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Recently Retired ZBA member Philip Riley

Riley retires, leavesfour-decade legacy at ZBA

JefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

The longest-serving ZoningBoard of Appeals (ZBA) memberin living memory has retired from theBoard in Norwood.

Philip Riley started his first termmore than 40 years ago, and at theApril 6 ZBA meeting he announcedhe would no longer be seeking re-appointment to the Board.

The lifelong Norwood residentand graduate of Norwood HighSchool and Boston College beganhis career as a law clerk for thenJudge J. J. Connor.

“And then I tried cases for 50years,” he said with a laugh. “Butas far as the Zoning Board goes, Iwas always interested in zoning is-sues. Somebody might say, since Ididn’t become a judge because Ididn’t know any governors, and per-haps the fact that the Board hearscases and makes decisions – whichis sort of like being a judge withoutreally being a judge – I just sort ofplayed the part.

“Turns out that I was really in-terested, given the 40 years,” hesaid. “It can be a difficult job fromtime to time because there are al-ways cases in which you would re-ally like to help someone out, but youcan' t because the laws are soclear.”

Riley said he recalled a case onNeponset Street. He said a familyhad a large lot that they wanted tosubdivide into two lots so that they

could sell them.“The people apparently had

some serious medical issues andthey really needed the money,” hesaid. “I wish I could have helpedthem. But when you look at the zon-ing code there was just no way.They didn’t have remotely enoughland.”

He said, however, that whenthings do work out right, when allthe T’s are crossed and all the I’sare dotted, it’s a good feeling to seein some small way that he was ableto help. He added, however, thatsometimes it can feel like nobodycomes out a winner in certaincases.

“You try to help people out, butthere are times with certain casesthat I suspect neither party is toohappy with the result,” he said.“Once in a while, as with any othervocation or avocation, you questionthe decisions you did make. Likewhen I drive by a location directlyaffected by a ZBA decision andwhen it’s actually erected you say,‘oh gee, did we allow that? Itlooked really good on paper.’ Butsometimes things just don’t look asgood as they did on paper.”

He said there have been somestark examples of the importanceof zoning. Most recently, the flood-ing in Houston. Riley said years agohe was traveling throughMetuchen, New Jersey, where hecould see a living example of patch-

NPD, MSP issue 'shelter-in-place' order on Saturday


The Norwood Police Department(NPD) put in on Saturday, April 11, ashelter-in-place order in the area of Aza-lea Drive at 9:23 p.m. due to an “activesituation.”

NPD Chief William Brooks said in arelease that the order stemmed from a911 call in which it was reported a fam-ily member had made concerning state-ments, retrieved a firearm and was load-ing it when the caller called 911 and fledthe residence.

NPD officers observed that the manhad likely fled into the woods betweenAzalea Drive and Norwood Airport.NPD Sgt. Jay Payne was shift com-mander that night, and he notified theMetropolitan Law Enforcement Coun-cil. These notifications resulted in ca-

nine dogs for scent work, a State Policeairship, Metro SWAT officers, crisis ne-gotiators and a mobile command post.Brooks also went to the scene himself.

“A perimeter was set around theneighborhood, which was fortified asmore units from the State Police andMetro arrived,” he said. “Eventually, webelieved we had isolated the area wherethe man had gone, primarily due to ob-servations by the MSP airship. Even so,we left the shelter-in-place advisory ineffect. During such an event, where of-ficers are deployed looking for an armedsubject, we simply cannot have residentswalking around inside the perimeter. Itis simply too dangerous.”

Officers called to the man and neverreceived a response.

“The incident lasted so long that the

Airport Manager Russ Maguire issued a 49-page letter listing issues and problems he'shad with Boston Executive Helicopters.

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Airport Manager asks forpolice investigation into BEH


Norwood Airport Manager Francis“Russ” Maguire wrote a letter to theNorwood Airport Commission (NAC) onMarch 29 asking for a special meetingwith the NAC.

Presumably, that meeting took placeon April 7, as the request was includedas public documents in the April 7 NACMeeting Agenda (https://bit.ly/32aKpnH),but the NAC voted unanimously to hostits meeting in executive session, citing thecurrent state and federal lawsuits againstthe Town Boston Executive Helicopters(BEH) has filed.

Maguire asks in his letter – amongother things – for a Norwood Police De-partment (NPD) investigation into theactions of BEH, as he stated he wantedthe NAC to support an investigation of arecent specific incident involving BEHand a wide-sweeping investigation into thecompany itself.

It should be noted that BEH hasclaimed unfair treatment from the Air-port, Maguire, the NAC and the Townfor years. BEH actually filed a Part 16Complaint with the Federal Aviation As-sociation (FAA) that was upheld by theFAA that the Airport was treating the

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Airport continued from page 1company unfairly when it wasattempting to establish itself asa Fixed-Base Operator (FBO)so that the company could sellfuel at the airport, as well as otherservices. It has sued numeroustimes, both against the Town andthe current fixed-base operator(FBO) FlightLevel and has ac-cused the Town of favoritismrelative to Flight Level.

Maguire’s letter detailed anincident that took place on March25, 2021 at the Norwood Airport.The incident involved Maguire,Epsilon Associates Environmen-tal Consultant Dan Fefer, BEHowner Christopher Donovan Sr.and his son Christopher DonovanJr.

Donovan Sr. asserted in anemail to the Bulletin and severalTown officials that he believedthat Maguire and an employeeof FlightLevel (BEH’s primarycompetitor and the subject of at

least one current lawsuit fromBEH against FlightLevel and theTown of Norwood) were com-ing onto BEH’s property for un-known reasons.

Donovan's email sparked aresponse from Maguire, particu-larly – according to Maguire –because of the ending ofDonovan Sr.’s email:

“I have found NAC mem-bers on our property before,working with FLN, unan-nounced,” Donovan Sr. wrote.“I fear for our facility, aircraftand property. Francis and oth-ers have knowledge that couldimperil my life as well as our cli-ents.”

Maguire said he and Feferwere checking stormdrains aspart of Stormwater Pollution Pre-vention Plan he said the Airportand any lessees that deal withfuel sales and storage have toundertake every three years. He

said Donovan Jr. first ap-proached he and Fefer and re-corded them. Donovan Sr. wasthen on the premises, and bothMaguire and Donovan Sr. statedthat Donovan Sr. approachedMaguire to speak with him.Maguire said because of pastincidents with Donovan Sr., heand Fefer left the area, claimingthey spent only a few minutesnear BEH’s leasehold. Maguireincluded a detailed text explana-tion of security camera footagefrom the incident as well.

Maguire said Donovan Sr.“began yelling to Mr. Fefer andI from across the West Apron,”he stated. “I noted that Mr. Feferwas visibly nervous.”

Donovan Sr. said he did notget any notice from the Airportthat someone would be comingdown to inspect the drain, whichis why he approached Maguire.Maguire said the lessor (the Air-port) does not have to give les-sees notice for inspections atreasonable times of day as perthe lease.

“In contrast, it’s important tonote that both ChristopherDonovan Sr. and ChristopherDonovan Jr. routinely driveacross FlightLevel’s leaseholdsand this often occurs daily,”Maguire wrote.

Maguire said he wanted the

NPD to look into this incidentspecifically as well as a moreoverall investigation into BEH’sactions at the Airport.

Maguire alleged in his letterthat, on several occasions,Donovan Sr. used a BEH heli-copter to perform low-leveloverflights of the private resi-dences of NAC Chair MarkRyan and former NAC member(now Light Department Super-intendent) Kevin Shaughnessy asevidenced by an FAA FlightStandards District Office inves-tigation begun in June, 2020. TheFAA however stated this weekthat no evidence has been foundduring that investigation to backup the claims of buzzing Ryan orShaughnessy's residences.

Maguire also alleged thatDonovan Sr. sends an inordinatenumber of emails to the NAC,the Town, and his office.

“The never-ending harangueof bizarre, accusatory Christo-pher Donovan Sr. emails, oftensent to many, or all, Town Meet-ing members, Selectmen, otherTown officials as well as offi-cials from MassDOT and theFAA in which Donovan targetsAirport Commissioners and I,”he stated.

Maguire also alleged thatBEH would routinely shadowand film NAC member andChair Ryan when they were atthe airport. He also pointed toseveral other examples, includ-ing the alleged stalking of Ryanat his personal residence,BEH’s alleged practice ofmailing its legal filings to theprivate residences of currentand former Airport Commis-sioners and Maguire, the unau-thorized use of photos ofMaguire and NAC memberson Donovan’s websiteNorwoodAirport.com, the al-leged postings of NAC mem-ber Michael Sheehan’s divorceproceedings on the websitementioned above, and two pastincidents recorded by the NPDfrom 2015 and 2008 respec-tively involving alleged illegalactivity by BEH.

