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Norwood Fire Chief George Morrice (left photo) and Police Chief William Brooks (middle photo) got their COVID-19 vaccinationsfrom Norwood Health Department Assistant Director Stacey Lane on Monday. In the right photo, Norwood Health DepartmentDirector Sigalle Reiss (left) and Selectmen Chair Bill Plasko (Right) spoke during the morning event.. PHOTOS BY JEFF SULLIVAN

Police and Fire Chiefs receive Moderna vaccineJefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

Both Norwood Fire Department(NFD) Chief George Morrice andNorwood Police Department (NPD)Chief William Brooks rolled up theirsleeves and got their first shot of theModerna COVID-19 vaccine on Jan.11 at the Norwood Public Safety Build-ing.

The event was part of a kick off ofthe part 3 roll out of the first phase ofMassachusetts’ vaccine distributionplan. Chief Morrice pulled up his regu-lar sleeves and took the first shot, fol-lowed by Brooks with a t-shirt coveredby his body armor. Brooks said that ifany of the photographers and reportersat the event wanted the “gun show,”then they would have to refer toMorrice’s time in the vaccine chair.

Both Morrice and Brooks said theywould be returning in a month to gettheir follow up shot.

“This is a very exciting and I thinkhistoric day here in Norwood,” saidBoard of Selectmen Chair Bill Plaskoat the event. “We begin the end of theCOVID-19 pandemic here in Norwood.Since the first positive cases were re-ported back in March, including our

own General Manager Tony Mazzucco,front line workers and our Health De-partment, fire department and policedepartment have done a tremendousjob to keep the spread slow.”

Both Brooks and Morrice said theshot itself, which was administered byNorwood Assistant Health DepartmentDirector and Registered Nurse StaceyLane, was not very painful. Health De-partment Director Sigalle Reiss said thevaccines will be available to eligiblefirst responders in the area on a first-come first-serve basis. Both Brooksand Morrice said most of their respec-tive departments, about 120 officers,firefighters, EMTs, paramedics andsupport staff, have already or will besigning up to get the vaccine.

“We look forward to the time in thenear future when we can give the vac-cine to Norwood Town employees andresidents as we continue the fightagainst COVID-19,” Reiss said. “Aslocal public health experts, we are ex-perienced in vaccine administration,and have been training for mass vacci-nations for over 15 years as part of ourroutine pandemic planning... This isnow a significant light at the end of thetunnel.”

Brooks said this was the first time

in his life he was looking forward togetting a shot.

“I feel like so far with Covid, we’vebeen on defense, like stand back, weara mask, don’t go places, and this feelsa little more like offense,” he said.“This is an opportunity for us to killthe virus and go on offense. As a po-lice chief my duties are to protect thepublic, but also to protect my person-nel. I expect the vast majority of mypolice officers to get this. I hope thatthey do.”

Morrice said there were about twoor three cases of COVID-19 detectedwithin the department, but he said theytook precautions by splitting up andisolating shifts to minimize exposure.Brooks said the NPD did the same.

“After that we didn’t have any posi-tive Covid cases then,” Morrice said.

Brooks said while there are someofficers who feel they will wait and seewith the vaccine, the vast majority willtake it as soon as they can. He addedthat down the line if it becomes a re-quirement for first responders as setdown by a higher authority, the depart-ment will look at that requirement ifand when it happens. He said he per-

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Housing densitymay be requiredat train stations

JefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

The Norwood Planning Boardmet on Jan. 11 and discussed a billpassed by the Massachusetts legis-lature last week that would requirecities and towns in Massachusettsto designate at least one districtaround MBTA stations for multi-family zoning use as-of-right.

The Housing Choice legislation,as it is called, was included in thelast economic development bill(House Bill 5250, line 1312) de-tailed the possible new zoning re-quirement. Types of stations includea bus terminal, ferry station or aCommuter Rail station to have atleast one district “of reasonablesize” within a half-mile of the sta-tion where multi-family housingcould be built without any zoningcode variances or special permits.The housing is also required not tohave an age restriction and have adensity of at least 15 units per acre.

“That’s one of the hooks to thislegislation that I think is going toget a lot of attention and it’s defi-nitely going to be controversial,”said Town Planner Paul Halkiotis.“The law does charge (the Massa-chusetts Department of Housing andCommunity Development [DHCD])with coming up with operating regu-lations, and so there’s some bigblanks there on how this is going towork until DHCD comes up withsome regulations.”

Halkiotis said he is concernedabout this legislation, because if amunicipality does not comply withthe law it would lose access to stateinfrastructure and housing grants.But one big issue that Norwood will

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The Mill Pond Dam removal could remake this stream into a more vi-brant area.

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ConCom approves Modernaexpansion, removal of Mill Pond Dam

MarMarMarMarMary Ellen Gambony Ellen Gambony Ellen Gambony Ellen Gambony Ellen GambonStaff Reporter

The Norwood ConservationCommission (ConCom) ap-proved by a unanimous 6-0 votethe request made by ModernaLLC to expand its building inorder to ramp up its productionof the COVID-19 vaccine at itsmeeting on Wed. Jan. 6. It alsoapproved 6-0 a proposal to goforward with the project to re-move the Mill Pond Dam,pending the approval of the or-der of conditions at its nextmeeting.

Holly Jones, the Town En-vironmental Planner and Con-servation Agent, explained thatModerna has come before anumber of Town staff members,including the Planning Board,asking for permission to expandits facility. This action cameabout after Moderna was giventhe emergency authorization toproduce the COVID-19 vac-

cine.“This expansion is to help

them increase their vaccine pro-duction capacity,” she said.“The area of the expansion thatis proposed is not within a wet-land resource area or the bufferzone to a wetland resourcearea.”

One of the previous ordersof condition requires Modernato come before ConCom when-ever they propose a change tothe plot plan. They alreadywere granted a 30-day emer-gency certification by ChairSteve Washburn to begin earthwork because of “the immedi-ate threat to health and safety,”which also was ratified unani-mously.

“This expansion will enableus to produce the vaccine,which we’ve already commit-ted to the United States govern-ment,” noted Bankim Patel,representing Moderna. He saidthe work will be on the north-

east corner of the building.Civil engineer Brandon

Barry explained that a lot con-struction will take place on landthat is used for delivery andvehicular access. This will re-sult in about 700 square feet ofnew pervious area, which willallow for better absorption ofstormwater.

“Overall, I think from aCommission standpoint, I thinkit’s a pretty simple project,” hesaid. “We’re not making anydirect impacts to any of thewetland resource areas or theirbuffers. We’re working withindisturbed areas. We’ll be pro-viding appropriate erosion con-trols around the limited distur-bance. And we’re making im-provements to the rate and qual-ity of runoff anticipated by thesite.”

After the approvals,ConCom members expressedgratitude to Moderna for work-ing to combat the coronavirus.

“Thank you to the Norwoodfolks for the immense partner-ship you’ve shown over the lastthree or four years,” Patel re-plied.

The other matter discussedwas the removal of the MillPond Dam and the relocation ofthe stream in order to restoreconnectivity and the habitat to

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Selectmen support airport fixand earlier TM start time


The Norwood Board of Se-lectmen met on Tuesday, Jan.12 and voted to transfer$35,000 from the reserve fundto fix the damage caused by arecent car collision at theNorwood Memorial Airport.

Norwood Airport ManagerRuss Maguire detailed the in-cident to the board, in which awoman drove an SUV right intoGate 1 on the tarmac.

“This made the news, mostpeople have seen at least thephotos or heard mention of thesecurity breach,” he said. “Amotorist ran through VehicleSecurity Gate Number 1, whichis adjacent to FlightLevel’s pas-senger terminal. This prompteda response by Airport Manage-ment, FlightLevel, our air traf-fic control tower personnel,Norwood Police and Fire, andultimately the TransportationSecurity Administration.”

Maguire said the motoristliterally demolished the gateand damaged some securitycameras installed on it.

