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Union representatives from 1199SEIU said their 800 members at Norwood Hospital are safe from 401(k)reductions Steward has instituted, but others without contracts are not so lucky.

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Stewardpauses 401(k)contributions

JefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

Steward Health Care Sys-tem announced last week thatwhere it can, it will be paus-ing its matching contribu-tions to employee 401(k) ac-counts.

For any union workerswhose union has negotiated401(k) contributions as partof their contract, Stewardstated it will not be chang-ing its contributions in any

way.“They ceased all employer

401(k) contributions for allstaff all over Massachusettsand all over the United Statesfor all employees who do nothave the benefit of a unioncontract that locks in theemployer’s retirement contri-butions,” said Director of Pub-lic Communications at theMassachusetts Nurses Asso-

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School Committee addressesremote learning, budget

MarMarMarMarMary Ellen Gambony Ellen Gambony Ellen Gambony Ellen Gambony Ellen GambonStaff Reporter The Forbes Hill Mansion could be back on the market soon.

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The Norwood School Committee discussed upcoming digital classes the department is trying to hold, andthey discussed those plans on a digital medium.

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Forbes Hill likelygoing back out to bid


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The School Committeemet virtually via Zoom onWed., April 8 to discuss theremote learning programs in-stituted as a result of theCOVID-19 pandemic and toaddress the FY 2021 budgetand future special needs bud-geting allocation policy.

Assistant SuperintendentDr. Alec Wyeth gave a presen-tation on how students andparents can access the remotelearning plans by school, andthe subjects that the plans in-clude. There aren’t direct linkson each elementary schoolplans yet, he said. As of thedate of the meeting, the linkto the Mustang Technologypage is sites.google.com/

norwood.k12.ma.us/mustang-technology/home.

Wyeth first used the Willett’spage as an example of how a cur-riculum page is set up. The pageexplains how to talk to a youngchild about the coronavirus.There is also information onmaintaining foundation skills,learning plans in English, Span-ish and Portuguese, and videoson everything from story time tomath and science at an age ap-propriate level.

“You can see how detailedthese plans are for parents andstudents,” Wyeth said, showingpages of options for developingfine motor skills, literacy, move-ment, music, math and more.“There’s some really interestingapps where students can continuetheir learning.”

Lexia is a program that is

used for English languagelearners, he added. There arealso special education re-sources, printable information,and options for low-tech learn-ing, such as playing a board orcard game.

For elementary learners,lesson plans are broken into aweek by grade. Each day hasan English Language Arts andMath assignment from theteacher and an assignment in aGoogle Classroom. Days alter-nate with science and socialstudies assignments.

“It’s got the links, it’s gotmore information, commentsand direction for parents,”Wyeth explained. He noted thatthe plan also has a “creativelearning challenge,” which

While officials want tostress that nothing is certaindur ing these in te res t ingtimes, Town Manager TonyMazzucco said that i t islikely that the Forbes Hillproperty will go back out tob id when the Town ap-proaches something akin tonormal in the coming weeksor months.

“It looks like we’ll begoing back out to bid atsome point, but everythingis delayed due to COVID-19,” he said.

Dr. Roberto Feliz, theholder of the previous win-ning bid, would still be ableto bid again. He said he isstill hopeful regarding thequarter of a billion dollar

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Prayer to the Blessed Virgin(Never known to fail!)

Oh, most beautiful flower of Mt.Carmel, fruitful vine, splendor ofHeaven, Blessed Mother of the Sonof God, Immaculate Virgin, assist mein this necessity. Oh Star of the Sea,help me and show me herein you aremy mother. Oh Holy Mary, Motherof God, Queen of Heaven and Earth,I humbly beseech thee from thebottom of my heart to succor me inmy necessity (make request). Thereare none that can withstand yourpower. Oh Mary, conceived withoutsin, pray for us who have recourse tothee (three times). Holy Mary, I placethis cause in your hands (threetimes). Say this prayer for threeconsecutive days and then you mustpublish and it will be granted to you.

—P.F.



—P.A.D.

Forbes continued from page 1School Committee continued from page 1changes every week. This week’schallenge was “real world math.”

“The feedback is that the chil-dren are enjoying these realworld challenges along with theirwork,” Wyeth said.

Middle and high schools alsoare structured with weekly cur-riculum plans. Wyeth said theyhave taken the weekly scheduleand broken it into manageablechunks for both students and par-ents. There is time for studentsto connect with their teachers andreceive guidance, or they canemail teachers.

School Committee memberMaura Smith asked if all teach-ers in the district have beentrained in Google Classroom.

While Wyeth said he did notbelieve every teacher has hadformal training, all of the elemen-tary teachers have some experi-ence with it. There are also ex-perts in every school who areproficient in Google Classroom,and videos on YouTube.

“I think our high school andmiddle school teachers are veryproficient to begin with,” headded.

Wyeth noted that participa-tion rates are “creeping up,” af-ter students initially perceived thefirst week as a vacation.He saidhe believes that the structure pro-vided will help everyone moveinto a “comfortable space.”

The committee also voted 5-0 to allow Thomson to adjust theschool calendar so that studentscould attend class during whatwould have been April vacationand finish school on June 21, “ifhe sees fit, after his discussionswith stakeholders.” MemberMyev Bodenhofer made the mo-tion, which member DaveCatania seconded.

Thomson told the committeethat the Department of Elemen-tary and Secondary Education(DESE) gave local school dis-

tricts the option to hold classesduring the four vacation days thatwere scheduled in April in orderto shorten the school year in June.

“I am a little concerned thatif we take a break for April, wewould lose the momentum thatwe have gained over the last threeweeks,” he said, noting the diffi-culties of keeping kids engagedin both learning and in social dis-tancing.

Around the world, there hasbeen an “ease-in” approach tosociety, with schools being thelast to go back to scheduling.

Dr. Thomson also presentedthe recommended budgetamount of $52,736,691, whichwas approved 5-0. Catania madethe motion to approve the bud-get, and Bodenhofer seconded. Itstarted based on the FY 20 bud-get without capital outlay andextra free cash, which was$49,190,040. The 3.5 percent in-crease pledge promised with theoverride vote equals $1,721,651.There were additional increasesincluding the Student Opportu-nities Action Plan of $575,000;additional monies for out of dis-trict tuitions of $1 million; andadditional monies for ELL andSPED mandates that could not beabsorbed into the FY 21 budget.

“That does conform with theoverride pledge of not going overthree and a half percent,” he said,adding that this year, there wasan influx of 446 English languagelearners as well as an increase inspecial education students, whowill be aging up in grade.

Four SPED paraprofessionalshad to be added for FY 20 afterTown Meeting by state mandate,Thomson said, as well as a one-to-one aide and three into someseparate programs. There is alsoan expansion in the autism popu-lation.

Discussion moved to theBudget Balancing Committee

and capital outlay projects.Bodenhofer, who chaired theBBC, said that the BBC voted toapprove the budget number thatthe School Committee had justvoted upon.

The main issue she broughtup was that the BBC discussedpotentially creating a reserve ac-count for special education,which some communities al-ready have in the state.

“It’s really a mechanism forhandling sudden changes in outof district tuitions as we face thisyear,” she said. Approval wouldhave to be sought by Town Meet-ing.

The process for creating aspecial reserve account for spe-cial education would take severalsteps and would not be able tobe implemented for the upcom-ing fiscal year. As a result, that iswhy there is $1 million being al-located for in the FY 21 budgetfor out of district tuitions.

“The BBC has suggested thatwe could look into creating anMOU (Memorandum of Under-standing) with the Fin Com justtalking about this extra milliondollars and recognizing that it’soutside of the three and a halfpercent pledge, and why it’s out-side of that, and how we are go-ing to demonstrate to everyone,and in particular, demonstrate tothe Fin Com that these are realneeds that are outside of what wecan handle in our budget.”

She said that everyone is “do-ing their due diligence” to ensurethat the process was reviewedthoroughly. Robert Donnelly ofthe Fin Com drafted an MOU,which the BBC reviewed.

Bodenhofer made a motionfor its approval pending accep-tance by the Fin Com, whichSmith seconded. It was approvedand will go to Fin Com.

The next meeting will be onWed., April 15 at 7 p.m.

proposal he submitted last year to the Town of Norwood.“We are still ready to move forward with the Medical

City of Norwood. Unfortunately, the current corona cri-sis is delaying everything,” he said. “This is a new world.Everything is being adjusted, delayed and modified byCOVID-19. We hope to begin and restart the processASAP.”

Feliz’s original proposal was a large facility to servemedical needs of all kinds to residents of the Greater Bos-ton Metro area and beyond. He had said repeatedly hewants it to be the Patriot Place of medical facilities, andhad started sample renderings and some designs of theproposed facility. According to Feliz in the past, he wasstill in the process of putting together financing for the$250 million project, which was causing the long delay.

The Town still holds Feliz’s $500,000 deposit on theproject, required by the terms of the original request forproposal.

Feliz’s project was selected out of three proposals forthe site, which was sent out to bid in the spring of 2019.Feliz’s was picked because the other two proposals werefor dense housing, which originally was the reason theTown decided to buy the property in 2017, to avoid suchconstruction.

Years before that, the Town was fighting two housingproposals, one at Avalon Bay and one at Forbes Hill. Thesetwo proposals were filed under the state of MA 40B law,which requires that a municipality dedicate 10 percent ofits housing stock or 1.75 percent of its land to affordablehousing. Back in 2016, the Town believed it had 1.75 per-cent of its land dedicated to affordable housing, but thestate disagreed, with its own assessment .03 percent shortof that.