Maguire ended stating thatBEH has made “personal at-tacks, provocations and char-acterizations of myself, currentand former Airport Commis-sioners, the Town Managerand Assistant Manager, amongother Town officials.” He saidhe hopes the NPD looks intothe matter.

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Selectmen fill three ZBA seats anddiscuss police and fire reports

The Norwood Board of Se-lectmen met for its regularmeeting on April 13 andvoted to approve three newmembers of the ZoningBoard of Appeals (ZBA).

Former members ThomasBrady and Patrick Mulvehill re-cently resigned after what theysaid was an unsatisfactory con-clusion to a personnel matter re-lating to former ZBA Adminis-trator Ramanda Morgan.Former Members Jack Perry andPhilip Riley retired because theyfelt their time had come (Riley hadbeen serving on the Board for 40years, see page 1 story).

Former Planning Board ChairAlfred Porro, Norwood AirportCommission Vice Chair MichaelSheehan and Library Board ofTrustees candidate ShannonGreenwell all threw their hats inthe ring for the available three-year,two-year and one-year terms.

The Board of Selectmen votedto give Porro the three-year,Sheehan the two-year andGreenwell the one-year terms re-spectively. Porro pointed out his25-year career as the director ofland development and a teacherat Northeastern and his years onthe Planning Board as his majorexperiences for the role. Sheehansaid he went to Northeastern andsaid while he did run into Porroonce or twice, he was not a stu-dent of his.

“I tend to look to those whohave more experience, and I willbe a student of Mr. Porro’s,” hes a i d .

Greenwell has been a Trans-portation Planner at the Massa-chusetts Department of Transpor-tation and she said she felt herexperience mixes well with theissues of the ZBA.

“I actually studied urban andregional planning for my graduatedegree and I had a lot of opportu-nities to learn about the conceptsof shaping communities, both interms of the built physical environ-ment as well as allowed landuses,” she said. “I think that ev-erybody here knows that zoninggreatly influences both of those.”

Greenwell and Sheehan willstart next week, but because ofthe nature of the start time ofthe three-year term, Porro willstart on May 1.

The Board also voted unani-mously to approve a motionfrom Selectman HelenAbdallah-Donohue to awardRiley for his 40-plus years of ser-vice with a plaque.

In other news, Norwood FireDepartment (NFD) Deputy ChiefJohn Cody gave the monthly firereport and Norwood Police ChiefWilliam Brooks gave the monthlypolice report. Cody said it’s been

a busy month for the department,and even a busy day on Tuesday.

“We had a two-alarm fire inWestwood, and our guys did a tre-mendous job,” he said. “It was aquick knockdown and our guyswere the second team in. Onefirefighter was injured and takento Good Samaritan Hospital. Hehas been released.”

Cody said currently there arevery dry conditions because of thecurrent drought like weather andon April 5 that – and a camp firethat went out of control – resultedin a large brush fire in the area ofGarden Parkway and CountrysideLane that threatened multiplestructures in the area.

“Due to the size and scope ofthe brush fire and the terrain – sofire burns faster uphill than anyother way and the wind was ac-tually pushing it too – it was a bigresponse,” he said. “It started froma fire pit that got out of control.No one was injured, no propertydamage other than some burntgrass. It was a tremendous job fora few hours of hard labor and re-positioning of deployments.”

Cody said burning season endson May 15 and because of thecurrent drought conditions heasked anyone looking to burn tocall the department first.

Brooks’ report detailed theSaturday police action (full storyon page 1) and a shooting atWorkman’s Hall on WilsonStreet the previous week. Re-garding Workman’s Hall Brookssaid there was only propertydamage and no one was hurt, butthe individual involved shot fourrounds into the function hall atWorkmen’s and then left thescene with a family memberwho picked him up.

“A man who was apparentlyintoxicated took a firearm follow-ing a dispute at the establishmentand fired it at the door,” he said.“He had left his motorcycle inthe parking lot. He was laterpicked up by a family memberand fled the scene. We put out abroadcast and the WestwoodPolice Department had setup a long the rou te . Weknew the man’s identity andknew he’d be heading toDedham, and Wes twoodPolice intercepted him on theDedham Side of East Street.”

He was allegedly found to bein possession of a .45 caliber pis-tol and a .380 caliber pistol. Po-lice charged the man with car-rying a firearm while intoxicated,assault with a dangerousweapon and possessing a fire-arm while committing a felony.

Brooks said that whileNorwood has been spending alot of time planning for its 150thanniversary, the Norwood PoliceDepartment is actually celebrat-ing its 125th anniversary as well.

“Now, in order to celebrate

that, we’ve done a few thingsand we’ll be putting out someinformation on social media,” hesaid. “One thing is we had acommemorative patch made upthat we’ve been selling, but thepart I’m most excited about isthat we just have one copy ofthe shield worn in the late 1800sby officers of the Norwood Po-lice Department. It was actuallyfound at a yard sale by OfficerAl Bishop… So in order to cel-ebrate the Department’s 125thbirthday is we took this and pho-tographed it and measured itand we sent all that informationto Blackington in NorthAttleboro that makes the shieldswe wear on our uniforms nowand we had them replicate it.”

Brooks said the shields areavailable from the Department’sFacebook page or at https://b i t . l y / 3 d f s i D D .

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Norwood Fire Department awardedgrant for safety equipment

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Chief George Morrice ispleased to announce that theNorwood Fire Department isone of nearly 300 fire depart-ments across the state to havebeen awarded a grant as partof the Department of Fire Ser-vices Fiscal Year 2021Firefighter Safety EquipmentGrant Program.

The $14,880 grant awardedto the Norwood Fire Depart-ment will be used to purchasefire safety equipment. Thethree items that will be pur-chased are: a respirator fittester that works with an app

and will be used to complete ayearly facepiece fit test to en-sure respiratory protection; athermal camera to be worn bya lieutenant and used to locatepeople and hidden sources ofheat at a fire; and a smallerthermal camera to be assignedto the department’s laddertruck and used for maneuver-ability.

The department’s grant ap-plication was completed byDeputy Chief John Cody.

“We’re very grateful forthis funding and the opportu-nity it provides us to purchase

essential equipment and tech-nology,” Deputy Chief Codysaid. “With these cameras andthe respirator fit tester, we canensure that our firefightershave state-of-the-art equip-ment at their disposal as theyrespond to fires.”

This program enables firedepartments to purchase a va-riety of equipment that willmake firefighters’ jobs safer.The $4 million awarded to de-partments statewide is part ofa $25 million bond bill filed by

Brooks said his officers stayed in the neighborhood after the incident to answer questions from neighborswho were unaware of the situation.

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airship had to land at NorwoodAirport twice to refuel,” Brooksstated.

Brooks said NPD, StateTroopers and Metro SWATbegan to enter the woodswhere they believed the indi-vidual to be.

“As they did they contin-ued to call out, assuring himthat they were there to offerhim help,” Brooks said. “It ap-pears that the man took hisown life at this point.”

Brooks said the NPD isworking with the NorfolkCounty District Attorney’sOffice to investigate the mat-ter further to make sure therewas no foul play in the inci-dent.

Brooks said he felt his of-ficers responded to the calladmirably.

“Our officers performedextremely well last night,” hesaid on Sunday. “These inci-dents are rapidly evolving anddynamic. Officers need to ad-just, stay on their toes, protectthemselves and the public andremain focused. All of our of-ficers did that last night. I con-

tinue to be impressed with theleadership of Sergeant JayPayne, who for some reasonhas been the shift commanderfor our last few critical inci-dents, including the shootingat Workman’s Hall last week.Last night he not only man-aged objectives such as secur-ing the perimeter and deploy-ing officers, but he also inter-acted with arriving SWATmembers and coordinated thatpart of the response. He is acommand officer with MetroSWAT so when we need tocall them he is intimately fa-miliar with their needs andabilities.”

Brooks said he was alsohighly impressed with the re-sponse from the regionalSWAT team, as it is a servicemaintained by the collectiveeffort of several local munici-palities through the Metro-politan Law EnforcementCouncil.

“I was also impressed, as Ialways am, with the perfor-mance of the various Metro as-sets that we needed,” he said.“In addition to the SWAT team,

we also used crisis negotiators,a mobile command post, andthe Metro Investigative SupportUnit (ISU), which is made upof detectives that gather intel-ligence to feed back to SWATand the negotiators during an in-cident like last night. Most SWATteams do not have investigativesupport teams like the ISU. TheTown of Norwood is extremelyfortunate that we are a memberagency of the Metropolitan LawEnforcement Council.”

Brooks said there has notbeen an incident in a long timethat sparked this kind of re-sponse, if ever.