“She drove at a high rate ofspeed south along the NorthSouth Taxi lane inside thefence, which is n aircraft oper-ating area and she then droveoff the pavement into the wet-lands,” she said.

Maguire said NorwoodFirefighters went into the wet-lands in exposure suits to ex-tricate the vehicle. He addedduring that time that all run-ways were shut down and alltraffic at the airport was halted.

“This is something we dowhenever we have an event likethis, it’s a precaution to preventthe police and or fire vehiclesfrom inadvertently moving ontoan active runway or taxiway,”he said. “The only aircraft op-erating during the event werethe news copters and I believethere was one or several privatehelicopters as well.”

Maguire said after a fewhours they were able to reopenthe runways. He said the secu-rity gate, the electronic gateoperating system and cameraswere all damaged during theincident and will have to be re-

placed.“There are some connectiv-

ity issues right now with theentire access control system,”he said. “In the interim our gateservice provider along with ourAssistant Airport ManagerMark Raymond removed thedamaged gate and replaced itwith an old gate which, for nowat least, provides a static bar-rier.”

Maguire said the $35,000would cover the damage to thegate, the security cameras andthe operating system.

Selectmen Chair Bill Plaskosaid the Norwood FinanceCommission approved thetransfer the previous night, butthey wanted the Board of Se-lectmen to support the move.Selectman Helen Abdallah-Donohue asked why they’re notwaiting for the insurancemoney.

“Hopefully it will be re-placed by insurance funds,”said Plasko.

Selectman Hajjar said hesupported the transfer butwanted to see if there was any-thing they could do after thisaccident to prevent futurecrashes from hurting the secu-rity system.

“Are we looking at anythingto help us minimize future dam-age?” he asked.

Town Manager TonyMazzucco said it would be dif-ficult to prepare for an incidentlike this.

“I’ll let Russ handle that, butthe short answer is no,” he said.“This wasn’t a case of an auto-mobile accident. The personhad a bit of a problem and theyintentionally drove and crashedtheir car into the gate. It’s anactive gate. We designed thegate. It’s sort of when some-body is looking to intentionallyram their car into something, itwouldn’t really work.”

Hajjar pointed out that cam-eras might be relocated sothey’re not vulnerable to acrash.

“I’m just looking for anyalternative,” he said.

Maguire pointed out that thecamera in question was actuallynot on the gate but on a differ-ent pole.

“The gate was hit so hard

and the action of the gate liftedoff of its supports andwhiplashed into the pole thesecurity camera was on,” hesaid.

Mazzucco said they wouldlook into alternative locationsfor cameras. The Board votedunanimously to support thetransfer.

In other news, the Boardvoted unanimously to hold thevirtual Town Meeting sched-uled for Feb. 4 at an earlier timethan usual.

“We typically post the meet-ings for 7:30 p.m., it is beingsuggested that we post themeeting at 6:30 p.m.,” saidPlasko. “We think setting up theremote might take a little moreexercise and take a little moretime to handle some of the me-chanics of the meeting thatmight add time, and so it’s agood idea if we at least try toget started earlier.”

The Board voted to start theFeb. 4 Town Meeting at 6 p.m.

Also at the meeting, MiddleSchool Building CommitteeChair Alan Slater came in toupdate the Board on the statusof the project. Currently, thecommittee is working with theMassachusetts School BuildingAuthority (MSBA) on a pro-posed replacement of theCoakley Middle School on thesame site. The hope is thatwhen design is completed andconstruction has started, theMSBA will reimburse theTown for some of the construc-tion costs for the school (in the

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Collins calls it a career

Norwood Light Superintendent James Collins Jr.

Norwood Light Electricand Broadband congratulatesSuperintendent James F.Collins Jr. on his retirement. Superintendent Collins’ ser-vice to the Town of Norwoodends today after 48 years ofdedicated and illustrious ser-vice.

Jim has been with theLight Department since start-ing as a Northeastern Univer-sity Co-op in 1973 and hasbeen an integral part of thesuccess and evolution of thedepartment over these years. He has spearheaded manyprojects that have advancedthe Department, includingthe creation of NorwoodLight Broadband, the expan-sion of the distribution sys-tem with the construction ofthe Ellis Avenue Substation,and most recently, the open-ing of the new facility at Ac-cess Road.

In speaking with Jim, his

best stories always involve thepeople he has worked with overthe years and relationships builtwith other employees. He hasbeen an example and mentor to

many here and his everydaypresence will be missed by all. On behalf of all the NLEB staffwe wish Jim a safe, happy andhealthy retirement.

District Attorney Michael W.Morrissey did not let Norwood’sdeparting Deputy Police ChiefPeter F. Kelly, Jr. slip into retire-ment without a formal, and for-midable, thank you.

“Across 33 years, Peter hasbeen an exceptional police of-ficer, leader, and a driving forcenot just in Norwood but acrossNorfolk County and indeed thestate,” District AttorneyMorrissey said.

“From helping families im-pacted by substance use disor-der and overdose to serving asexecutive officer for a regionalcybercrime lab combatting childexploitation and financialcrimes, Peter’s leadership haschanged and saved lives,” Dis-trict Attorney Morrissey said.

Deputy Chief Kelly retiredfrom his position at the NorwoodPolice to assume the private sec-tor position of Deputy Chief of

DA Morrissey congratulates retiringDeputy Chief Kelly

District Attorney Michael W. Morrissey, left, met with retiring Norwood Deputy Police Chief Peter KellyWednesday and surprised him with an Official Citation from the office for his many years of leadershipand service. COURTESY PHOTO

Police and Security for Brighamand Women’s Hospital, which in-cludes campuses in Norwood,Foxborough, Needham,Weymouth, and Westwood.

“Peter Kelly worked veryclosely with my office trainingpolice and first responders in theuse of naloxone, the opiate over-dose reversal drug, that is nowstandard equipment in every Nor-folk County Police Department,saving innumerable lives,”Morrissey said. “We also fundedthe effort he helped lead to expandoverdose information sharing andresponse programs across com-munities.”

Kelly worked tirelessly to re-cruit all 28 police departments inNorfolk County to participate inan important initiative that allowspolice departments to share infor-mation after an overdose so thelocal police department can reachout to the affected family and pro-

vide needed support, educationand resources. After the successin Norfolk County, departmentsin Essex, Bristol, Middlesex,and Barnstable counties havealso followed that lead and par-ticipate in the data-sharing pro-gram – even across countylines.

Kelly progressed throughevery position at NPD: Patrol-man, Sergeant, Detective,Lieutenant, InvestigationsCommander, and finallyDeputy Chief. “We workedwith him at every step, andlook forward to now have himas a community partner in hisnew role—still serving thepeople of Norfolk County.”

The Norfolk DistrictAttorney’s Office will missPeter Kelly. District AttorneyMorrissey wished him thebest of luck in all his futureendeavors.

One of the more interesting tidbits discussed at a recent PlanningBoard meeting was that the Auto Mile isn’t such a major cog in theTown of Norwood’s economic engine. In fact, all of that valuableproperty currently utilized by car dealers would probably generatemore money should other types of businesses take up residence there.

This information was provided to the planning board by way of apresentation prepared by Joseph Collins, Norwood’s Budget andManagement Analyst (yeah, I didn’t know there was one of thoseeither). According to Collins, it’s not nearly as much as hotels, lifesciences and manufacturing.

“The corridor’s most valuable resource is land, and it’s not quiteutilized as well as it could be,” he said. “The precursor for this study islooking at the auto sales industry and I think this study shows thatthere are other industries that could be a better use of our scarce re-source on Route 1, which is land.”

At last, a voice of reason. It is this kind of analysis that Norwoodneeds to be conducting much more of while moving into the future.There hasn’t been nearly enough critical analysis of business sectors.If there was, Norwood would have been much more proactive in pro-tecting itself against things like 40B housing and infrastructure main-tenance, among other things.

