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Senior Center holds steadyduring Covid uptick

JefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

The gravel pit at 973 University Ave. may have overstepped its bounds, as neighbor M S Walker con-tends the company, UAVE, cut down trees on Walker's property.

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Norwood Senior CenterDirector Kerri McCarthysaid despite the uptick inCOVID-19 cases inNorwood and the entireUnited States in the pastfew weeks, safety measurestaken at the Senior Centerpreviously are allowing op-erations to continue withlittle lapse in service.

McCarthy said the biggestchallenge right now is theweather. She said many mem-bers will miss the ability tosocialize outside at the Se-nior Center ’s parking lotpark.

“Even if the weather wasgood, with the uptick in num-bers we wouldn’t be doingany outdoor activities wellinto 2021,” she said. “We aredoing virtual programminghowever. Our outreach coor-

dinator is going to be offer-ing two Zoom programseach month and HESSCO isdoing a needs-assessmentZoom call as well in Decem-ber. We’re going to start inJanuary telephone bingo.”

HESSCO is an elder ser-vices provider for Norwoodand other towns in the areathat provide services likeMeals on Wheels, home

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ZBA meets with reps of973 University Ave. on permitJefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

The Norwood ZoningBoard of Appeals (ZBA) metwith the owners of 973 Uni-versity Ave. (UAVE LLC)regarding the renewal ofUAVE’s expired special per-mit to operate as an earth re-moval operation (gravel pit),or the issuance of an entirelynew special permit.

The Board voted to con-tinue the hearing until its up-coming Dec. 15 meeting at7:15 p.m.

ZBA Chair Thomas Bradyasked if they could reorga-nize the meeting for a newspecial permit, since so muchtime had passed between itsoriginal issuance in 2013 andthe fact that the permit had

been allowed to expire aftertwo years. Attorney represent-ing UAVE owner JosephFederico Jr., Daniel Bailey (ofPierce Atwood Associates) saidthere was no issue with that.

“We specifically applied inthe alternative for a renewal ora new (permit) to give theBoard that flexibility,” he said.“The application requirementsare identical.”

Bailey said he took overfrom attorney James Hilliard,who submitted the original ap-plication, because of changesthey had to make to thestormwater retention systemper an agreement with the Mas-sachusetts District Attorney’sOffice. That agreementstemmed from illegal and un-treated stormwater runoff thathad entered Norwood’s water-

shed from the site. UAVE hadto pay $50,000 in damages tothe Neponset River WatershedAssociation and reimburse le-gal fees to the DistrictAttorney’s Office as well asput in multiple stormwater in-frastructure, including reten-tion pond and infiltration sys-tems.

Bailey gave somebackstory on the gravel pit,and said it was purchased byUAVE from the Town ofNorwood nine years ago.UAVE operated for sevenyears until March of 2020.

“The business ransmoothly for seven yearswithout any issues regardingtraffic, pollution, dust, wet-lands or other material ad-

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Schools receiveupdates on COVIDcases, athletics

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

The School Committee re-ceived a number of updatesfrom department membersconcerning Norwood’sCOVID 19 statistics and theschool athletics program at itsmeeting on Wed., Nov. 18.

Health Department Direc-tor Sigalle Reiss and the Boardof Health met before the com-mittee to discuss COVID-19school notification policiesimplemented this week, aswell as the new metrics for thecolor-coded zones. In additionto average case count per100,000 people, now totalpopulation is a factor in deter-mining which zone a town isplaced, as well as the percent-age of positive cases.

“I actually think that this ismoving in a good direction,”Reiss said of the new classifi-cation system. “I just think itwas the way that it was pre-sented that created a difficultyfor us because we had no headsup that it was coming.”

She added that the inclu-sion of more types of data inthe decision of zone placementprovides “a more accurateanalysis” of what is happeningin a community.

From Nov. 1 to Nov. 14,there were 95 COVID cases inNorwood, which is a rate of22.5 per 100,000. The percentpositive rate is increasingagain, rising from 2.92 the pre-vious week to 3.23. Reiss ex-plained that the testing rate isnot keeping up with the num-

School Committee MemberAnne Marie Mazzola

ber of cases. If more people aretested who are negative, therate would fall.

If the positive rate climbsto 5 percent positive under thenew system, Norwood will gointo the red, or highest zone.The Town currently is in theyellow, or next lowest zone ofthe four.

“But I think we’re still aways away from that,” Reisssaid.

Most of the exposures, asin the previous report to theSchool Committee, were inhousehold clusters. During thistwo-week period, there wasalso a cluster in a long-termcare facility. Some cases werethrough workplace and socialcontact, while other cases oc-curred after travel.

“We are starting to seecases in older adults, which wehaven’t seen in a while,” shecontinued, noting the averagecase age during the first twoweeks of November was 47.

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Programs are still continuing at the Senior Center, just in differentways.

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The Conservation Commission met with MassDOT representatives regarding a proposal to spray herbi-cide on Route 1 and I-95.

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ConCom approves herbicidetreatment plans for highwaysJefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

The Norwood Conserva-tion Commission (ConCom)met on Nov. 18 and voted toagree to a plan with the Mas-sachusetts DepartmentTransportation (MassDOT)Highway Division regardingthe application of herbicideson Route 95 and Route 1.

MassDOT ArchitectMichael Clements said thedepartment is looking for adetermination of applicabil-ity from the ConCom so thatthe herbicides can be ap-plied. He said the herbicideswould be applied as part ofthe MassDOT’s RoadsideManagement Program.

“(The program) consistsof mowing, application ofherbicides and other meth-ods generally done by me-chanical means,” he said.“We do about one percentherbicides, and the other five

percent is a variety of othermethods, but mostly they in-clude putting a person outthere with a weed whackerand cutting them back.”

Clements said the herbi-cides are generally used whenputting a tree-clearing teamout on the road is deemed toohazardous.