That meant that because both projects came in whileNorwood had a .03 percent deficit, the 40B regulationswould apply to both of them and the developers could ig-nore local zoning laws to put in as dense a project as theywanted.

To prevent more overly dense housing placing too muchof a burden on school services and other public departments,Town Meeting voted in 2017 to purchase the property for$13 million. This led to the formation of the Forbes HillTask Force, which put together a zoning overlay district atthe Mansion site to dictate exactly what kinds of projectsthe Town would be willing to accept there. Including in theoverlay regulations is a stipulation that no more than 175residential dwelling units can go on the property, and nomore than 25 residential units per acre would be allowed,in deference to the Town’s original intention of keeping theproperty from overly dense housing.

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The Planning Board approved the site plan for the new building, marked on the above photo as ProposedHanger, which is expected to be used for news TV helicopters.

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Planning Board approves newhanger at Norwood AirportJefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

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The Norwood PlanningBoard met digitally on Monday,April 13, and voted to accept thesite plan for a new 7,000 square-foot hanger at the Norwood Air-port.

Norwood Airport Commis-sion Chair and Department ofPublic Works Director MarkRyan presented the proposedplans for the hanger, whichwould sit just south of thenewly-constructed Mark C.Welch Administration Building.The new admin building abutsthe viewing hill, just east of themain parking lot for the airport.

Ryan said the plan was firstpresented to the Norwood Con-servation Commission in 2017for the 60-foot by 120-foothanger. He said originally, theOrders of Conditions and per-mits to build were approvedback in 2017.

“Because of the litigationgoing on at the time and leasesneeding to terminate, becausetheir time had just run out, we’veextended it a couple of times forthe order of conditions, whichis as of now extended until Dec.21, 2021,” he said.

The building is designed tohave garage doors 100 feet widewith 20 feet of height for thedoors and 28 feet total height onthe building, and will have so-lar panels on the roof.

Ryan said longtime tenant ofthe Norwood Airport,FlightLevel Aviation, will holdthe lease on the building.

“It’s a 20-year lease that wehave signed with them, and theyfigure that in six months, onceconstruction starts, they willhave full occupancy of this,” hesaid. “This is a fast-movingproject. The steel building willbe manufactured off site andthey will bring it in and assembleit.”

He added FlightLevel al-ready has tenants for the build-ing. Currently, several news TVchannel helicopters use the he-lipads now directly south of theWelch Building and proposedsite of the hanger. Each timethey want to take off, they haveto wheel the vehicles out to thepads from a considerable dis-tance at their current hanger, andthis hanger would significantlylessen that distance.

“The proposal from the ten-ant is that this will be a perfectlocation for the helicopters,mainly from the news channelsbased in Norwood, to hangertheir aircraft in this hanger andthen they wheel them out to thehelicopter circles,” he said.


Letters to the EditorPOST OFFICE NEEDS YOUR HELP

To the Editor: During these challenging times, postal em-

ployees are working hard to ensure residentsstay connected with their world through themail. Whether it’s medications, a package, apaycheck, benefits or pension check, a bill orletter from a family member, postal workersunderstand that every piece of mail is impor-tant. While service like this is nothing new tous, we need our communities’ help with socialdistancing. For everyone’s safety, our employ-ees are following the social distancing precau-tions recommended by the Centers for DiseaseControl and Prevention (CDC) and local healthofficials. We are asking people to not approachour carriers to accept delivery. Let the carrierleave the mailbox before collecting the mail.With schools not in session, children should alsobe encouraged to not approach a postal vehicle

or carrier. If a delivery requires a signa-ture, carriers will knock on the door ratherthan touching the bell. They will maintain asafe distance, and instead of asking for a sig-nature on their mobile device, they’ll ask forthe resident’s name. The carrier will leavethe mail or package in a safe place for re-trieval. We are proud of the role all ouremployees play in processing, transporting,and delivering mail and packages for theAmerican public. The CDC, World HealthOrganization, as well as the Surgeon Gen-eral indicate there is currently no evidencethat COVID-19 is being spread through themail. With social distancing, we can keepthe mail moving while keeping our employ-ees, and the public, safe.

Mike Rakes District ManagerU.S. Postal Service

– Greater Boston District

Town launches Norwood FundGeneral Manager Tony

Mazzucco is pleased to an-nounce that the Town ofNorwood has launched theNorwood Fund and is seekingdonations to help residents inneed during and after theCOVID-19 crisis.

The Norwood Fund is acombination of four donationfunds. Three of the funds arecurrently operated by the Townand one fund has been newlycreated in response to COVID-19. Donations to the fund willbe separated into four areas inorder to maximize the fund’sreach to citizens most in need.* Norwood Food SecurityFund: This is a new donationfund established by the Townspecifically to provide tempo-rary food assistance, primarilyfor those who do not qualify forother sources of food relief andare in need of quick, short-termassistance. This fund will bemanaged by Council on Agingstaff who have experience man-aging similar programs.

* Council on Aging SeniorCitizen Donation Fund: Thisexisting fund assists seniorswith any needs, including foodassistance and other costs orservices needed by seniors. TheCOA fund is managed by theCouncil on Aging and overseenby COA Director KerriMcCarthy.

* Gift of Warmth Fund:Started by John Carroll manyyears ago, this existing fundprovides assistance for indi-viduals with heat and other util-ity payments as well as similarwraparound services related toutilities, including but not limitedto small repairs. The Gift ofWarmth fund is a program of theGeneral Manager’s office and ismanaged by the Town’s Direc-tor of Administrative ServicesCathy Carney.

* Veteran’s Assistance Fund:Veterans are particularly hard hitand this existing fund provideswraparound and additional ser-

vices that are not availablethrough the local Veterans assis-tance program or the U.S. De-partment of Veterans Affairs. TheVeterans Assistance Fund is over-seen by Veteran’s Agent TeddyMulvehill.

Through the funds, the Towncan assist any resident, but is fo-cusing on seniors, veterans andthose in greatest need of relief.The funds are not meant to re-place existing assistance pro-grams but to complement thoseservices to expand the availableassistance.

“During these difficult times,we want to do everything in ourpower to help our residents whoare in need,” General ManagerMazzucco said. “Though thereare many wonderful organiza-tions and programs out there, theNorwood Fund makes availableone specific place for people tohelp their neighbors, especiallythe groups who are in the great-est of need.”

The Town has existing pro-tocols in place for each donationfund and decisions to disburserelief through the fund are madeon a case by case and need basis.These protocols are based on sev-eral guidelines, including the pro-tocols of programs that providesimilar assistance, as well as stateand federal statutes. Recipientsof the funds must be Norwoodresidents.

All funds are subject to theTown’s internal controls and ac-counting procedures which com-ply with state and federal ac-counting guidelines and statestatutes. The Town is auditedregularly and keeps an account-ing of all funds according to stateand federal guidelines. Thesemeasures ensure transparencyand accountability.

Those who feel they need as-sistance from the Norwood Fundshould call the citizen informa-tion center, staffed Mondaythrough Friday from 8 a.m. to 4p.m., at 781-352-2363. Call tak-ers will refer you to the available

services, triage your specific con-cern and find the best means toassist you, which may or may notbe assistance from the NorwoodFund.

Though the fund is not forbusinesses, there are a number offederal resources for small busi-nesses outlined here, and stateresources outlined here. Localbusinesses can also contact theTown’s citizen information cen-ter at 781-352-2363 and call tak-ers can connect you with staff inthe Town’s planning and eco-nomic development office thatcan guide businesses to availableresources.

People can donate to theNorwood Fund by: * Droppinga check off at the Town Hall dropbox, located outside in the park-ing lot behind Town Hall, 566Washington St. Checks should bemade payable to “NorwoodFund.”

* Mailing a check to TownHall, 566 Washington St.,Norwood, MA 02062. Checksshould be made payable to“Norwood Fund.”

* Bringing cash to a NorwoodBank or Bank of Canton branchand having a check made out tothe Town of Norwood. Then dropoff or mail the check to TownHall, 566 Washington St.,Norwood, MA 02062.

* Donating online here. Clickon the “Cable, Excise Tax, Prop-erty Tax, and Utility Bills” link.Then, on the left side of the page,click on “COVID-19 DONA-TIONS”.

Donations will be distributedevenly between the four funds asneeded to ensure one fund areais not left unattended, and 100%of the donations will stay inNorwood.

Even after the COVID-19emergency, there will still be aneed for these funds to assistNorwood residents. Funds willremain in these donation ac-counts and will only be used forthe purpose of helping Norwoodresidents.

consolations duringa pandemic

My Kindof Town/Joe Galeota

Sometimes adages are ex-pected to provide staminaand consolation for toughtimes, such as “When the go-ing gets tough, the tough getgoing.” Then there is, “This,too shall pass.” Or, as thelate running back BobbyMitchell for the Browns andRedskins is to have said,“Tough times don’t remain;tough people do.”

Depending on the day ofthe week—actually all thedays for me now merge to bethe same, except for trashday, on which to put the bar-rel out—the following hymnsprovide some consolation. On some days the melan-choly is more than others; on other days less. But I try tofocus on the meaning of the songs.

There is a balm in Gilead

To make the wounded whole.

There is a balm in Gilead

To heal the sin sick soul.

With the first line of the opening stanza providing thetitle, the hymn speaks about making the wounded whole. Eventhough there is no fatality in my family nor anyone in anyICU, the emotional effects of job and school loss are there. True, nothing can equate with a death in the family, but other“wounds” still await and need healing.

Another song to offer sustenance is, “The Storm Is PassingOver.” For virtually all of us, the question is, when will itpass? Unlike the traditional meteorological storms, such asthunderstorms and hurricanes enduring for several hours andblizzards lasting, at the most, two days, this pandemic willnot end, as politicians have stressed, with a mere “clicking offas a switch”: undoubtedly it will be a gradual process althoughthe all-clear to return to school will be a major step.