“It has been a while since wehave experienced an incident thatdrew this level of resources,” hesaid. “I remember an incident onlower Washington Street a fewyears ago where a man was sit-ting in a chair behind his homeholding a gun in his hand, and wecould not tell whether he wasconscious. We needed to shutdown Washington Street nearthe home to resolve that. Buteven then, we did not call in allthe resources that we used lastnight.”

When a little bitis not enough

My Kindof Town/Joe Galeota

The pre-packaged peanutbutter/cheese crackers servetwo needs. Parents find themeasy and time-saving just toplop them in their kids’ lunchboxes. Then there are thoseof us at times too lazy toslather Skippy onto Triscuits,who enjoy the convenience ofthem while reading or watch-ing television. My prefer-ence is usually for the Ritzsandwich crackers (the cor-rect term). But when an-other company, which in ad-dition to such crackers makessome great cookies had themon sale, I opted to try them. Interestingly enough, thepackages were labeled“Cheese & Peanut Butter.” The assumption was that halfof them were cheese, half ofthem were peanut butter, oreach cracker sandwich con-tained both.

“Slather” is one of thiswriter’s favorite activities,whether with jelly, butter,cream cheese, and peanutbutter: it means, don’t skimpand put plenty of it on thebread, toast, bagel, or cracker.But whoever or whatever ro-bot was inserting the peanutbutter for the company wasdoing the opposite of theseven-letter-word with thesesandwich crackers: it washardly visible and barely ableto be tasted.

Undoubtedly the peanutbutter was not put on thecrackers by humans: It wasdone by robots, which areprogrammed to perform re-petitive tasks. And robotsdon’t make mistakes: onlythe programmers do.

So perhaps the roboticprogrammers were instructedto skimp on the peanut but-ter.

A routine call to the 800phone number listed on thebox elicited some sympathy,but then the information wasgiven that that phone numberwas incorrect: Kellogg’s withits own 800 number now

owned the company. Thesecond phone number had itsshare of “Press 1 for . . . .;press 2 for . . . ., etc.” Gladthat this was not an emer-gency call for an allergy, Iwas told that my complaintwould be passed on, andsomething to the effect thatthe correct phone number fordisputed sandwich crackerswould be forthcoming on fu-ture packages. And, oh yes,what’s my address so that acoupon could be sent to me,possibly to mitigate my dis-appointment?

Neglected in the phoneconversation was, “Where’sthe cheese?” as the productlabel states. A careful read-ing of the ingredients lists nosuch product (the Food andDrug Administration givessome leeway as in the oldcase of how much cheesehas to be in cheese pizza forit to be labeled a “cheesepizza”). The cheese is listedunder a special category,“Contains 2% or less.”

The promised coupon ar-rived shortly after the phonecall: $1.25, not even enoughto buy a purchase of its tastycookies (umm, umm deli-cious). Adding salt, figura-tively, to the issue, was theomission of any cookie prod-uct as the coupon targetedKellogg cereals. Thanks for. . . .

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Buffer zones and notification were the main reasons the Planning Board members believe the measure gotsent back to the Board.

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Route 1 Rezoning might not beready for Town Meeting

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The Norwood PlanningBoard met on Monday, April12 for its regular meeting anddiscussed the current status ofthe Route 1 Rezoning effort.

The effort is a zoningamendment that would createa new single zone for Route1, the Boston ProvidenceHighway District, and createone, two or three zones ofmixed-use zoning at key inter-sections along Route 1.

The initial effort went be-fore Town Meeting in Febru-ary where residents voted bya slim margin to send the mea-sure back to the PlanningBoard for refinement. TownPlanner Paul Halkiotis said hebelieved the incident was alsodue to the fact the meetingwas held virtually and residentscould not ask questions in amanner in which they wereused to. Many on the PlanningBoard agreed.

But now, as the Board dis-cussed its options, Halkiotis

said there are some hurdlesalong the way for the effort’sreintroduction to Town Meet-ing. First, he said right nowhe’s just short staffed. At thetime of the meeting, therewere two vacancies on thestaff and he said he’s doingwork that would normally betaken up by staff. He said thevacant Assistant Town Plan-ner position has been filled andDistrict 7 Town Meeting mem-ber Sarah Bouchard will be


taking the position. But he saideven with that, he can’t becertain the rezoning will beready for Town Meeting inMay or June (the Board of Se-lectmen have not yet decidedif Town Meeting will be split,with the Special being held inJune and the annual in May orif the Town will just hold bothin May).

“At this point, I’d like to beoptimistic and say we couldget it done, but as the Boardknows we’ve had two vacan-cies in the last couple ofmonths and I’m currentlywearing three hats and I’mtrying to keep the ship oncourse, but I’ve had diffi-culty,” he said. “I’d like to saywe can get it done, but at thispoint I’m not comfortable say-ing that, especially since wewould have to do some out-reach and education.”

During Town Meeting,residents were concerned thatsuch a big portion of the Town– four miles of Route 1 – wasbeing rezoned without abuttersbeing notified. Halkiotispointed out that’s four miles ofdirectly-abutting propertiesand upwards of 1,000 abuttingproperties. He said it wouldjust not be feasible, and so thePlanning Board held two pub-lic hearings, dedicated a sub-stantial amount of the Board’stime on the issue, mailed no-tices to every Town Meetingmember and recorded a videoexplanation of the zoningamendment. But even then,that wasn’t enough.

Halkiotis said this timearound however, because thelast Town Meeting had to beheld virtually, the Town has allmembers’ email addresses andcan notify them that way, withthe hope that members abroadand those that do not checktheir mailboxes will see the

notification.Town Moderator and attor-

ney David Hern was on thecall for the meeting and sug-gested a somewhat novel ap-proach. He pointed to a pre-vious case in which he repre-sented Clear Channel Com-munications in putting up adigital billboard in the area ofJake ‘n’ Joes on Route 1, andreferenced the permit ap-proval process he was in-volved in.

“Part of what the condi-tions were is that there’s acertain amount of time eachmonth that’s available to theTown for public notices,” hesaid. “I wonder, since Paul isin the building, he might wantto contact the Manager’s Of-fice to see whether there’ssome time available to put an-nouncements about meetingsthat the Planning Board maybe having, or information ses-sions or whatever that wouldhelp get the message outthere. I don’t go on that sec-tion of Route 1 very much soI don’t necessarily see theannouncements that are beingmade, but it’s there and theTown is supposed to have sev-eral hours a month availablefor public notices.”

Hern added he agreed thatthe meeting’s digital formatcould have been a contribut-ing factor in the measure be-ing sent back to the Board.

“All of this is why a lot ofpeople had spoken to me abouthaving zoning articles discussedin an in-person meeting,” hesaid. “The remote meetingdoesn’t lend itself to the typeof discussion you need tohave.”

Newly re-elected memberDebbie Holmwood suggestedthat they reach out to NorwoodCommunity Media and havepublic access shows interview

relevant Board Members, con-sultants or Halkiotis himself.

“Maybe the Tom Cummingsshow, maybe the newspaperwould put in an article, Jerry(Slater) did a great job on hershow, and it’s good to contactthe Town Meeting members aswell,” she said. “Everybodyloves to hear Ernie(Paciorkowski), he’s a greatpublic speaker. We should gethim on.”

Hern said he too felt allthat should have been done bythe Board in terms of notifica-tion.

“Frankly, I’m with Paul,” hesaid. “Everything was done upto what the law requires andbeyond what the law requires.I think if we’d had an in-per-son discussion we might havebeen able to talk about whatpeople were interested in. Idon’t think the body wasagainst the proposal. I think afew people were and thosewere the ones who got tospeak.”

Halkiotis said he is workingwith VHB Consultants now tohave a traffic study ready forthe next Planning Board meet-ing to go over another big con-cern of the rezoning amend-ment: traffic impact from themixed-use zoning at the threeproposed intersections onRoute 1. Readers may recalllast month’s meeting in whichHalkiotis proposed a menu ap-proach that would allow TownMeeting members to vote foreach specific intersection, andhe said now he wants a bit oftime to go over the trafficstudy with VHB. He said hewants the Town to pay a bitmore to the consultant tohave them send a represen-tative to Town Meeting tohelp explain the various traf-fic impacts of each potentialintersection zoning change.

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NFD Grant continued from page 4the Baker-PolitoAdministration tosupport firefighterhealth and safetyover the next fiveyears.

Fire departmentsin Massachusettswere able to applyto this program for114 different typesof eligible equip-ment, including per-sonal protectiveclothing, gear wash-ers and dryers, ther-mal imaging cameras, assortedhand tools and extricationequipment, communicationsresources, hazardous gasmeters, fitness equipment andmore.