“We need to keep the road-way sidelines clear to helpvisability for traffic. If thingsget too out of control, it couldcreate something failing in theroadway creating a furtherhazard,” he said, adding thatif they do not get approval todo herbicides, they will haveto put a crew out on 95 andRoute 1, adding further dan-ger. “It’s also, to be honest, acost issue as well, it’s cost-effective to use the herbi-cides.”

He said they last used theherbicides in 2012 and wantto use them again because ofcost issues.

“We will use a truck ap-plying the herbicides,” hesaid. “The herbicides we useare typically Oust, Accord,and Roundup. All these ma-terials have been approvedby the Department of Agri-culture Resources and theDepartment of Environmen-tal Protection.”

The herbicides would besprayed from the truck in atwo to two-and-a-half-footpath in a low-pressure appli-cation (under six PSI).

“The application itself isonly done during goodweather,” he said. “We don’tapply during rainstorms orwindy days, anything above15 mph, we do not apply.”

Clements said theywould not spray close tonatural resource areas. Hesaid the Department of Cul-tural Resources (out of theDepartment of Conservation

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Woman’s Club donatesto veteran services

Pictured (L to R): Phyllis Spiro, President, Pat Cavanaugh, VP. WithNorwood Venterans Agent Ted Mulvehill.

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The Norwood Woman's Club delivered many many bags of food andover $200 of checks to the Norwood Food Pantry on November 19th.

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Front row left to right: Brendan McDermott, Kevin Brieley, Beinot Gebbie, Patrick Brierley. Back Row leftto right: Coach Tom Conneely, Yash Shah, Patrick Moore, Liam McGuire, Aidan Conneely, Landon Soares-Tedrow, Daniel Martin, Adam Chadbouni and Coach Stuart Gebbie. Not pictured: Joseph Gereige.

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and Recreation) requires a setback of about 10 feet from re-source areas, but he said they added precautions.

“Typically the setbacks that we would be employing is 10feet, however in most instances we exceed that,” he said. “Wego back 100 feet from river fronts and streams and other wet-land resource areas on Route 1 including Trap Hole Brook,the wetlands near the Morse Street intersection, PlantingfieldBrook and Purgatory Brook. He said for Rte 95, they wouldnot spray near the Neponset River in the two places it crosses95. He said there are reflectors placed on the guardrail on bothhighways to indicate to work crews where the wetland protec-tion areas are.

Conservation Planner Holly Jones asked if the setback forother wetland areas, not just rivers, could be more than therequired 10 feet.

“The setback for wetland areas is typically 10 feet but I ammore than willing to detain a 100-foot setback for those areasas well,” he said, adding he would meet with Jones on anyspecific site later to make sure the ConCom and the Town aresatisfied.

Norwood defeats Natick tocap off undefeated season

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JefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

Norwood 4E Grade 7/8Soccer beat Natick on Satur-day to end its season unde-feated, the second time in arow.

Coach Tom Conneelysaid it was a great season fora great group of kids, andthey couldn’t be happier.

“Got a great complimentfrom the referee last weeksaying in 20 years he’s neverseen a team play so well orcommunicate so well,” hesaid . “They played l ike

swarming bees, like they’vebeen caged in all spring andsummer. That’s what theyplayed like, it was prettyfunny; I’ve never seen ateam swarm as much as myteam.”

Conneely said adjustingto COVID-19 rules wassomewhat of a challenge buthis team is made up of fastlearners.

“You have to have yourmask up at all times, thereare no more throw ins – ev-erything has to be kicked in– and nobody but the goaliecan touch the ball with their

hands,” he said.“I like to run a fun team,

not a strict team so I thinkthe kids enjoyed it,” he said.“Practices were really fun,and we goofed off a lot butcome game time they wereall serious. I’ve never seenthem play so well.”

Conneely said celebra-tions this year were a bit dif-ferent – they had socially-distant pizza on the field in-stead of heading over toConrad’s in Norwood for afull meal – but he said thekids were happy to have thetime spent together, espe-


Letters to the EditorWHAT WASHALKIOTIS THINKING?

To the Editor:I almost choked on my

toast when I read PaulHalkiotis’s comments in thearticle about what can be doneto help the few remainingbusinesses in Norwood Cen-ter. This is a guy who washired what, 20 years ago? Hewas hired to revive the areaand make it flourish again andit looks three times worse thatwhen he first started! He hasdone nothing except suck offthe town’s nipple for what Ibet is a nice six figure salary.

All he can add is, “you needto love them or lose them”?

The town brags about howmuch it makes at the Electriccompany (Norwood Light De-partment)… why not give thebusinesses free electricity fora year to help?

Is the Town going to fi-nally realize you can’t ridicu-lously overtax the commercialproperties so you can keep theresidential rates low? It hasbeen hurting the businessesfor decades.

Is the Town finally goingto concede that the minor zon-ing changes that it made last

year aren’t enough tojumpstart development andget them right?

There ……I was the TownPlanner for 10 seconds and Icame up with 3 more ideasthan he has in 10 years!

The town needs all newmanagement! It needs new Se-lectmen with kids in theschool system and no rentalproperty agendas and a newTown Manager who doesn’tsit home on Facebook all day,and definitely a new TownPlanner!

Chris JohnsonNorwood

A deficit of decency comes to an end

My Kindof Town/Joe Galeota

Don’t you just love allit-eration? I t’s a f igure ofspeech in which two or moresame ini t ia l consonantsounds come close together,as in the longer example“Peter Piper picked a peck ofpickled peppers” or a meretwo words, “sounds of si-lence.” But the alliterativephrase in the title above,“deficit of decency,” is notmine: Presidential historianJon Meacham, a frequentcontributor on national tele-vision talk shows, used it re-cently on MSNBC a fewminutes after that station andothers named Biden thepresident-elect by pickinghim to capture Pennsylvaniaand thus catapult over the270 electoral-vote bar.