Courage, my soul, and let us journey on,

Tho’ the night is dark it won’t be very long.

Thanks be to God, the morning light appears,

And the storm is passing over, Hallelujah!

The third song that resonates with me, even in my darkesthours, is “One Day at a Time.” The number “one” is signifi-cant, as is the unit of time, “day.”

One day at a time, sweet Jesus,

That’s all I’m asking from you.

Just give me the strength

To do every day what I have to do.

Yesterday’s gone, sweet Jesus,

And tomorrow may never be mine.

Lord help me today, show me the way

One day at a time.

All of us have to agree now with T.S. Eliot’s reference tothe fourth calendar month: “April is the cruelest month,breeding lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory anddesire, stirring dull roots with spring rain.” But people allover the world, in both hemispheres, in 2020 have their ownreasons from digressing from Eliot’s justification why thisApril is so despised.

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The Norwood CommunityPreservation Committee (CPC)met last week on April 8 to dis-cuss its four projects and whatthe CPC can do moving for-ward during this lock down.

Last week, the NorwoodBoard of Selectmen announcedthe regular May 11 NorwoodTown Meeting is cancelled fornow and will most likely be

held on June 22. Even then itwill be a bare bones meeting,with Town Meeting Membersexpected to vote only on themost essential items to keepTown Government going.

That being said, CPC ChairJohn Hall said they have fourprojects waiting to go on theirside, and the only thing theyneed to do is host a public fo-rum on those projects. He said,however, they will probablyhave to wait for the Fall Spe-cial Town Meeting to present

the Committee’s recommendedprojects for a vote.

“We can make final recom-mendations,” Hall said. “Thatbeing said, I think it would becleaner if we had a vote of themembership to say yes or no.”

All members were in favorof deferring, but member JoeGreeley expressed concern re-garding Community Preserva-tion Act guidelines and restric-tions that may place a penalty

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Even projects approved by the CPC and Town Meeting are on hold now as the Town deals with the COVID-19 outbreak.

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CPC talks four projects,plans moving forward



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This year's Earth Day Clean Up is postponed this year, like many otherpublic events, due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

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Commission discusses COVIDeffects on health, sustainability


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Presumably, news channelsusing helicopters for breakingnews items would want their air-craft in the air as quickly as pos-sible, and therefore this hangerwould be desirable to them.

“Hangers are always at a pre-mium at any airport and this willbring in quite a bit of moneyfrom leases for Norwood andsome money from real estatetaxes,” Ryan said.

Planning Board Chair ErniePaciorkowski said the NorwoodFire Department has notified theBoard that they have no issueswith the actual construction andfire safety aspects of the build-ing design. Ryan added, afterAssistant Town Planner PatrickDeschenes asked him, said thebuilding will be fully compliantwith the Americans with Dis-abilities Act (ADA) and will becompletely handicapped acces-sible.

Paciorkowski also asked ifthe new building will interfere

with the view from the viewinghill of take offs and landings.

“We’re very sensitive to tryto keep as much of that open toview as possible,” Ryan said,adding the position of the build-ing should have no impact onresidents looking to watch takeoffs and landings.

The Board met with onlythree members at this point,which Deschenes said was

enough to have a quorum, butanything they voted on wouldneed to have a unanimous deci-sion. The Board ended up vot-ing unanimously.

“Get that rent collected,”Porro said.

Deschenes also discussed thePlanning Board’s items on theupcoming Town Meeting, nowscheduled for June 22. Sincethe Meeting Warrant has beenscaled down as much as pos-sible, because of the COVID-19 outbreak, Zoning itemshave basically been postponed

until a Fall Special TownMeeting.

“Everything is kind of puton hold for either the fall, or ifthere is some earlier specialTown Meeting, those can comeup at a later time,” Deschenessaid. “Everything from ourstandpoint is getting pushedback.”

Deschenes said while theTown Meeting will be on hold,

the Planning Board’s bigproject, the Route 1 Rezoning,is still being worked on.

“We’re still getting every-thing ready for when we canbring this forward,” he said.“On one hand it’s unfortunatethat we have to delay some ofour articles, but at the sametime, there are bigger thingsgoing on in the world rightnow... From the Route 1 Re-zoning Standpoint, it gives usmore time to make sure every-thing is as well-tuned as it canbe.”

“Get that rent collected.”– Planning Board member Al Porro

ciation David Schildmeier. “Soall non-union workers in Massincluding RNs at St Anne’sHospital, are impacted by thisdecision. Our members atSteward Hospitals have aunion contract so they are notimpacted by the decision.”

A spokesperson for Stew-ard Health Care Darren Grubb

said he wanted to emphasizethat this is a temporary mea-sure, born of the necessity ofthe current COVID-19 out-break, which he said hascaused significant disruptionswithin the company’s businesspractices.

“Like many other healthcare systems and companies

around the country, this un-precedented moment is forcingus to make some difficult de-cisions,” he said. “As a result,Steward has suspended thecompany’s 401(k)-matchingcontribution for all employees,except for those we are con-tractually obligated to con-tinue. We expect this to be atemporary measure and whenconditions allow, we plan toresume the 401(k) matchingcontributions.”

And Steward has beenchanging its entire businessmodel because of COVID-19in a “System-Wide” approach,

which included turning all ofCarney Hospital in Dorchesterinto a COVID-19 response andtreatment center. Grubb addedthat Steward did not decide tocut 401(k) on a whim, either.

“This was not an easy de-cision, but a necessary onegiven the current economic en-vironment,” he said. “We be-lieve this will also allow us tocontinue providing other criti-cal benefits for our employees,including company-sponsoredhealth insurance plans.”

Schildmeier said he feltthat the company may haveacted prematurely, and felt itwas not a necessary decision.

“Particularly when Stewardand all other hospitals in thestate will be receiving morethan $800 million in fundingto ensure their financial viabil-ity during this crisis,” he said.

And Steward nationally willhave access to the billions ofdollars of funding being allo-cated to hospitals nationwideas part of the pandemic re-sponse. People are puttingtheir lives and those of theirfamilies on the line every day.They need to be valued andsupported.”

1199 SEIU UnitedHealthcare Workers Eastspokesperson Marlishia Ahoalso said that the union’sworkers will keep their ben-efits.

“1199SEIU representsmore than 6,000 workersacross 9 Steward Facilities inthe state including more than800 at Norwood Hospital,”she said. With our new five yearcontract, we dohave 401(k)employer contribu-tions that will remain in effect.”

The NorwoodSustainability Commission(NSC) met on April 6 digitallyand covered the group’s ac-tion plan, as well as the situa-tion with upcoming eventslike Earth Day.

Member Peter MacFarland

also informed the Commis-sion of the status of TownMeeting, which has beenpushed back to June 22, andhe said it will just be a barebones meeting. It will not in-clude the NSC’s action plan,and so MacFarland suggestedthey keep working on it withthe idea of finishing for a Spe-


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cial Town Meeting in the fall.“So that’s more the goal

now,” he said.The leaders of the differ-

ent NSC subcommittees alsogave their update reports onplans regarding solid waste,energy, public health, resil-iency and education and out-reach. The Commission mem-bers agreed that progress willbe slower, since subcommit-tees will have to meet digi-tally, at least for now duringthe COVID-19 pandemic.

MacFarland pointed out asilver lining resulting from thecurrent lock down, at least inpublic health. He said thatpollution caused by car travelhas been significantly reducedand public health overall hasbeen on the rise.

“People are driving lessand walking more,” he said.“It’s a change in normal ev-eryday life now, we see somuch walking now becausethat about the only thing youcan do. There’s no sense driv-ing anywhere. This kind of re-minds me of being a kid in the60s and 70s, that’s how muchtraffic was on the roads backthen. There was a rush hour,but during the day, I remem-ber going down Route 3 you’dnot see another car.”

Member Joe Shamattaagreed, and pointed out that

observed data currently showsa reduction in the carbon foot-print and pollution in the area.

“Right now it’s just ob-served data, but when the fulldata are out, it will be inter-esting to see what the reduc-tion of the carbon footprintand the whole impact thisthing is having on the environ-ment. We should include whatMassachusetts’ carbon foot-print was from February untilwhenever this is over, and theimpact it had. It may spurawareness because everyone’slived through it.’”

MacFarland said many or-ganizations will be promotingthat data, so the NSC shouldhave it around when it be-comes available. But, he saidhe doesn’t expect it until theend of the year at least.

In other news, memberJohn Aprea updated the com-mission on what is happeningwith Earth Day celebrations,which were originally set forApril 26.

“Earth Day has been can-celed, as far as this April,” hesaid. “We had the trash cleanup and Community Picnic andFair at the common sched-uled, but now we’re actuallygoing to go digital.”

Aprea said they will startdigitally this week highlight-ing the organizations that

were going to be at the Com-munity Picnic and Fairthrough social media,Instagram and Facebookthrough Progress Norwood.

MacFarland added that thegroup’s presentation at theMorrill Memorial Library onMay 7 is most likely canceled,owing to the expectation thatthe Massachusetts essentialworkers-only lock down willend on May 4.

“This is probably going tobe extended through May, alot of people are talking nowJune 1,” he said. “That’s nota high priority thing that’sgoing to get done even if thelock down is lifted on May1.”

The group will be meetingagain on May 11, digitally orat Town Hall, depending onthe circumstances.



