inconceivable tothink that the Norwood drivercould have been drunk whenhe hit the doctor and is still onthe road and a danger to thepublic while charges are stillpending? And is it also fair toconclude that the WestwoodPolice Department is less con-cerned with the rights of theaccused when it comes to pub-lic safety?

This case continues totrouble us...

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A second benefit will be heldnext month for two Norwoodyouths who were seriously in-jured when they were hit by acar in Norwood Center inMarch.

The owner of a local pubwhere one of the victims workedsaid a second fundraiser will beheld on August 11 to help covertheir medical expenses. MaryWinstanley, owner of Limey’sPub, previously organized afundraiser at the Olde ColonialCafé for Limey’s employeeKatie Brannelly and her boy-friend, Dom Rossi, after they

Second benefit scheduledVinaVinaVinaVinaVinayyyyya Saksenaa Saksenaa Saksenaa Saksenaa Saksena

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Limey's Pub will hold a benefit at its Framingham location on Aug. 11 for Katie Brannelly and Dom Rossito help cover their medical expenses. Both were seriously injured when they were hit by a car earlier thisyear.

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were struck by a passing car nearLimey’s on March 8.

According to Winstanley, theAugust 11 benefit will be a morelow-key event than thefundraiser held at the Olde Co-lonial Café. It will be held atLimey’s Framingham location.

Winstanley, who is veryclose with Brannelly, said shehad been checking in on her andRossi regularly since the acci-dent to learn of their progress.Last week, she said that whilethe recovery process was farfrom over, both had made sub-stantial progress, especiallyRossi, who was no longer in the

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DPW contenders continued from page 1

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ages for the project as of the biddeadline on Friday, July 13. Theother bidders were the NewBedford-based ArchitecturalConsulting Group, Nepco ofLexington and Pomroy Associ-ates of East Bridgewater.

At last week’s meeting, thePBCC decided to have Coastand Harbor Associates andCompass Project Managementcome in for interviews onThursday, July 26, with Coastand Harbor to meet with theCommittee first at 7:15 p.m.,followed by Compass at 8:15p.m. The Committee decided tosend letters to the companieswhose applications had notmade the cut, informing themof the decision.

Kinsman noted that the bidswere for the job of Owner’sProject Manager (OPM), andthat an architectural firm for theproject would be picked sepa-rately. Ryan previously ex-pressed interest in usingWeston and Sampson ofPeabody, noting that they wereone of a small number of firmsin the state with strong knowl-

edge and experience on publicworks projects, and had im-pressed his department withtheir work in the past.

Weston and Sampson hadprovided conceptual design ser-vices for the planning stages ofthe project. Kinsman said re-taining them for the designphase of the project appearedto be allowable, but that thePBCC wanted to get a cleareridea from them of what thework might cost before givingit the go-ahead.

Ryan and other town offi-cials have been publicly tout-ing the need for an improvedDPW facility for the last sev-eral months, citing numerousproblems with the current facil-ity, including vehicle storagecapacity. $1.2 million in fund-ing for the design phase of theproject was approved by a voteat Norwood’s Annual TownMeeting in May.

Ryan and Assistant TownManager Bernie Cooper previ-ously said the current DPW fa-cility, constructed in 1949, nolonger met the Department’s

needs and, in some cases,needed to be updated to com-ply with modern regulations.Ryan noted, for example, thatthe building did not have washbays for workers to removechemicals from trucks aftersnow removal in the winter,something he said the Depart-ment of Environmental Man-agement (DEM) requires. Headded that most of hisdepartment’s twenty-six ve-hicles did not fit in the DPW’sexisting garage, which had beendesigned before many types ofvehicles currently used wereeven on the market.

Weston and Sampson’s JeffAlbert told the Board of Select-men in January that the projectitself would cost $7.7 million,on top of the $1.2 million inspending for study and plan-ning expenses voted on at thisyear’s Annual Town Meeting.Funding for the constructionphase of the project will even-tually have to be approved viaanother Town Meeting vote.

“Due process was afforded.There was substantial evi-dence to support the commis-sioners’ decision.”

As a result of the flights inquestion, the Airport Commis-sion voted unanimously onApril 6, 2010 to suspendBAC’s commercial licenseuntil June 30, 2010. After thatdate, BAC would have to waitthree months before re-apply-ing for a commercial permit asan initial applicant, which itdid.

Attorney John Davis, whorepresented the town in thematter, said last week that hisclients were happy to hearabout the judge’s decision.

“This is litigation that was

hanging over the town for thelast two years,” Davis said.“So, needless to say, they’revery grateful that the judgeupheld the decision that theyfelt they had to make in orderto protect the public.”

Maguire declined to com-ment on the matter. However,Airport Commission ViceChairman Mark Ryan echoedthat sentiment, saying he waspleased but not particularlysurprised that the town and theAirport’s management hadbeen vindicated.

“We have professionalworkers running the Airport,”Ryan said. “We have five resi-dents [on the Commission]who dedicate their time to dothe right thing. None of us hasan agenda. We just want to runthe Airport as best we can forthe benefit of the town.”

