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Volume 12, Issue 52 December 26, 20December 26, 20December 26, 20December 26, 20December 26, 201111199999

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The deal for Norwood's Medical City at the site of the former Forbes Hill Mansion and surrounding real estate has been delayedonce again, however Town officials are hopeful.

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Forbes deal again delayed

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McDonald's representatives and the Planning Board have come to a compromise regarding the restaurant's parking lot that seems tohave everyone satisfied. COURTESY PHOTO

The deal for Dr. Roberto Feliz tobuy the property at the Forbes Hillproperty on Upland Road has againbeen pushed back, this time to Jan. 31,2020.

The property was put up for bidearlier this year and Feliz’s offer wasthe one Town officials liked the most,in that he is proposing a mixed-usemedical city for the $13 million bidhe placed on the property. He has pre-viously estimated that the total cost forthe development would be around$250 million. The $13 million bid isthe same amount the Town purchased

the property for in an attempt to stopanother massive housing developmentfrom being built here.

Norwood Town Manager TonyMazzucco said he’s not too worriedabout the push back. He said these arevery complicated land deals, with sev-eral parties wanting different assurancesbefore financing can be set up. If thedeal is still not finalized by Jan. 31,Mazzucco said the Board of Selectmenwill reassess their options. He said theTown, Feliz and several of his financialbackers have been meeting regularly tohash out the details, but Mazzucco saidsometimes it can feel like a Catch 22.

“They have to have the financinglined up, they have to decide on the

project, we have to sort of be okaywith the project and know that they’vegot the financing lined up, and so cit-ies and towns selling big parcels ofland and doing a large redevelopmentis always a lot more complicated thanjust selling a single house lot or a com-mercial lot,” he said. “It’s not asstraightforward as building a hotel orbuilding an apartment complex. Forthe Dr. Feliz to get his financing they(lenders) want permits in place. Hedoesn’t yet have permits in place; thattakes a long time to do. He’s also pro-posing a quarter of a billion dollar de-

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The Conservation Commission de-cided to continue the case for 3 BrookSt. after finding a mistake on the map.

John Glossa of Glossa Engineeringrepresented the Susan Colton Trust andpresented the plans for three lots on theproperty. The total property, which hereferred to as 600 Nichols St., has a to-tal acreage of 1.43 acres. The land isactually behind that address. The Plan-ning Board previously approved the sub-division of the property into four lots.

The property abuts Willett Pond onthe east side, near the Walpole border.

On each of the three lots, Coltonwishes to build a house. Each case waspresented independently, and the totalpresentation took about 90 minutes.

For Lot 3, the first house, there is125 square feet of frontage for the prop-erty of 17, 047 square feet.

“There are wetlands in a sense that,on the other side of Brook St., is WillettPond,” Glossa said, “and there are veg-etative wetlands that are associated withWillett Pond.”

There is also an intermittent streamthat drains into Lancelot Court. Thisbecame an issue for abutters during thepresentation of Lot 5, who said they arealready experiencing flooding and areconcerned about the impact of construc-tion. The stream drains into Hawes

The Norwood Planning Board meton Dec. 16 and discussed the issue ofthe McDonald’s at 32 Broadway inNorwood Center, and voted 4-1 toapprove a new site plan for the site.

In previous meetings, Town Coun-sel David DeLuca told the Board thatits powers in terms of site plan ap-proval are very limited if there’s a part

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The Norwood Sustainability Commission met recently and discussed organizational issues as well as howthey might put together a listening session for residents to speak on their ideas for sustainability.

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The NorwoodSustainability Commission metlast week and discussed its up-coming efforts for outreach andeducation in the Town, and spe-cifically having a listening ses-sion in the next year.

Chair Peter MacFarlandsaid they first want to formu-late a plan on how they willreach out to the community inthe coming months to educateresidents on their mission firstoff and, second off, how theywill measure success.

“What’s successful? What’sthe goal going to be and howare we going to measure it?” hesaid.

He said he felt a subcommit-tee should take on the nuts andbolts of the endeavor.

“To really flesh it out,” hesaid.

MacFarland also discussedthe group’s action plan, whichthe committee is looking tohave ready to present to TownMeeting in the spring.

“We have a rough draft ofwhat we thought were specialinterests and stuff like that,” hesaid. “I’d like to have at leastfour people together... and we’llstart working the plan and thenhopefully get something to-gether for January for a roughdraft. My feeling is it’s basi-cally the skeleton of the frame-work we’ll be developing over

the next month.”MacFarland said the idea

would be to introduce the com-mittee to Town Meeting andshow what their goals are.Member Brian Dunn said theyshould lay out events.

“So that when Town Meet-ing does happen it’s not the firsttime people are hearing aboutit,” he said. “Instead of usspending that presentation timetelling people who we are,maybe we should try to spendit saying what we want to do.”

MacFarland said theyshould probably think abouthosting a listening session forthat very purpose.

“We could probably do thatearly March,” MacFarland said.“Have a public meeting, inviteall those interested and if wecould just go through and hearwhat they have to say and whatkind of talking points they’reinterested in.

“Once we have this listen-ing session, we need time tostudy what we got, see what’sactionable on it, and considerthings we haven’t thoughtabout. We have to allow our-selves enough time for this,” hesaid. “It’s not like we have tofile a report for Town Meeting,we just have to stand up and tellthem what we’ve done today,what we’ve accomplished etc.First and foremost it can’t be ahalf hour show.”