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DEATHSBUCKLEY

Alice T. (Sparks) of Norwood,April 6. Beloved wife of the late JohnF. Buckley and the late AlfredCrasco. Dear mother of JohnBuckley, and the late Alan Crasco,and dear sister of the late EleanorWhalen and the late Jeanne Murphy.Loving mother-in-law of LindaCrasco and proud grandmother ofAllison Crasco Smith and ErinBuckley. Services and interment willbe private. In lieu of flowers, memo-rial donations to the Alzheimer’sAssociation, 309 Waverley OaksRoad, Waltham, MA 02452 wouldbe appreciated. Folsom and May Fu-neral Homewww.folsomfuneral.com

CAPONE Anthony J. of East Walpole,

MA, passed away peacefully at thePond Home on April 11, 2020, at theage of 102. Son of James andAngelina of Italy. Predeceased byBarbara (Raymond), his loving wifeof 70 years, his sisters, LouiseLorusso, Virginia Gambrazio,Pauline Giandomenico, Ann Parlato,and brothers, Pellegrino, Daniel, andSilvio. Beloved father of James (&Lorraine) of Foxboro, Raymond (&Noreen), of Plymouth, and JeanneArruda (& Mark), of Walpole.Grandfather of Garrett Capone ofMaryland, Julieanne Capone of Ply-mouth, Elizabeth Gagnon of Ply-mouth, Melissa Capone of SouthBoston, and Matthew Capone ofBoston. Great-grandfather of Kyra,Caitlyn, Teagan, Madison, and Mila.Tony was a WWII veteran, PurpleHeart Recipient, and a longtime em-ployee of the East Walpole Post of-fice. He was a devoted Bruin’s fan,enjoyed the Red Sox and Patriots,was a St. Mary’s communicant forover 90 years, and was well-knownfor his green thumb for growing to-matoes. Papa was beloved by hisgrandchildren, with his greatest joybeing active in their lives for the past40 years. Private burial will be ledby the Kraw-Kornack Funeral Homeat St. Francis Cemetery, Walpole. AMemorial Service will be held at alater date. Donations may be madein his memory to St. Jude ResearchHospital, Disabled Veterans ofAmerica, or the Maryknoll Society.krawkornackfuneralhome.com 781-762-0482.

CORDOMaria L. “Mary” (Viscone) of

Norfolk, formerly of Norwood,passed away on April 4, 2020 at theage of 92. Beloved wife of the late

Rosario J. Cordo. Devoted motherof Joseph F. Cordo and his wifeTeresa, David N. Cordo and his wifeEllen, Mary Zimmerman and herhusband Daniel and Judith Woodalland her husband Joseph. Sister ofErminia Battaglia, cherished grand-mother of 11 grandchildren and 8great-grandchildren. Daughter of thelate Raffaele and Marsilia (Viscomi)Viscone, and predeceased by herbrothers Francesco and PietroViscone. Maria was a wonderful andloving wife, mother, grandmother,and great-grandmother, who wascompletely devoted to her immedi-ate family, her large family in Italy,and the many friends she had thereand here in America, her adoptedhome. She married Rosario Cordoin 1955, immigrating to the UnitedStates, starting and raising a familyof four, and quickly becoming re-nowned for the large Italian feastsshe cooked for her family andfriends. She often took requestswhen family and friends visited, anda testimony to her Italian culinaryskills is that favorite dishes are stillprepared by her daughters, daugh-ters-in-law, and granddaughters. Shewas known for her perpetual warmth,infectious smile, and the love she ra-diated especially to her grandchil-dren and great-grandchildren. Shelived by and often repeated thesimple teaching, “love each other.”All Services and Burial will be pri-vate. A Memorial Mass in the Catho-lic faith will be scheduled at a laterdate. Arrangements by the Kraw-Kornack Funeral Home,NORWOOD, MA. In lieu of flow-ers, donations may be made in hername to St. Anthony’s Shrine, Bos-ton, MA. kraw-kornackfuneralhome.com 781-762-0482.

CYRRobert Gerard of Walpole, MA, sonof the late John and Eleanor (Leavey)Cyr, passed away on Thursday, April9, 2020. Bob was born in 1938 andgrew up in Mission Hill, Roxbury,where he lived with his parents, olderbrother, Jackie Cyr (deceased) ofDedham, MA, and younger sisters,Patricia (Cyr) Killarney (deceased)of Norwood, MA, and Frances (Cyr)Vicino (deceased) of Wareham, MA.Bob lived a life of service to hiscountry and his community. He

joined the Army at the age of 19 andserved at bases across the US andEurope until his Honorable Dis-charge in 1962. He served on theBoston Fire Department for a yearbefore becoming an officer for theBoston Police Department, where hedistinguished himself over the courseof a 32-year career. He retired as aLieutenant Detective in 2000. Dur-ing his time on the BPD Bob re-ceived a B.S. from NortheasternUniversity. Bob was a warm and car-ing person who loved to laugh andmake others laugh. He had a fond-ness for the Three Stooges, film noir,and old war movies. He remainedclose to his circle of childhoodfriends his entire life and was alwaysthere to support his friends and fam-ily with whatever they needed. Bobwas a big believer in family tradi-tions, from Friday night pizza,Christmas Eve parties (with highlycompetitive Yankee Swaps), annualtrips to the Cape and Easterbrunches. Bob was always there tocelebrate his children’s milestonesand to see his grandchildren’s schoolplays, sports and graduations. Bobleaves behind his wife of 55 years,Joan (Bunker) Cyr; his four daugh-ters and sons-in-law, Carolyn Cyrand Matt Sughrue of Hopedale, MA,Kelly and Tom Stapleton of NorthAttleboro, MA, Kathleen and GerardMcElhinney of Foxborough, MA,Jennifer and Peter Nixon ofWrentham, MA; his eight grandchil-dren, Cameron, Colin, Nicole,Abigail, Luke, Molly, Sean and Jake,and many nieces, nephews, grand-nieces and grandnephews. Bob’spassing leaves an emptiness that willnever be filled in the hearts and livesof those who loved him. A privateburial will take place at Mt. BenedictCemetery in West Roxbury. The fam-ily is planning a Celebration of Bob’sLife in the fall. Arrangements by:Kraw-Kornack Funeral Home inNORWOOD, MA. kraw-kornackfuneralhome.com 781-762-0482.

DIASHerbert J. Jr. of Norwood,

passed away on April 11, 2020 at theage of 82. Beloved husband of thelate Carol (Clinton) Dias and formerhusband of Barbara V. Dias. Devotedfather of Theresa Mogan and herhusband Kevin of Plainville and his

son Herbert J. Dias, III and his wifeBarbara Lozier-Dias of Norwood.Brother of Mary Jane Long ofNorwood. Cherished grandfather ofRyan Dias. Also survived by manynieces and nephews. Son of the lateHerbert J. Dias, Sr. and Jane (Carty)Dias. Herbert was a lifelong mem-ber of the Boston Elks. He was anoutdoorsman and loved golf, fishingand the beach. He was a retired long-time employee of the Boston Globe.All Services will be private. In lieuof flowers, donations may be madein his name to a veteran’s charity ofyour choice. Herbert was a US Navyveteran. Arrangements by the Kraw-Kornack Funeral Home,NORWOOD, MA. A Funeral Massand Celebration of Life will takeplace at a later date. kraw-kornackfuneralhome.com FamilyOwned and Operated 781-762-0482.

FILIPEKZofia (Kukulka) of Norwood,

passed away peacefully at home onSunday, April 12, 2020 at the age of93. Zofia was born on May 19, 1926in Wolica Piaskowa, Poland to thelate Jacenty & Franciszka (Surman)Kukulka. She was the beloved wifeof Walter Filipek of Norwood. Lov-ing mother of Antonina Oles & herhusband Andy of Norwood, JosephFilipek & his wife Ola of Largo, FL,Stella Stojanowski & her husbandRichard of West Roxbury, and VickyLaszczak & her late husband Chris-topher of Norwood. Cherishedgrandmother of Dr. Anita Karasko& her husband Eric, Mark Oles &his wife Christy, Peter Stojanowski& his wife MaryJayne, GregoryLaszczak & his wife Julie, AdamStojanowski & his wife Kelly, Rob-ert Filipek & his wife Sarah, MathewLaszczak & his wife Shawna andgreat-grandmother of 17. She is alsosurvived by many extended familymembers. Due to the recent publichealth concern regarding the Covid-19 Pandemic and the well-being ofothers, a private graveside servicewill take place at Highland Cemeteryin Norwood. In lieu of flowers, re-membrances in Zofia’s memory maybe made to VNA Care, Fund Devel-opment Office, 199 RosewoodDrive, Suite 180, Danvers, MA01923.