A call to BAC seeking com-ment was not returned. How-ever, the company’s attorney,Matthew Watsky, issued abrief statement on the

company’s behalf, saying hisclient would not challenge theCourt’s decision.

“Following the FAA deci-sion, which found in BAC’sfavor, BAC sought recourse incourt for the financial damagesit incurred,” Watsky said. “Itwas a complex case with manydifferent factors, and after trialthe Superior Court has foundin favor of the Norwood Air-port Commission. Though dis-appointed, BAC accepts theCourt’s judgment. BAC con-tinues to operate out of theNorwood Airport and looksforward to reestablishing apositive working relationshipwith the Commission.”

Davis said he believed theonly count on which an appealwas even possible was the al-leged civil rights violation. Henoted that BAC had been al-lowed to re-apply for a permitafter six months - which thecompany had done - and hadresumed flying in and out ofthe Airport in 2010.

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Hospital to hold hearingDuring his report to the se-

lectmen, Town Manager JohnCarroll noted that a hearingwould be held on August 7 re-garding a proposed expansionof facilities at Norwood Hos-pital. He said the proposed ex-pansion included adding a floorto the Hospital’s Russo Build-ing and construction of a newphysicians’ building.

Carroll noted that theHospital’s owners, StewardHealth Care, had purchased abuilding at the corner of East

Hoyle Street to accommodatethe expansion. He said thatbuilding included the currentlocation of Salon Moda.

Board Chairman MichaelLyons said he was pleased tohear the news, saying that theexpansion demonstrated theHospital’s continued commit-ment to the town despite beingunder the umbrella of a for-profit company. Plasko, how-ever, said he had some concernabout how the availability ofparking on the property wouldbe affected, noting that the

Hospital’s proposal appeared todecrease the number of spacesavailable overall.

Carroll noted that the pro-cess of considering the pro-posal was just beginning, andthat many permits would beneeded. He noted that theproject might be eligible for aTax Increment Financing (TIF)agreement – a type of agree-ment that had helped encouragethe Allston-based Steel Artcompany’s recent decision torelocate to Norwood.


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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.

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hospital.“He’s out, and he sees her

every day at the hospital,”Winstanley said. “He’s makingsure she’s okay.”

Brannelly, meanwhile, hasbeen comatose for some time,but her condition appears to beimproving, Winstanley said. Shewas expected to begin receivingreconstructive surgery for a headinjury she suffered in the crash.

Winstanley previously toldthe Norwood Record thatBrannelly and Rossi’s injurieswould prevent them from beingable to work for some time. Itwas for this reason that she andother friends had worked to-gether to organize both the Aprilfundraiser and the one that willtake place next month.

At the time of the accident,Rossi was commended as a heroby local officials for his actionsimmediately before beingstruck. Police said it was Rossiwho pushed a third victim - a 24-year-old Attleboro woman,whose name they did not release- out of the car’s path, likely pre-venting her from suffering simi-lar injuries.

The driver of the vehicle thatstruck Brannelly and Rossi wasidentified by police only as a 24-year-old Rhode Island woman.Then-Police Chief Bartley Kingsaid the driver told police shehad not consumed any alcoholicbeverages on the night of theaccident - a claim King said ap-peared to be true - and that shedenied being distracted in anyway at the time of the accident.

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which Mr. Stanton perpetuated two years ago. The truth is thatsmear campaigns, in the end, never work. They didn’t workfor Mr. DiMasi and they won’t work for Mr. Stanton.

Yours Faithfully in Public Service,John H. Rogers

State Representative12th Norfolk District

“He has not returned towork,” Grove said. “We con-tinue to send him our good will.”

According to a statement is-sued by Police Chief WilliamBrooks, officers responded toWashington Street at the cornerof Granite Street on Friday, June1 just after 9:00 p.m. for a re-port of a man hit by a vehicle.There, they found “a local phy-sician” with serious injuries, aswell as his heavily damaged bi-cycle in the road. He was de-scribed by police as being in“stable condition.”

Police said the vehicle thatstruck the physician had fled the

scene. They collected evidenceand notified nearby departmentsand local media of the incident,Brooks said.

The next morning, policesaid, a “40-year-old Norwoodman” came to police headquar-ters, saying he believed he had“struck something with his carthe night before.” Officers found“extensive damage” to thevehicle’s right front and wind-shield.

Police said the man facedcharges of negligent operationof a motor vehicle and goingaway after causing serious per-

sonal injury. Since these are notarrestable offenses, police saidit would seek a criminal com-plaint in Dedham District Court.

Police have not released thesuspect’s name to date, andGrasso said he would not do sountil the suspect was arraigned.He said the suspect was ex-pected to appear at Dedham Dis-trict Court on August 7th. Aspokesman for Norfolk CountyDistrict Attorney MichaelMorrissey said he could not lo-cate information on an arraign-ment matching the specifics ofthe case as of press time.


This time it counts.That’s the lame catch phrase

that Major League Baseballused this month, and has usedfor sometime now to refer to itsAll Star game.

While the argument can bemade that the statement is falsewhile regarding the Mid Sum-mer Classic, the statement doesring true for a local baseballteam.