Donald Trump has fre-quently used appalling, ob-scene language at numerousWhite House press confer-ences, at political rallies,and once on a bus trip withBilly Bush to film an AccessHollywood episode. Mostof Trump’s word choices hadbeen made famous—or is it

infamous?——by comedianGeorge Carlin in his pro-vocative 1972 monologue,“Seven Words That YouCan’t Say on Television.” Obviously, they should notbe used in school, either.

Trump has also violatedschool decorum by bestow-ing unflattering nicknameson opponents. In one casehe even mimicked a disabledperson. He used raciallycharged words in some of hispublic discourse.

Yes, devotees of bothpolitical parties have to beappalled by such presiden-tial verbiage regardless ofhis accomplishments aspresident. Undoubtedly cur-rent and former schoolteach-ers have winced at hearingsome of his words. True, hisspoken words have notbrought about physical harmper se but have underminedthe tenets of all teachers inclassrooms throughout ourcountry.

Perhaps someday presi-dent-elect Biden may slipinto the public utterance of

foul or demeaning language. Maybe an open mic maysomeday capture him at hisworst. But until such a hor-rible time comes—and yourhumble scribe hopes that itnever does—the deficit ofdecency has mercifully cometo an abrupt end after fourlong years—something to re-ally, really appreciate on thismost unusual of Thanksgiv-ings.

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School Committee continued from page 1Regarding the schools,

there were 12 students whohad confirmed cases, and onlythree of them are currently ac-tive. The rest have all com-pleted their isolation periods.There has been no in-schooltransmission, but one case didhave close contacts in school.

She attributed the low num-ber to the success of the hy-brid model, where studentsonly attend in-school classestwo days per week. Some ofthe infected students partici-pate in the Remote LearningAcademy (RLA).

The policy change Reissrecommended included onlyproviding district-wide notifi-cations in the summary of theweek’s activities rather than anemail blast.

“With every email goingout, people are going to startto get numb to it,” she ex-plained, “and do not really payattention when an importantemail is coming out that mightaffect their child’s classroom.”

The Health Departmentwould also update the numberof cases on a chart on itswebsite to keep the publicaware as cases come in.

Committee member AnneMarie Mazolla asked if it wasessential to notify parentsabout an RLA case or a casewhere COVID was not con-tracted because of in-schoolexposure.

“Is it really necessary tosend an email about a COVIDcase ‘in the schools’ if it wasnever actually a child in theschools?” she asked. “Thatcould be a hybrid case, too.There are five full days whenyou’re not even in the class-room.”

Superintendent Dr. DavidThomson said that the Depart-ment of Elementary and Sec-ondary Education (DESE) hasto be notified of all studentcases. DESE wants to knowwhen the students were in theschool during the past week todetermine whether they reportit or not.

“My concern is if we don’tnotify people, or at least keepcount or track of that, our num-bers for the state might lookvastly different,” he said.Other districts have been ques-tioned as to why their caseshaven’t been reported.

“Hopefully, people are re-alizing that the way we havebuilt our system is to reducethe kind of transmission thatcould possibly happen,”Thomson continued. “And thatwasn’t by accident. That wason purpose.”

Member Myev Bodenhofersaid that the email that a class-mate had COVID but was notin school during the infectiousperiod would provide a level

of reassurance to parents, whodiscuss school situations witheach other.

Because of COVID, schoolathletics also have been im-pacted. Athletic DirectorJonathan Longley announcedthat the fall athletic seasonended on Nov. 17, and thatpreparations are being madefor the winter season, depend-ing upon the coronavirus.

Longley said the fall seasonwas a success, and that the planimplemented by the Tri ValleyLeague was well implemented.Parents were proactive aboutreporting their children’ssymptoms to coaches andkeeping sick students home.

“We got through it prettywell,” he said. “I think the kidshad a good experience. It wasmeaningful. I hope the kidslook back on it and feel like itwas meaningful and positiveand successful for them, al-though different from thepast.”

There will be a virtual fallathletic awards night in De-cember, which will be broad-cast on NCM, he added.

Because of COVID, thewinter season will not startright after Thanksgiving, asoriginally planned, Longleysaid. He is now looking at apotential start date of Dec. 10or Dec. 14.

New guidelines were re-leased by the Executive Officeof Energy and EnvironmentalAffairs (EEA) on Nov. 6, hesaid. The Massachusetts Inter-scholastic Athletic Association(MIAA) has individual sportcommittees, which met withthe MIAA sports medicinecommittee over the course ofthe past week to provide theirinput. Recommendations weremade to the MIAA COVID-19Task Force, which it will re-view. At that point, a start datecan be determined, as well aswhich sports will be played.

Once the sports are deter-mined, the registration infor-mation will be posted,Longley said. The schoolprincipals will vote on whatis to be conducted and willcome before the School Com-mittee.

Wrestl ing andcheerleading may have to bemoved to the spring, andfootball was approved for theFall II schedule. Basketball,ice hockey, indoor track,swim and dive and gymnas-tics are waiting to see whattheir fate will be.

Track and swim may bemoved to the Fall II season,depending upon availabilityof the Reggie Lewis Centerand swimming facilities.

“I don’t think it can be un-derstated the balance thatwe’re trying to find or that

the MIAA committees aretrying to f ind between aphysically safe athletic set-ting and a healthy output forour student athletes,” addedNorwood High School prin-cipal Dr. Hugh Galligan.

In other news, the SchoolDepartment’s requests forfunding for new staffing forthe hybrid and RemoteLearning Academy modelswere approved at the SpecialTown Meeting on Nov. 12.Also approved were the fund-ing requests for capital out-lay projects, including theschools’ public address sys-tems and technology.

Also, Ai3 Architects, thedeveloper of Norwood HighSchool, was chosen to be thearchitect for the new middleschool building, chair TeresaStewart announced.