GILLMichael P. Sr., a resident of

Norwood, passed away on April 6after a long illness, at the age of 70. He was born in Litchfield, MN andwas the son of the late Peter and Edna(Bachman) Gill. He was a veteran ofthe Viet Nam war, serving in the UnitedStates Army. Michael worked as asales manager in retail prior to his ill-ness. He was a John Wayne and warmovie fan. He always enjoyed read-ing anything about the Civil War. Height was prevalent in his family ashe was 6’4 and not the tallest amonghis siblings. He was the dear father ofMichael P. Gill, Jr. of Norwood andthe brother of Jimmy Gill of Brockton,Ricky Gill of Charlotte, NC, TommyGill of Attleboro, Patty Choquette ofAlbany, NY and Kathy O’Connell ofEast Brookfield, MA. He is also sur-vived by many nieces and nephews. Interment will be private in the Mas-sachusetts National Cemetery atBourne. Arrangements by May Fu-neral Home.To sign guestbook,please visit websitewww.folsomfuneral.com

GIORDANO Bruno of Norwood, passed

away on April 4, 2020 at the age of89. Son of the late Joseph and Maria(Mazzotta) Giordano. Though nevermarried, Bruno had a large extendedfamily consisting of many brothers,sisters, nieces, nephews and closefriends. He was the longtime care-taker of his younger brother, Frank,who survives him. Bruno loved thecasinos and the horses. He made fre-quent trips to Atlantic City in theearly days of casino gambling, oftentaking many of his relatives andfriends from Norwood and as faraway as Italy. Bruno had friends allover the country and the world. Hewas constantly taking trips to visitfamily and friends in places such asPittsburgh, Philadelphia, Denver,Florida and Italy among others. Nomatter where he went, he always puta smile on everyone’s face and healways wanted to make the kidshappy. He was also an avid Bostonsports fan and he especially loved theRed Sox and Patriots. Rest in Peace,Bruno. You will be sadly missed. Aprivate burial will take place at theMassachusetts National Cemetery inBourne, MA. Bruno was a US ArmyKorean War Veteran. Arrangementsby the Kraw-Kornack FuneralHome, NORWOOD, MA. In lieu offlowers, donations may be made inhis name to a Veteran’s charity ofyour choice. Kraw-Kornack FuneralHome, kraw-kornackfuneralhome.com 781-762-0482.

GRANEYMARY Theresa (O’Malley) of

Norwood passed away Monday,April 6, 2020 at Norwood Hospitalat the age of 94. Beloved wife of thelate Joseph Bartley Graney for 52years. Devoted mother of AnnMarie Paulson and her late husbandPhilip Paulson of Lakeville, FrancisM. Graney and his wife Natalie ofNorwell, Maureen P. Graney ofNorwood, and Paul J. Graney andhis wife Mary of Medway. Sister ofNoreen DeBriae of Plainville; AnneDolan of Taunton; Joseph O’Malleyof Weymouth; Bridget Rose, Mar-garet Barrett, Kathleen Tate, ColmO’Malley, and Eileen Durkan of En-gland; and the late John O’Malley,Michael O’Malley, PatrickO’Malley, Barbara Jackson, andMartin O’Malley. Sister-in-law ofMary Paglari of Chatham, the lateReverend Francis M. Greaney, andthe late William P. Greaney ofNorwood. Cherished grandmotherof Michael, Peter, Sean, and KaraGraney. Born in Carraroe, CountyGalway, Ireland, she was the daugh-ter of the late Patrick and Ann (Grif-fin) O’Malley. Also survived bymany nieces and nephews. All ser-vices will be private; a celebrationof life will be held at a laterdate. Mary was a cafeteria workerin the Norwood Public SchoolSystem. She was a communicant ofSt. Catherine of Siena Church inNorwood. She enjoyed Irish musicand dancing, television, radio pro-grams, reading, gardening, cookingand baking her “Irish Bread”, shop-ping , family gatherings and CapeCod. Arrangements by the Kraw-Kornack Funeral Home Norwood,MA. In lieu of flowers donationsmay be made in her name to theNorwood Council on Aging, 275Prospect Street, NorwoodMA 02062.

KEPPLE Robert E. of Norwood, April 10,

2020. Beloved husband of Margaret(MacIntyre). Loving father of Chris-tian, David and Steven. Also survivedby 3 grandchildren. Funeral Servicesprivate. Interment MA National Cem-

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KINGSLEYFrancis F. Jr. Trusted accounting

advisor for over 50 years to the Ven-ture Capital community and a be-loved Trustee Emeritus of BentleyUniversity, passed away on Thurs-day, April 9, 2020 after a long ill-ness. Fran devoted his life to beingever-present for his family, friends,clients and peers. If you had a prob-lem, Fran was always there to helpyou solve it. Fran grew up in Quincy,MA, the son of Francis F. Kingsley,Sr. and Dorothy Newson Kingsley,with his younger brother James Ri-chard “Dick” Kingsley. Lovinglyknown growing up as “Sonny” to hisfamily, he attended Thayer Academy’54 and the Bentley College of Ac-counting and Finance ’61. Fran be-gan his accounting career at BostonCapital Corporation before joiningthe newly formed TA Associates astheir Accounting and Office Man-ager. The relationships and trust Franbuilt at TA Associates garnered himthe reputation of one of the most wellrespected advisors to the leaders ofthe Venture Capital industry since the1970s. In 1981, Fran startedKingsley Business Service, Inc. inorder to provide both corporate andpersonal accounting services. Heprovided tax preparation services toscores of individuals and focused atremendous amount of his time in theoffices of Burr, Egan, Deleage andCo. for over 20 years, along withtheir many successor firms for an-other 20. However, his personal re-lationships bridged more than halfof his life where those clients becamefriends and those friends becamefamily. Fran married Gail Peters in1969, and together they raised theirchildren Eric and Sharon in an everchanging myriad of homes in SouthEastern Massachusetts. In Fran’s lifehe amassed 20 addresses and at eachof those always a new group of re-spected friends and in many timesmore and more tax clients. WhenEric chose to attend Bentley Collegein 1988, Fran found a renewed lovefor his alma mater and became veryinvolved in the Alumni Association.He eventually became President ofthe Alumni Association, sharing hislove of Bentley with fellow alumniand current students. In 1995, hebegan what would become a 24 yeartenure as a Trustee. As a Trustee,Fran was a dedicated member of theboard and played an important rolein Bentley’s governance as theschool transitioned to university sta-tus. Fran was such a vocal supporterof Bentley, and had a special placein his heart for the student experi-ence on campus. He was a frequentattendee of many Bentley Athleticsgames and a passionate supporter ofthe students in both the classroomand on the field. Just prior to his leav-ing the Board in the spring of 2019,Fran made a generous gift directedto the student pep band, showing hisdedication to making campus lifememorable for our students. Outsideof his passion for work and all thingsBentley, Fran’s life revolved aroundhis love for his family, in particularhis grandchildren. He made a pointto attend everything he possibly couldwhether it be a sporting event, dancerecital, band concert or graduation. Hewas truly beloved by all. His son, Ericand his wife Kathy along with theirchildren Zachary and Allison as wellas his daughter Sharon and her hus-band Rob (Tatro) along with theirchildren Scott and Rachel, are all leftwith a large emptiness in their heartsand a noticeable absence of his pres-ence. Fran lit up talking about his

family to anyone and everyone thatwould listen. He took so much pridein being able to see that his legacywould forever go on through his fam-ily. For the last 18 years, he workedto transition his business to hisdaughter, Sharon. He loved watch-ing his son Eric embody his own en-trepreneurial spirit in starting his ownbusiness. He adored his son-in-lawRob and daughter-in-law Kathy andwas so happy to welcome them tohis family. For all of his grandkids,it wasn’t a question of whether or nothe was available to attend everythingimportant to them, just what time didit start so he could be there an hourearly to get the best seat. Most re-cently, his grandson Scott began at-tending Bentley University and Francould not hide his heartfelt joy toshare his love with another genera-tion. Fran’s family will hold a Me-morial Service for him on Bentley’scampus on what would have beenhis 84th birthday on October 1. It isour sincerest hope that we will beable to gather together to rememberFran in October, public health con-ditions permitting. Fran’s family hasasked that memorial gifts be directedto the Kingsley Family Scholarshipfund at Bentley. They may be sent inhis memory to Bentley University,175 Forest Avenue, Waltham, MA02452. Perhaps the most fitting sen-timent about Fran is his own quotein his high school yearbook: “A quietfellow, always so neat. Charming inhis manner, he is pleasant to meet.”He embodied that with his entirebeing and he will be incrediblym i s s e d .www.gilloolyfuneralhome.com

KISSELL Rose C. (Douglas) of Norwood,

passed away on April 8, 2020 at theage of 94. Beloved wife of the lateMarion L. Kissell. Devoted motherof Lawrence E. Kissell and his wifeJanet of Rehoboth, Wayne A. Kissellof North Attleboro and David J.Kissell of Norwood. Cherishedgrandmother of 2 grandchildren and1 great-grandchild. Daughter of thelate Edmund Georgina (Craig) Dou-glas. Rose was very active, doingmany shows at the Norwood SeniorCenter. All Services and Burial willbe private. Arrangements by theKraw-Kornack Funeral Home,NORWOOD, MA. kraw-kornackfuneralhome.com FamilyOwned and Operated 781-762-0482.

LYNCHTaylor Anne of Norwood, passed

away on Friday, April 10, 2020 atthe age of 18. Beloved daughter ofJames and MaryLou (Cunningham)Lynch. Loving sister of Brittany.Predeceased by grandparents Tho-mas and Catherine (Clarke)Cunningham, and Edward and Carol(Welch) Lynch. Survived by manyloving uncles, aunts and cousins. Tay-lor was a senior at Norwood HighSchool, where she was affectionatelyknown as the “Mayor of NorwoodHigh.” She loved chatting with herteachers and friends, attending eventsthrough the ARC of South Norfolk, anddancing to the music of Luke Bryan.She never met a stranger, and lovedeating out at restaurants. Taylor wasfull of joy and the light of her family.Services will be private. In lieu of flow-ers, memorial gifts may be made ei-ther to the ARC of South Norfolk(arcsouthnorfolk.org) or United Ce-rebral Palsy (www.ucp.org).