Norwood’s American Le-gion team closed out its regularseason this last week and willbegin trying to capture a statetitle when they start the District6 playoffs this week.

Norwood will host Cohassetin game one of a best of threeseries beginning Tuesday July24th at Balch Field. Game twowill be in Cohasset on Wednes-day night and game three willbe played back at Balch if it isnecessary on Thursday night.

Post 70 will enter as the num-ber one team out of the West di-vision and the number two seedoverall, behind Hyde Park, whobeat Norwood in the “mini”tournament, denying theirchance at a Regional berth.

Despite the loss and the fact

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that an overall national champi-onship will not be possible, astate championship is still wellwithin reach for this Norwoodsquad, who rebounded nicely toclose out the regular season fol-lowing the 14-4 that numberone-seed Hyde Park handedthem in the District 6 title gamejust a few short weeks ago.

Following the loss, managerPaul Smargedils said that histeam “had not brought their Agame,” and had to be betteragainst the quality teams in theDistrict.

The team took theirmanager’s words to heart, going3-1 between July 13th and July22nd to close out the regular sea-son. Norwood grabbed winsover Foxborough, Brooklineand Needham, with their onlyloss being a tough one-run gameagainst Canton. The Needhamgame once again clinched aWest Division championship forNorwood as well.

Entering the post season,Norwood’s strength should be init’s pitching, but when needed,the offense has shown that it canswing the bats when necessaryas well.

During a stretch whereNorwood seemed to be comingback to pull off a miraculous

victory in almost every game itplayed, Smargedlis also notedthat he believed they had “oneof the best defenses in the state,”something that is vastly under-rated by many who watch thegame at a casual rate.

Norwood’s defensive playwill be equally important, if notmore important than its offenseduring these playoffs. The dif-ference between a diving stop inthe hole that prevents a run or atwo-run single could mean ev-erything between an early restof the summer or a trip to a statetitle game.

Balch Field should also be afactor. Balch is one of the nicerfields in the area, and can alsofit a pretty good crowd. Whilea lot of people might not believeit, the atmosphere in a legionbaseball game can actually bebetter than some nights atFenway Park (and a hell of a lotcheaper). You may also seesome better baseball as well,which might not be saying muchrig now, but you get the point.In a baseball rich town, whatmore could you ask for on a 75degree summer night?

Post 70 begins and hopefullycontinues the playoffs this week/weekend.

And this time, it counts.

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Nichols Street resident MichaelMcDonagh said he was happy tosee how the project had pro-gressed overall, but had someconcerns about landscaping workon the site, noting that grass seedon the property had not beenplanted at the best time for opti-mal growth. Brian Jarvis of Com-pass Project Management, whichhas been overseeing the project,said the subcontractor that hadplanted the lawn would be re-sponsible for maintaining it fortwo growing seasons after it isaccepted by a landscape archi-tect.

Jarvis said the lawn had notyet been accepted by a landscape

architect due to its patchy growthand a large concentration of clo-ver. He said the subcontractorplanned to re-seed the lawn inearly fall, and would maintain itin the spring and fall of 2013 if itwas accepted.

Finance Commission Chair-woman Judith Langone had sentan email message asking aboutthe nature of the warranty thetown had on the high schoolwork, which Carroll said is a two-year service warranty. He said allcontractors would replace or re-pair any items covered by war-ranty for a two-year period, thefirst year of which has alreadypassed. This was separate fromany warranties provided bymanufacturers of the equipmentused, which vary in duration.After the warranty expires,Norwood Public Schools will beresponsible for repairs not cov-ered by a warranty.

Much was said during the

meeting about the work that hadbeen successfully completed,with several of those presentpraising the efforts of those whohad been involved in the project.Norwood resident JackMcCarthy, who was appointed asExecutive Director at the Mas-sachusetts School Building Au-thority (MSBA) at the beginningof this year, commended townofficials for the way in whichthey had dealt with the agencythroughout. Others present hadnoted that the MSBA had alsobeen quite helpful to the town onthe project.

“Nobody does what thisproject did when it comes to be-ing open and transparent,”McCarthy said.

“It really was a team effort,”said former School Committeemember Richard Kief. “It was afun [project], because we com-municated and got everythingout.”

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The Norwood Post 70 Legion team will make a run at the state championship beginning this week, startingas the number two seed in District 6.

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SECTION 00 1113 – PUBLIC NOTICE ADVERTISEMENT

The Town of Norwood acting through the Permanent Building Committee, the Awarding Authority, invites Proposals for the NorwoodTown Hall Restoration, 566 Washington Street, Norwood, MA, in accordance with Request for Qualifications prepared by CompassProject Management, Inc on behalf of the Town of Norwood.

Prequalification procedures will be in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 149 of the General Laws of the Commonwealth ofMassachusetts, as amended.

The estimated cost of the project is $2,500,000.