Imagine if this kind of study was conducted relative to NorwoodAirport. We’re not talking about some pie in the sky 40k foot deter-mination of “how wonderful the airport is in terms of economic en-richment within the county and the ‘trickle down’ benefits to the com-munity,” which is a bunch of nonsense. No one wants to truly reviewthe airport’s operations and dive into the books from an accountingperspective because if they did a lot of skeletons would float out ofthe closet. When was the last time the airport manager went beforeSelectmen to review the airport’s finances, and discuss how all of thelitigation expenses have affected its real bottom line? A real, honestcost analysis would have many people quaking in their boots. NorwoodAirport is nothing but a playground for a few and a cash cow for afew more. Norwood derives very little benefit from such a largetrack of real estate that costs it much more than some people wantyou to know.

Regarding the findings concerning the Auto Mile, the informa-tion presented should provide all of the various boards needing tomeet with auto dealers a new level of confidence that should one ormore of these dealers decide to up and leave it wouldn’t be the endof the world. In fact, it could provide new economic opportunitiesnot previously considered. And let’s face it, for every dollar thesedealerships provide in taxes and, in at least a few cases, donations tovarious causes, they more than expect to reap back by way of publicrelations and Town acquiescence in various business matters. Howmany residents do you think are sick and tired of hearing about ordealing with dealer car storage or their blatant disregard for parkingand signage and street usage regulations? Perhaps the Town shouldconsider imposing a small tax on every car sold within its confinesmuch like they do with the meals tax? Everyone thought that wouldbe the death knell for restaurants when in fact it did nothing to hurtthose businesses while providing a great little revenue stream forNorwood.

Maybe, just maybe, with this new information tucked away intheir back pockets Town boards won’t be so quick to bend overbackwards to accommodate these auto hucksters.

Here’s hoping we hear a lot more in the future from Norwood’sBudget and Management Analyst.


Norwood will be taking even more precautions this time around for its Town Meeting than at June's meetingat the Norwood High School gym.

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Virtual Town Meeting trainingbegins, officials confident

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The Town of Norwood an-nounced this week that startingon Jan. 20 virtual training ses-sions for the new Zoom Webinarformat of Town Meeting willbegin.

The five training sessions,dates and times can be viewedon the Town’s website atn o r w o o d m a . g o v /news_detail_T13_R530.php.Town Moderator David Hernsaid while there hasn’t been atraining session yet for him toattend, he and other Town offi-cials have been working with theMetropolitan Area PlanningCouncil (MAPC) to develop themeeting structure, protocol and

accessibility for Town Meetingmembers and residents whowish to speak during TownMeeting but are not Town Meet-ing members.

Hern said he is confident thatthe Town will be able to con-clude its business on Feb. 4.

“We’ve got a lot of peopleworking on it and we hope it willgo well, but I expect there willbe a few glitches here and there,but that can happen at any TownMeeting,” he said. “But I thinkit will go well. We are schedul-ing a lot of training sessions andpeople can attend more than onetraining session, they’re not lim-ited to one. We’ve also sched-uled them so that different timesof day are available dependingon people’s schedules.”

Hern said the one thing theTown needs from every TownMeeting member is their emailaddress. He said it is critical thatany Town Meeting member whowishes to vote needs to havetheir own login on Zoom, a de-vice for the program (cell phone,tablet, desktop, laptop, etc.) andan email address specifically forthat member. The idea is thateach member has to be identifi-able by the computer programso that votes do not have to betallied by counting hands on acomputer screen.

“Every Town Meeting mem-ber has to have an individualone,” Hern said. “I know somemarried couples share an email


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While Norwood Depot already has multi-family housing around it, the Town may have to designate a multi-family district at Windsor Gardens and Norwood Central.

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have to deal with is that theTown has three commuter railstops.

“(Assistant Town PlannerPatrick Deschenes) and I werediscussing it and one of thequestions we have right nowis do we need to establishmore than one of these dis-tricts in Town, whether weneed to establish one for ev-ery T station,” he said. “Wehave three T stations, and soas you can imagine this is go-ing to be a controversial ex-ercise.”

Halkiotis said the entirebond bill, all 101 pages and$600 million of it, will takesome time for the Town to di-gest fully.

“It’s a long law, and we arewaiting for some of our peersand professional organiza-tions to come up with a Read-ers Digest version of what thelaw says and I’m sure there’sgoing to be some webinarsand education for the plannersto be able to understand theintricacies of this new law,”he said.

Halkiotis said the state rec-ommends municipalities look-ing at these possible districtsto create a Housing Partner-ship Committee, as the loca-tion of these districts willhave to be decided by thecommunity, not the PlanningBoard. He said involving resi-dents in the process early onwill help to avoid situationsthat could end up costing resi-dents in the long run.

“In the past I’ve recom-mended that we create such acommittee,” he said. “TheTown of Norwood really gotinvolved with some seriouscontroversy because the Townhad not been proactive in cre-ating affordable housing toget to that 10 percent. And soa Housing Partnership Com-

mittee would get involved ina lot of different things in af-fordable housing, they wouldtry to do education and out-reach, they would be involvedwith reviewing affordablehousing projects and makingrecommendations.”

Halkiotis said having thiscommittee set up would laythe groundwork for the pub-lic process that will follow forthose multi-family housingdistricts near the MBTAstation(s).

“The decision needs to bediscussed and debatedamongst the community, andI think it would be helpful ifthere was a committee thatwas focusing on housing-re-lated issues to undertake thattask,” he said. “That’s goingto be some more excitementcoming down the pike for2021 for us.”

Halkiotis that regardless ofwhether or not the new com-mittee is formed, he andDeschenes will be involved inthe public process. He addedafter, however, that if a com-mittee is not formed, it will beup to the Planning Board toprovide education and out-reach on the district(s).

The Board also discussedthe upcoming virtual TownMeeting and the need for newpublic hearings for all six ofsaid Town Meeting’s zoningamendments. All zoningamendments discussed beforethe November Town Meetingwere tabled, but since theTown Meeting membershipvoted to dissolve the meeting,those public hearings will haveto be held again, according toHalkiotis.

In other news, the Boardalso heard from Norwood Bud-get and Management AnalystJoseph Collins regarding a re-cent report he compiled re-

garding Route 1’s financial im-portance and feasibility to theTown of Norwood. Collinssaid, in a very complex and de-tailed analysis, that Route 1 isa major economic driver forthe Town, and if it just up andleft one day, the Town wouldhave to raise residential taxesor reduce levels of service.

While that may not come asmuch of a shock to most resi-dents of the Town, what mightcome as a shock is the relativeamounts of funds from tax rev-enue and utility revenue com-ing from the Auto Mile. Ac-cording to Collins, it’s notnearly as much as hotels, lifesciences and manufacturing.

“The corridor’s most valu-able resource is land, and it’snot quite utilized as well as itcould be,” he said. “The pre-cursor for this study is look-ing at the auto sales industryand I think this study showsthat there are other industriesthat could be a better use of ourscarce resource on Route 1,which is land.”

The study grouped busi-nesses first by whether or notthe primary output of the busi-ness goes locally or if the pri-mary user of the business istraded out of Town. He saidthat local auto sales, mainte-nance and repair shops useabout 43 percent of the land onNorwood’s section of Route 1.Collins said that “trade sector”businesses should be a primaryfocus of retention and expan-sion for the Town in the future,though he admitted the Towndoes not have the power tosimply place or remove busi-nesses.

“We don’t have a ton ofpower to choose what type ofbusinesses are on the Route 1corridor, but we do have sometools like zoning, various poli-cies, bylaws, economic devel-

opment resources to try to at-tract and retain trade sector in-dustries and also local indus-tries that help to create a senseof place,” he said.

Several Planning Boardmembers pointed out thatmany of the restaurant indus-tries may be doing good busi-ness because of the employeesof the auto sector businesses,and Collins admitted the studycouldn’t really account forthat. Other limitations of thestudy were that he could notspend the time to calculate theincome value produced per jobper industry, basically howmuch income each job createdby each industry brings to anemployee and whether that in-come could support a residentof the Town or support otherbusinesses along Route 1.