Member John Arpea saidthey could also focus on digi-

tal outreach for each subcom-mittee which deals with foodinsecurity, solid waste reduc-tion, water quality, publichealth, education and out-reach, transportation, resil-iency and energy conserva-tion.

“The Education OutreachCommittee could also put outa survey, perhaps use one ofthose free sites like SurveyMonkey or whatever and wecould just blast all the socialmedia sites,” Arpea said. “Asbad as it is now, NorwoodNow has 12,000 followers; wecould reach them like that. Wecould put it on different websites as well, like the Townweb site. Committees havedone that in the past.”

Arpea said they shouldgive residents as many waysto interact as possible, as noteveryone can get out to pub-lic meetings.

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Letters to the Editor

The Norwood Police Department, Ernie Boch and the Greg Hill Morning Show joined forces onceagain in Norwood to collect for Toys for Tots. A grand total of 4,253 toys were collected. Boch said hewas thankful to everyone who joined us and made this number possible, especially our Supporters:Combat Vets Association MA 2-1 & 2-2, MDC & Son Corp, Norwood Fire Department, and NorwoodPolice Department. COURTESY PHOTO

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A brush with judgment

My Kindof Town/Joe Galeota

As the father of four daugh-ters, I have antennae that areconsistently attuned to genderinequality. They are so sensi-tive that I frequently compli-ment speakers who mention“sisters and brothers” in thatsequence, violating the usualsequence of “brothers” first.

Recently at a very politi-cally correct venue featuringChristmas music, the orchestraleader introduced the next carolas “God Bless the Master ofThis House.” There are twoversions of this song: the shortone, which was played the nightin mention, and the longer one,which goes for a number ofverses detailing the crucifixion.

The carol, with words spread on garlands in the middle of thelast century, is said to be midway between a wassail (which Ialways thought to be merely an apple-cider-based drink but alsoactually includes singing) and a hymn.

After the orchestral leader introduced the song, I sort of tunedout, wondering why in such a venue would he have the choraleand orchestra play such a seemingly chauvinistic carol.

One of the popular songs in “Les Miserables” also referencesthe master of house, but the setting is in 19th-century Francewhen women were subjugated to their husbands. The catchy,humorous song from Victor Hugo’s play as sung by MonsieurThenardier continually touts the egotistical husband as the su-preme monarch when not cavalierly referencing the name of theCreator without regard for the Second Commandment.

Ahh, but the Christmas carol in discussion here, first heard byme ever so recently, with merely two verses is no chauvinisticsong: its second line shows why.

God bless the master of this house,The mistress also,

And all the little childrenThat round the table go:

And all your kin and kinsfolk,That dwell both far and near;I wish you a Merry Christmas,

And a happy New Year.

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THANK YOU FROMTHE CIRCLE OF HOPE

To the Editor:The Norwood Circle of

Hope Foundation would liketo say “Thank You” to all ofthe wonderful residents whocame out in that frigidweather on December 6th. We were able to light 2,511luminary bags (the most ever)and the families that came outwith their children to seeSanta Claus, and stayed totalk and mingle with otherfamilies, made it picture-per-

fect!!The Colonial Boys and the

Madrigals were truly awe-some, bringing out the spirit ofthe holidays. The HighSchoolers and adults, thatcame to volunteer to help,made our job so much easier. We are truly blessed with somany people who support ourmission and allow us to helpour own neighbors and friendsin Norwood who are struggling,in silence, with catastrophic ill-nesses. To date, we have givenout in excess of $850,000.00.

This wouldn’t have been pos-sible without those who sup-port us, so generously,through our fundraisers andthose who continuously makedonations.

Thank you all for makingit possible to keep the prom-ise I made to Michelle 25years ago to “Give back to thepeople in Norwood the helpthat they had given her”

Merry Christmas, andHappy New Year!

Lee KennedyNorwood

Dr. Roberto Feliz

velopment, which is a lot morecomplicated than selling a pieceof land and building an apart-ment complex, which is aknown business model thathappens anywhere and all thetime.”

Mazzucco said the wholeprocess is somewhat stilted, inthat they have to follow stateprocedure to sell a parcel ofland this size. He said theycould just put it up with no zon-ing regulations attached (likethe zoning overlay district theTown created for the propertydesigned to streamline the bid-ding process and dissuade de-velopers from wanting to put ahuge apartment building there).

“So we went through the bidprocess, we had three bids, oneof them was for $21 million, butthe zoning just wasn’t right forit, it was just not going to hap-pen. The next bid was 175apartments for $11 million or agreat project (the medical city)for $13 million. We went withthat one,” he said. “We stillhope that’s going to happen, butif it doesn’t we’ll send the landback out to bid and award it tothe highest bidder and go fromthere.”

Mazzucco said land valuesin the area are still strong andhe does not believe the Townwill get stuck with the property,at least if this current trend inthe Greater Boston Area con-

tinues.“I’m confident we can dis-

pose of it, and there’s a lot ofinterest in the property, but it’sjust who are we going to sell itto and what are they going todo with it” he said.

Mazzucco said the balanc-ing act of selling the land is themajor crux of the issue.

“Do we end up accepting aproject that isn’t exactly whatwe wanted, but we’re going toget more for it (money) versusthis better project. It’s morecomplicated because of what itis,” he said.