“Investing in the short-termand long-term health andsafety of firefighters has beena hallmark of the Baker-PolitoAdministration,” said StateFire Marshal Peter Ostroskey.“I am grateful that we are ableto continue supporting this ini-

tiative and make sure thatfirefighters not only go homesafe at the end of every shift,but also that they maintaintheir health during and aftertheir careers. This fundingcouldn’t come at a better timeeither. With the financial chal-lenges that COVID-19 hasbrought to so many Massachu-setts municipalities, this grantfunding will mitigate criticalbudget gaps in many depart-ments.”

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

Members of the NeponsetRiver Watershed Association(NepRWA) met before the Con-servation Commission(ConCom) to speak about itswater quality issues and the bestways to address them at itsMarch 31 meeting.

Declan Devine, environ-mental scientist and senior en-gineer fellow at NepRWA, ex-plained that the Neponset Riverwatershed comprises 14 areacities and towns, includingNorwood. About 330,000people live within the water-shed, which extends fromFoxborough to Quincy, and120,000 get their drinking wa-ter from it.

Since its inception in 1967,NepRWA has expanded its mis-sion from cleaning the river tothe conservation of open space,education and monitoring at 41locations. The most commonparameters monitored for wa-ter quality are E. coli, phospho-rus and dissolved oxygen, ac-cording to Devine. Sampleswere taken from May throughOctober of 2020 in the surveyDevine discussed.

He said E. coli bacteria areusually a result of fecal con-tamination and can be a resultof poor sewage systems as well

as stormwater runoff. In 2020in Norwood, 25 percent of thesamples taken were deemedunsafe for recreation. Forty-four percent were consideredswimmable, while the other 31percent were considered boat-able.

“This is a little bit worsethan the watershed average,”Devine said, noting that the E.coli level can rise because ofrain. Germany Brook and Pur-gatory Brook had “significantbacteria problems,” he noted.

Phosphorus gets into theenvironment via fertilizers andis transported by stormwaterand organic materials. It canlead to algal blooms, whichblock light from getting into thestream or water and can killfish. More than half ofNorwood’s water samples hadunhealthy phosphorous levels,which he said “isn’t super un-usual” for the area.

Dissolved oxygen is essen-tial for the fish and insects thatlive in the water. Water tem-perature, water flow and mate-rials decomposing in the watercan affect dissolved oxygen.

Norwood fared much better

in this category, with 76 percentof its samples being healthy.However, Devine pointed outthat that this varies seasonally.In May 2020, for example, therate was more than 90 percenthealthy, hitting a low of near 50percent in August.

An interesting case studyDevine showed was HawesBrook, which flows throughEndean Park.

“This area has historicallyhad a problem with combinedsewer overflows,” he said.“That’s obviously a safety is-sue.”

Devine showed that E. coliwas “pretty constant” at theupstream monitoring location.Downstream, however, the situ-ation is “significantly worseand worsening.” He explainedfactors could be additional pol-lution, aging infrastructure, in-creased development and cli-mate change.

“Traphole Brook is signifi-cant because it is the best coldwater fishery in the Neponsetand one of the best in the greater


Decades of Service continued from page 1Concom continued from page 7work zoning.

“At that point I was not onthe Zoning Board and I didn’tknow as much as I wouldhopefully learn later, but I re-member driving through thearea and thinking, ‘good Lord,do they have any zoninghere?’” he said. “Because asyou went along you would seea house, then a retail store,then a factory and then afarm. It just looked like noth-ing had been done. It is im-portant.”

Riley said he’s not alwaysagreed with his colleagues onthe Board or in the Town ad-ministration, but he said thosearguments were usually civiland respectful. He said hewas originally appointed bythe Board of Selectmen andhe recalled that one of theBoard members asked him torefrain from substituting hisown legal opinions for thoseof Town Counsel.

“’If we appoint you, youwon’t substitute your judg-ment of cases for that ofTown Counsel,’” he said.“And I dutifully promised thatI would not. I don’t knowwhether current Town Coun-sel David DeLuca would agreewith that or not – he and I havehad some various discussionsover the course of 30 yearsover one case or another, andsometimes he’d be trying topersuade me I was wrongabout something and some-times I’d be trying to persuadehim that we actually could dosomething that he initiallydidn’t think we could. I’m notsure as to who won out themost, but I think there were in-stances where each of us per-suaded the other and so maybe

I didn’t live up to my originalpromise not to impose any le-gal thoughts on the Board.”

He said the most memo-rable cases he worked on werethe three 40B cases. Massa-chusetts 40B law requires thatany municipality have 10 per-cent of its housing stock or 1.5percent of it’s usable land dedi-cated to affordable housing. Inquick succession in the mid2010s, Norwood had three pro-posals for affordable housingfiled with the assumption be-ing that Norwood did not meetthese requirements. If the stateconfirms a town does not meet-ing those requirements, the de-veloper can ignore a lot of lo-cal zoning requirements. TheTown felt that the hundreds ofapartment units being proposedat Forbes Hill, Upland Woodsand Pimpton Press would notbring in enough property taxesand the school budget couldface a serious deficit.

“They were all really com-plicated and there’s a lot ofstuff you have to go through,and plus they were frustratingbecause there was just not alot of stuff you could do withthem as a Board,” he said.“The Zoning Board doesn’thave very much authority hereat all, you have to allow thesethings. And it’s more frustrat-ing because of the way they’reset up and where they’re lo-cated.”

Riley said he and the Boardmembers at the time were ableto garner some concessions,but he freely admitted they hadno leverage in the negotiation.

“I know on Upland Woodswe managed to negotiate withthem and get a reduction in thenumber of units and I think we

got some more landscaping thanthey provided, but other thanthat we were pretty frus-trated,” he said.

He felt the Town wentabout getting to its affordablehousing requirements in a lessthan satisfactory way.

“The whole thing could’vebeen avoided, I think,” he said.“If the Town had found somesmall area, and I recall fromthe discussions that there wereareas where they could havedone it, to designate as 40B.”

Riley said the Town tried toreduce the total land area in the1.5 percent calculation, basi-cally reducing usable land sothe amount it already had dedi-cated to affordable housingwould go over the 1.5 percentthreshold. And it nearlyworked, but the state deter-mined that the Town was .03percent short.

“The area covered couldhave been reached fairly eas-ily and I think the Town onlyneeded to approve I think onlyan additional half acre,” he said.“Maybe even less, of afford-able land. They could haveavoided all this by approving avery small area of 40B thatnobody would have objectedto. I recall one of the places Iheard talked about was some-where on Route 1 in an areathat wasn’t terr ibly nearresidential houses and no-body cared too much, but itnever got done. The Townfocused on trying to removeareas that qualified, which isalright, but it didn’t workand i t would have beenmuch eas ie r to a l low acouple of small areas thatwould’ve put them over the1.5 percent.”

Boston area,” according toDevine. It has a large populationof eastern brook trout, which hehopes to maintain.

The dissolved oxygen levelsthere are “awesome and con-stant,” at well above the neces-sary five to six milligrams perliter that the fish enjoy.

The only issues there, heexplained, are the shallownessof the brook and the presence ofislands of sand, which cause thewater to heat up in the summer.NepRWA is working to get thedam there removed “to restorea natural stream channel,” whichshould help the situation.

Resident Catherine Walshasked how often samples weretaken, and Devine answered thatthey are taken once per month.

To improve Norwood’s wa-ter quality and combat pollution,Devine said the best remedywould be to improve thestormwater system. Plants canhelp filter the water naturally.Some towns are using astormwater utility, he explained.Land and water conservation arekey tools, as is education inschools and in public policy.

NepRWA Executive Direc-tor Ian Cooke added that he hasbeen working with DPW Direc-tor Mark Ryan about adding raingardens to deal with stormwaterrunoff. There are some prelimi-nary design plans in the works,and there will be grants soughtto implement them.

A new program NepRWA isimplementing is the installationof markers around storm drains,he added.

One problem he has heardoutreach about is people puttingmaterials in catch basins andother “counterproductive activi-ties,” such as dumping oils orbags of pet waste. This has hap-pened not only in Norwood,Cook explained, but in otherarea towns.

“If we can identify thosespots, we will go to those spotsand do specific, targeted out-reach to try to reach the peoplewho are causing those prob-lems,” he said.

Peter Bamber said hewanted to improve relationswith NepRWA, which he notedhadn’t been the best with theprevious ConCom andNepRWA members.

“It all ties together, and wereally need to work better to-gether than historically we havein the past,” he explained.

“I agree completely,” Cookereplied, noting he has beenworking with ConservationAgent Holly Jones and the ConCom on the permitting of theMill Pond project. “We weregrateful that you invited us.”

One thing he recommendedis going to yourcleanwater.orgfor recommendations on pre-venting stormwater contamina-tion.

Heather Miller said that theSustainability Commission hasbeen working on aSustainability Action Plan. Itwill be recommending astormwater utility.