Norwood Woman's Club donates to food pantry(L to R): Phyllis Spiro, President of the Norwood Woman's Club, Deb Divine from the Food Pantry, and Pat Cavanaugh, VP, of theNorwood Woman's Club

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Chiefs Receive Vaccines continued from page 1sonally has no concerns abouttaking the vaccine.

“The safety and efficacyhas already been tested, andby today, after three phases ofthe trials, thousands and thou-sands of people have alreadyhad the Moderna vaccine,” hesaid. “We already know themedical side effects associ-ated with it and we alreadyknow the great efficacy thetrials have shown. I have com-plete faith in the Modernaproduct and I think most po-lice officers will get it and Ihope we can in some way setan example of getting it firstand the public will look topublic safety, police and fire,and that it is okay for them to

get it too.”Morrice said it’s been a

long haul for the departmentand his people have been stal-wart in the face of the pan-demic, taking on more risksthan before to serve and pro-tect the public.

“To be able to lead themand lead the community andshow people we believe in theefficacy of the vaccine, it’s agreat feeling,” he said.

Brooks pointed out thatfirst responders can’t workfrom home and have been out-side taking on the risk of thepandemic since it first spreadto the U.S., and he believesthat first responders havingsome priority for the vaccine

just makes sense.“I don’t want them to con-

tract the virus and bring ithome to their families, and Idon’t want them to spread itto anyone else,” he said.“We’re out on the street ev-ery day, we’re going topeople’s homes and busi-nesses and we interact withthem every day because wehave no other choice. I thinkus being the third step inPhase 1 makes sense, and Ithink in a very short timesomeone could see a policeofficer and assume that there’sa 90 to 95 percent chance thatthey’ve been vaccinated. Ithink that’s important.”

Selectmen continued from page 3past around 30 to 50 percent).

Right now, he said they arein the first design phases ofthe project, and are hostingabout five community meet-ings to get the public’s in-put on the design, locationand grade structure of thenew middle school. The firstmeeting is set for Thursday,Jan. 14 at 7 p.m. Interestedresidents can register athttps://newcmsproject.org/.

Lastly, Norwood PublicHealth Director SigalleReiss gave an update on the

current COVID-19 issues fac-ing her department. She saidcurrently it looks like theTown is testing at a satisfac-tory rate, as the rate of posi-tive tests corresponds to theincrease in testing. She saidwhile increasing numbersmay not sound like a goodthing, it means that they canmore accurately contact tracethrough the community andslow down the spread. She saidthey’ve been able to increasetesting with the help of theNorwood Hospital and its test-

ing trailer.She added that the Town

government has been incred-ibly supportive of the depart-ment and its staff during atough time, and the staff hasbeen incredibly resilient.

“My staff has beenyelled at, ridiculed andthreatened while doing theirjob, but they continue toserve the community andperform above what is ex-pected and they’re trulydedicated public servants,”she said.




Virtual TM continued from page 5The Record BookDog Licenses now available

The Town Clerk’s Office would like to inform the residents ofthe Town of Norwood that the 2021 Dog Licenses are now avail-able. All dogs three months old or over must be licensed. Licensesare issued on a calendar basis, January 1st through December 31st.

Fees are $20 for both Male and Female dogs, $15 for SpayedFemale and Neutered Male. Certificate showing the dog was spayedor neutered must be shown. Rabies Certificate must also be shown.

Due to the Town Hall being closed all dog licenses have to beregistered through the mail.

Election nomination papers are now availableThe Town Clerk’s Office wishes to inform the residents of the

Town of Norwood that nomination papers for the Annual Town Elec-tion to be held on Monday, April 5, 2021 are available in the TownClerk’s Office. Please call (781-762-1240 Ext. 6026) or e-mail:[email protected] to obtain Nomination Papers.

Requirements for filing nomination papers:Major offices need 50 signatures of qualified voters.Anyone wishing to run for Town Meeting Member who is not a

candidate for re-election needs to obtain 10 signatures of qualifiedvoters in their district.

The nomination papers must be submitted to the Town Clerk’soffice by Tuesday, February 16, 2021 by 5:00 PM.

Virtual tour of Boston’s premium attractionsJoin popular Boston tour guide Jay Bazzinotti for another of his

illustrated tours, “Boston’s Premium Attractions,” on Tuesday, Janu-ary 19, at 7:00 pm over Zoom. Dressed in full uniform of the FirstN.H. Regiment of Revolutionary War re-enactors, Jay will tell usabout some high-end attractions in the Boston area that are wellworth a visit. Registration is required. To sign up, please go to ouronline events page at norwoodlibrary.org/morrillcalendar or call 781-769-0200, x2. You will receive an email with the Zoom link a daybefore the program and again shortly before it begins.

address like that, but everybodyhas to have one. If there’s a prob-lem with that, or if there’s aquestion with that they can con-tact the Town Clerk. Otherwise,they can’t vote.”

All Town Meeting memberswho wish to vote and participatein the upcoming meeting needto contact the Town Clerk’s Of-fice and provide the email theywish to use for the meeting [email protected]. Hernadded that any resident wishingto participate in the meeting butwho is not a Town Meetingmember also needs to contactthe clerk’s office by email to reg-ister at least 48 hours before themeeting.

Hern said he and Town offi-cials, including Town MeetingMember Michael Reilly, Com-puter Director Mark Redlich,Board of Selectmen Chair BillPlasko, Town Manager TonyMazzucco and many, many oth-ers have been participating withthe effort to get this virtual meet-ing up and running. He saidthey’ve done mock meetingswith officials and he said he’spersonally had to participate ina similar style meeting with theMassachusetts Moderator Asso-ciation (MMA).

“I think many of the townsthat have done remote meetings– and not all of them have – haveused the Zoom Webinar,” hesaid. “I attended a meeting of theMMA and we discussed thiswhole topic of remote townmeetings and effectively partici-pated in one because we werevoting on different issues onZoom, with show of hands andthings like that.”

Hern added he knows manypeople who were not so techsavvy before the lockdown havebecome so in the last seven oreight months, or at least profi-cient enough that Zoom is notan unfamiliar program.

“Zoom Webinar is a more in-volved version of it sure, butpeople are definitely now used

to Zoom,” he said. “We’ve beenusing Zoom in my family forget-togethers of our extendedfamily on a regular basis. Peoplehave gotten used to that, but itis going to be different from ournormal Town Meetings, and itwill require training, patienceand it will require a fair amountof good luck too. But this is howwe have to do it because of thecircumstances of the pandemic.”

Hern said he is optimisticthat the meeting will only be onenight, but he said this is a firstfor the Town so it is difficult topredict.

“I think that it could get con-cluded in one night, or it maytake a couple of nights, we’renot sure yet,” he said. “We’realso discussing starting earlierthan the normal 7:30 p.m. start-ing time... It might give us a bet-ter chance of getting everythingdone in one meeting.”

Hern added that the creden-tials for each Zoom meeting areset up for that meeting, and forexample, the second night of theTown Meeting will need to be aseparate Zoom session. He saidother officials, volunteers andsome Town Meeting memberswent through a mock trial runof the software last Friday, how-ever, and everyone is optimisticthat it will run smoothly and goonly for one night.

“We’ve got the assistance ofMAPC too, and they’ve donethis, they’ve done it most re-cently for Dedham andStoughton, and they’ve seenwhat the good points and whatthe difficult points are and thathelps us,” he said.

MAPC Community Plannerand Engagement SpecialistChristian Brandt said for thelast town meeting he helped co-ordinate, the Dedham Townmeeting, and he said the turn-out was higher than most in-person town meetings.

“So I think based on our ex-perience just with virtual meet-ings in general, we're seeingvirtual settings be able to ex-pand access to people,” he said.“I personally feel really excitedabout these kinds of things. Asthe community engagementperson at MAPC, we do allkinds of meetings, and havebeen facilitating meetings like

planning projects, webinars,Zoom trainings for other townmeetings and also for projectpartners and for all kinds ofthings. One of the upsides ofusing Zoom is it expands accessto people who wouldn't nor-mally be able to get to a publicmeeting, like parents with kidsor commuters.”