ZBA continued from page 1verse impacts,” he said. “Ap-proximately half of the earthmaterial that can be removedhas been removed from the site.It’s an extremely clean andwell-organized site, but, and wewant to get this on the table,UAVE was not as careful aboutits paperwork as it could havebeen.”

Bailey said the enforcementaction that the MassachusettsDistrict Attorney’s Office filedwas due to the fact they had notsubmitted the paperwork to beapproved for a permit from theU.S. Environmental ProtectionAdministration (EPA), but saidthat UAVE followed all re-quirements of EPA regardless.

“UAVE agreed to upgradeits stormwater managementsystem to assure that nostormwater will be dischargedfrom the site,” he said. “We’regoing to capture all of thestormwater for up to a hundred-year storm.”

However the settlementconsent decree does state theOffice of the Attorney Generalalleged “UAVE has discharged

industrial stormwater contami-nated with sediment and otherpollutants from the Facility intothe Town of Norwood’s mu-nicipal storm drain system,which discharges into Purga-tory Brook, a tributary of theNeponset River, without com-plying with the federalstormwater permit issued by theUnited States EnvironmentalProtection Agency.”

UAVE denies any wrongdo-ing in the lawsuit’s consent de-cree, but did agree tostormwater upgrades and listedpayments.

Bailey said the plan now isto continue to remove gravelfrom the site until it is gone andthen make the site suitable fordevelopment.

“The purpose remains thesame as that in the original spe-cial permit, to make the sitesuitable for development,” hesaid. “We don’t know what sortof development will go there,that will be market-driven whenthe site is ready, but it will beconsistent with the uses al-lowed in the Limited Manufac-

turing District and other uses onUniversity Ave. Warehouse isthe obvious use, but there is alot of demand for hotels. We’llcross that bridge when we cometo it.”

UAVE’s stormwater con-sultant Luke Fabbri said theyhave complied with several ofthe seven stormwater infra-structure requirements laid outby the Attorney General’s Of-fice after being asked by ZBAmember Phillip Riley, but saidthat they need to have an ap-proved order of conditions fromthe Norwood ConservationCommission on two of thoseimprovements before they canbe put in.

UAVE still has to add a sec-ond retention pond, a block re-tention wall next to the pond,and the expansion of an exist-ing retention pond, before allinfrastructure improvementswill have been installed.

One big issue is that the ap-plicant asked for no time limitto be placed on the special per-mit, which currently automati-cally has a time limit of two

years. Town Counsel DavidDeluca said there are examplesof boards increasing the timelimit and examples of no timelimit being made, but said thatwhere there have been specialpermits with no time limit au-tomatically, the presiding boardhas generally placed time lim-its based on each individual re-quest.

Board Chair Thomas Bradysaid he would be comfortableif the Board came up with atime limit fair for the Town andthe applicant.

MS Walker (975 UniversityAve.) representative DennisMcKenna said it is his clients’opinion that UAVE has notbeen held accountable for itsviolation of the original specialpermit, and said UAVE had vio-lated their property as well.

“Once we realized Mr.Federico had trespassed on ourproperty and had destroyedparts of our property and cutdown over 30 trees and wasn’tgoing to stop, we had to requestthe assistance of the BuildingCommission who issued acease and desist order, and be-cause of all the destruction theapplicant has caused, in addi-tion to the cease and desist or-der, the Building Commissionerrequired the installation of asafety fence, because of whathad occurred there with ongo-ing operations,” he said, “thefive years of excavation with-out a permit.”

McKenna added that theproperty is now unstable aswell due to the gravel removal

activity and that all trees onUAVE’s property have been cutdown, as well as trees techni-cally on MS Walker’s property,and added that he didn’t feel theZBA would have grantedUAVE a permit in 2013 if theBoard had known this was howthey were going to operate.

“They have not only de-stroyed our real property, butthey have destroyed our trees,”McKenna said.

Brady said he was not surehe agreed with McKenna, butsaid he heard his concerns.

“To me this sounds morelike a civil matter than a zon-ing issue but I respect youropinion,” Brady said.

McKenna said he didn’t feelit was a civil matter because itdealt with land use.

“The courts are not going totell Mr. Federico what he canand cannot do on his own prop-erty. That, with respect, is thePlanning Board and ZBA, andthat’s why we’re here,” he said,adding MS Walker has not fileda lawsuit at this time.

Bailey said UAVE does notdispute the tree cutter UAVEhired went over the propertyline and cut down trees thatdidn’t belong to UAVE.

Board of Selectmen ChairBill Plasko spoke during thehearing and said while theBoard was not initially aware ofthe issues at the site, it will bereviewing the issues and mayofficially weigh in later. Plaskosaid as a private citizen he isvery concerned with what’s hap-pening on University Avenue.


Senior Center continued from page 1care services and other out-reach. McCarthy said theneeds-assessment will be likea listening session.

“The seniors who join invia Zoom will be able toshare their ideas,” she said.

McCar thy sa id t e le -phone bingo will allow anyresident with a telephone toplay. She said residents willhave to call for their bingocards so they can be mailedto them.

“It’s like a big confer-ence call, and we’ll have abingo caller and people willplay along from home,” shesaid. “When somebody says‘bingo!’ we’ll have themread back the numbers tomake sure they had bingo. Imean it’s all for fun, no oneis certainly going to get richoff of it, but it’s just some-thing that other senior cen-ters are doing as well andwe’re just piggy-backing offof them.”

McCarthy said they arestill providing medical andgrocery travel options forseniors in Norwood, butother shopping tr ips willmost likely be over for awhile.

“People still need grocer-ies and people still need pre-scriptions,” she said. “Butwe are going to stop any typeof extra tr ips. Only fourpeople are allowed on the

bus at a time. It’s a 20-per-son bus and we can haveonly four people on it at atime so everybody’s six feetapart and everybody wears amask. Now if the state shutsdown again, of course we’lladhere to any guidelinesfrom the state and our localBoard of Health. Everythingwe do we run by the HealthDirector Sigalle Reiss tomake sure it’s safe.”