“But I think there’s going tobe a lot of education that comesalong with that,” she added,“and how we won’t be able tokeep up with the infrastructureneeds without that fundingsource.”

Cooke explained that sewerand water are funded by user-based fees. Drainage, however,is “the poor stepchild,” fundedby the general tax base withfunding that tends to “ebb andflow.”

He added that Milton hashad a successful stormwaterutility, and NepRWA is happyto provide technical assis-tance.

Norwood can help othertowns with their expertise indealing with flooding aftercoping with last year’s crisis.

“Norwood knows betterthan any other town in theNeponset watershed now thatwe are getting these very largestorms that can have a big im-pact,” Cooke said. “So that’sanother piece of thisstormwater management chal-lenge that Norwood faces, andthat all towns face.”

Legal Notice


DeathsBUTLER

Debra A. (Mace), ofNorwood, passed away on April8, 2021. She was 66 years old.Debra was the dear and devotedwife of the late Robert M. Butler,Sr. Loving mother of Robert M.Butler, Jr. Of Norwood. Cher-ished grandmother “Nani” ofEmma and Shane Butler. Dearsister of James Mace of SouthYarmouth, Linda Sweeney of EastBridgewater, Gerard Mace ofNorwood, Thomas Mace of Mis-souri, Maryellen Mace ofNorwood, and the late PatriciaScannel, Nancy Kelly, MargaretGramer and Madonna Lyons.Also survived by many lovingnieces and nephews. Relativesand friends are respectfully in-vited to gather Friday, April 16,2021 from 9 -10:30 a.m. at Kraw-Kornack Funeral Home, 1248Washington St. NORWOOD.Funeral Mass at St. Catherine ofSiena Church at 11:00 a.m. In lieuof flowers, contributions inDebra’s memory may be made tothe Norwood Senior Center, 275Prospect St. Norwood, MA02062. Interment will be private.

CONNOLLYPatrick M. Passed away

Thursday, April 8th, 2021, at theage of 85. Patrick was born inSouth Boston to Thomas andBridget Connolly on March 22nd,1936. He was a graduate of Chris-topher Columbus High Schooland earned an Associate’s Degreein History from the University ofMassachusetts at Boston. He wasa Veteran of the United StatesArmy stationed in Italy. On hisreturn from the Army, Patrickworked various jobs before land-ing at the Boston Herald, wherehe met his wife, Nancy. He sub-sequently left the Herald and be-gan a 40-year career as a UnitedStates Postal Worker until his re-tirement in January of 2000. Heis survived by his loving wife of58 years, Nancy M. (Conroy)Connolly. Survived by and lovingfather to Patrick Connolly and hiswife Grace of Dorchester, EileenTimmons and her husband Gerardof Weymouth, Brian Connollyand his wife Tracey of Abington,Dennis Connolly and his wifeColleen of Abington, AnnemarieStenstrom and her husbandDaniel of Norwood, KevinConnolly and his wife Allison ofBraintree, and Sean Connolly andhis wife Jill of Norwood. Alsosurvived by and loving grandfa-ther to Siobhan, Timothy, Mat-thew and his wife Julie, Michaela,Kaly, Keaton, Ryan,Joseph, Mar-garet, Bridget, Seamus, Lillian,Declan, and Audrey. Lovinggreat-grandfather to Talise andOliver. Patrick was predeceasedby his parents, his sister, MaryFlaherty and her husband Martin,brother, Thomas Connolly and hiswife Eleanor, his brother, John“Jack” Connolly and his wifeGeraldine, his brother, JosephConnolly and his wife Dorothy,and his brother, James Connollywho is survived by his wife Marie.nMany also knew “Papa’s” loveand friendship as brother-in-law,uncle, neighbor, and friend. Fu-neral from the Robert J. Lawlerand Crosby Funeral Home, 1803Centre St., WEST ROXBURY.Interment Mt. Benedict Cem-etery, West Roxbury. In lieu offlowers, donations may be madeto “The Friends of the MightyQuinn” at the Boston FirefightersCredit Union, 60 Hallet Street,Dorchester, MA 02124.

www.lawlerfuneralhome.comLawler & Crosby Funeral Home617-323-5600.

KAMPEN

Robin J. Kampen, age 56, ofNorwood, passed away peace-fully with her loving family by herside on April 1, 2021. She was thebeloved daughter of AnthonyAllen of Norwood and the lateJane (Matanis) Allen. Robin wasborn, raised and educated inNorwood. She was employed formany years with Norwood Print-ing where she loved to work withher fellow employees. Prior toNorwood Printing she was em-ployed as a commercial truckdriver and also as a courier forDamon Labs. Her love of the roaddid not stop there for Robin. Sheloved riding her Road King, en-joying many open road rides andtraveling yearly to Laconia, NH.Robin was always so much funand enjoyed socializing with alltypes of people. She also lovedto cook, garden, and camp withfamily and friends. She sacrificedso much to be able to be homeand care for her father and latemother and wouldn’t have had itany other way. Her love and car-ing for them as well as for herentire family was always evident.In addition to her father, Robin’ssurvivors include her siblings:Neil Kampen and his wife TinaVasquezi of Grafton, NH; CherylIovanni and her husband Joe ofGaysville, VT; MarjorieMcMorrow and her husbandDave of Johnston, RI; KevinKampen and his wife Sue ofNaples, FL; Julie Lyon ofBrookfield, VT; Erik Allen andhis fiancé Laura of Attleboro,MA; Tami Allen and her husbandGeorge of Halifax, MA, andKaren Allen of MA. She was alsothe beloved aunt to many nieces,nephews and grandnieces andgrandnephews. Robin’s funeralarrangements are being held pri-vately, her family is planning amemorial celebration for her at alater date. Arrangements wereheld by the Kane Funeral Home& Cremation Services, Easton.For online condolences visit:kanefuneralhome.com

RICHARDSON

Rev. JOHN L. of SouthernPines, NC formerly of Norwoodpassed away on March 31, 2021at the age of 93. Beloved son ofthe late Leslie J. and Margaret I

(Foley) Richardson. Lovingbrother of the late Ann M.Porazzo and her late husbandMichael and the late ConstanceM. Curran and her late husbandPeter. Also survived by his ex-tended family Alex (Hung) Tran,Chung Tran and many nieces andnephews. Rev. John was a 50 yearmember of the United StatesPower Squadron and a chartermember of the Shallotte RiverPower Squadron. He was an avidsports fan especially loved theRed Sox. Visiting hour will beheld on Saturday morning April17, 2021, 9:30am-10:30am at theKraw-Kornack Funeral Home1248 Washington St. Norwood,MA. A funeral mass will be heldon Saturday, April 17, 2021 11amat St. Catherine of Siena Church,Norwood. The funeral mass maybe viewed by going to view masslive atwww.stcatherinenorwood.orgBurial will follow at HighlandCemetery, Norwood, MA. In lieuof flowers donations may be madein his memory to a Catholic Char-ity of your choice. w w w . K R A W -KORNACKFUNERALHOME.COMFAMILY OWNED AND OPER-ATED 781-762-0482.

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ELIZABETH J. “Betty”(McGrail) of Norwood andManomet passed away on April10, 2021 at the age of 85, sur-rounded by her loving husbandand children. Beloved wife of Dr.Thomas M. Sullivan. Devotedmother of Mary E. Brazel and herhusband Michael of Boxford,

Sean J. Sullivan of Bristol, VT,Elizabeth “Betsy” Cox and herhusband Ralph of Newbury, Tho-mas J. Sullivan and his wife Kateof Foxboro, and Michael J.Sullivan of Boston. Bettywas predeceased by her infant sonJoseph. Sister of John McGrail ofMansfield and Ann Rogers ofWalpole. Daughter of the lateMichael J. and Elizabeth M.(Healy) McGrail. Also survivedby 9 grandchildren, Megan,Maura, Hannah, Brendan, Molly,Aidan, Brian, Delia and Dylan,one great grandchild, MaeveRose, and many nieces and neph-ews. Betty was born inDorchester, raised in Neponsetand Milton, and met many of herlife-long friends through the CYOand Mount St. Joseph Academy.After high school Betty was em-ployed as a legal secretary at afirm in Boston, where she discov-ered her passion for fashion in thesurrounding shops. In 1954 a“great team” was forged when shemet her lifelong partner at theAdams Theatre in Dorchester.Betty had a strong faith and at-tended Mass daily at St.Catherine’s, where she was a co-founder of the Road to CalvaryPrayer Group. She was an activevolunteer in her Parish and town,was known to give selflessly toothers, and advocated for thesanctity of life. Her bright smileand twinkling eyes lit up a room.Betty and Tom loved to travel andlooked forward to their annualwinter trips to Florida. But mostdear to their hearts weresummer days spent with familyand friends in Manomet. Thecountless happy memories cre-ated in this special place will for-ever be part of Betty’s legacy toher children. Visiting hours willbe held on Thursday, April 15,2021 9am-10:30am at the Kraw-Kornack Funeral Home 1248Washington St. Norwood, MA forextended family only due toCOVID restrictions. A funeralmass will be held on Thursday,April 15, 2021 11am at St.Catherine of Siena Church,Norwood, and all are invited.(Mass may be viewed live atwww.stcatherinenorwood.org (<http://www.stcatherinenorwood.org/>). Burial will be private. In lieuof flowers donations may be madein her name to St. Catherine of

Siena School 249 Nahatan St.Norwood, MA 02062. The fam-ily would like to thank Care Di-mensions Hospice and CelticAngels Home Health Care fortheir loving care of Betty. Kraw-Kornack Funeral Homew w w . K R A W -KORNACKFUNERALHOME.COMFAMILY OWNED AND OPER-ATED 781-762-0482.