Each Zoom training sessionwill be 1.5 hours long, and willconsist of a half-hour of Zoomintroduction, the second will beon intermediate skills and TownMeeting protocols and thethirds will be reserved for ques-tions and troubleshooting.

Norwood Community Me-dia Station Manager MeghanCorbett said they are preparingto increase the informationabout each warrant article andthe designated speakers by put-ting that information in what iscalled the lower third. That'sthose banners identifyingspeakers on television newsand documentary programsgeneral.

“We also are working withthe Planning Department andGeneral Government to pre-pare their presentations topresent and air on NCMprior to Town Meeting sothat Town Meeting memberscan watch the presentationbeforehand,” she said. “Itwas not difficult implement-ing the new Zoom features.We have been cover ingabout five to six govern-ment meetings each weekvirtually since March.”

For more information onthe upcoming training ses-sions and how to register forthem, go to norwoodma.gov/news_detail_T13_R530.php.

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ConCom continued from page 2Traphole Brook. Chris Hirsch, in his new role with the Massa-chusetts Division of Ecological Restoration, explained the sig-nificance of the project to the newer commissioners.

“The brook itself is an outstanding cold-water resource,” heexplained. “It contains large reproducing populations of nativebrook trout, which is something that’s becoming increasingly rarein this region. Many people, including myself, consider TrapholeBrook to be one of the best remaining trout streams in the greaterBoston area.”

By removing the dam, the project intends to restore the natu-ral habitat and stream channel and improve sediment flow. It alsohopes to reduce the flood risk to neighboring properties, an issuethat was brought up by abutters.

The project, set to begin in the fall or winter, involves creat-ing a sinuous channel between where the dam will be removed atthe Sumner Street culvert. There will be repurposed and importedcobblestone on the project, as well as salvaged wood materialsfrom tree clearing projects. Plans are in place to revegetate anydisturbed areas.

The channel was designed based on the pools, the upstreamand downstream flows and the geomorphic pressure. When thedam is removed, there will be an excavation process and the wa-ter will be drawn out, which may appear unsettling at first.

Commissioner Carly Rocklen asked about the choice of Ameri-can elm and green ash and their susceptibility to insects or dis-eases. Hirsch said the plans could be adjusted if there are con-cerns.

Resident Kenneth David, who lives on Sumner St., said thathe has been experiencing flooding from rainstorms. There was apipe installed once the road was put in, “but it doesn’t reallywork that well.” There is also extensive overgrowth over the pipe,which is a challenge. He was hoping that there could be somesort of assistance now that the project is a reality.

“As of right now, my backyard just fills up,” he said. “It justgets flooded. So I would just like that issue to get resolved ifpossible.”

Hirsch said that the drainage pipe “is definitely on our radar.”With the project, the land will be more sloped, which should

help with the drainage. Also the new plantings will help withabsorption.

David was directed to contact Mark Ryan, the Town engineer,as far as the issue on his property, because it is out of the project’sscope.

Elizabeth Ramirez said that the dam abuts her property, andshe can see the trees in the middle of the brook being eroded bywater. Also, she was concerned about a possible increase in mos-quitos with the redesign because they are already a problem.

“Mosquitoes love standing water and water that’s not flow-ing, “ Hirsch replied. “By creating a more fast-moving streamarea, you’re really not going to get the mosquito habitat that cur-rently is there.”

Vice Chair Kristin Capezio, acting as chair in the absence ofWashburn, said she appreciated the “rich discussion” on the topic.

“Also that you are taking time out of your evening to advo-cate for what you think is best for the Town,” she said.

To advertise, call TheNorwood Record at (781) 769-1725


PoliceLogs

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Monday, January 40817 Phone - Well Being Chk

Spoken To Location/Address:Centennial Dr Caller requestinga check on her friend that shehas not been able to get in touchwith. N669 spoke to that partyshe is sick and has not returnedany phone calls.

1021 Phone - Unwanted PartyServices Rendered Location/Address: Washington St Callerreports a man sleeping in door-way. Party was spoken to andadvised.

1044 Phone - Auto Theft *ReportFiled Location/Address:Cadillac Of Norwood - Bos-Prov Hwy

1047 Phone - Noise ComplaintSpoken To Location/Address:Prospect St Caller reports neigh-bor is working on cars and be-ing loud. N667 reports that partywas using a hand wrench tochange a tire there was no ex-cessive noise coming from anymachines, caller was also spo-ken to.

1116 Phone - Assist Other AgencySpoken To Location/Address:David Terr Dedham PD request-ing a well being check on a partyat this address, he was late to anappointment in Dedham todayand got upset that he was re-fused service, he threatened toharm workers and himself.N679 spoke to that party he hasno intentions of hurting anyonehe was just upset he did not getserviced.

1222 Walk-In - Lost And FoundNACO/WACO notified Loca-tion/Address: Washington StFemale brings in a small dogthat she found. NACO took ani-mal to Norwood Animal Shel-ter.

1317 Phone - Unwanted PartyServices Rendered Location/Address: Cottage St Party wasremoved without issue.

1605 911 - Shoplifting*Arrest(S)Made Location/Ad-dress: Newbury Comics - Bos-Prov Hwy Employee reportstwo people 1 male and a femalestealing items from the business.As a result N666 returns to thestation with one female under ar-rest S/M 36571, 1630 Hrs, E/M36573, 1635 Hrs. Refer To Ar-

rest: 21-6-AR Arrest: Perito,Jennifer N Address: 456 S MainSt Attleboro, Ma Age: 37Charges: Warrant Arrest

1712 Phone - Assist Citizen Spo-ken To Location/Address: TjMaxx - Nahatan St Caller seek-ing advice on a problem she hadin the store. N666 spoke to herand she was advised.

1758 Phone - Unwanted PartySpoken To Location/Address:Planet Fitness - Walpole St Em-ployee would like a member toleave the facility. N679 reportsthat party agreed to leave theproperty.

2209 Initiated - Susp Person Spo-ken To Location/Address: Con-venient Food Mart - Washing-ton St N668 checks on a few in-dividuals in the parking lot.N668 reports all in order.

Tuesday, January 50229 Initiated - Parking Violation

Citation Fine Location/Address:Oolah Ave Area A overnightparking enforcement. 3 ticketsissued.

0249 Initiated - Parking ViolationCitation Fine Location: ChapelStreet 3 citations issued.

0735 Phone - Assist Citizen Ser-vices Rendered Location/Ad-dress: Fulton St Female upsetabout an issue with her waterheater. Party was advised andmatter resolved.

1028 Phone - Animal ComplaintNACO/WACO notified Loca-tion/Address: Fieldbrook DrReport hawk in yard.

1247 Phone - Assist Fire Dept FireDept Notified/Responded Loca-tion/Address: Lenox St NFD onscene with an odor of gas.

1515 Phone - Complaint Of MvServices Rendered Location/Address: Nahatan St Female re-ports a male in a pickup truckfollowing her. N666 spoke toboth parties, no issues.

1756 911 - Disturbance Spoken ToLocation/Address: WindsorGardens - Walpole St Leasingmanager requesting an officer

for an upset resident that is look-ing to turn in some keys. N667spoke to both parties and all isin order and the resident is onher way.

2110 Initiated - Susp VehicleGroup Moved Location/Ad-dress: Boncaldo Restaurant -Bos-Prov Hwy N669 reportssuspicious parties behind thebuilding. Parties moved alongwithout issue.

2137 911 - Susp Activity SpokenTo Location/Address: Dean StCaller reports male partiessleeping in the basement washroom. Party checks out and senton his way.

Wednesday, January 621-334 0244 Initiated - Parking

Violation Written Warning Lo-cation/Address: Washington StArea D overnight parking en-forcement 3 written warnings.