She added they will con-tinue holding blood pressureclinics twice a month at theSenior Center. She said theyare also holding indoor ex-ercise rooms, available on a

limited basis.“That’s been a big hit,

having the fitness centeravailable for people to use,”she said. “We’re continuingour lunch program too, that’sstill going strong.”

She added they also haveSHINE (Serving the HealthInformation Needs of Every-one) counselors availableover the phone during regu-lar business hours. For moreinformation on the NorwoodSenior Center or theNorwood Council on Aging,go to norwoodma.gov/resi-d e n t s / s e n i o r _ c e n t e r /index.php.

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Monday, November 161042 Phone - Assist Citizen

Spoken To Location/Address:Tremont St Tenant reportsLandlord/Tenant eviction issuewith no notice of eviction fromcourt. N662 spoke to all par-ties and advised them of whatthey can/cannot do.

1049 Walk-In - Assist CitizenSpoken To Location/Address:Tremont Street Landlord inlobby over an eviction issue ofhis tenant. N665 advised himof his options.

1239 Phone - Assist CitizenServices Rendered Location/Address: Belmont St Due to is-sues at resident’s work, whichis not in town, N663 to placean extra checks request onDHQ for the residence.

1317 Phone - Animal Com-plaint NACO/WACO Loca-tion/Address: University AveLarge bird injured in the area.NACO responded.

1417 Phone - MaliciousDamage*Report Filed Loca-tion/Address: Foley Food Ser-vice - Kerry Pl Grafitti on adelivery truck.

Tuesday, November 170059 Initiated - Susp Person

Spoken To Location/Address:Bertuccis Pizza - Bos-ProvHwy Party was seen leavingthe Stop & Shop/Home Depotparking lot and pulling intoBertucci’s parking lot with anunsecured load of buildingmaterial on the roof of vehicle.Party pulled into parking lot tosecure the load. Party wassweating and seemed to be ina rush. Confirmed driver wasowner of vehicle.

0506 Phone - Noise Com-plaint, Spoken To Location/Address: Lenox St Caller re-ports neighbor is being loud,this is a ongoing issue. N662spoke to that party and she wasadvised, N662 also reports ifthis continues the landlord willbe notified.

0935 Phone - Phone Harass-ment, Spoken To Location/Address: Engamore Ln Afterbreaking off communicationwith someone on a dating app.-they keep calling resident.

N665 spoke to both parties,nothing criminal at this time,advised.

1014 Initiated - Citizens Com-plaint Gone On ArrivalLoca-tion/Address: Ace Coin Laun-dry - Washington St Party re-ports to N663 that after con-fronting someone about notwearing a mask and they werenot happy. N663 reports theywere GOA, officer stood byfor awhile in case they re-turned, they did not return.

1324 Walk-In - Larceny *Re-port Filed Location/Address:Upland Rd Party reports a sto-len package.

1421 Phone - Threats S p o -ken To Location/Address: 30Tremont St (Hud Residence) -Tremont St Argument overlandscaper’s leaf blower re-solved.

1548 Radio - Assist OtherAgency *Arrest(S)Made Lo-cation/Address: Norwest DrBCI assists BPD.One trans-ported under arrest. Refer ToArrest: 20-270-AR Arrest:Nelms, Shemar Wallace Ad-dress: 507 Norwest DrNorwood, Ma Age: 18Charges: Courtesy BookingWarrant Arrest

1657 Initiated - Motor Ve-hicle Stop*Arrest(S)Made Lo-cation/Address: Upland RdBCI requesting marked unitsfor a traffic stop on MA PC9GS412. Refer To Arrest: 20-271-AR Arrest: Garcia, Ed-ward Santos Address: 46Osprey Way Dorchester, MaAge: 26 Charges: Drug, Pos-sess To Distrib Class A, Subsq.License Suspended, Op MvWith License Not In Posses-sion Conspiracy To ViolateDrug Law

1659 Phone - Assist Citizen,Spoken To Location/Address:Tremont St SP calls from awork customer. Advice given.

1803 Phone - Hit And Run*Arrest(S)Made Location/Ad-dress: Plimpton Ave Caller re-ports MA PC 512FA1 hit a ve-hicle and kept driving. Unitslocate that vehicle nearby andplace one male party under ar-rest and return to the station.Vehicle towed by Don and

Wallys.Refer To Arrest: 20-215-AC 20-

272-AR Arrest: Hoffman,Charles A Address: 296 LenoxSt Norwood, Ma Age: 47Charges: Oui-Liquor Or .08%,3rd Offense

Wednesday, November 180717 Phone - Malicious

Damage Civil MatterLocation/Address: A&J Auto-motive/ Also Atlantic Gas Sta-tion - Washington StCaller re-porting property damagecaused by vehicle over night.N667 responding. Safety polestruck by vehicle - N667 ableto speak with the operator,agrees to pay for damages.

0828 Walk-In - AssistCitizen*Report Filed Loca-tion/Address: 5th St Reportfiled about a neighbor issue.

1224 Phone - Citizens Com-plaint *Arrest(S)Made Location/Address: OceanState Job Lot - Bos-Prov HwyReport customer not wearinga mask and has knives hang-ing off of her belt. Negoshian’stows MA PC 2CY272. N677places her under arrest on war-rant, N662,using N670, trans-ports to station. Refer To Ar-rest: 20-273-AR Arrest: Ur-ban, Kathleen M Address: 89School St Apt. #A Walpole,Ma Age: 54 Charges: WarrantArrest Resist Arrest Danger-ous Weapon, Carry

1244 Phone - Mischief(Kids), Spoken To Location/Address: Westover Pkwy Re-port kids on skateboards set upa ramp on public way, takingtree stumps from conservationland and placing them on pub-lic way, and using her drive-way to skateboard. N669 re-ports nothing is on public wayand they will clean up whenthey finish and they will notuse caller’s driveway, spoke tocaller.