NARCISOMarion (Fino) of Norwood, 93,

passed peacefully on April 10, to jointhe love of her life, John Narciso, Sr.Marion was predeceased by her old-est son, John Narciso, Jr, husbandof Carole Narciso from Norwood,and great-granddaughter, Maria,from Texas. She was loved verymuch and survived by daughter,Patricia Cosgro and husband Glennof Norwood, son, Richard Narcisoand wife Karen from Connecticut,her brother, Robert Fino and wifeElaine of Dedham, and her sister,Dolores Fino in Mansfield. Marionwas also predeceased by her siblings,Theresa “Dee Dee,” Norma, Irene,Dot, Ruth, Jean, George, and James.Our “Nana” Marion was truly cher-ished and loved by her 10 grandchil-dren and 13 great-grandchildren. Shewas so proud of them, enjoyedspending time together, and had sur-rounded herself with pictures every-where of all of them. Family timespent at holidays, weddings, birth-days (there was a lot!) saw Nanaglowing with pride, and no event wascomplete without Nana’s pizzellasand biscotti - all homemade with loveof course. Marion enjoyed her timeas a member of the Mil-Par Club andthe former St. Joseph Church Choirand bowling league in Hyde Park.In lieu of flowers, please kindly con-sider a donation to the Joslin Diabe-tes Center. Funeral arrangementsconducted by Kraw-Kornack Fu-neral Home will be private. A Cel-ebration of Life service will be an-nounced at a later date. kraw-kornackfuneralhome.com 781-762-0482.

PELLETIERVictor J. of Walpole passed away

on April 12, 2020 at the age of 86.Beloved husband of Marie E.(Lento) Pelletier. Devoted father ofNancy Pelletier of Norwood and thelate David and Dianne Pelletier. Stepfather of Timothy Cotter of BuzzardsBay and the late Christine M. Cot-ter. Brother of John Pelletier ofQuincy. Cherished grandfather ofKristi Cotter of CA, James Cotter ofFalmouth, Jessica Bopp and JoeyBopp both of Norwood. Also sur-vived by many nieces and nephews.All services and burial will be pri-vate. Arrangements by the Kraw-Kornack Funeral Home Norwood,MA.

RANSOWSuzanna (Petroff) of East

Walpole, passed away on April 3,2020 at the age of 92. Beloved wifeof the late Carl Ransow. Devotedmother of Cynthia McCaig of EastWalpole. Cherished grandmother ofGretchen Ransow of London, En-gland and Eileen Ransow-Smith ofWatertown. Sister of the late BillPetroff. Daughter of the lateAlexander and Alexandra (Pazloss)Petroff. All Services are private anda Memorial Service will be held at alater date. Arrangements by theKraw-Kornack Funeral Home,NORWOOD, MA. Kraw-KornackFuneral Home kraw-kornackfuneralhome.com 781-762-0482.

ROGERSAnne (Halchuck) of Norwood,

MA, passed away peacefully on Sun-day, April 5, 2020 at the age of 103.She was the beloved wife of the lateWilfred A. Rogers. Loving motherof Irene B. Kiley & her husbandFrancis of Norwood. Cherished sis-ter of Olga Ferrari of Westwood.Adored grandmother of Heather

Boulger & her husband Brian ofWrentham, Melissa Dwyer of Norwoodand great-grandmother of Kayley,Aidan, Rowan, Dylan, and Maddison.She is also survived by many nieces andnephews. Funeral Services will be pri-vate. In lieu of flowers, remembrancesin Anne’s memory may be donated toPerkins School for the Blind PerkinsTrust, 175 North Beacon Street,Watertown, MA 02472.www.gilloolyfuneralhome.com

TARISLouis J. of Norwood, (Lou) passed

away peacefully on April 5, 2020. Bornin Boston, he proudly grew up in theFenway section. He was a graduate ofBrighton High School, where he waspresident of his senior class. Lou wenton to earn four degrees at Boston Uni-versity, where he was an Augustus HoweBuck Scholar and a member of Phi BetaKappa Honor Society. He started hiscareer in the Boston Public Schools,where he began as a teacher at the Wil-liam E. Russell School in Dorchester.He became Director of Science K-12 for Wayland Public Schools, andduring that time he also served onthe Dedham School Committee forfive years. From there, he went onto become a school administrator forthe Barnstable Public Schools. Louwas a firm believer in public educa-tion and devoted his entire life toeducation and learning. With hardwork and continued education, hewent back to Boston University,completed his doctorate in educationand was able to progress his careerto Superintendent of Schools, wherehe served as superintendent for twoschool districts – Presque Isle, MEand Norwood, MA. He returned tothe classroom to finish his career asa Professor at Bridgewater StateCollege for over a decade. Intellec-tually curious, Lou had a wide rangeof interests. He was an avid reader,a musician and song writer, and au-thor. Together with his brother, JamesTaris, he wrote and publishedtwenty-six books combining scienceand history themes. He was a tal-ented magician and what started asa hobby evolved and led to his per-forming over 100 professionalshows. He loved travel and he trav-eled extensively throughout theUnited States and Europe. Althoughhe had a wide range of interests, hewas happiest at family gatherings,catching up with loved ones andfriends. Lou was the beloved hus-band to Mary J. (Manning) for 52years. A devoted father, he alsoleaves behind his two children, JaneCafferty and her husband Kevin ofNorwell, and his son Louis J. Taris,Jr. and his wife Amy of Medfield.He also leaves behind his four adoredgrandchildren Kaitlyn and KevinCafferty, Jr. and Bridget andNathaniel Taris. Caring and lovingson of the late James and Judith Taris.Dear brother of Kay Benson and herhusband Peter of Dedham, andJames Taris and his wife JoAnn ofSC. Cherished uncle to nine niecesand nephews, their children and grand-children. Private Services will be heldat Gillooly Funeral Home inNorwood and interment at NewtonCemetery. A Celebration of Life willbe held at a later date. Lou touchedthe lives of hundreds of people andlifted up everyone he met. He en-couraged people to reach their goalsand understood that achievementscan be made on any level. He willbe greatly missed. In lieu of flowersor donations, please consider readinga book, learning a fact or doing what-ever it is that makes you happy.www.gilloolyfuneralhome.com

TREVISONEMichael Anthony Sr, 79 of

Norwood, passed away peacefullyafter bravely battling Parkinson’s forthe better part of the last decade. Heis the Beloved son of Catherine(Cacciola) and Michael William ofBoston, and is survived by the love ofhis life of 55 years Anne (Polin), whomhe met as a Rebel teenager growing upin Roxbury, and who turned him intothe gentle, loving, selfless man that willforever be his legacy. He is also sur-vived by his son Michael Jr and his wifeChristine, his daughter Donna (Maxon)and her husband Curt, his daughterDeborah, and his son Stephen and hiswife Rachel. He also leaves behind fivegrandchildren, Michael Anthony III,Bradley Austin, Geno John, Nico An-thony, and Enzo Michael as well as hisbrother Salvatore (Butch) of Dedham,and sister Maria (Hatch) of Scottsdale,Arizona. Mike married Anne in 1964,served his country as a soldier in theUS Army, and moved to Norwoodwhere he raised his family, until hepassed away in the house that he lovedon April 8, 2020 just after midnight.He joined the Boston Police depart-ment in 1968, and retired in 2005, serv-ing and protecting the people of Bos-ton for over thirty five years. In 2000,he was a Massachusetts’ nominee forthe nation’s Top Cop award which wasan honor bestowed upon him by theBoston Police, recognizing his accom-plishments of the last three decades toboth the people of Boston and hisbrother’s in blue. Raising his family inNorwood, Mike coached all four ofhis children in basketball at SaintCatherine’s school, and remained vol-unteering at St Catherine’s until he wasno longer able. During the course ofthose forty years, he touched the heartsof hundreds of young players as acoach, referee and director of their bas-ketball program, thousands of parish-ioners as a church usher and (in hismind) lead choir singer, and was al-ways the number one BINGO calleron Sunday nights, where he would saveyour seat, get you a coffee, watch yourcards if you had to get up, and wouldnever, ever go too fast or too slow whencalling the numbers. Regrettably, fu-neral services will be private at thistime, but a video remembering Mikecan be found at vimeo.com, by sign-ing up for free and searching Trevisone.The family appreciates all the love thatwas shown for Mike during his battlewith Parkinson’s and requests that inlieu of flowers, please make a dona-tion to either Saint Catherine’s of SienaSchool, 249 Nahatan Street, Norwood,MA 02062 or the Boston Police Re-lief Association, 1249 Hyde Park Av-enue, Hyde Park, MA 02136 in Mike’smemory. Arrangements by the Kraw-Kornack Funeral Home Norwood,MA.

WALENTENCHARLES J. Jr. of Norwood

passed away on April 9, 2020 at the ageof 76. Beloved husband of MargueriteK. (Norton) Walenten. Father of Chris-topher Walenten and his wife Nancy ofNorwood. Cherished grandfather ofJohn and Tommy Walenten. Brother ofJohn Walenten and his wife Nancy ofVA. Son of the late Charles J. Sr. andEdith ( McCallum) Walenten. Charleswas a Vietnam USMC Veteran. A pri-vate burial will take place at the Mas-sachusetts National Cemetery with acelebration of his life at a later date.In lieu of flowers donations may bemade in his name to the DAV P.O.Box 14301, Cincinnati, Ohio 45250.Kraw-Kornack Funeral Home.w w w . k r a w -kornackfuneralhome.com 781-762-0482.


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0755 Phone - B & E Commercial*Report Filed Location/Address:St Catherines Of Siena Chapel -Washington St Report cash dona-tion box broken into and cash sto-len.

0903 Phone - Well Being Chk Spo-ken To Location/Address:Berwick St N496 received requestto check on a male in p-up along-side Veteran’s Park, maybeslumped over wheel. N666 reportsMA CO R22030, operator was ex-iting same upon officer’s arrivaland stated he was on phone, nowgoing for a walk.

0934 Phone - Well Being Chk Trans-ported To Hospital Location/Ad-dress: Neponset St Report clientwalk-a-way, house rule that theymust be accompanied by staff.BOLO to cars. N664 locates herin parking lot of Norwood Plaza130 Nahatan St. near Citizen’sBank. Re-locate to PD station lot.1037-NFD transports for volun-tary evaluation.