Mazzucco said if thisproject doesn’t go through, theywill have to restart the biddingprocess as per state law, whichis one of the reasons they aregiving more time to this appli-cant. He said they do alreadyhave the $500,000 deposit Felizput on the property. Also, hesaid the project is the best useof the land they’ve seen so far,since it mixes housing and com-mercial space. He said hewould be much more comfort-able with more density andhousing in the Downtown ofNorwood, especially after theMixed-Use Overlay District theTown approved earlier thisyear. However, putting a lot ofhousing out in places with lim-ited transportation infrastruc-ture and what would becometraffic bottlenecks is not some-

thing he would be too happywith.

Mazzucco added the render-ings of the project look intrigu-ing, but reminded residents thatplans always look a lot betteron paper than they end up be-ing in reality.

“I’ve seen all the differentrenderings he’s done; it lookslike a fascinating project,” hesaid. “I can also tell you thatI’ve never looked at an archi-tectural rendering for a projectand then the actual project isexactly what it looks like.They’re always sort of veryfancy. It’s like when you builda house, the rendering alwayslooks so gorgeous, but then thefountain I thought was going tobe over here is actually overthere and the landscapingdoesn’t look exactly the sameway... Conceptually it could bea groundbreaking project if itgoes forward.”

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Engineer John Glossa discusses the property with the ConservationCommission. ConCom members were concerned about drainage, sep-tic systems and grading.

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Brook on the other side ofLancelot.

The property has an openlawn with some ornamentaltrees. There are no utilities fromBrook St. Glossa said that,when the water system fordrainage and sewerage was de-signed, it didn’t go all the wayout to Brook St. Plans weresubmitted to the EngineeringDept. about water access anddesigning a sewerage systemthat would eventually be usedby the Town.

He said that the 100-footbuffer to the wetlands has beenmet, but the rear part was not.He consulted the EngineeringDepartment about the plans, buthe hasn’t received a response.

The house would be 40 feetby 28 feet, with a 20-fot by 24foot garage.

The issue with a portion ofthe property is that NorfolkCounty took over part of theland to design a looping systemfor Brook St., but later found itunfeasible. Glossa said theCounty takes the property onbehalf of the Town.

“The idea was that somedaythis road would loop around,”he said. “However, there weresome topographic and environ-mental features that didn’t re-ally allow for that.”

Cheryl Doyle asked about atriangle of land that she said isNorfolk County.

“The County takes the prop-erty on behalf of the Town,” hereplied.

She said the Commissionchecked, and the county ownsthe property.

Doyle said she wanted to becertain before approving theplans, and then have it not ap-proved by the assessors.

“It would really stink if wesaid, ‘Oh yea, you can do this,’and then they say no, and it justchanges everything.”

Doyle then asked from whatpoint Glossa determined the100-foot buffer from the wet-lands.

He replied that they werepulled off the wetland flags.

“You know your 100-foot’swrong then, right?” she asked.

Doyle then used a ruler toshow that the 100-foot demar-cation was incorrect. Movingthe 100-foot boundary wouldnot affect the 25-foot and 50-foot boundaries that were set.

“It’s closer to the front of thehouse than the rear of thehouse,” she said, noting it wason all of the maps.

“I apologize for that,”Glossa said.

This change affected Lots 4and 5 as well. There was littlediscussion of Lot 4, once thecontinuance was granted on Lot3. It has 18,517 of uphill landwith 125 square feet of front-age.

One concern brought up bythe committee was the drainagefrom the rooftop. It was origi-nally designed with a half-inchpipe that would take the waterdown to the ground. When theland is re-loomed and re-seeded, Glossa said that therewould be gravel and other de-terminants to allow for thesoaking of water into the yardand slow the flow of water intothe pond.

Members agreed to the one-inch pipe as a step in the rightdirection, considering the im-pact of climate change.

On Lot 5, abutter PhilippeChelala and his wife, Pascale,expressed concerns about theimpact of the construction ontheir property. They alreadyexperience flooding and usesump pumps.

“We are not opposing theproject,” he said. “We just don’twant to have people buyinghomes if they are going to havea problem.”

He added that he only knewabout the date of the meetingbecause he happened to visitTown Hall that day.

“I want to say that your pas-sion is very clear,” chair SteveWashburn said.

“If we have problems, whois going to help us?” PascaleChelela asked.

Glossa explained that therewill be regrading at the site. Healso agreed to look at their sep-tic system for free.

One concern Glossa broughtup is that an attorney haddrafted a letter to the Conser-vation Commission regardingthe wetlands.

DiMaria and Doyle broughtup that part of the lot is in a no-build zone.

“I think what the attorney issaying is that it’s not in your by-law,” Glossa replied. Mostother towns include bufferregulations in their town codes,he said. “Yours is in the regu-lations, where you would notnormally see it.”

Glossa said he would checkwith the attorney to “worksomething out.”

Doyle replied that TownCounsel has given permissionto change regulations withoutreturning to Town Meeting.

Chair Steve Washburn saidhe would consult with TownCounsel on the no-build area.

In other news, memberKristen Capezio announcedthat she and Washburn will bemaking a presentation on howconservation commissions canstep out of their role of arbitra-tion and also make a direct im-pact on the community at theMassachusetts Associations ofConservation Commissions inFebruary. Several hundredpeople will be attending theconference.

Doyle said that she couldnot do a presentation as theCommission, but as a privatecitizen.

“I am speaking as someonewho has immersed myself andbeen intentional about it inmaking people aware that thereis a conservation commission inthe town that’s surveying theTown’s wetlands.