1706 Phone - Larceny *Re-

port Filed Location/Address:Sally Beauty Supply - LenoxSt

1948 Phone - Assist OtherAgency Area Search NegativeLocation/Address: NorwoodPolice Dept. - Nahatan StWalpole looking for FLKYHD35 , Teen female inDCF custody left in this car .H/F 3/30/04 Black hoodie,gray bottoms and may havebackpack. Possible Covid 19concern.

2131 911 - Assist CitizenSpoken To Location/Address:Walpole St Caller seeking ad-vice on a possible harassmentorder. N667 advised that party.

Thursday, November 191014 Phone - Sex Offenses

*Arrest(S)Made Location:Medway Police Dept Medwaymakes an arrest at the requestof B.C.I. N491. N666 sent andtransports prisoner back toNorwood PD. Refer To Arrest:20-274-AR Arrest: Baez, JuanJ Address: 6 Dalrymple St Apt.#2fl Jamaica Plain, Ma Age:40 Charges: Indecent A&B OnChild Under 14 Indecent A&BOn Child Under 14 IndecentA&B On Child Under 14

1133 Phone - Susp ActivityGone On Arrival Location/Ad-dress: Folan Ave Caller reportsa female knocked on his doorthen turned the door knob.Units searched the area, couldnot locate her. She is believedto be a home nurse with thewrong address.

1452 Walk-In - ASSIST CITI-ZEN SERVICES REN-DERED Location/Address:WASHINGTON ST Party be-lieves that someone in herbuilding is taking her pack-ages. She does not wish to goany further.

1653 Phone - Larceny * R e -port Filed Location/Address:Planet Fitness - Walpole StCaller reports that his walletwas stolen.

Friday, November 200801 Phone - Assist Citizen *Re-

port Filed Location/Address:Hampden Dr Resident backedin between a cement stanchion

and dumpster, and is nowstuck in car. NFD sent. NFDable to free the car by movingdumpster, no damage.

1243 Phone - Well Being ChkServices Rendered Location/Address: Weld Ave Caller re-quests a wellness check on heradult son. Riverside notifiedand responded, party refusedtreatment.

1323 Phone - Neighbor Dis-turbance Spoken To Location/Address: Adams StReport neighbor yelling pro-fanities at caller and upset overher letting someone into thebuilding. N665 reports it wasthe mailman that was let in,both residents back in theirrespctive apartments and mat-ter resolved.

1350 Phone - Civil DisputeSpoken To Location/Address:Honey Baked Ham - Bos-ProvHwy Report customer upsetabout being asked to wear amask and threw things aroundthe store and at employees.N677 called customer and toldhim he is not welcome at thestore, no formal notice at time.

1601 Phone - Pedestrian Acci-dent Location/Address: Bos-Prov Hwy NFD notified andresponded. Medflight re-sponded and transported vic-tim to Massachusetts GeneralHospital. Westwood Fire De-partment transported operatorof MA PC 9MWM20 to BethIsrael Hospital, Needham.Norfolk County D.A officeresponded. Don and Wally’stowed MA PC 9MWM20.

1712 911 - Disturbance Spo-ken To Location/Address:TREMONT ST Caller reportsan agitated party. Officersspoke with her, she is calmnow.

Saturday, November 210134 Initiated - Malicious

Damage *Report Filed Loca-tion/Address: Oldham School(Acct# 1382d) - Prospect StN666 reports a broken windowat this address.

0803 Phone - Assist Citizen,


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Police Logs continued from page 8Spoken To Location/Address:Fulton St Report her car ismissing, she wants to take herother car that ex-husband uses,and wants her plates back.N666 reports her brother al-ready towed and sold her cardue to her filing bankruptcy,her other car was given to ex-husband in the divorce agree-ment, and plates were taken forhaving a revoked status. Mat-ter resolved.

0836 Walk-In - Fraud * R e -port Filed Location/Address:Law Office Of MelanieSharpiro - Guild St Reportcompany computer compro-mised.

1345 Phone - Mischief(Kids), Spoken To Location/Address: Cottage St

1433 Phone - Threats S p o -ken To Location/Address:Adams St Report upstairsneighbor called and threatenedher. N666 reports no threats,spoke to both parties, advisedto contact Housing Authorityand advised how to get a Ha-rassment Order.

1541 Phone - Kids Gathering,

No Action RequiredLocation/Address: WestoverPkwy Report 3 kids, back-packs, on bicycles went intowoods that runs between the 2sides of this road, across from#72, they they rode off towardsNichols St. N662 sent. N668reports no crime, land is notposted, and canceled N662.

1619 Phone - Susp PersonArea Search NegativeLocation/Address: WindsorGardens - Walpole St Reportof a male party making ob-scene hand gestures to ve-hicles driving on Route 1A.

1934 Phone - Noise Com-plaint, Spoken To Location/Address: Cross St Loud noise.All done for the night.

2228 Phone - Mischief (Kids,Area Search NegativeLocation/Address: RichlandRd Report of a black sedan,occupants throwing eggs. Areasearch negative, caller did notwish to speak to an officer.

Sunday, November 220103 Phone - Susp Activity

Area Search Negative

Location/Address: NorwestDr Caller reports seeing a per-son with a high visibility vesttaking pictures near the win-dow of her residence. No onein the area, resident advisedto call back if seen again.

0107 911 - Noise Complaint,Spoken To Location/Address:Engamore Ln Parties beingloud. Agreed to quiet down forthe night.

1233 Phone - Susp Vehicle,Spoken To Location/Address:Sunrise Assisted Living -Saunders Rd Staff called man-ager whom called police to re-port a female sitting in a ChevyBlazer, partial plate 6,in lotnear dumpster, not recognizeas employee or patient. N678reports MA PC 6360RO.N678 reports party visitingtheir grandmother throughwindow, staff satisfied.