0858 Initiated - Illegal Trash Dis-posal Spoken To Location/Ad-dress: Jacobs Rd N664 flaggeddown and receives report of il-legal dumping. N664 spoke toresident, they will remove mat-tresses.

1220 Phone - Well Being Chk Ser-vices Rendered Location/Ad-dress: Highview St Requestcheck of friend, not answeringphone.

21-362 1343 Phone – Shoplifting*Arrest(S)Made Location/Ad-dress: Home Depot - Bos-ProvHwy N667 flagged down whileinside Home Depot for a reportof a possible shoplifting. Unitsplace two males under arrest.Refer To Arrest: 21-8-AR Ar-rest: Morales De Paz, MarvinEstuardo Address: 79 WallaceProvidence, Ri Age: 30Charges: Larceny Over $1200C266 §30(1) Larceny Over$1200 C266 §30(1) ReceiveStolen Property -$1200 Con-spiracy Refer To Arrest: 21-9-Ar Arrest: Games Cuych, JulioAddress: 85 Ethan St Apt. #1Providence, Ri Age: 20Charges: Larceny Over $1200C266 §30(1) Larceny Over$1200 C266 §30(1) Drug, Pos-sess Class B Receive StolenProperty -$1200 Conspiracy


Police Logs continued from page 91627 Phone - Auto Theft *Com-

plaint/Summons Location/Ad-dress: Norwest Dr Caller reportsMA PC 5HZS60 being usedwithout authority. BOLO tothe cars and surrounding cit-ies and towns. Vehicle enteredinto NCIC. 01/07/2021 0521Cancelled in Leaps. Vehiclelocated by Milton State police.Vehicle towed by Lynch’sTowingBrockton. 508-586-7577 Owner will be notified.

1804 Phone - Receiver Of Sto-len Property *Arrest(S)MadeLocation/Address: [Nod 1750]Home Depot - Bos-Prov HwyParty attempting to return sto-len merchandise. N664 placedthat party under arrest andtransported him to the station.Refer To Arrest: 21-10-ARArrest: Gagnon, Aaron Ad-dress: 44 South St Apt. #1 FallRiver, Ma Age: 33 Charges:Receive Stolen Property -$1200, Subsq. Off Attempt ToCommit Crime

2013 Phone - Well Being ChkSpoken To Location/Address:Mill Pond Ln Caller upsetabout how he was treated byhis mother. Advised.

2139 911 - Runaway Child *Re-port Filed Location/Address:Cypress St

Thursday, January 70030 911 - Susp Vehicle Spoken

To Location/Address: Rock StCaller reports suspicious ve-hicle idling in front of #44Rock with high beams on. Son

told Mom he thought he heardyelling. N667,N669 re-sponded and spoke to occu-pants who were talking beforefemale went inside, as shelives there. ( Ma.Reg#2NNH49) All in order

0054 Phone - Susp Activity Spo-ken To Location/Address:Rock St Caller believes neigh-bors are flashing a blue lightin her windows. N667,N669responded and stood by beforespeaking to residents. No oneis flashing lights. Everythingappears to be in order. Callerdid not wish to speak with po-lice.

0159 Phone - Susp Activity Ser-vices Rendered Location/Ad-dress: Rock St Caller reportsblue light from #44 is shiningin her window upstairs. N667responded and stood by for 20minutes and saw no blue light.He states there was a white ledlight in their front yard facingtheir own home, not the streetthat was blinking every fewminutes.

1233 Initiated - Assist OtherAgency Services RenderedLocation/Address: TownCommon - Washington StN458 and Riverside speakwith a male party who hasbeen the subject of several citi-zen complaints regarding hy-giene.

1726 Phone - Well Being ChkSpoken To Location/Address:Sherwood Dr Caller has beenunable to reach her mother

who suffers from dementia.Officers spoke to her and hercaregivers, all is well. Callernotified.

1842 Initiated - Susp VehicleSpoken To Location/Address:Moderna Tx. Inc. - ModernaWay MA PC 6FY596. Partychecked OK, picking wife upfrom work.

2138 Phone - Road HazardTaken/Referred To OtherAgency Location/Address:Norwood Depot - RailroadAve One train gate in up posi-tion, one in down position.Keolis and MBTA Transit Po-lice notified and responded.

Friday, January 80238 Initiated - Parking Viola-

tion Citation Fine Location/Address: Washington St Over-night parking enforcement:One ticket issued on Washing-ton St. Four tickets issued onSaint George Ave.

0242 Initiated - Parking Viola-tion Citation Fine Location/Address: Tremont St Area Aovernight parking enforce-ment. 6 tickets issued.

1010 911 - Misdialed Call Ser-vices rendered Location/Ad-dress: Yarmouth Rd Open linefrom a non-provisional phonewith baby crying/ screamingand a male and female adultin background, sounds as ifparents will not allow child todo something. As call contin-ues child is then laughing andparents talking calmly in back-ground. 9-1-1 Map indicatesmultiple addresses but themost one was that the phoneis within 2758 meters of thisaddress. N678 reports it is notthis address, checked area-allappears in order and no one

approached officer.1542 Phone - Susp Activity Spo-

ken To Location/Address: At-lantic Coast Electric - WinslowAve MA 65v390 pulled in hisdriveway and looked aroundand left. All checks ok and isin order.

1612 Phone - Recovered Mv*Report Filed Location/Ad-dress: Cadillac Of Norwood -Bos-Prov Hwy CadillacEscalade recovered by Pali-sades Interstate Parkway Po-lice Department in New Jer-sey. Vehicle removed fromNCIC. Owner notified.Supplemental narrative to 21-8-OF filed.

1744 Phone - Assist Citizen As-sisted Party Location/Address:Railroad Ave Party seekingadvice on an RO. Order ob-tained.

1920 911 - Assist Citizen Spo-ken To Location/Address:Canterbury Dr Caller seekingadvice about her son, she be-lieves friends are dropping himoff alcohol and he should notbe drinking. N664 spoke andadvised that caller.

Saturday, January 90002 911 - Well Being Chk Spo-

ken To Location/Address:Residence Inn By Marriot -Norwood Pk S Caller reportsa resident is upset about amouse that is in his room andthreatened to shoot the mouse.N664 spoke to that party thereis no gun in the room and hehas been moved to anotherroom.

0839 Phone - Malicious DamageServices Rendered Location/Address: Lenox St Residentreports her groceries were de-stroyed. N458 notified.

0906 Initiated - Well Being ChkSpoken To Location/Address:Granite St + Washington St

N667 checks on a male lean-ing up against a retention wall.N667 reports he is ok, just rest-ing, homeless, offered servicesof which he declined.

0930 Phone - Forge/Counterf*Report Filed Location/Ad-dress: Dedham Savings Bank- Central St Customer broughtin 4 $20 bills with the sameserial number.

1010 Phone - Citizens ComplaintServices Rendered Location/Address: John Dellaria -Broadway St Customer con-cerned about capacity and dis-tancing due to Covid restric-tions. Officer reports no vio-lations and lot has two cars.

1017 Phone - Fraud *ReportFiled Location/Address:Norwest Dr Resident was sell-ing a bed online. He receiveda check for 4 x the value andcashed it. He mailed back thedifference but the buyerscheck has since bounced.

1055 Cellular - Found SyringeServices Rendered Location/Address: Municipal Lot - Cot-tage St Report syringe in park-ing spot on Cottage St. side.N665 properly disposed ofsame.

1455 Phone - Complaint Of MvSpoken To Location/Address:40 - Prospect Ave Report 2delivery drivers blocking eachother with their vehicles. N665reports argument over whohad right of way pulling out ofa parking spot, no violation ob-served by police, spoke to allparties, resolved, on their way.

1905 911 - Disturbance ServicesRendered Location/Address:Wickham Way Caller reportshearing an argument. Officerstates that was verbal in nature.

Sunday, January 101143 Phone - Neighbor Distur-

bance Services Rendered Loca-tion/Address: E Cross St Verbalargument between worker andneighbor. Civil matter was re-solved.