“We need to look at whetherthe will is there for the boardto find opportunities, andwhether those opportunities arefruitful for both the board andfor the community,” Capeziosaid. Some activities she men-tioned previously are workingwith the public and privateschools and participating in theTown clean-up.

Conservation agent AlGoetz said that educating stu-dents would be valuable, not-ing that one school is next toconservation land.

“There’s cartography, to-pography, real estate laws thatare involved,” Capezio said,which would be interesting forstudents and residents to learn,as well as about Town govern-ment.

The Conservation Commis-sion will meet next on Feb. 5.


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The Norwood Fire Department was alerted to a possible chimneyfire on Pleasant street. Companies responded, arrived on sceneand found an active fire inside the chimney extendingupwards. Crews were able to prevent any fire extension into thestructure by lowering “Chimney Chains” down the chimney toknock the fire and smoldering debris to an awaiting enginecompany. Crews operated for just under an hour. The NFD wouldlike to take this opportunity to remind citizens of the dangers ofchimney fires, especially this time of year. There are over 25,000chimney fires in the United States every year causing over $125million in damage. The NFPA (National Fire Protection Associa-tion) states chimneys should be inspected once a year and theChimney Safety Institute of America’s says that Chimneys need tobe professionally cleaned when there is 1/8” of soot build up insidethe chimney of flue. PhotoBy NFD

of a presented site plan that theydon’t like or want improve-ments on. The plan forMcDonald’s was to restripe theparking lot and grind and re-pave a few handicapped acces-sible parking spaces. Boardmembers pointed out that theparking lot has not had any se-rious repair for decades. TheBoard wanted to require as partof site plan review thatMcDonald’s grind down thepavement and then repave, oras an alternative, at least resealthe pavement to bring the park-ing lot up to specifications.

DeLuca pointed out that theBoard can only deny a site planapproval under very specificconditions, as they could bechallenged in court. He said theconditions are listed in theNorwood Zoning Bylaw (page125), and states that certainstandards must be maintainedin the site plan regarding land-scaping plans, storm watermanagement plans, pedestrianand vehicular safety plans, fireand emergency access, lightingissues and a few others.

If the applicant does notmeet those standards, only thencan the Board require a change

to the plan. DeLuca also saidthat those changes must be pro-portional – which at the timewas very, very open to interpre-tation – with what was origi-nally proposed. For example,someone seeking to replace asign on their business could notbe required to do a full gut reno-vation.

Town Planner PaulHalkiotis said at the most recentmeeting that he has been in con-tact with the applicant’s repre-sentation, Christina Pimenta, aswell as DeLuca andMcDonald’s Architect JamesCrantson, of Bohler Engineer-ing.

“Based on that and the in-formation provided by Chris-tina by McDonald’s, we under-stood that the request to grinddown the whole parking lot andrepave it was a $100,000 re-quest,” he said, adding that theoriginal estimate for restripingwas in the area of $6,000. “Af-ter that I understood that thatwas a big ask and a lot ofmoney. More than what hadbeen budgeted for this project.And so as a reasonable alterna-tive I thought to request that theparking lot just be seal coatedand restriped and that thatwould give it a fresh new look.We understood the cost esti-mate, based on the information

provided by Christina, was inthe neighborhood of $10,000.”

Halkiotis said McDonald’ssubmitted a new plan that in-cluded the seal coating, andalso included additional land-scaping, fixing the trash enclo-sure, removing a storage shedand the fixing of a catch basin.

“The total add of the land-scaping is about $10,000 aboveand beyond what was originallyanticipated,” Cranston said.“So, that coupled with remov-ing the shed, fixing the trash en-closure, fixing the catch basinand seal coating the lot, all ofthat is about a $45,000 add ver-sus when we first made our sub-mission report. That’s wherewe are today.”

“I’m glad to see the up-grades from last time,” saidPlanning Board Member EdSheehan.

Halkiotis said he felt theBoard has a better project thanwhat was submitted.

“We’ve asked the applicantto go above and beyond whatwas originally proposed,” hesaid. “It took a little bit of tug-o-war, but I think we’ve arrivedat a good compromise plan.”

The Board also voted totable a Special Permit Denialthat prohibited the sameMcDonald’s from having aninternally-lit sign. The permit

denial had to be written andvoted on within 90 days of theoriginal vote to deny on Nov.4. If that permit is then offi-cially denied, then McDonald’swould have to wait two yearsbefore they could bring the planback to the Board, unless a

member wanted to change theirvote. The Board voted to tablethe discussion in case any mem-bers wanted to reconsider theirvote, which at least one did, andthe Board wanted to discuss theissue with DeLuca before pro-ceeding.

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The Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Association named NorwoodPolice Chief William Brooks III the Massachusetts Chief of theYear. The stated mission of the Massachusetts Chiefs of PoliceAssociation (MCOPA) is to advance professional police services;promote enhanced administrative, technical, and operational po-lice practices; foster cooperation and the exchange of informa-tion and experience among police leaders and police organiza-tions of recognized professional and technical standing through-out the Commonwealth. Brooks has gone to the yearly meetingsregularly, sometimes speaking of his experiences in Norwood tohelp Chiefs work better within their own communities.

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Mila Priore, center, met with officials from the Cleveland School and the Norwood Hospital to donate $100worth of emergency room-themed books to the Pediatric Emergency Room.