1327 Phone - Well BeingChk, Spoken To Location/Ad-dress: Bullard St Male partystanding out front of residencestaring at the sky for unusualamount of time. Officers con-firmed he is a resident of thearea out on a walk.

1342 911 - Well Being Chk,Services Rendered Location/Address: Tremont St Partycalls stating she is in a men-tal health crisis and needs tospeak with an officer. Unitsstood by until Riverside CrisiTeam worker arrived. N664 re-ports she is not going to harmherself and Riverside will fol-low-up.

1409 Phone - Larceny S e r -vices Rendered Location/Ad-dress: Lenox St Report a pairof sunglasses and a blue facemask missing, but keys she hadcalled in earlier have beenfound.

1646 Phone - Larceny *ReportFiled Location/Address: Re-spite House - Beacon Ave

1854 Phone - Susp ActivitySpoken To Location/Address:Anne Rd Caller reports a ve-hicle stopped in front of herhouse and a male party got outof the vehicle and walked to-wards the residence, he thenturned around and got back intothe vehicle. N666 spoke to theresident and has put the infor-mation on DHQ.

Saint StreeSaint StreeSaint StreeSaint StreeSaint Street cleanupt cleanupt cleanupt cleanupt cleanupprprprprproduces 28 bags of trashoduces 28 bags of trashoduces 28 bags of trashoduces 28 bags of trashoduces 28 bags of trash

Members of the Norwood Trails Committee and local residents wentto the newly-public parkland at the Saint Streets in South Norwoodand cleaned up the place a bit. Joe Greeley said they collected 28bags of trash, which included 12 recycling bags, two TVs and fourtires.

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DeathsABDALLAH

Nicholas II, of Norwood, MA, passedaway suddenly on November 12, 2020.Nicholas was the loving son of John A.and Helen J. Abdallah. He was the dearbrother of Olga A. Abdallah and HelenAbdallah Donohue and the late Paul J.Donohue. He was the loving uncle ofOlga M. Donohue, Molly H. Tymoczko,her husband, Alexei, their daughter,Amelia and Ann Donohue Bicknell andher husband, David Bicknell. Nick gradu-ated from Norwood High School Classof l967. He worked in the family busi-ness for most of his life. He spent happydays talking with customers, sharing jokesand sharing cares and concerns. At thestore he took care of many plants that hadbeen given to him by friends over theyears. Some of the plants are more than50 years old. He was proud to show cus-tomers flowers that bloomed on the plants.Nick loved music of all kinds. He couldplay the guitar and sing. He enjoyed go-ing to concerts and performances with his

friends. Nick always hada dog which he cared forso well. Each day he fedthe animals that livedaround his yard. The ani-mals would come to him to share thegoodies and be fed. Nick is being remem-bered by many as a very kind man. Mayhis memory be eternal. If so desired, con-tributions in his memory may be made tothe Town of Norwood Animal Shelter,Town Hall, Norwood, MA. Arrangementsby the Kraw-Kornack Funeral Home,Norwood, MA.

BUTTERS

Barbara E (Collins), 80, of Mashpee,MA passed away on October 26, 2020.She was born in Dorchester, MA May 20,1940 to the late Bernard and AgnesCollins. She is survived by her spousePaul Butters and her five children; Linda(and Tim) Walsh, Nancy (and David)Holt, Trish (and Chuck) Hart all of westBarnstable, Susan Butters-Peterson andcompanion (Michael Hollister) ofYarmouth, and son James (and Kristin)

Butters of Yonkers, NewYork. She is also sur-vived by her siblings andspouses Bern and Marga-ret Collins, Paul and

Ginny Collins, John Collins and the lateJames (and Elaine) Collins. Barbara wasraised and graduated from Norwood highin 1958. Her greatest joy was spendingtime with her 11 grandchildren. Barbaraand Paul retired to Southport in Mashpeeand enjoyed all the Cape activities, boat-ing, golfing and many family gettogethers. Barbara was known for her gen-erosity, her sixth sense and her witty senseof humor. A Funeral Mass has beenscheduled for 11:00am on Saturday, No-vember 28th at Christ the King Church,Mashpee MA 02649.

JONES

David Robert Jones, 63, of Norwood,passed away on November 17, 2020. BornAugust 11, 1957 to Alvin and Patricia(Woodward) Jones of Norwood, MA. Hewas a graduate of Norwood High Schoolwhere he was a member of the swim team.

David served honorably in the US Navyfrom August 12th 1975 to 1981 andworked in the fields of electronics and cod-ing for most of his life. David is survivedby his loving sweetheart, Millie Gulinelloof Norwood. He was the oldest of six sib-lings: the late Steven Jones and his wifeKaren Sennett of Wisconsin, Robert Jonesand his wife Marcie of Mansfield, MA,Michael Jones and his wife Kimberly ofCampton, NH, Patricia Jones Hubbert andher late husband Ted Hubbert of Jackson-ville, OR, and Julie Jones Roche and herhusband Sean of Milton, MA. He was aloving uncle to his many nieces and neph-ews. He looked forward to and nevermissed an opportunity to gather with fam-ily, and kept up close and affectionate re-lationships with his many cousins, auntsand uncles on both the Jones and Wood-ward sides of his family. Dave loved toengage with people on politics and currentevents, and share his thoughts about thePats and the Red Sox to anyone who wouldlisten. No one enjoyed a good meal morethan David, and he would trade storiesabout cooking, food and recipes for as longas anyone would listen. He was devotedto his Millie, his extended family, and hisfriends both old and new. Together withMillie he found strength and companion-ship from his fellowship with Friends ofBill and they generously mentored peoplein need. He had a lifelong passion for mu-sic and loved the peace sign and everythingit represents. He spent many evenings sit-ting at the table, relishing good food in thecompany of old friends and family. Heenjoyed entertaining his nieces and neph-ews and cousins with silly stories andquirky jokes, and especially dancing in thekitchen with Millie. He will be sorelymissed. A Memorial Service will be held

privately. A celebration of life willbe held at a later date. For moreinformation please visitGilloolyFuneralHome.com Inlieu of flowers, memorial contri-butions may be made in David’shonor to the American KidneyFund. www.kidneyfund.org


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Undefeated continued from page 3cially after two winning sea-sons.