Each Proposal must be accompanied by a copy of a Certificate of Eligibility issued by the Massachusetts Division of Capital AssetManagement showing that the bidder has the classification and capacity rating to perform the work required. In order to be eligibleto bid on this Contract, a bidder must be certified for the estimated project cost of $2,500,000. Each proposal must also be accompaniedby a Contractor Qualification Statement Update. The Awarding Authority will furnish copies of the Contractor Qualification StatementUpdate form to any bidder on request. Any proposal submitted without the appropriate Certificate of Eligibility and ContractorQualification Statement Update shall be invalid. Both General Contractors and Sub-Contractors must be DCAM certified in his/hertrade.

Proposals shall be submitted on a form furnished by the Awarding Authority and clearly identified with the name and address of thebidder, FSB section and the name of the project, and Contract #PBC-13-01 and submitted to:Town of Norwood, Purchasing Department, Norwood Town Hall, 3rd Floor, 566 Washington St, Norwood, MA 02062received no later than the times set forth below.

Proposals for the sub-trades designated below will be received until 11:00 a.m., on Wednesday, August 22, 2012.

Proposals for the General Contract will be received until 11:00 a.m., on Wednesday, August 22, 2012.

All proposals may be mailed or hand-delivered to the above specified receiving address prior to the time specified hereunder, inaccordance with the procedures set forth in the REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS.

General Bidder proposals will be required DCAM certified as Historic MasonFiled sub-proposals will be required and taken for the following classes of work:

SECTION 04 101 – MASONRY

SECTION 07 101 – WATERPROOFING, DAMPPROOFING, & CAULKING

SECTION 07 201 – ROOFING AND FLASHING

For technical questions contact Dale Gienapp, AIA, Gienapp Design Associates, Inc. [email protected] or 508750-9062

For questions pertaining to Prequalification’s procedures contact Catherine Carney, Contract Administrator, [email protected] or 781 762-1240, Extension 107.

Request for Qualifications (RFQ) documents will be available after 11:00am on Wednesday, August 1, 2012 for pick-up atNorwood Town Hall. The RFQ may be requested electronically at [email protected] or [email protected].

A pre-bid conference/walk through will not be held for this RFQ process.

Notice of the Awarding Authorities decision will be available after September 18, 2012. The final Construction Documents will beavailable to the successfully Prequalified bidders around September 26, 2012.

BY: William Kinsman, ChairmanPermanent Building Construction Committee Norwood Record, 7/26/12

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Public Hearing NoticeNorwood Planning Board

Pursuant to Mass General Law 40A, Section 9 and Section 6.2.6.1.B and 10.5 of theNorwood Zoning Bylaws, the Norwood Planning Board will hold a Public Hearing onMonday, August 13, 2012 at 7:15 P.M. in Room 12, Norwood Town Hall, 566Washington Street concerning the Special Permit and Site Plan Approval requests foran illuminated and electronically moving barber shop pole sign at 721 WashingtonStreet (Map 2, Sheet 10, Lot 7). The applicant is Robert Stephens, 721 WashingtonStreet, proprietor of Roberts Barber Shop. The property owner is Triantos Thomas,198 Curve Street, Dedham, MA 02026. Plans of the new signage are on file in theOffice of Community Planning and Economic Development at Town Hall and may bereviewed during normal business hours.Debbie Holmwood, Clerk

Norwood Record, 7/19/12, 7/26/12

Public Hearing NoticeNorwood Planning Board

Pursuant to Mass General Law 40A, Section 9 and Section 6.2.16.3 and 10.5 of theNorwood Zoning Bylaws, the Norwood Planning Board will hold a Public Hearing onMonday, August 13, 2012 at 8:00 P.M. in Room 12, Norwood Town Hall, 566Washington Street concerning the Special Permit and Site Plan Approval request foradditional signage at 511 Washington Street. The owner/applicant is Anthony Delapa,511 Washington Street, Norwood, MA 02062. (Map 1, Sheet 10, Lot 8) Plans of thenew signage are on file in the Office of Community Planning and EconomicDevelopment at Town Hall and may be reviewed during normal business hours.

Debbie Holmwood, ClerkNorwood Record, 7/19/12, 7/26/12

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Police LogsDEATHSEDWARDS

Georgia (Pasco), 93, of Norwood, on July 19. Beloved motherto Carol J. Edwards, with whom she resided in Norwood, andby her dear sister, Demetra “Janet” Pasco, with whom she alsoresided. She is also survived by her dear sister-in-law, CatherinePasco of West Roxbury, and many cherished nieces and neph-ews, including her close nephews, Robert Pasco of West Roxburyand David of Concord. Funeral arrangements by the GilloolyFuneral Home, Norwood. Interment will follow in HighlandCemetery, Norwood. Memorial contributions may be made inGeorgia’s memory to the Alzheimer’s Association, MA/NHChapter, 311 Arsenal Street, Watertown, MA 02472.www.alzmass.org.

GAIGALPeter P., Jr., 90, a lifelong resident of Norwood, on July 19.

World War II US Army Air Force Veteran. Beloved husband ofAnna N. (Kulbock) Gaigal. Devoted father of Linda A. Cyr andher husband Michael of Mansfield and the late David P. Gaigal.Cherished grandfather of Danielle Cyr of N. Attleboro andMichael Cyr of NY. Brother of the late Ann Gaigal and MildredGrubenskas. Son of the late Peter and Ursula (Medvaskas)Gaigal. Funeral arrangements by the Kraw-Kornack FuneralHome, Norwood. Burial will be at Highland Cemetery Norwood.In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his name to Aplas-tic Anemia and MDS International Foundation, 100 Park Av-enue, Rockville, MD 20850.