SULLIVAN

P. David Ret. Lt Col. USArmy of Norwood formerly ofQuincy passed away on April 10,2021 at the age of 74. Belovedhusband of Patricia F. (Murphy)Sullivan. Devoted father of ErinRandall and her husband John ofNorwood, Lt Col US Army BrianD. Sullivan and his wife Kristinof NJ and Amy Sullivan ofWalpole. Brother of BarbaraSullivan of Norwood and the lateRobert Sullivan. Cherishedgrandfather of Shakura, Michael, Kevin, Sarah, Colin and Rylie.David was a Vietnam Veteran andserved in the US Army for 33years retiring as a Lt. Col. He wasa member of the Norwood Re-tired Men’s Club. All services willbe private and a burial will takeplace at a later date at the MANational Cemetery with full mili-tary honors. Arrangements by theKraw-Kornack Funeral Home,Norwood, MA. In lieu of flowersdonations may be made in hisname to the Wounded WarriorProject, P.O. Box 758516, To-peka, Kansas 66675-8516. Kraw-Kornack Funeral Homew w w . K R A W -KORNACKFUNERALHOME.COMFAMILY OWNED AND OPER-ATED 781-762-0482.

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PoliceLogs

Monday, April 50950 Phone - Well Being Chk Spo-

ken To Location/Address:Churchill Dr

1030 Walk-In - Assist Citizen Spo-ken To Location/Address:Norwood Airport Inc - AccessRd Party request to speak withan officer regarding on-goingharassment.

1530 911 - Report Of Fire Fire DeptNotified/Responded Location/Address: Garden Pkwy Callerreports fire in backyard. Mul-tiple reports of brush firespreading to Countryside Road.Walpole PD contacted for as-sistance with road closure atLee Street. N667 reports fire hasbeen knocked down, NFD hascones set up, N667 no longerneeded.

1838 Phone - Unwanted Party AreaSearch Negative Location/Ad-dress: Riverside Comm Mental- Lenox St Employee request-ing assistance with a femalethat refuses to leave the prop-erty. Upon arrival officerschecked the building no sign ofthe female party she must of leftprior to arrival.

2235 Radio - Assist Fire DeptTransported To Hospital Loca-tion/Address: Z Handyman -Nichols St

Tuesday, April 60016 911 - Noise Complaint Gone

On Arrival Location/Address:Dean St Loud music comingfrom a car.

0042 911 - Noise Complaint Spo-ken To Location/Address:Pond Ave Caller reports loudmusic coming from car. N663spoke to that party and theywent inside for the night.

1143 Phone - Unwanted Party *Re-port Filed Location/Address:Pleasant St Female reports anunwanted male in her home.Party was GOA.

1648 Phone - Dog Bite *ReportFiled Location/Address:Jefferson Dr Caller reports herchild was bitten by a dog andthat the owner is being unco-operative in providing informa-tion. NACO and NFD notifiedand responded.

1830 911 - Disturbance Spoken ToLocation/Address: Shaws Su-permarket - Nahatan St Reportof parties in an argument outfront. Officers spoke to them,that was two friends talkingloudly.

2016 Phone - Runaway Child *Re-port Filed Location/Address:Olde Derby Rd Caller reports her15 year old daughter was lastseen at 1600 hours yesterdayin Roxbury. BOLO to the cars,surrounding towns and BostonPD. Party entered into NCIC.That juvenile was located a fam-ily member’s house inDorchester. Removed fromNCIC.

2247 Phone - Susp Activity Spo-ken To Location/Address:Jefferson Dr Caller reportssomeone knocking at the frontdoor stating they live there.NFD responded and trans-

ported that party for a volun-tary evaluation.

Wednesday, April 70419 911 - Animal Complaint Ser-

vices Rendered Location/Ad-dress: Fales Ave Caller statesthere is an animal in her chim-ney. N669,N663 responded andchecked the chimney. No noisewas heard and they checkedthe flute, and hatch appears tobe closed. Advised her to callAnimal Control in the morningif she is still concerned.

0523 Phone - Sex Offenses *Re-port Filed Location/Address:Norwood Police Dept. -Nahatan St Beth Israel Hospi-tal in Boston reports a sexualassault that took place inNorwood. N663 responded tohospital to speak with victim.

0703 911 - Larceny *Report FiledLocation/Address: Common-wealth Fireplace & Grill ShopInc - Bos-Prov HWY Caller re-ports he believes a catalyticconverter was stolen off one ofhis vehicles overnight.

0818 Phone - Citizens ComplaintServices Rendered Location/Address: Lenox St Report herhair dryer is cracked and her hairdye is missing. N458, as C.I.T.,notified.

0820 Phone - Larceny *ReportFiled Location/Address: PrimeMazda - Morgan Dr Report cata-lytic converter stolen from theirparts delivery truck.

0845 Walk-In - Assaults *ReportFiled Location/Address:Starbucks Coffee Co. - Bos-Prov Hwy Party in lobby reportsafter minor MVA in drive-thru,other driver spit on him. N674reports party did not wish topursue the matter of the MVA.N674 reports spoke to all par-ties, simple assault, advisedthem they could go to DedhamCourt.

1012 Phone - Larceny *ReportFiled Location/Address:Somerset Construction Ser-vices - Morgan Dr Report cata-lytic converter stolen off com-pany truck.

1028 Phone - Animal ComplaintServices Rendered Location/Address: Pleasant St Residentreports a passing dog walkerused the dog to threaten him.N674 and N.A.C.O. conduct aninvestigation and a report willbe filed.N674 and N.A.C.O in-vestigated. N674 Spoke to bothparties involved, who had con-flicting accounts of events. CPreported dog was threateningand cited an on-going issuefrom previous incident. CP felthe was being harassed. Subjectstated dog was not threateningand CP had been staring at himto which he was confronted.Subject remembers previousincident and thought enoughtime had elapsed for issue to beresolved. Subject normallywalks dog in area and advisedhe was not harassing CP. Sub-ject advised he will attempt towalk his dog in the area to avoidfurther conflict.

1245 Initiated - Sex Offenses Ser-

vices Rendered Location/Ad-dress: Nichols St N468 will meetwith student tomorrow.

1526 Radio - Be On The LookoutServices Rendered BOLO forwell being check on MA PC474WV1, son of same name driv-ing father’s car. Son possibly onillegal drugs and described as“moody” lately.

1712 Phone - Assist Citizen *Re-port Filed Location/Address:Highview St Party requesting tospeak to an officer regardingwife making false allegations.

1815 Phone - Well Being Chk*Arrest(S)Made Location/Ad-dress: TJ Maxx - Nahatan StCaller reports female party instore crying and then possiblysleeping in her car, ME PC2618YG. N661 returns with onefemale under arrest. S/M 3749.9@ 1832, E/M 3750.2 @ 1835.Walpole PD assisted in search.Management made aware ve-hicle would be left in parking lot.Refer To Arrest: 21-86-AR Ar-rest: Sulprizio, Rachel E Ad-dress: 122 Maple St Norwood,Ma Age: 31 Charges: Drug, Pos-sess Class A Drug, PossessClass B

Thursday, April 80820 Phone - Susp Vehicle Services

Rendered Location/Address:Alandale Pkwy Report TN PC7R64N2 is parked next door,caller thinks it is the same sub-ject and car she thinks is stalk-ing her at her workplace andeven though her boyfriend al-ready talked to the male work-ing on the roof next door andtold her it is ok, she wants thepolice to check. N661 reportsnot same person, caller notifiedand no evidence for stalking theincident.

0835 Phone - Disturbance SpokenTo Location/Address: A&J Au-tomotive/ Also Atlantic Gas Sta-tion - Washington St Report thata car parked at the gas pumpsand driver left, caller moved thecar. Now driver is in office argu-ing with caller about touchinghis car. N663 reports spoke to allparties, informed driver he is notwelcome there, matter resolved.