1156 Cellular - Susp Person SpokenTo Location/Address: CallahanSchool Garfield Ave Worker tellsparent, whom was picking up alunch program lunch, that there isa male sunning himself on prop-erty and it makes them uneasy.N662 reports MA PC 4TWY30,teacher from another town wast-ing time until he has to log intohis computer for work, he willmove along.

1324 Phone - Assist Other AgencySpoken To Location/Address:Nichols St + Lancelot CtWestwood Officer off with a sus-picious person.

1410 Initiated - Well Being Chk AreaSearch Negative Location/Ad-dress: Lenox St + Cross St A pe-destrian flags down N677 andasks to check on a W/M, 50-60yoa, salt and pepper hair,white/navy blue sweater, sweatpants,acting erratic, in area of the cen-tral train station 15 minutes ago.

1512 Phone - Mischief (Kids) Build-ing Checked/Secured Location/Address: Oldham School (Acct#1382d) - Prospect St Report 2boys, 1 girl-yellow shirt, put crateon Pine St. side of building nearawning and appeared to be tryingto climb onto the roof. N666 re-ports all in order at school, kidswhere spotted on Railroad Ave butupon checking area GOA.

1549 Phone - Animal ComplaintNACO/WACO notified Location/Address: Bamboo Cafe - Wash-ington St Passing pedestrian re-ports business has been closed formonths, can see fish tank insidestill has fish, dead and alive, in it,very little water in tank.

1553 Phone - Susp Vehicle SpokenTo Location/Address: WashingtonSt Report MA PC 1DFA15 withB/F and B/F in it, place towelsover windows, last week femaleurinated outside car. N666 spoketo both parties, advised theyshould not be here, sent on theirway.

Tuesday, April 70001 911 - Disturbance Spoken To

Location/Address: Jefferson DrVerbal argument between motherand son over computer use. Sisterintervened. Peace was restoredand parties agreed to keep thepeace. Caller states her 2 teenag-ers are fighting. N662,N666,N678responded. Upon arrival they hadceased. Spoken to and advised.

0933 Phone - Citizens ComplaintServices Rendered Location/Ad-dress: Clapboardtree St Staff re-ports last week while taking cli-ent for a walk at the Xaverian HighSchool track, the client thinks shesaw ex-boyfriend in parking lot.Subsequently, ex-boyfriend calledclient when she was in herNorwood apartment. N664 spoketo all staff, client, ex-boyfriend-unfounded.

1244 Phone - Attempt to commitcrime *Report Filed Location/Ad-dress: Norwood Plaza - NahatanSt Shaw’s employee reports thatyesterday between 1200-2030 Hrssomeone tried to steal her car.

1323 Phone - Illegal Trash DisposalSpoken To Location/Address:Olde Derby Rd Caller reports non-resident may have put bag of trashin the complex dumpster. Callerwas advised and satisfied.

1516 Cellular - Animal ComplaintNACO/WACO notified Location/Address: Nichols St Reportgerman shepherd sitting on frontlawn, believe it belongs at 585.

1610 Phone - Well Being Chk Ser-vices Rendered Location/Ad-dress: Norwest Dr Rhode IslandDCYF requests check to ensurethat a juvenile is in fact at the ad-dress. Officer confirmed. DCYFadvised.

Wednesday, April 81137 Phone - Larceny *Report Filed

Location/Address: Paradise Fruits- Kerry Pl Larceny by check.

1429 911 - Assist Citizen Spoken ToLocation/Address: Norwood Hos-pital - Washington St Resident re-ports a staff member pulled her outof a cab’s front seat and had hersit in the back seat. She also doesnot have her keys and phone.N662 spoke to her, she has herpersonal items, she was upset overthe manner and tone of staff whenshe was told about having to sit inthe back seat.

1606 Phone - Susp Vehicle ServicesRendered Location/Address:Shattuck Pk Rd Caller reports avehicle unknown to her is parkedin her driveway. Owner of MA PC734XT2 was contacted and ex-plained that a dealership had mis-takenly delivered that vehicle tohis old address and that they wouldbe retrieving the vehicle shortly.Caller advised.

1620 Phone - Larceny *Report FiledLocation/Address: Andrews StStolen checks.

1658 Phone - Civil Dispute CivilMatter Location/Address: DanO’brien Kia - Bos-Prov HwyDealership refuses to refund de-posit after customer changed mindabout their purchase. Advised ofoptions.

1707 Phone - Susp Person SpokenTo Location/Address: WashingtonSt Caller reports people throwingtrash and acting oddly. All of thoseparties identified and advised.

2027 Phone - Noise Complaint Spo-ken To Location/Address:Jefferson Dr Caller reports noisecomplaint. N666 and N670 re-sponding. Resident was advised.

Thursday, April 90816 Phone - Road Hazard Spoken

To Location/Address: Starbucks

Coffee Co. - Bos-Prov Hwy Of-ficers Assist In Coned Off TrafficFlow With The Manager.

0922 Phone - Well Being Chk Spo-ken To Location/Address: UplandWoods Cir BCI and Officer reportall is well.

1803 911 - Report Of Fire Police &Fire Notified/Respond Location/Address: Mr. Franks Food Mart -Meb Inc. - Washington St Callerreports possible car fire. FD noti-fied. MA PC 152FZ6 towed byCenter Auto Body.

1940 Phone - Assist Other AgencySpoken To Location/Address:Norwood Hospital - WashingtonSt Security requesting assistancewith a party that does not want toleave the property. N670 reportsthat party is going to wait for thenext train.

2130 Phone - Susp Person Gone OnArrival Location/Address:Berwick Pl Caller reports some-one walked up her walkway thenturned around and left.

2143 Phone - Well Being Chk Spo-ken To Location/Address: VillageRd E

2304 Phone - Noise Complaint Spo-ken To Location/Address:Norwest Dr Caller reports loudmusic. Party was spoken to willturn down the music.

Friday, April 101009 Phone - Community Police

Services Rendered Location/Ad-dress: Jefferson Dr Officers assistthe Recreation Dept.

1338 911 - Death *Report Filed Lo-cation/Address: Hillcrest RdCaller reports her daughter needsmedical attention unsure if she isresponsive or not.

1505 Phone - Unwanted Party *Re-port Filed Location/Address:Washington St + Walnut Ave Sub-ject sitting on the deck at unit 9does not live there. Subject wasGOA but spoke with a W/M fit-ting description down the streetand advised. 60’s long gray hair ,dark coat, tan pants and advised.

1557 Phone - Mischief (Kids) Re-port Filed Location/Address:Concord Ave Youth involved in afight All located and parents ad-vised. 1901 Phone - Susp Activ-ity Spoken To Location/Address:Norwest Dr Caller reports his wifereceived a email requesting themto send money or they will sendout a video of her to her friendson her contact list. N666 spoke tothat individual and he was advisedand satisfied. 2052 Phone - WellBeing Chk Services Rendered Lo-cation/Address: Railroad AveCaller requesting well being checkof her friend. N666 and N662 re-sponding. N666 reports all is finean advised her to call her friendwho was concerned about her.

Saturday, April 110553 Phone - Unwanted Party Ser-

vices Rendered Location/Ad-dress: Howard St Caller reportsfriend outside her home trying tocome in and she does not want herthere. Party checked out, left theproperty and will be taking a bushome. 0819 Phone - Susp VehicleSpoken To Location/Address:Coakley Middle School ( Acct#1378d) - Washington St Report 2cars entered onto the football fieldnear Door#14 and drove acrossfield, a dog school logo in win-dow. N663 reports they are con-tractors for the town to chase awaythe geese.

0931 Initiated - Complaint Of MvServices Rendered Location/Ad-dress: Starbucks Coffee Co. - Bos-Prov Hwy N668 comes acrosstraffic issue at business. Units as-

sisted in mitigating same for now,Starbuck’s Corporate notified toaddress the problem.

1111 Cellular - Citizens ComplaintSpoken To Location/Address:Norwood Hospital - WashingtonSt Report group of people hang-ing around a public bench in frontof hospital. N678 reports familymembers waiting to celebrate ababy’s birth.

1200 Phone - Threats *Report FiledLocation/Address: NorwoodHigh School - Nichols St Staff re-ports answering machine messagethat subject was going to “shootup” the school. Traced to a phoneout of the country and overseas.

1455 911 - Hang Up Call ConfirmedAccidental Location/Address:Westview Dr Open line with fe-male yelling in background. Uponcall back-no answer and phonedoes not have voice mail set up.Traced. N679 reports all ok, childgot at phone.

1519 Phone - Neighbor DisturbanceSpoken To Location/Address:Endicott St Report neighbor andhis kids pound on floor, caller’sroof, and say things to his wifewhen she walks to her car. N666spoke to caller, advised of his op-tion, nothing happening at time ofthis call.

1612 Phone - Susp Activity AreaSearch Negative Location/Ad-dress: Cedar St Caller states shebelieved she saw two adolescentspossibly engaged in drug activity.

1630 Phone - Unwanted Party Ser-vices Rendered Location/Ad-dress: CVS Pharmacy - NahatanSt Customer reports a person iscoughing on items deliberately.Officers spoke to that individual,she was not coughing maliciously.

1825 911 - Road Hazard State Dpw/Norwood Dpw Notified Location/Address: Railroad Ave + LenoxSt Sinkhole.

2242 Phone - Neighbor DisturbanceSpoken To Location/Address: Or-leans Rd Report of loud music.After being advised to turn downthe music, caller states that partywas verbally abusive and confron-tational. Officers spoke to all par-ties, matter resolved.