MESSIERDorothy J. (Smith), 82, of Norwood, on July 19. Beloved

widow of Wilfred J. Messier, she was the beloved mother ofMark J. Messier of Norwood, and Guy M. Messier of Brewster,dear sister of Mary Bessette of Pawtucket, RI, Judy Meridith ofLouisville, KY, and John Smith of Cumberland, RI, and aunt toseveral nieces and nephews. Dorothy was a past president of theNorwood Catholic Women’s Club. Funeral arrangements by theGillooly Funeral Home, Norwood. Interment will follow at Mt.St. Mary’s Cemetery in Pawtucket, RI. Memorial contributionsmay be made in Dorothy’s memory to the Alzheimer’s Associa-tion , MA/NH Chapter, 311 Arsenal Street, Watertown, MA02472. www.alzmass.org.

The Norwood Record publishes obituaries from information sup-plied by funeral homes. Relatives and friends also may supplementinformation by e-mailing to [email protected] by Mondayat 1 p.m. Photos also will be accepted.

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Tuesday July 170317 phone - Threats Location/ad-

dress: Day St Caller states a vehiclewith VA. plates has been drivingcircles around her house and yelledthreats to do her harm. N664,n667responded, checked the area andspoke with caller.

1240 911 - Susp person spoken toLocation/address: Shaws Super-market - Nahatan St Caller reportsman walking down street with noshirt on and pants hanging low.N666 sent and spoke with man.N666 Reports man homeless.Negative for warrants and spokento before being sent on his way. Of-ficer Mahoney spoke with callerwho is satisfied.

1304 911 - Missing person assistedparty Location: Salvation ArmyMother calls in stating she can’t findher son. Child’s Name is CJj, white4 year old boy with curly blondehair. N668, n662, n664, n665 andmc5 sent. Walpole and state policenotified as well. N668 reports childfound safe in store hiding under atable.

1502 phone - Auto theft Location/ad-dress: Boch New to You - Bos-ProvHwy Customer’s car stolen approx20 minutes ago. Ma 2kdk50. Of-ficer investigating. Possible ownerstole it back as owes for repair. 1996

Town and County Chrysler. Purple.1533 walk-in - Threats Location/ad-

dress: Olde Derby Village - OldeDerby Rd Manager received threatsdirected to her while she was onvacation.

1739 phone - Susp person services ren-dered Location/address: CVS Phar-macy - Nahatan St Caller reportedthree parties in a gray Intrepid pcpossibly doing drugs. Female partyleft the scene, two male parties stillon scene away from the vehicle.Officer reported parties stopped atMobile on Washington Street andconsented to search. Nothing sus-picious found.

1859 initiated - Harassment restrain-ing legal service made Location/address: Sturtevant Ave Officerserved harassment prevention orderto family member of defendant.

1944 911 - Report of fight spoken toLocation/address: Sturtevant AveCaller reported group of girls fight-ing. Officer reported two girls try-ing to get the attention of anothergroup down The street, no fight oc-curred.

2009 911 - Report of fight spoken toLocation/address: Engamore LnCaller reported possible fight. Of-ficer reported no fight occurred, twojuveniles rough housing.

2049 phone - Susp activity groupmoved Location/address:Engamore Ln Caller states kidshanging out near shed. Officer spoketo kids, sent them on there way.

2057 phone - Disturbance Location/address: Roosevelt Ave Caller statespeople yelling behind her house.N663 locates all parties & spoke toall parties. Report to be filed overfamily medical issue.

2213 911 - Drunk person Location/address: Nahatan St Caller reportedpossible overdose. Norwood fireresponded. Officer on scene re-ported party intoxicated and placedinto protective custody. Subject re-leased to a family member.

Wednesday July 180626 phone - Larceny services ren-

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dered Location/address: Boch Newto You - Bos-Prov Hwy BillSwanson stated that on his way towork he noticed a vehicle that wastaken from the lot yesterday wasparked at The customer’s residence.N665,n663 responded and also pre-sented owner with copy of billwhich she will pay today. Ref. Call:12-9196 7/17/2012 cancelled inleaps.

0855 phone - Assist citizen servicesrendered Location/address: JohnDellaria - Broadway St Caller re-ports door to salon appears to bebroken. Officer spoke to customerwho opened door aggressively andaccidentally broke glass on door.

1303 phone - Found syringe servicesrendered Location/address: Wash-ington St + Neponset St DPW re-ports found needle. N665 sent andrecovers same.

1603 phone - Drunk person Location/address: Fashon Carpets - Broad-way Caller reported two femalesslumped over. Norwood firereponded. Officer reported oneparty placed into protective custody,Released to family member. Referto p/c: 12-685-ar Juvenile protec-tive custody Age: 15 Charges: pro-tective custody

1846 911 - Susp person spoken toLocation/address: Pendergast CirCaller reported homeless malewalking near roadway with pantsfalling down. Officers spoke withparty, subject is wearing pants andis heading out of town.