1006 Phone - Assist Other AgencySpoken To Location/Address:Plymouth Dr N407, as S.R.O.,conducts investigation. N678reports student sent off toschool.

1028 Phone - Sex Offenses *ReportFiled Location/Address:Norwood High School - NicholsSt

1119 Phone - Larceny *Report FiledLocation/Address: TanglewoodStrings - Vanderbilt Ave Cata-lytic converter.

1208 Phone - Well Being Chk Spo-ken To Location/Address: BankOf America - Bos-Prov Hwy Fam-ily panhandling . Caller con-cerned about the well being ofthe children. Officers reportsthey are well.

1310 Phone - Larceny *Report FiledLocation/Address: CarnegieRow Catalytic converter.

1319 Phone - Drunk Driver*Arrest(S)Made Location/Ad-dress: [Nod 2588] Adam And Eve- Bos-Prov Hwy Subject in a Sil-ver SUV RI plates in the lot since11. Subject is sleeping . Vehicleleft as Officer approached. RIPS367 was stopped at Wendys.Plate is expired . As a result one

under arrest for OUI.Centertowed. Refer To Arrest: 21-87-AR Arrest: Barber, Paul E Jr Ad-dress: 274 Dover Rd Westwood,Ma Age: 68 Charges: Oui-LiquorOr .08% Unlicensed OperationOf Mv Unregistered Motor Ve-hicle

1532 Phone - Drunk Person AreaSearch Negative Location/Ad-dress: Norwood Plaza - NahatanSt Report female falling down,appears intoxicated, in front ofCVS.

1700 Phone - Susp Activity Spo-ken To Location/Address:Walpole St Smaller White PU andthe driver attempting to have aconversation with a 13 yr old.Officer spoke to child and par-ent, searched the area with nega-tive results.

2038 Phone - Unwanted Party Spo-ken To Location/Address: Stop& Shop - Bos-Prov Hwy Grouppanhandling outside. Officerstates they are moving along.

Friday, April 90205 911 - Susp Activity Spoken

To Location/Address: SectorNw - Olde Derby Rd Caller re-ports someone is outside look-ing in windows of apartments.N678,N663 responded andchecked the complex and spoketo caller who stated he sawsomeone climb through a win-dow at #101 in building 1. Offic-ers spoke with resident of thatapartment and they stated noone had come through their win-dow. All appears to be in order.

0657 Phone - Threats *Report FiledLocation/Address: Central Mar-ket & Travel - Washington StCaller reports owner of the gasstation next door made threatstowards her over an on-goingparking issue. N661,N666,N668responded. Matter resolved,N666 will follow-up.

0803 Phone - Well Being Chk Spo-ken To Location/Address: FolanAve Request check of resident,not answering phone. A 3rdparty is at the home. N661 spoketo resident, all ok, advised callerthat this was inappropriate useof police as there no other un-derlying reason to check on him.

1249 Phone - Assist Citizen Spo-ken To Location/Address:Dorset St Argument over a K9and not cleaning up quickenough. N665 spoke to all par-ties, no crime, advised.

1255 Radio - Well Being Chk Spo-ken To Location/Address:Churchill Dr + Nichols St Officerreports he spoke with a runnerin the area without shirt and of-ten agitated.

1614 Phone - Assist Citizen Spo-ken To Location/Address: Rail-road Ave Blue Sedan ap-proached a seven year old ask-ing about a dog. Area checkednegative. Caller advised.

1848 Phone - Well Being Chk Spo-ken To Location/Address: RockSt Caller would like a check onhis friend that lives at this ad-dress. N666 spoke to that partyin length and is ok for tonightand the wife was advised of heroptions.

2018 Phone - Assist Citizen As-sisted Party Location/Address:Tremont Street Caller reportsshe is going through an evictionprocess but locked out of herresidence. Concerned for her petsnake that is still inside the resi-dence. N664 spoke to the party.Caller was able to get her snake.

Saturday, April 100846 Phone - Disturbance Services

Rendered Location/Address:

Dollar Tree - Walpole St Em-ployee reports female partycausing a disturbance over flow-ers in the store. Both parties ad-vised and customer left thestore.

0852 Phone - Assist Citizen Ser-vices Rendered Location/Ad-dress: Strands Hair Salon -Walpole St Caller believed shewas being followed on her wayto work, no description of carand longer being followed. Pos-sible road rage incident, partyadvised.

1310 Phone - Assist Citizen Spo-ken To Location/Address:Vanderbilt Club - Vanderbilt AveCaller reprorts she washarrassed by another client fromthe gym. N667 spoke to thatparty and she was advised of heroptions.

1708 Phone - Well Being Chk Spo-ken To Location/Address:Nichols St Caller report he wouldlike a check on his son that hasnot returned his calls. N667spoke to that party he is fine justdid not want to speak with himat this time.

1843 Phone - Kids Gathering Spo-ken To Location/Address: TotLot - Bond St Caller reports ju-veniles horsing around in theplay lot. N661 spoke to thoseparties and they have been senton their way.

1949 911 - Disturbance ServicesRendered Location/Address:Prospect St Caller from #B statethat she can hear loud yellingand fighting coming from theresidents next door. N667 andN664 responded. Verbal argu-ment between residents. Maleparty left the residence for theevening.

2008 Phone - Noise Complaint GoneOn Arrival Location/Address:Engamore Ln Caller reports sev-eral cars parked blaring their mu-sic. N663 and N669 responded.Spoke to parties in the area andall is quiet.

2154 Phone - Noise Complaint Spo-ken To Location/Address: 30Tremont St (Hud Residence) -Tremont St Loud music. WalpolePD to handle. PAties were spo-ken to and advised to keep itdown.

Sunday, April 110102 Phone - Noise Complaint Ser-

vices Rendered Location/Ad-dress: Hill St Neighbor reportsmale party yelling, ongoing is-sue that housing is aware of. Allquiet upon arrival and no answerat the door.

0341 911 - Disturbance Police &Fire Notified/Respond Location/Address: Benchmark Senior Liv-ing On Clapboardtree -Clapboardtree St Patient becom-ing aggressive with staff. NFDnotified and treated patient forhead laceration. Patient refusedany further treatment and staffwill follow up with family.

0630 Phone - Susp Activity Ser-vices Rendered Location/Ad-dress: Wilson St Caller reportsmale and female on her porch.N666 spoke with caller, it was herlandlord on the porch. Both par-ties advised.

0938 Phone - Assist Citizen SpokenTo Location/Address: Wilson StFemale reports several peopleoutside her apartment. Advicegiven over landlord/tenant issue.

2118 911 - Disturbance Spoken ToLocation/Address: St Joseph AveCaller reports she can hear thetenants down stairs yelling. N674reports there was a verbal argu-ment between father and daugh-ter, they have been advised.


TENANTY

Joyce A. (Walsh), a lifelongresident of Norwood, passedaway on March 31, 2021,peacefully, following a coura-geous battle with cancer. Shewas 69 years old. Born andraised in Norwood, Joyceworked for over 40 years at FM

Global. Following her retire-ment in 2014, she enjoyed trav-eling and winters in Florida.She enjoyed playing cards andbingo in her free time, and wasan incredibly selfless personwith a huge heart. Above allelse, she was happiest aroundher family, especially her be-loved grandsons. Joyce was thedear and devoted wife of JimTenanty, married for 46 years,together for over 50. Lovingmother of Matt Tenanty and hispartner Eric Wong of Chicago,Kate Mason and her husbandAndrew of Mansfield andJamie Tenanty Thynne ofNorwood. Proud grandmother,“CC,” of Daniel and Kevin.Loving daughter of the lateRoger and Mary (Petrie). Dearsister of Karen Brown and herhusband Stephen of Palm Bay,

FL, William Walsh ofNorwood, Stephen Walsh ofWrentham, Janet Walsh ofNorth Attleboro, Paul Walsh ofFoxborough, Roger Walsh ofNorwood, Gerard Walsh andhis wife Susan of NorthAttleboro, Martin Walsh andhis wife Shirley or Wrentham,Thedie Walsh of Norwood,Ellie (Walsh) Miethe and herhusband Dave of Walpole, andMichael Walsh of Norwood.Loving Godmother of the lateStephen O. Brown Jr. Dear sis-ter-in-law of Denise Tenanty ofPeabody and Mariana Tenantyand her husband DennisPaduck of North Kingstown,RI. She is also survived by heruncle Ozzie of Dedham as wellas many loving nieces, neph-ews, cousins and close friends.Joyce’s Funeral Mass was heldTuesday, April 13, 2021 at St.Catherine of Siena Church,Norwood. Funeral from the

Kraw-Kornack Funeral Home,1248 Washington St.NORWOOD. In lieu of flow-ers, contributions in Joyce’smemory may be made to theMake-A-Wish Foundation,1702 East Highland Ave. Suite400, Phoenix AZ 85016(Wish.org) or to St. JudeChildren’s Research Hospital,501 St. Jude Place, MemphisTN, 38105 (stjude.org).