“Usually these teams areone-or two-win teams, sothis year and last year havebeen totally different,” hesaid. “I gave out trophiesSaturday to all the kids andthe parents were allowed andeveryone was very happy.”

“For instance three ofthem would attack the balland then go back to their po-sitions, and the other teamscould never really get go-ing,” he said.

Conneely sa id i t wasgood for the kids to have

some sort of physical outletas a team, as many teamsports had to shut down dueto COVID-19 restrictions,like hockey and football. Hesaid he hopes they can startagain for the spring seasoncome 2021.

“We were lucky, I meanat one point Wellesley didn’twant to play us becauseNorwood was in the red, butthey changed their mind andthey did makeups this pastweekend, and so i t wasgood,” he said. “Signing upfor soccer was good for ev-erybody because hockey was

canceled on and off and foot-ball too, so it was definitelygood for the kids.”

Conneely said the teamplayed to the plans theyagreed to and did not get dis-tracted.

This year’s team includedKevin and Patrick Breiley,Aidan Conneely, Benoi tGebbie, Joseph Gereige, AdaGhadbouni, Liam Maguire,Daniel Mart in , BrendanMcDermott, Patrick Moore,Yash Shah and LandonSoares-Tedrow. The teamfinished with 39 goals andonly nine scored against.

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Pictured: Arline Ryan, Mary Ann Boulger and Marilyn Girlingwith Nanci Kelleher from the center.

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Shout out to Kerriat the Senior Center!

We want to give a shoutout to Kerri McCarthy and her won-derful staff at Norwood Senior Center.

We cannot thank them enough for the endless support theyhave given us seniors during this pandemic! We’ve had outdoorentertainment, $5 take away lunches four days a week and evenvirtual exercise classes in the lockdown days! They just keepcoming up with ideas to keep us entertained and busy.

Thank them so much for all they do.From three grateful Norwood seniors.

SEWSTAINABILITY 2020:MAKING MASKS FORTHE HOMELESS…FROM HOME

For this year’s charitablework project, Together Yes hasdecided once again to makewarm fleece scarves for thehomeless in collaboration withMaking Masks in Norwood.Through November, anyone in-terested can sew scarves fromhome to be delivered in Decem-ber to nearby shelters. Somefleece is available, but donationsof additional fleece are needed.Pickup and delivery of materialsas well as the finished scarveswill be arranged.

You can participate by sew-ing scarves, donating fleece, orgiving advice and encourage-ment on the Facebook page be-low. For more information, in-structions, or questions, pleaseemail [email protected] or goto Making Masks in Norwood onFacebook. For instructions onmaking scarves, click on Patternsand Instructions on the right ofthe Facebook page. Any help youcan offer to our neighbors inneed is most welcome.

FUN THINGS TO DOAROUND BOSTON

Join popular Boston tourguide Jay Bazzinotti for his lat-est virtual tour, “Inexpensive &Fun Things to Do In and AroundBoston,” on Tuesday, December1 at 7:00 p.m. In this illustratedpresentation, Jay will share someideas for activities in the Bostonarea you may not be aware of thatare entertaining, even educa-tional, but fortunately not expen-sive. Registration is required. To

sign up, please visit our onlineevents page atn o r w o o d l i b r a r y . o r g /morrillcalendar or call 781-769-0200, x2 for Reference. An emailwith the Zoom link with be sentto you the day before the pro-gram and again shortly before itbegins.

TED REINSTEINPRESENTS “THE NEWNORMAL NEW ENGLANDROAD TRIP”

On Tuesday, December 8 at7:00 pm, the Friends of the Li-brary are pleased to welcomeback Ted Reinstein over Zoomfor his latest presentation, “TheNew Normal New England RoadTrip.” With most people cuttingback on travel during this chal-lenging time, Ted will take youon a rollicking, hour-long ride allover New England from thecomfort of your own home.

Longtime “Chronicle” re-porter and author of three booksabout New England, Ted will beyour tour guide as you travelfrom Maine to Rhode Island, Mt.Washington to Mt. Mansfield,experiencing the best of NewEngland from the Berkshire fo-liage to Fenway Park.

Prepare to meet colorful char-acters who’ve done the darndestthings, learn odd facts about fa-miliar places, and—this being a“Ted” talk—expect to visit a fewclassic diners. Spoiler alert: Tedreveals where to find the best

clam chowdah in America—andit’s right here in New England!

Registration is required. Tosign up and receive an email re-minder, go to our online eventspage at norwoodlibrary.org/morrillcalendar or call 781-769-0200, x2 for Reference. You willreceive an email with the Zoomlink the day before the programand again shortly before it be-gins.

DR. HYLANDERPRESENTS“THE NINETEENTHAMENDMENT”

Join historian Dr. GaryHylander via Zoom for anotherafternoon presentation onWednesday, December 9 at 2:00pm: “The Nineteenth Amend-ment.” This year marks the100th anniversary of grantingwomen the right to vote. Partybosses long opposed the idea ofwomen’s suffrage, which wasassociated with dangerous po-litical reform and unwelcomesocial change. Besides, politicswas considered the work ofmen. Suffragists endured yearsof public ridicule and were of-ten imprisoned. By the turn ofthe century, however, with morewomen in the workforce and inlight of their vital contributionsduring World War I, womenwere finally granted the right tovote in 1920.

Registration is required. Tosign up, go to our online eventspage at norwoodlibrary.org/morrillcalendar or call 781-769-0200, x2. You will receive anemail with the Zoom link theday before the program andagain shortly before it begins.


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