1253 Phone - Well Being Chk Ser-vices Rendered Location/Ad-dress: Azalea Dr Westwood 911transfer and the caller seemed alittle confused. Officer assistedwith a phone. He will follow upwith services this week.

1932 Phone - Well Being Chk Ser-vices Rendered Location/Ad-dress: Highview St Upstairsneighbor request a check on theparty that lives in the buildingsince she can smell a foul odor.N667 reports upon entry fromthe landlord there was somerotting food in the apartment.


Deaths

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BOUDREAU

George G, of Westwood passed onSunday, January 3rd surrounded by hisloved ones. George, who also answeredto “Sparky” was 92 years old. Born Au-gust 7th, 1928 to Henri Laurence andMargaret (Sutton) Boudreau ofRoslindale. George is survived by hisloving wife of 67 years Constance(Cuddy) of Westwood. They raised their10 children in Norwood and called ithome for over 50 years. He was the lov-ing father of Kathleen Roberts and herhusband Gary of Swanton, VT. ThereseGarvey and her husband Christopher ofSaint Augustine, FL. Mary Grow and herhusband David of Attleboro. SuzanneBisbee and her husband Richard of Can-ton. George, Jr and his wife Susan(Kecher) of Newburyport. Judith,Michael, Claudine Gover and her husbandThomas, Brian and his wife Beverly(DiFlaminies) all of Norwood and the lateLaurence Boudreau. “Papa George” was

cherished by his 16grandchildren, 7 great-grandchildren and 4 lategrandchildren as well ascountless nieces and nephews. Georgegrew up in Roslindale with his late brotherHenri “Larry” Boudreau. George gradu-ated from Roslindale High School as athree-sport athlete all-star captain andClass President of the Class of 1946.Upon receiving a full scholarship,George attended Boston U´niversity.After graduation, he married his beauti-ful bride and went on to work for JordanMarsh and Bradlees as an artist and ad-vertising director for over 30 years.When he wasn’t working George lovedto travel with his wife, get in a round ofgolf and for many years could be foundrelaxing at his summer cottage at WhiteHorse Beach in Plymouth where he andhis family spent countless summers en-joying life and creating memories. Itwas also one of Sparky’s favorite spotsto master his craft of photography. Anaward winning photographer, Georgeproduced thousands of beautiful im-ages using his favorite Leica MRangefinder camera. Most of his photosubjects were the things he found themost beauty in, flowers, sunrises, butmainly his family. He will always beremembered as the man with a camerain his hands and a smile on his face.All services will be private. Arrange-ments by Holden-Dunn-Lawler FuneralHome in We s t w o o d . I n lieu offlowers please make a donation to thecharity of your choice in George’sname.

BUTTERS

DAVID J. passed away January 5,2021 after an extremely courageous battlewith Covid 19, born and raised inNorwood MA. He was 67. He was bornJanuary 31, 1953, the son of Harry andMary Butters (Karshis), grandson of thelate Selectman Harry Butters, brother toKathy, Patricia, Maureen, and Colleen. Hegraduated from Norwood High School,class of 1972. He was married to his soulmate and the love of his life with whomhe referred to as Mother Duck andSweetie Pie, Karen Patricia (O’Neil) for43 years, and with her, fathered six adoredand well-loved children. He was the de-voted and loving father of his son StephenMichael of Norwood MA, daughters,

Sherry Kim and husband Doug Shermanof Plymouth MA, Kimberly Janice ofNorwood MA, Crystal Alexis and hus-band Jeff Masse of Franklin MA, DarleneShannon and husband James Foster ofPlymouth MA, and son Sean Walter Oneilof Norwood MA. He also leaves behindhis grandchildren with whom he adored,Ryan, Mason, Maverick, Anthony,Kendall, David, Dallas, Maci, Jamesonand Bradi. He was extraordinarily proudof his career with the Massachusetts De-partment of Correction for 34 years as awell-respected Lieutenant. He walkedthe toughest beat in the state at WalpolePrison for twenty five of those years andhad the upmost respect for his brothersand sisters in blue he worked with in 10block.. he always referred to them as hisDOC kids. His house was lit up everyyear with the best Christmas displays asit was his favorite holiday. He always felthis best helping others whether it be fix-ing an elderly neighbors doorbell, snowblowing a neighbor’s driveway or bring-ing a platter of sandwiches to a sickfriend. He volunteered at the NorwoodFood Pantry, as a softball coach andumpire, was a town meeting member,and worked the local town voting polls.He also enjoyed coin collecting, maintain-ing his rental property, swimming in hispool, taking his beloved pup for walkswhile talking to the neighbors and mak-ing every holiday the very best it couldbe. Dave spent his life giving all he couldto others and it never went unnoticed. Iflove could have saved him, he would have

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Deaths continued from page 11lived forever. Funeral from the Kraw-Kornack Funeral Home 1248 Washing-ton Street, Norwood MA. A funeral masswas held on Wednesday, Jan 13, 2021 atSt Timothy’s Church Norwood. Burialfollowed at Highland Cemetery,Norwood, MA. Kraw-Kornack FuneralHome, www.kraw-kornackfuneralhome.com Norwood, MA 781-762-0482.

GIAMPA

ELIZABETH M (Michienzi) ofNorwood passed away on January 10,2021 at the age of 83. Beloved wife ofDomenic J. Giampa. Devoted mother ofDan Giampa, Annmarie Flaherty and herhusband Jim, David Giampa and his wifeDalia all of Norwood and Lisa Vitale andher husband Steve of Walpole. Sister ofFrank Michienzi, Andrew Michienzi,Anna Serratore, Barbara Fruci all ofNorwood and Laura Serratore of Austra-lia. Cherished grandmother of Nicole,Jimmy, Michael, Dino, Dani, Anthony andGianna. Also survived by many nieces andnephews. Daughter of the late Frank andAnna (Fruci) Michienzi. Funeral from theKraw-Kornack Funeral Home 1248Washington St. Norwood, MA. A privatefuneral home service will be held onThursday, January 14, 2021 10am fol-lowed by a burial at Highland Cemetery,Norwood at 10:30am. In lieu of flowersdonations may be made in her name toADRA, Adventist Development & ReliefAgency 12501 Old Columbia Pike SilverSpring, MD 20904. www.adra.org

GIAMPA

MARIE R. (Rondinelli) of Norwoodpassed away on January 7, 20201 at theage of 85. Beloved wife of Thomas D.Giampa. Devoted mother of Joseph D.Giampa and his wife Martha of E. Walpole,Annette G. Perez and her husband Davidof E. Walpole, Rosemarie A. Runnalls andher husband Donald of Norwood,Frederick T. Giampa of Norwood andMaurine E. Garcia of Norwood. Sister ofBruno Rondinelli and FrancescoRondinelli both of Norwood and the lateVincent Rondinelli. Daughter of the lateFederico and Maria (Bartucca) Rondinelli.Cherished grandmother of Tommy, Joey,Michael, Andrew, Katerina, Juliana,Tatiana, Yvette, Marie, David, Rachel,Angelica, Lena, Robert, Isabella and Lily.Great grandmother of Madison, TJ, Colin,Joshua, Sebastian, Natalya, Andrew, Jaime,Benjamin, Jacob, Emily, Kirstin, Kim,Grant, Elena, Lucas and Robert. Great

great grandmother of Evelyn. Also sur-vived by many nieces and nephews. Ar-rangements by the Kraw-Kornack FuneralHome, Norwood, MA. Burial was at High-land Cemetery, Norwood, MA.