1913 911 - Motor vehicle accidentLocation/address: Rock St + Pleas-ant St Caller reports mva pleasantstreet at Rock Street. N679, N662,and NFD respond. Officer issuedcitation. Summons: Bornhorst, Ja-son R Address: 185 Pleasant StNorwood Dob: 03/02/1984Charges: negligent operation ofmotor vehicle Unlicensed operationof mv Signal, fail to

Thursday July 191102 walk-in - Unwanted party spo-

ken to Location/address: DunkinDonuts - Nahatan St Citizens statesunwanted homeless man hangingaround. Officers spoke with home-less man and moved him along.

1146 phone - Unwanted party spokento Location/address: Dunkin Do-nuts - Nahatan St Caller states un-wanted homeless man has returnedand is bothering customers. Offic-ers spoke with homeless man wasmoved along.

1404 walk-in - Threats Location/ad-dress: Phillips Ave

1613 phone - Violation of town by-law area search negative Location/address: Blossom St + Autumn StIce cream truck moving with mu-sic on. Unable to locate.

1618 phone - Larceny Location/ad-

dress: Village Rd E Larceny ofmoney. Report filed.

2150 phone - Disturbance spoken toLocation/address: Oxford Rd Callerreports kids yelling towards neigh-bors house that they owe themmoney. All parties spoken too, mis-understanding, matter resolved.

2225 radio - Harassment restrainingorder legal service made Location/address: Savin Ave Attempt to serveharassment order. Served in hand.

2245 phone - Noise complaint spokento Location/address: Stratford RdCaller reports power blinked off andback on and sounds of gun shots,and then people outside arguing.Fireworks in area, caller’s boyfriendarrived she is no longer frightened.

2308 phone - Drunk person Location/address: Washington St Neighborreports female in # is out of controland dk. As a result of this call fe-male brought to station for pc. S/m55293.5 @2325 hrs. E/m 55295.0@2327 hrs.

Saturday July 210051 phone - Noise complaint spoken

to Location/address: St Joseph Ave+ Washington St Caller reports agroup of girls outside singing, keep-ing him up. N665,n663 responded.

0203 911 - Noise complaint spokento Location/address: Dean St Callerreports hearing what sounded likegun shots coming from behind hishome. Another call stating samething. N677,n665 responded. Sidestreets checked. Officers report itwas fireworks set off @ 6 driftwood.Party setting them Off had left thehouse.

1246 walk-in - Assist citizen assistedparty Location/address: RailroadAve Caller found bike on property.

1908 phone - Disturbance Location/address: Nichols St Caller states 3adults arguing in roadway , swear-ing and possibly intoxicated in frontof temple entrance. N665,n666responded.verbal in nature. N665transported female to tstop to get thebus. St. Mil: 28486 @ 19:30. / end.Mil: 28488 @ 19:34. N664 trans-ported 2 males to Washington St. &Walnut ave.

2221 phone - Noise complaint spokento Location/address: St Paul AveCaller reports neighbors blaringmusic. N662,n666 responded. spo-ken to and advised.

2343 initiated - Susp activity spokento Location/address: David TerCaller reports hearing a male sing-ing and is trying to sleep. N 7 re-sponded and checked the area andlocated Party at Margaret St. Spo-ken to and advised he is keeping hisneighbor’s up.

Sunday July 221154 phone - Report of fire services

rendered Location/address:

Westover Pkwy Resident reportsher fence damaged by fire lastnight, unknown if it was a delib-erate act. N677 and fire reportscigarette caused small fire inwooded area no damage to fenceor reporting party’s property.

1446 phone - Mischief (kids) areasearch negative Location/ad-dress: Pleasant St Report kids ina gray car traveling towardsWalpole threw water balloon athis truck as he was crossing townline into Norwood. Bolo to carsand Walpole pd. N666 checkedarea-goa.

1903 phone - Susp person could notlocate Location/address: PleasantPl 07/22/2012 1913 Wilman,Shawn Caller reports male partygoing door to door selling “DeathInsurance”. Male described aswhite male, 6’2", has a “twitch”,driving a gray four door vehiclewith CT plates. N664 sent to in-vestigate. Vehicle found in frontof 163 Sunnyside Ave. N662 sentalso to assist. Checked area un-able to find operator. Was able toobtain operator’s phone numberfrom local police department inhis town. CT plate does not be-long to the male party selling“Death Insurance”, it belongs tohis daughter who is a local col-lege student. Male party selling“death insurance” is Goa.

1906 911 - Susp activity gone onarrival Location/address:Norwood Airport Parking Lot -Access Rd Pilot taking off reportsmale party “casing cars”. Maledescribed as white male, in his50s, salt and pepper hair, wear-ing a white hat, black pants, andhorizontal striped shirt. N665 andn667 sent to investigate. Offic-ers checked interior and exteriornothing found. Tower alerted toactivity.

2159 phone - Disturbance spokento Location/address: Nichols St

+ Winter St Report female walkingon sidewalk, male in black pick-uptruck riding alongside, both yelling.N662 stops ma pc on Marlboro St,spoke to both parties. They are ac-quaintances, had disagreement, noproblem, parties left together.