PHOTO BY JEFF SULLIVAN

Cleveland student donatesto Norwood Hospital kids

It might not seem likemuch, but it was a lot of workfor Cleveland School studentMila Priore to raise the fundsnecessary to buy a selectionof books for kids at theNorwood Hospital.

Mila said in her first inter-view that she had saved overthe past year and decided touse the money to buychildren’s books helping to in-form kids in the emergencyroom of what they can expectand how they’re going to

make it through with nothingbut a scratch.

“I want to try to come backand visit,” she said, notingthat she wanted to see howthose kids were fairing.

Mila raised money by do-ing chores, hosting a lemon-ade stand and taking moneyout of the swear jar.

“I was part of that fund-ing,” said her father ChrisPriore, to laughter from Mila,Mila’s Cleveland School Prin-cipal Nancy Coppola andNorwood Hospital Director ofCommunications MelanieFranco.

Mila originally raised

funds for her teacher at theCleveland for a new, $100Wobbly-style chair to help herwith her back and comfortduring class.

“After that I wanted toraise money for something in-volving kids,” she said, add-ing she wasn’t done yet. “Iwill try to raise some moremoney but I haven’t told any-one yet. So far I’ve had $77in my room saved, but I’mthinking about raising more.I’m definitely thinking ofshoveling people’s yards and,


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SENIOR NEWS DEATHSBALL

Agnes C. (Aussant) of Norwood,passed away peacefully, surrounded byher loving family on Tuesday, Decem-ber 17, 2019 at the age of 79. Belovedwife of the late Kenneth C. Ball. Lov-ing mother of Kevin Ball & his wifeCarolyn of Walpole, JeanetteJankowski & her husband Peter ofWalpole, Thomas Ball & his wife Taraof Wrentham and Joan Scanlon & herhusband Armand of Norwood. Cher-ished grandmother of Emily, Casey andSarah Ball; Matthew, Katie and KrissyJankowski and Aidan and AmandaScanlon. Devoted sister of Rita Nortonand Eileen Bullard. Predeceased by herson Brion Ball, daughter Janice Ball,and cousin, Robert Menz. Funeralfrom the Gillooly Funeral Home, 126Walpole St., NORWOOD. Intermentin Knollwood Memorial Park in Can-ton. In lieu of flowers, remembrancesin her name may be made to theAlzheimer’s Association, 309Waverley Oaks Rd., Waltham, MA02452. Gillooly Funeral Homewww.gilloolyfuneralhome.com

FUNDORA

MARTA F. (Murrillo) ofNorwood passed away on Decem-ber 21, 2019 at the age of 79. Be-loved wife of the late HermengildoCarlos Fundora. Devoted mother ofCarlos A. Fundora and his wifeCheryl of Norwood, Luisa D.Gorske and her husband Jim ofHolden, William H. Fundoraand his wife Amy of Mansfieldand Barbara M. Fundora-Howard and her husbandStephen of Halifax. Cherishedgrandmother of 9 grandchil-dren. Funeral from the Kraw-Kornack Funeral Home 1248Washington St . Norwood,

Thursday December 26, 2019 at9:30am followed by a funeralmass at 11am at St. Catherineof Siena Church Norwood. Vis-it ing hours will be held onThursday, December 26, 2019from 9:30am -10:30am. Burialwill be at Highland CemeteryNorwood.

LOFTUS

NANCY J. (Mahar) ofWalpole, formerly of Norwood,passed away peacefully on De-cember 18, 2019 at the age of 76,surrounded by her family. Be-loved wife of the late Thomas P.Loftus. Devoted mother of KateE. Loftus of Boston and Christo-pher T. Loftus and his wife Kellyof Walpole. Daughter of the lateJames Kenneth and Joan M.(Cashen) Mahar. Sister of the lateRichard K. Mahar, Robert J.Mahar and Joan E. “Betty” Ross.Also survived by many nieces,nephews, cousins, friends, andher loyal companion Seamus.Nancy was a first grade teacherfor 33 years, and loved teachingchildren how to read. She waspassionate about knitting, sew-ing, quilting, and spending timeon the Cape. She was an avidRed Sox and Patriots fan. Funeralfrom the Kraw-Kornack FuneralHome, 1248 Washington St.,Norwood. Burial at HighlandCemetery Norwood. Donationsmay be made in her name toDana-Farber Cancer Institute,P.O. Box 849168, Boston, MA02284-9168 www.dana-farber.org or the Morrill Memo-rial Library 33 Walpole St.,Norwood, MA 02062.

McKENZIE

CORINNE, T. (LaPan) ofNorwood passed away on December19, 2019 at the age of 72. Beloved wifeof John “Whitey” C. McKenzie. De-voted mother of Sharon A. Sypekof Norwood and Michelle L.McKenzie of Norwood. Lovingsister of Patricia A. Greenwood ofHolden and the late Arleen L.Locke. Cherished grandmother ofTayla A. Sypek and John VincentPaquette. Daughter of the lateRaymond D. and Ethel S. (Cairns)LaPan. Corinne was a 1964 gradu-ate of Westford Academy and a1968 graduate of UMASS Lowell.She was also a member of theRhododendron Quilters Guild anda retired Teacher for the NorwoodPublic Schools. Funeral from theKraw-Kornack Funeral Home1248 Washington St. Norwood,Friday, December 27, 2019 at10am followed by a funeral massat 11am at St. Catherine of SienaChurch Norwood. Visiting hourswill be held on Thursday, Decem-ber 26, 2019 from 4-8pm. Burialwill be at Knollwood MemorialPark, Canton, MA. In lieu of flow-ers donations may be made in hername to the MSPCA 350 SouthHuntington Ave. Boston, MA02130. Kraw-Kornack FuneralHome. www.KRAW-KORNACKFUNERALHOME.COMFAMILY OWNED AND OPER-ATED 781-762-0482.