HICKSON

Jed Patrick, 36, of Mansfield, MA,formerly of Norwood, passed away onDecember 31, 2020, two years after be-ing diagnosed with esophagealcancer. Jed leaves behind his lovingfamily: parents Edward andKathleen Hickson of Mansfield, MA(formerly of Norwood, MA), twin sis-ter Meghann Zekan and her husbandPeter and daughter Vera of Harrisburg,PA, sister Sara Hickson of Jackson, NH,brother Matthew Hickson and his fiancéRaychel Hamada of Santa Rosa, CA,uncle Jack Hickson and aunt Sandi ofBarberton, OH. He also leaves cher-ished friends and family across thecountry. He was a graduate of BostonCollege High School and Bunker HillCommunity College. He loved cooking,LARPing and gaming with his friends.Throughout his two years of cancertreatment, he always maintained a posi-tive attitude and showed true strengthof character. He will be remembered asa warm-hearted and generous personwho gave of himself to family andfriends without a second thought. Dueto COVID-19 restrictions, a mass andcelebration of his life will be held in thespring of 2021 with a date and time tobe determined. In lieu of flowers, pleasedonate to Caring for a Cure, benefitingMassachusetts General Hospital CancerCenter. It is an organization that pro-vided much comfort to him and his fam-ily in times of need. Arrangments byKane Funeral Home, Mansfield, MA.

KEADYHELEN P. (Dennehy), 88 of

Norwood, passed away on January 11,2021 at her home surrounded by herfamily. Beloved wife of the late FrancisKeady. Born in Milton the daughter ofJack & Ann (Barry) Dennehy. A gradu-ate of Milton High School Class of1950. While raising six children sheworked at the Norwood Tennis Club,Dedham Country and Polo Club as wellas Foster Masonry and later in life atRichard White Son's Co. She particu-larly loved being with her grandchil-dren, “her babies”. She was known tojump into any game they would play,and they learned to not underestimateher commitment to winning. Helen issurvived by her children; Francis Keady(Rosemarie) of Mansfield, JudyGlennon (Scott) of Burlington, Shaun(Traci) Keady, Kelly Keady (late Rob-ert Grasso), Barry (Kathy) Keady, Kerry(Edmund) Reardon, all of Norwood. Her grandchildren Patrick (Krystal)Keady of N. Attleboro, Jillian (John)Sulyma of Rehoboth, Kurt, Kyle, Regan& Rylee Glennon of Burlington, Aidan,Austin, Delaney & Garrett Reardon of

Norwood, Lindsay, Francis, Aislinn,Shayla & Coleman Keady of Norwood,Marykate Grasso of Norwood. Robert(Christa) Grasso of N. Attleboro Great-grandchildren, Isabelle, JT, Gregory &Connor. She is also survived by her sis-ter Ann O’Hara of New Bedford, hersister-in-law Mary Dennehy ofBraintree, Patricia Keady of Shirley, andmany nieces and nephews. She was thesister of the late Alice Dennehy ofQuincy, Molly Dennehy of Milton,Phyllis Punch of Roslindale, ArleneWhalen of Walpole, and Jack Dennehyof Braintree and grandmother to the lateTeresa Grasso of Norwood. Visitinghours will be held on Thursday, Janu-ary 14, 2021 from 4-8pm at the Kraw-Kornack Funeral Home 1248 Washing-ton St. Norwood, MA. A funeral masswill be held on 11am on Friday, Janu-ary 15, 2021 at St. Catherine of SienaChurch Norwood. Mass is live streamedat www.stcatherinenorwood.org go toview mas live. Burial will follow fu-neral mass at Highland Cemetery,Norwood, MA.

MILLER

Merle Miller, 91, died peacefullyJanuary 3, 2021. The wife of the lateFred Miller. Merle grew up with herparents in a firehouse in Farmington CT,where her Dad was fire chief. The loveof fire trucks remained a passionthroughout her life. In school, Merlewas an excellent student and played forthe high school basketball team. Merlegraduated from Hartford HospitalSchool of Nursing having interestingperspectives of being a nursing studentpost WWII. She met her future husband,Fred, while on a cross country tour witha friend. He proposed by correspon-dence and a ring in the mail “sealed thedeal”. Merle and Fred married and had3 daughters. Janice Carson of Spring-field MO, Pamela Miller, who prede-ceased Merle as a baby, and CandaceColbert and husband Joseph Alfieri ofNorwood MA. She leaves three belovedgrandchildren, Savannah Carson ofColumbia MO, Tate Colbert and wifeLauren of Burlington VT, and KelseyColbert raised in Norwood. Also dearto her were Joe’s children, Joey andChristina Alfieri of Norwood MA. Shealso leaves her sister-in-law, MaryPogson, nephew, Dr. William Pogsonand wife Pam, niece, Mary Ellen Knopand husband Kevin. Fred’s extendedfamily meant a great deal to Merle.Merle received her BSN from DruryCollege and held a variety of positionsin nursing to include CrippledChildren’s home, Children’s Diagnos-tic Clinic, Nursing Instructor at StJohn’s School of Nurs ing andInservice Coordinator a tMediCenter. She was an active mem-ber and sang in the choirs of bothWesley Methodist Church in Spring-field MO and First CongregationalChurch of Norwood. Singing in theGlee Club at the Norwood Sr Centerand delivering for Meals on Wheelsbrought joy to Merle during her 12

years in Norwood. A wonderful pianistand artist, Merle supported the arts andwas a docent at the Springfield Art Mu-seum. A celebration of life will be heldin the late spring. Those who wish toremember Merle in a special way maymake gifts in her memory to WesleyMethodist Church, First Congrega-tional Church of Norwood, or Mealson Wheels of Norwood MA.

RABAIOLI

JOHN R. of Walpole passed away onDecember 31, 2020 at the age of 66 aftera courageous battle with cancer. Belovedhusband of Susan Lovell-Rabaioli and de-voted father of Robert “Bobby” W.Rabaioli of Walpole. Son of the late Rob-ert and Alyce (Hayes) Rabaioli. Brotherof Jean Grady and her husband Francisof Conway, SC and Joseph Rabaioli andhis wife Julie of Northbridge. Brother-in-law of Dr. Edward and DeniseKornack, Todd and Carol Capizzo, andWilliam Lovell. Uncle of Ashley Farrelland her husband Michael, AndrewRabaioli and his wife Rachel, A.J.Rabaioli, Michelle and Annie Kornackand David Capizzo. John grew up inMedway and maintained many childhoodfriendships. He graduated from theWharton School of Business of the Uni-versity of Pennsylvania, was a UnitedStates Navy Veteran serving on the USSDwight D. Eisenhower, and held manypositions in finance over his 40 year ca-reer. John was an avid reader, BruceSpringsteen fan, enjoyed walking hisgolden retrievers, skiing, bowling, golf-ing, movies and attending his son’ssports games. Additionally, he vaca-tioned many years in Pocasset, LoonMountain, and Ogunquit. He was alsoa high school football referee for 35years. Most of all, he was a family manwho will be missed by all. All serviceswill be held at a later date. Arrange-ments by the Kraw-Kornack FuneralHome, Norwood, MA. Due to John’slove of reading, in lieu of flowers,please make donations for books in hisname to: The Home for Little Wander-ers in Walpole, Attention: Rebecca ReedProgram Director, 399 Lincoln Road,Walpole, MA 02081.

ROSSNorma Marie (Torlone) of Norwood,

passed December 31, 2020 of heart fail-ure at 92. Beloved wife of Richard J.Ross for 64 years. Cherished mother ofRichard P. Ross of Beverly, MA and hisfiancée Valerie Carnevale, Carolyn R.Emmons and her husband Timothy ofActon, MA. Proud grandmother of Jef-frey Emmons and his wife Elizabeth,Alison Ross and Alyssa Emmons. Great-grandmother of Lillian Patricia Emmons.Daughter of the late Peter Torlone andMaria (DeAngelis) Torlone. Devoted sis-ter of Flora Gregory, Virginia Goggin andthe late Dorothy Chiappini. Loving auntof 10 nieces and nephews. In lieu offlowers, donations in her name can bemade to the Norwood Council on Ag-ing, 275 Prospect St., Norwood, MA02062. Service will be private at St.Catherine of Siena Parish. Funeral fromthe Gillooly Funeral Home NorwoodGilloolyFuneralHome.com

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