Monday July 231015 phone - Mischief (kids) Loca-

tion/address: Codman Rd Callerreports kids hanging out in emptyhouse that is for sale. 3 kids locatedoutside, id’d and brought home toparents.

1042 radio - Susp activity Location/address: River St

1241 911 - Larceny services renderedLocation/address: Austin St Callerreports two females possibly at-tempted to take vegetables from hisgarden. N666 responded and spokewith the females. Caller satisfied.

1752 phone - Disturbance area searchnegative Location/address: BakerAve Caller reports two males fight-ing. No shirts, one has jean shorts,the other has gym shorts or its a bath-ing suit. Area checked goa.

1758 phone - Susp activity spoken toLocation/address: St John AveComplainant reports her neighborhas a video camera aimed in theirback yard. Officer spoke to all par-ties, security camera pointing atdriveway, no audio. Complainantadvised.

1906 phone - Larceny Location/ad-dress: Sturtevant Ave + WashingtonSt Caller reporting vehicle brokeninto and wallet stolen, n662 res ing.Wallet found with money taken onstreet in area of Washington Street.N662 returned wallet.

1909 walk-in - Lost and found servicesrendered Location/address: Wash-ington St Found wallet brought tostation and proper paperwork filed.Officer Gulla took wallet back toowner. Wallet stolen from vehicleand officer Gulla filed report onsame.

2000 911 - Assist citizen spoken toLocation/address: Murphy Field -Pleasant St Caller reports kids us-ing foul language on basketballcourt, N663 responding to speakwith them. N663 reports kids spo-ken to.

2015 phone - Noise complaint spokento Location/address: MartignettiLiquor - University Ave Caller re-ports people riding dirt bikes in thewooded area around the property.Officer spoke to parties, sent on theirway.

2141 phone - Mischief (kids) groupmoved Location/address:McDonalds - Broadway St Kids be-ing obnoxious to customers. Ridingbikes and swearing. Kids sent ontheir way.

2150 phone - Threats Location/ad-dress: Engamore Ln Caller reportshis roommate threatened to “kill”him if he ratted him out. Caller stateshe has weed in apt and wants nopart of it. Ro served to defendantand he has vacated property.

2200 phone - Larceny spoken to Lo-cation/address: Jefferson Dr Callerreports a friend stole from the house.Item is pack of cigarettes. Subjectadvised to speak to father who isasleep, to be sure item is stolen. Ifthey still want to file report in morn-ing, Off Mahoney will do so.

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The Record BookTHE NORWOODLACROSSE CLUB

The Norwood Lacrosse Club is pro-viding a $500 scholarship opportunity toall graduating varsity lacrosse players. Topick up an application for the scholarshipvisit Bob Wallace at 72 Margaret Roadby August 1st.

DAY OF HOPEBENEFIT CARNIVAL

On Friday, July 27, from 10 a.m. to 2p.m. at Hawes’ Pool. FM Play camp,South Play camp, Jr. Play camp; Just forTeens, and Camp Challenger will be inattendance, as well as people from thepublic and Heroes (a School Dept pro-gram). We will have a Video Game The-ater, NFD is providing a radar gun forSpeed Pitch, pony rides, ice cream eatingcontest donated by Sugar Cone, MCNicole Breen will be providing musicwith the help of DJ Mike Hohmann’sequipment, cotton candy, dunk tank,moonwalk provided by DifferRentals. Sofar we have received a donation fromMortgage Master. The fee is $5 per per-son and proceeds benefit the Circle ofHope Foundation.NO BIKE? NO PROBLEM! HEL-MET REQUIRED THOUGH

On Saturday, July 28 from 11 a.m. -4 p.m. Meet at Norwood Central trainstation in time to catch the 11:10 a.m. trainto Boston. All riders welcome - you willsign a waiver and join the club (free) be-fore the ride.

This is a beginner’s ride. Riders with-out bikes, or those curious to try theHubway system, will rent Hubway bikesat Charles/MGH T station. We will pro-ceed along the Esplanade via the PaulDudley Warner bike path at a very lei-surely pace. You pay all incidental costs.$4 cash for parking at Norwood Centralif needed, $13.50 cash for train fare; bringcredit or debit card for T fare ($5) and

Hubway bike rental ($11). Back atNorwood Central by 3:53 p.m. PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED. Full de-tails at Bike Club website,bikenorwood.com, call Dan at 781 762-4240, or email [email protected].

ABUNDANT TABLEOn Wednesday and Friday: Abun-

dant Table - 5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. If you orsomeone you know is hungry, and wouldenjoy a free hot meal, please join us atthe Abundant Table, 100 Winter Street,Norwood. 978-501-1264.

THE NATIONALALLIANCE FOR THE MENTALLYILL SOUTH NORFOLK

Will hold its monthly meeting inCafeteria B of the Lorusso Building atNorwood Hospital at 7 p.m. on Thurs-day August 2nd. Mental illness is a labelfor a variety of diseases of the brain. Of-ten it strikes in late adolescence, devas-tating the afflicted person and the family.The Alliance is composed of such fami-lies who find mutual support and join to-gether to advocate for their loved ones.