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BASIC COMPUTER COURSE: A four-part basic computer course isfrequently offered to those who wish to learn how to use a computer. Sign-up atthe front desk. $2.00 a class.

BINGO: Every Wednesday, from 12:45 PM to 3:00 PM, $5.00 to getstarted. For $1.00, we have a game with a winner take all prize! You must behere by 12:45 PM to play this game!

BLOOD PRESSURE CLINIC: Walpole VNA will be available for bloodpressure screening on the first Wednesday of each month. Ellis Nursing Homewill offer blood pressure screening on the 2nd Wednesday of each month. TheWalpole VNA will provide blood pressure screening on the third Wednesday ofeach month at 11:30 AM. Walpole VNA on the 5th.

BOOK CLUB: Our next book club meeting will be on Jan. 27th, 2020 at10:00 AM.

BRIDGE: Our bridge club meets on Thursdays at 9:00 AM, in the Library.CAMERA CLUB: Join the club to share your love of photography, and

learn new skills. Group meets on Wednesdays11am-noon Jan.COMPUTER CLUB: The computer club meets every Wednesday at 1:00

PMCOUNCIL ON AGING: COA Board meeting will be held on January 9,

1:00 PM Friends of COA meeting will follow (note new day).CRIBBAGE: Our seniors meet every Monday and Friday at 12:45 PM to

play cribbage.DIGITAL PHOTO ORGANIZATION & EDITING: will take place

the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month, at 11:30 AM.DRAWING WITH COLORED PENCILS: Classes Jan. 11AM-

12:15PM. $3.00 a session, all materials included.FRIENDS EVENING DANCE: January 17th, 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM DB

Band.GLEE CLUB: Every Tuesday at 11:15 am new members always wel-

come. HANDCRAFTERS: Handcrafters meet every Monday from 1:00 PM -3:00 PM.

HEARING SOLUTIONS: Hearing Aide clinic will return on Wednes-day, January 22nd at 11:30.

LEARN TO PLAY MAH JONG: Thursdays and Fridays at 12:30 PM.LINE DANCE LESSONS: Classes are held each Tuesday. Class will be

held from 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM.LINE DANCE W/ SUSAN: come join the Friends of the COA and dance.

Friday, January 31st at 1: 00 pm $5.00.MAH JONG: Mah Jong players meet Monday, Wednesday, and Friday

10:00 AM - Noon.MASSAGE THERAPIST: Karen is here on the first Monday of each

month. Please sign up at front desk. Massages are $30.00 for half an hour. Jan.6, Monday.

NORWOOD RETIRED MEN’S CLUB: The Board of Directors meetson the 1st Tuesday of each month at 9:30AM, at the Senior Center. The clubmembership meets the 2nd Tuesday of each month at the Norwood Elks Lodge,at 10:00 AM.

SCRABBLE: Thursday afternoons at 1:00 PM. Come and join us for agame.

SHINE: We have two SHINE Counselors. Carole is here to help you withyour medical insurance needs on Tuesdays from 10:00 AM. - 2:00 PM. Amywill be here on Fridays from 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM Please call 781-762-1201 foran appointment.

TAP DANCE: Thursdays at 11:15 AM. All levels are welcome and en-couraged to join the fun.

TRIAD: Monday, January 27th, 2020 at 1PM –Norfolk County SheriffMcDermott.

WATER COLOR: The next session is scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 9th, at9:00 AM. Payment of $20.00 must be made at time of sign up.

WAXING with Erin: Jan. 27th, Monday 9:00 AM – Noon.WHIST: Whist players meet on Tuesdays at 12:45 PM, in the library.

Let’s laugh Yoga, Monday, January 6th 1pm-2pm.Gary Hylander, Friday, January 17th 1PM. Bruce Hambro, The Legendary

Judy Garland, Friday, January 24th, 1pm.

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O’BRIENEILEEN F. (Leary) of

Norwood formerly of Brightonpassed away on December 18,2019 at the age of 82. Beloved wifeof Stephen J. O’Brien. Devotedmother of Stephen J. O’Brien ofMansfield, Monica O’Brien ofFoxboro, Matthew W. O’Brien ofFoxboro, Barbara J. O’Brien of FLand the late Margaret T. Tsebetzis.Sister of the late Margaret “Peggy”Dwyer and Marie Rankin. Cher-ished grandmother of Matthew andJessica Tsebetzis. Eileen was agraduate of Our Lady’s Presenta-tion Academy in Brighton and wasa member of the Catholic Daugh-ters of American. She also lovedall pets especially her dogs and wasa longtime volunteer for the Neponset Valley Humane Society. Funeral fromthe Kraw-Kornack Funeral Home 1248 Washington St. Norwood. Burial atHighland Cemetery Norwood. In lieu of flowers donations may be made inher name to the Neponset Valley Humane Society P.O. Box 544 Norwood,MA 02062. www.neponsethumane.org