Sunday, April 12 0824 911 - HangUp Call Area Search Negative Lo-cation/Address: Norfolk Asphalt- Pleasant St Open line from dis-posable cell phone, no noise/voicecontact in background. N662 sentto area 9-1-1 map places phone.N662 reports no person/carsaround, no one approached of-ficer.

1035 Initiated - Complaint Of MvServices Rendered Location/Ad-dress: Starbucks Coffee Co. - Bos-Prov Hwy N668 comes acrosstraffic issue at business, same asyesterday. DPW sent with cones/barrels. Units set up a new traf-fic pattern for now.

1350 Cellular - Citizens Com-plaint Spoken To Location/Ad-dress: Coakley Middle School( Acct# 1378d) - Washington StReport man hitting golf balls onupper football field. N663 senthim on his way.

1431 Phone - Citizens ComplaintTaken/Referred To OtherAgency Location/Address: JackMadden Ford - Bos-Prov HwyCaller reports he knows some-one whom works at dealershipin Sales and they are makinghim work and customers go in/out without masks. Informationforwarded to Health Dept.

1917 Phone - Assist Other AgencyServices Rendered Location/Address: Norwood Hospital -Washington St Staff states acombative patient walked awayfrom Norwood Hospital whilecurrently on a Section 12.N678, N664, N670 respond toassist.


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Why Are our MedicarePremiums Different?

This article is intended for information purposes only and does notrepresent legal or financial guidance. It presents the opinions and in-terpretations of the AMAC Foundation’s staff, trained and accreditedby the National Social Security Association (NSSA). NSSA and the AMACFoundation and its staff are not affiliated with or endorsed by the So-cial Security Administration or any other governmental entity. To sub-mit a question, visit our website (amacfoundation.org/programs/social-security-advisory) or email us at [email protected].

Russell GloorAMAC Certified Social

Security Advisor

Dear Rusty: What is theMedicare monthly paymentbased on? I pay $139.60, myhusband pays $144.60, a friendpays $136.60. I receive $388 permonth in Social Security, myhusband receives $1200, and myfriend receives $1000 permonth. There seems to be norhyme or reason for the amountwe pay. Signed: Curious toKnow

Dear Curious: It may notseem so, but there is actually“rhyme or reason” to the amountof everyone’s Medicare pre-mium. I’ll try to explain.

Each year Medicare deter-mines a standard premiumamount for Part B – coverage fordoctors and other outpatient ser-vices. For 2020, the standardpremium is $144.60; last year itwas $135.50. Higher earnersmay even pay more, as a supple-mental amount is added to thebase Part B premium ifsomeone’s income exceeds cer-tain high clip levels set by Medi-care. In short, those with highincome pay a higher (than stan-dard) Medicare premium. Therest of us pay the base $144.60amount, unless the “hold harm-less” provision is in play.

The “hold harmless” provi-sion is a law passed by Congressto prevent Social Security ben-efit payments from decreasingas a result of an increase in theMedicare premium (most Medi-care premiums are deductedfrom Social Security benefitpayments). The disparity in pre-miums you refer to results fromthe hold harmless provision,which also permits all or part ofa Social Security cost of livingadjustment (COLA) to be ap-plied to your Medicare premiumincrease, instead of going to you.Here’s what can happen:

If the Medicare premiumgoes up in any year, some (or all)of your annual Social SecurityCOLA increase can be used topay for your monthly Medicarepremium increase. But, if theCOLA increase to your SS ben-efit isn’t big enough to cover theentire Medicare premium in-crease, your net SS benefit staysthe same and your Medicare pre-mium amount becomes whateverlevel your COLA increase bringsit to (up to the base premium forthat year). That means that yourMedicare premium could belower than the standard MedicarePart B premium for the year.

Since the dollar value of aCOLA increase varies accordingto the size of your Social Secu-rity benefit, those with a higherbenefit may receive a COLA in-

crease which more than coversthe Medicare premium increaseand the remainder is given asadditional SS benefit. But thosewith a lower SS benefit will geta smaller COLA, which may notbe enough to cover the increasein the Medicare premium. In thatevent, the Social Security ben-efit stays the same and the COLAis used to bring the Medicarepremium up to, or closer to, thebase premium amount. If theCOLA doesn’t cover the entireMedicare premium increase, thepremium stays at a lower-than-base number. And this recurs ev-ery year, which results in manypeople, especially those with asmaller SS benefit amount, pay-ing a different (smaller thanbase) Medicare premiumamount.

Here’s an example: If yourhusband’s SS benefit is $1200/month, he got a $19.20 COLAincrease for 2020 (1.6%). TheMedicare premium for 2020went up by $9.10, which wastaken from his COLA increase.The remaining $10.10 of hisCOLA increase was added to hisSS benefit amount.

If your benefit is $388 yourCOLA increase was $6.20(1.6%). That $6.20 COLAwasn’t enough to cover the $9.10Medicare premium increase, butit was applied to your previousMedicare premium amount tobring you to a Medicare pre-mium of $139.60. Your net SSpayment stayed the same be-cause your current SS benefitcannot be used to pay for therest of the premium increase.But $5 of any COLA increaseyou get next year will go to-ward bringing you up to thebase Medicare premiumamount. While this may not fityour idea of “rhyme or reason”it is, nevertheless, based upona well-intentioned “hold harm-less” rule which protects yourSocial Security benefit from de-creasing.

The Norwood Fire Department responded to an early evening dumpster fire reported on Dean Street onApril 12. Fire crews arrived to find the construction materials dumpster "fully involved" at the rear of athree-story multi-family building, and nearly touching said building. The department stated firefighterswere able to quickly douse the flames and make sure it did not spread to any nearby structures. Accord-ing to the NFD, firefighters were on scene for about an hour all told.

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on the Town since they will notbe approving projects or dis-tributing money on the agreedupon dates that the law spellsout. However, Assistant TownPlanner Patrick Deschenespointed out that only adminis-trative tasks were required bythe law year-to-year.

“So the only CPA article thatis going to be postponed is thatdealing with projects,” saidDeschenes. “Our reserve articleand our administration appro-priation article that have to hap-pen yearly, those are still in-cluded in the annual TownMeeting Warrant... As you allprobably remember, we did ap-propriate money for the SaintsStreet Lot in the fall so it’s notout of the norm to have projectsgo forward in the fall or in dif-ferent parts of the year.”

Greeley said he would beconcerned that this would affectthe CPC’s matched funds, thefunds received from the Statecollected from fees on real es-tate transactions. Deschenessaid the Town’s matches willnot be affected.

“Everything that’s supposedto happen from a standardyearly article standpoint is hap-pening,” he said.

Also discussed at the meet-ing was the approval of the pur-chase and sales agreement forthe Saint Streets Lot in SouthNorwood by the Town, thesigning of which was first an-nounced at last week’s Boardof Selectmen Meeting. TownPlanner Paul Halkiotis said he’sbeen actively working withTown Counsel David DeLucafor all remaining steps theTown needs to take to close thesale (located off of St. PaulStreet, St. John Street and St.Joseph Avenue). He said theystill need to put in place a Con-servation Restriction to ensure

that it stays conservation landfor the foreseeable future.

“We have been workingwith the Wildlands Trust ofSoutheastern Massachusetts,and they were scheduled to doa site visit on March 18, butbecause of the virus outbreak,they postponed that,” he said.“Town Counsel has reviewed adraft restriction, I’ve reviewedand I added some language andmade some minor changes. Ithink we’re in a good place nowand we need to send that to theWildlands Trust.”

Halkiotis added that theyfollowed a template given to theTown by the Wildlands Trustfor a restriction recently ap-proved in Plymouth, so he doesnot foresee any problems.

“We started working froman already-approved CR,changed the particulars aboutthe property, it was basically thesame thing,” he said.

Halkiotis said once the con-servation restriction has beenfinalized, then Halkiotis saidthe Town should be finally ableto move forward and close thesale.

“We’re one step closer withthis signed purchase and salesagreement, and we’re lookingforward to taking the title,”he said. “We don’t have aclosing date yet.”

In other news, CPC mem-ber and Conservation Com-mission member CherylDoyle asked all those presentfor any advice or help inmoving the approved LowerPond Pavilion project TownMeeting voted for last year.

“It’s never gone out tobid,” she said. “When it wassubmitted, it should havegone right out, because it’snot a very detailed project.It’s very simple and verycheap.”

Doyle said the project,which is to place a concretepavilion, picnic table andshade structure at lower pondacross the street from EllisPond, has been delayed forseveral reasons since beingapproved, the most recentreason being the COVID-19outbreak. It was originallyput forth to the CPC from theConservation Commission.

“This is over a year goingnow, and we’re worried thatour project will never ever goout to bid, and that if Con-servation Commission putsany project forward, it willnever go out to bid,” she said.

Deschenes said that theTown’s Procurement Officehas been preoccupied for atleast the past month, and saidthat if it wasn’t for the virus,he believes the project wouldhave more than likely beenbuilt by now. He pointed outthat work for the LowerBalch project and the pouredrubber for the Bond Streetplayground project have alsobeen delayed.

“It’s the time of year Ithink projects would start tohappen, but I think every-thing has hit the brakes,”Deschenes said. “It has noth-ing to do with whether Con-servation or Recreation issubmitting a project... Wehave one department and oneperson in particular whodeals with Procurement andif she’s occupied with othermatters, especially thosedealing with emergency plan-ning and this emergency situ-ation, those take precedentover procurement. It’s unfor-tunate because we want to seeprogress happens and i tshould happen and we don’twant to delay anything, but Ican’t speak to her schedule.”

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