WATTMary W. (Robertson) of

Norwood, Apr. 3. Beloved wifeof the late Ronald, lovingmother of William and his wifeMarie, Ian Watt and SharonWatt, all of Norwood, deargrandmother to Katelyn, Will-iam, Jr., Ryan and Heather,great-grandmother to Kaleb.She was predeceased by herson Stephen and her sistersJoanne Forrester and PeggyWright. Visiting Hours Wed.

from 6-8 PM at the May Fu-neral Home, 85 Nichols St.,NORWOOD. Funeral Serviceand interment private. In lieu offlowers, donations to SouthNorfolk Arc., 789Clapboardtree St., Westwood,MA 02090 would be appreci-ated. For obituary and to signguestbook, visit website, MayFuneral Homewww.folsomfuneral.com

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NORWOOD TOPARTICIPATE IN CLEANENERGY PROGRAM

General Manager TonyMazzucco is pleased to an-nounce that the Town ofNorwood will participate in theMassDevelopment Property As-sessed Clean Energy (PACE)Program.

On Tuesday, April 6, theBoard of Selectmen unanimouslyvoted to participate in the PACEProgram.

The program is administeredby MassDevelopment and theMassachusetts Department ofEnergy Resources. It allowsparticipating municipalities to fi-nance energy improvements oncommercial and industrial prop-erties in the town.

“I am thrilled to see positivechanges like this happening inour town,” said SelectmanDavid Hajjar. “We hope to seemany benefits, such as job cre-ation and business growth, as aresult of this program while wesimultaneously help the environ-ment and work to reduce ourenergy use.”

To finance energy improve-ments, a property owner agreesto a betterment assessment andlien on their property, which re-pays the financing. This enablesowners to implement low-cost,long-term funding for energyimprovements with longer pay-back periods of up to 20 years.

At property sale, the assess-ment stays with the property andis transferred to the new prop-erty owners. Properties eligiblefor financing through PACE in-clude commercial buildings, in-dustrial buildings, multi-familybuildings with five or more unitsand buildings owned by a non-profit organization. Eligible im-provements may include energyefficiency upgrades, renewableenergy projects and the exten-sion of existing natural gas dis-tribution to a property.

“We are looking forward toparticipating in this innovativeprogram,” said General Man-ager Mazzucco. “I would like togive special thanks to the town’s

Management Analyst Joe Collinsfor his hard work in driving thisinitiative forward over the pastfew months.”

To be approved for PACEMassachusetts financing, inter-ested property owners mustcomplete and submit a projectapplication. Click here for moreinformation.

Norwood joins 40 Massa-chusetts municipalities that haveopted into the program as ofMarch.

NORWOOD EVENINGGARDEN CLUB TO HOLDANNUAL PLANT SALE

The Norwood Evening Gar-den announce that it will onceagain hold its annual Plant Saleon Saturday, May 8 from 9:00a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at Hawes PoolPark, 1269 Washington Street inSouth Norwood, rain or shine.

Laura Lee, co-chair of theevent said, “We’re really excitedwe can proceed with the saleagain this year. Last year wasthe first time we’ve ever had tocancel since its inception, be-cause of Covid-19. We will allbe wearing our masks – as ev-eryone who visits the sale must– but we’ll be wearing big smilesunder them.”

Held the day before Mother’sDay, the yearly sale is an excel-lent opportunity to purchase agift for Mom as well as plantsfor your own garden. As in pastyears, perennials from membergardens will be offered at rea-sonable prices. A large varietyof locally grown herbs, organicvegetables, and annuals – in-cluding geraniums, hanging bas-kets and patio pots – will be of-fered. Canna roots and dahliatubers will also be available.Mastercard and Visa are ac-cepted.

Pre-orders are being ac-cepted until April 30. For a listof what’s available or to down-

load an order form, go towww.NorwoodEveningGardenClub.com.

Bring your questions to thesale, too. Many club membersare also Massachusetts MasterGardeners who will be happy toanswer your gardening ques-tions.

Proceeds from the Plant Saleare used for the club’s manycivic beautification and educa-tion projects throughoutNorwood. For informationabout the Norwood EveningGarden Cub, call 781-769-3854or visitwww.NorwoodEveningGardenClub.com

NORWOOD 150STEERING COMMITTEE AN-NOUNCES POTENTIALFUNDING OPPORTUNITY

The Norwood 150 SteeringCommittee is meeting monthlyto plan a year-long series ofevents to celebrate Norwood’s150th birthday. We are cur-rently accepting requests forpossible grants or fundingassistance. If your organiza-tion or community group isplanning a related celebrationand would like to submit aproposal, please submit yourproposal in writing (be asspecific as possible, includ-ing con tac t i n fo rma t ion ,funding amount requested,and a descript ion of yourevent and how it fits with theNorwood 150 celebration) tothe Norwood 150th SteeringCommittee at the followingemai l address :[email protected] may also be submit-ted e lect ronical ly on ourwebsi te , h t tps : / /norwoodma150.gov/grant-ap-plication. Proposals will be ac-cepted until June 17th, 2021.The Steering Committee willreview proposals as they aresubmitted and those selectedwill be contacted.

EBOOK TRAININGFROM THE EXPERTS

Attention eBook users: bigchanges are coming to theLibby app this spring. If youhaven’t used the FREE Libbyapp yet to borrow digital titlesfrom the Morrill Memorial Li-brary, or if you’d like to take adeeper dive into Libby tips andtricks, join the Overdrive ex-perts on Tuesday April 13 from1:30-3:00 pm. Join anytimeduring the session to get themost out of this popular libraryservice.

The virtual training sessionwill begin with “Get Startedwith Libby,” a 35-minute seg-ment that will cover: Findingyour library and signing in,Browsing and searching fortitles, Navigating the app, Bor-rowing titles and placing holds,Managing notifications, andmuch more. Next, the Over-drive experts will take about 10minutes to answer questionsand chat: tune in to ask yourquestion even if you can’t cometo the full training. Finally, at2:15 pm the experts will sharetheir favorite Libby tips andtricks in the “Libby Deep Dive”session, showing you how toget even more out of thelibrary’s digital collection.

Sessions will be recordedand shared with you for play-back and review. If you don’thave the Libby app downloadedon your device already, you candownload the Libby app onmost iOS and Android devices.Visit the Apple App Store orGoogle Play store and searchfor Libby. Your result should beLibby, by OverDrive, and theapp is FREE! You can also useLibby in your browser by go-ing to libbyapp.com.

Visit the library’s onlineevents calendar to find the reg-istration link,n o r w o o d l i b r a r y . o r g /morrillcalendar, or call the Ref-erence desk at 781-769-0200with any questions.

Native Planting Protects Eco-systems: Soil, Plants, Wildlife,and People Thrive Together

Celebrate Earth Day and pre-pare for spring planting activi-ties with a fun, educational pro-gram from TogetherYes andProgress Norwood, hosted bythe Morrill Memorial Libraryand broadcast in real-time byNorwood Community Media.Kristen Nicholson, of thewomen-owned business BlueStem Natives in SoutheasterMA, will join us via Zoom onThursday, April 22 at 7:00 pm.Kristen will discuss the rea-sons for growing nat iveplants, such as to preserveand improve our ecosystem,protect our wildlife, decorateour yards, and feed ourselves.Join us for this uplifting talkon how to plant without bring-ing an end to the native North-eastern plants. How can weavoid creating a sterile envi-ronment, while ensuring thatthe creatures and plants nec-essary for the health of our re-gion thrive? There will be plentyof time for questions and dis-cussion at the end of this latestinstallment in the SpringSustainability Series.

To register for this Zoomprogram, please visit thelibrary’s events calendar atn o r w o o d l i b r a r y . o r g /morrillcalendar or call the libraryat 781-769-0200 x2. For chan-nel information about the simul-taneous broadcast, please tune into Norwood Community Media.

NORWOOD TOASTMAS-TERS CAN IMPROVE YOURCOMMUNICATION SKILLS

The Norwood ToastmastersClub, a not-for-profit educationalorganization is well into its 22ndyear! We develop communicationand leadership skills for our mem-bers and the community at ev-ery level of ability. Guests are al-ways welcome to come and seejust how we do it! Meetings areheld on the 2nd and 4th Tues-days of the month except De-cember. We meet from 6:45 un-til 8:30 PM online via ZOOM.Please visit our website: https://norwoodtoastmaster.toastmastersclubs.org/ for access information.

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