O’TOOLEDiana E. (Toto) of South Yarmouth, formerly of Norwood and Roslindale,

passed away peacefully at her home on Friday, December 13, 2019 at theage of 80. Beloved wife of the late Edward F. O’Toole. Loving mother ofLaurie-Anne of Osterville. Devoted sister of Salvatore & his wife Kathy ofFranklin and Theresa & her husband Carmen of Readville. Cherished grand-mother of Dylan and Brooke. Adored great-grandmother of Atlas. She isalso survived by many nieces and nephews. Funeral from the Gillooly Fu-neral Home, 126 Walpole St., NORWOOD. Interment in Highland Cem-etery in Norwood. Her family would like to thank everyone at the Cape CodVNA Hospice for their wonderful care. In lieu of flowers, remembrances inDiana’s name may be made to VNA of Cape Cod Hospice Care, 255 Inde-pendence Drive, Hyannis, MA 02601. www.GilloolyFuneralhome.com

WENNERSTRANDLORRAINE Ann (Kilburn) of

Carver formerly of Norwood andWalpole passed away on Decem-ber 18, 2019 at the age of 80. Be-loved wife of Richard L.Wennerstrand. Devoted motherof Debra A. Pacitto of Plainville,Donna M. Moltedo and her hus-band Bob of FL, Richard S.Wennerstrand and his wife Linaof FL and Julie A. Parsons andher husband James of Carver.Sister of Kenneth Kilburn ofCarver, Barbara Loughran ofHopkinton and the late EdwardKilburn US Navy Retired. Cher-ished grandmother of Jessika,Ricky, Chase, Michael, Larissa,Jimmy and Joshua. Great grandmother of Boston, Autumn, Destiny,Davonte, Peyton, Miraiya, Jordan, Ricky Jr. and the late Collette.Lorraine was a retired Property Manager for Delapa Construction Co.working there for many years. Funeral from the Kraw-Kornack Fu-neral Home 1248 Washington St. Norwood, MA. In lieu of flowersdonations may be made in her name to Cranberry Hospice 36 CordagePark Circle Plymouth, MA 02360.

“VIBES” ART WORKSHOPFeeling stressed, or just want

to express yourself? Come to theMorrill Memorial Library onWednesday, January 8 from6:30-8:30 pm for a fun andtherapeutic art workshop thatencourages creativity and over-all well-being. The theme of theworkshop is Cheers to a NewYear: 2020. Monique Jacobs,the owner of S.O.M. Vibes Stu-dio in Norwood, will be avail-able to guide your artistic pro-cess.

This adult class, limited tothe first 15 participants to signup, is designed to promote apositive vibe and mindset byconnecting through art and mu-sic. At the end of the evening wehope you’ll feel refreshed andmore relaxed as we ring in thenew decade. To register, pleasevisit our online events page atn o r w o o d l i b r a r y . o r g /morrillcalendar, call 781-769-0200, x110, or stop by the li-brary Reference or InformationDesk.

AFFORDABLE HOUSING101

Together Yes and ProgressNorwood will present an infor-mational forum on affordablehousing at the Morrill MemorialLibrary on Thursday, January 9at 6:30 pm as part of the 2020Sustainability Series. Panelistswill give an overview of what

constitutes affordable housingand how it works in Norwood.They will also provide informa-tion on the different entities in-volved in affordable housing,both in Norwood and across thestate, and explore what othermunicipalities are doing to ad-dress the need for more afford-able housing. Panelists will in-clude experts from the Mass.Housing Partnership,NieighborWorks House Solu-tions, and several other local af-fordable housing advocates. Toregister for this program, visitour online events page atn o r w o o d l i b r a r y . o r g /morrillcalendar, call 781-769-0200, x110 or stop by the libraryReference or Information Desk.

BOOK GROUP TO DIS-CUSS “EVERY NOTEPLAYED”

The first meeting of theMorrill Memorial Library’sTurn the Page Book Group in2020 will take place on Wednes-day, January 15 at 10:00 a.m.and 7:00 p.m. Patty Bailey andguest host Carla Howard willlead the discussion of LisaGenova’s “Every Note Played.”

Karina blames her ex-hus-band Richard, an accomplishedconcert pianist, for their failedmarriage. When Richard is di-agnosed with ALS, Karina be-comes his reluctant caretaker. Ashis disease progresses, they

must both try to reconcile theirpast before it’s too late. To reg-ister for either the morning orevening session, please visit ourevents page atn o r w o o d l i b r a r y . o r g /morrillcalendar, call 781-769-0200 x110, or stop by the libraryReference or Information Desk.Copies of the book in a varietyof formats are available to checkout at the Circulation Desk. Re-freshments will be provided.

DIVORCE – HELPWITH HANDLING IT

The Morrill Memorial Li-brary is holding an informativeseminar on Thursday, January23 at 7:00 p.m. to help thosedealing with divorce. We allhave family and friends, andmaybe ever ourselves, who havebeen affected by divorce, whichcan be difficult and often con-fusing. This discussion, hostedby attorney Scott Murphy andsocial worker Mary Vanderveer,will cover some of the legal andemotional aspects of divorce.All questions are welcome.Scott Murphy maintains a lawpractice in Norwood, and MaryVanderveer runs divorce supportgroups in the local area. To reg-ister for this program, pleasevisit our events page atn o r w o o d l i b r a r y . o r g /morrillcalendar, call 781-769-0200 x110, or stop by the libraryReference or Information Desk.