We welcome all families in the SouthNorfolk Area who are dealing with men-tal illness and their loved ones. For fur-ther information call 508-668-2941.

NORWOOD HIGH SCHOOLALUMNI CHOIR

The Norwood High School AlumniChoir celebrates 10 YEARS of creatingbeautiful music together with “Our Great-est Hits,” two evening performances onWednesday July 25 and Thursday July26 at the Emmanuel Lutheran Church onBerwick Street. Under the direction ofCatherine Connor-Moen, Director of FineArts for Norwood Public Schools, thechoir is made up of graduates fromNorwood High School’s music programwho gather every summer to share their

love of music and reminisce about thedays spent at the school on the hill. Thisyear’s program includes traditional spiri-tuals, contemporary hymns and thegroup’s beloved closer, “The Irish Bless-ing”. The concerts will begin at 7:30 p.m.with a reception to follow. Admission isfree and open to the public.

THE AMERICANRED CROSS

Will hold several community blooddrives during the month of August. Alleligible and new blood donors are encour-aged to give blood. Blood donors areneeded everyday to ensure an adequateblood supply for patients in need. InAugust, all presenting donors in Augustwill receive a coupon for a free 57.6 ozcontainer of any variety of Turkey HillSunBrew(tm) Iced Tea.

To make an appointment to donateblood, please call 1-800-RED CROSS(1-800-733-2767) or log ontoredcrossblood.org. Saturday, August 18,Norwood Police/Fire Station. From 9:00a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Located at 137 NahatanStreet, Norwood. Prizes are non transfer-able and not redeemable for cash.

WCC THRIFTSHOP SUMMER HOURS

During July and August, Thrift Shophours are Wednesday, 6:00 p.m. - 8:00p.m., Thursday, 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. &Saturday 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Normalhours resume after Labor Day.EMMANUEL LUTHERANCHURCH’S VACATION BIBLESCHOOL

Children attending EmmanuelLutheran Church’s Vacation Bible School(VBS) will be going on an AmazingDesert Journey. This exciting VacationBible School is for everyone between theages of 4 and Grade 6. The fun beginson August 6 and continues through Au-

gust 10. Sessions run from 9 a.m. to nooneach day. The church is located at 24Berwick St. in Norwood. Each day thechildren will learn about God’s love andhow He provides for their lives now andin eternity through Jesus, His Son, ourSavior! Kids meet friends, explore Biblestories, do activities, sing songs, makecrafts, play games and eat snacks. Formore information or to register for VBS,call the church office at 781-762-9457.The office is open from 9 a.m.-2 p.m.,Tuesday through Friday. Registrations aredue in the church office by July 29. Don’tdelay! Register today! See you at theAmazing Desert Journey.

EMMANUEL LUTHERANCHURCH SUMMER SUNDAYSCHEDULE

8:45 a.m. Formal Worship with HolyCommunion

10:00 a.m. Fellowship10:30 a.m. Contemporary Worship

with Holy Communion(Summer schedule: June 1st through

Labor Day)

HOME WITH FREDHOLLAND DAY

Ongoing Sunday tours, from 1:00 -4:00 p.m. Tours feature a special Curator’sExhibit “At Home with Fred HollandDay,” demonstrating multiple facets ofthe artist’s personal and professional de-velopment behind and beyond his pho-tographic career: Day in Early Years, Daythe Book Publisher, Day the Home Reno-vator, Day the Collector, and Day the His-toric Preservationist.

NORWOOD 2012FARMERS’ MARKET

The Town of Norwood would like

to extend a warm welcome to our newlydesigned 2012 Farmers’ Market. Ap-proximately eleven vendors will be a partof this initiative beginning June 19 andrunning through October 30. The mar-ket will be open from 12:00-6:00 p.m.each Tuesday conveniently located onNorwood Town Common. The commit-tee has worked diligently this off-seasonto secure diverse offerings to the com-munity including: Ward’s Farm; Web ofLife Organic; Silverbrook Farm;Oliodimelli; Fresh Catch, Inc.; FoxboroCheese Company; John Crow Farm;Hearth Wood Fired Bread; and LangwaterFarm. Daily products will include certi-fied organic produce, fresh fire bakedbreads, cheese, eggs, meat, fish, olive oilsand wines. Please stop by and supportthe Norwood Farmers’ Market this sea-son. The Norwood Farmers’ Market isproud to announce The Bank of Cantonas their major sponsor for the 2012 sea-son with a generous donation fromDedham Medical Associates.

NORWOOD MEALSON WHEELS CAN HELP

Norwood Meals on Wheels, Inc. is anon-profit organization established inNorwood in 1975 to assist individuals inthe Norwood community. Since our in-ception Norwood Meals on Wheels hasbeen able to provide nutritious, hot mealsto those who are homebound or are un-able to prepare meals for themselves dueto age illness, injury, disability or conva-lescence. If you or anyone you know is inneed of a hot lunchtime meal, let us be ofservice to you. For more information orto sign up for our program please contactLisa Drummey at 781-769-9061.

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