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Norwood Police detec-tives arrested two New YorkCity men last week in con-nection with a phone scamthat victimized an 85-year oldNorwood woman. Accordingto the victim, she received a

call a few days ago from aman purporting to be a law-yer representing her grandsonwho, the caller told her, wasin police custody. The “at-

Ali Almashhadani Mark Gabra

NPD arrest sophisticatedphone scammers

Mila continued from page 7of course, more swear jarfunding, and just other thingsto do, like chores.”

Coppola said she and Milafigured out that donatingthose books would be the bestuse of the money.

“She had asked if therewas somewhere to donate andwe started listing off placeslike the Norwood AnimalShelter, the Food Pantry andplaces like that and she saidshe wanted to do somethinginvolving other children,” shesaid. “So last year the hospi-tal was nice enough to donatebooks to our school and all theelementary schools, and thatwas what was in my head,they gave us books and thiswas a great opportunity toshow the connection in thecommunity with us.”

Franco said the outreachwas part of the NorwoodHospital’s celebration of itscentennial, and they would bedoing more outreach as part ofthat with the community.

“So 2019 was our anniver-sary, our centennial, so as anumber of initiatives we’regetting 100 books for localschools throughout the year,”

she said.For more information on

the hospital’s efforts, go toh t t p s : / / w w w. n o r w o o d -hospital.org/about-us/commu-nity-health-outreach

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The Record BookMENTAL ILLNESS SUPPORT GROUP MEETING

The South Norfolk Mental Illness Family and Friends Sup-port Group will hold its monthly meeting in the Willett Con-ference Room in the Lorusso Building at Norwood Hospital(800 Washington St., Norwood, MA) from 7-9 pm on Thurs-day, January 2. Note: this is the conference room beyond theCafeteria.

Mental illness is a label for a variety of diseases of thebrain. Often it strikes in late adolescence, devastating the af-flicted person and the family. The South Norfolk Mental Ill-ness Family and Friends Support Group is composed of suchfamilies who find mutual support and join together to advo-cate for their loved ones. We welcome all families in the SouthNorfolk Area who are dealing with mental illness and theirloved ones. In case of inclement weather, we will align withthe Norwood schools. If they close, the meeting will be can-celled. For further information call Ray at 508-668-2941.

I WANT IT NOW!Overcoming Entitlement Wednesday, January 8, Savage

Educational Center – Room 219 275 Prospect Street, Norwood,MA 02062 6:30 - 8:30 PM The decade of the 1980’s gave birthto the phenomenon of entitlement. Since then, it has becomean epidemic. Entitlement is a force that robs our kids of theirimagination, energy and determination, as well as their abil-ity to live fulfilling lives. This session examines the one trueway to overcome this epidemic. This workshop is for familieswith children from toddler to early elementary years. To reg-ister contact Beverly Boudreau, Norwood Public Schools,CFCE Off ice a t 781-440-5983 or e-mai [email protected] When registering please pro-vide your name, e-mail address and phone number.

LITTLE MUSTANGS PRESCHOOL REGISTRATIONNorwood Public Schools is registering NOW for the School

Year 2020-2021, 3 and 4 year old program. Applications avail-able at the preschool office located at The James R. SavageCenter, 275 Prospect St., Norwood or call 781-440-5802x3600.

ROTARY CLUB COAT DRIVE IS ON NOWNorwood Rotary Club is having its annual coat drive now

through December 12. Drop-off sites will be at the HighSchool, Senior center, Civic Center, Lustra Cleaners. Only newor gently used coats will be accepted. All coats will be do-nated to the Norwood Food Pantry.

torney” told the woman hewould need $9,000 to get hergrandson out of jail. Thewoman withdrew the moneyand, as the caller directed,prepared a package to bepicked up by a courier. Thefollowing day, she received asecond call and a courierpicked up an addit ional$10,000. The Norwood Po-lice Department was notifiedfollowing the second pay-ment and began an investiga-tion.

When a detective con-tacted the victim, she toldhim she had just received an-other call and had been di-rected to prepare a thirdpackage of money for pick-

up. Detectives put togethera package similar to the pre-vious two and set up surveil-lance near the woman’shome. As they watched, theysaw a vehicle with New Yorkplates pull onto the street butpark several houses away.The passenger got out of thecar, approached the woman’shome, and then returned tothe vehicle with the package.When it pulled away detec-t ives followed. The carpulled to the side of the roada short distance away and,when it looked like the menwere examining the package,detectives approached themand questioned them. Theyreturned to the police station

November Citizensof the Month!

for further follow-up andwere later placed under ar-rest.

The defendants are MarkGabra, 20, of 108 MulberryCircle, Staten Island, NY andAli Almashhadani, 21, of 266Westervelt Avenue, also onStaten Island. The men arecharged with conspiracy toreceive stolen property andattempt to commit larceny bya false pretense. They arescheduled to be arraignedtoday at the Dedham Dis-trict Court. The initial re-port was taken by OfficerMarchant and subsequentinvestigation was led b yLt. Christopher Flanaganof the Norwood PD.

Grade 8: Katherine Pritchard, Liam Bennett, Haleigh Salvucci, Julia WarnerGrade 7: Julia Zanotelli, Sofia Gudiel, Michelle Perryman, Billy McCann, Bridget StenstromGrade 6: Jordan Shea, Luis Ledezma Sanchez, Daniel Macedo Gomez Congratulations to the November winners of Dr. Philip O. Coakley Middle School’s Citi-

zen of the Month. Citizens of the Month exemplify the school’s mission statement and arechosen by teachers and staff. To celebrate their accomplishments, an end of the year break-fast celebration will be held for students and their families.


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