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Katherine Roth of the Community Preservation Coalition spoke to a crowd of about 30 people Monday night about the proposedCommunity Preservation Act.

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Planning Board hostsCPA info session

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Norwood Circle of Hope hosted its eighth annual Dancing with the Norwood Stars fundraiser event on April 8. This year's winner wasJay White of Central Motors. COURTESY PHOTO

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Earlier this year, Norwood HighSchool Principal Jonathan Bournfloated the idea of not announcinggraduates’ future plans as they receivetheir diplomas during the school’sgraduation ceremony in June to parentsand teachers.

Though no decision was made at thetime, the debate has grabbed the atten-tion of students, families and NorwoodPublic Schools officials.

In addition to a petition started byNorwood High School senior classPresident Brian McDonough to main-tain the option for students’ futureplans to be announced - which has gar-nered around 150 signatures - studentspressed the three School Committeecandidates at the March 21 League of

The Norwood Circle of Hope heldits eighth annual Dancing with theNorwood Stars fundraiser event at theTiffany Ballroom on April 8, andagain, the event sold out.

“It’s the toughest ticket in town toget,” co-emcee George Usevich said.

This year’s Norwood “celebrity”

In hopes of getting the proposedCommunity Preservation Act (CPA) onthe town ballot this upcoming Novem-ber, the Norwood Planning Board helda meeting Monday night to inform townresidents about the program.

The CPA would allow Norwood toset up a local, dedicated fund forprojects involving open space and rec-reation, affordable housing and historicpreservation. The proposed act wouldneed to be first voted on at Town Meet-ing in order to be put on the ballot inNovember; from there, the communitywould vote whether or not to adopt theact.

The meeting was held at theNorwood Civic Center and KatherineRoth, associate director of the Commu-

nity Preservation Coalition, was on handto explain the benefits of the CPA andanswer questions from residents.

One Norwood project that could po-tentially benefit from CPA funds, ac-cording to planning board member ErniePaciorkowski, would be repairing theroof of the chapel in the town’s cem-etery.

“That project is going to be upwardsof $1.3 million,” said Paciorkowski.“That’s a lot of money. The chapelwould be a perfect use.”

If Norwood were to adopt the CPA,residents could vote for a 1 percent sur-charge that would be assessed to com-munity homeowners. For example, anaverage home in Norwood assessed at$399,580 would annually contributearound $40 to the fund. Exemptions forsenior and low income home owners areavailable as well as an exemption for

the first $100,000 of assessed propertyvalue.

In addition to the revenue generatedby the community, Roth explained thatfunding would also be distributed by theDepartment of Revenue to all CPA com-munities in the state.

In recent years, this state funding hasdecreased due to an increase of the num-ber of communities that have enactedthe CPA, but Roth said state funding stillmatches around 30 percent of the localrevenue collected.

Based on the proposed 1 percent sur-charge, Norwood would collect about$543,000 after the first year, not includ-ing the additional state funding. Thecollected funds are able to roll over fromyear to year, Roth said.

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Town and Country HI GUYS, BEWARE The creeps are still out there

trying to fool you. Recently, ayoung, well-dressed man cameto my door. He told me that if Iswitched to Eversource, hecould save me a lot of moneyon my electric bill. We have ourown power company withwhich I am very happy.Eversource states that, ofcourse, they do NOT go doorto door to sell their product. Iprobably should have called theNPD. Another scam is thephone call from someone thatcan barely speak English andtells me that my computer hasa myriad of serious problems. Iasked him what kind of prob-lems and he went on and on. Ifinally said that it was strangethat they found problems withmy computer since I didn’t havea computer. The next time thefool called, I answered,Norwood Police Department,dispatcher Jones speaking, youare being recorded! He hungup.

LET’S GET IT RIGHT The celebration of Easter

is the highest holy day in Chris-tian churches. Did you noticethe word, ‘EASTER,’ on TV,circulars, radio, stating Eastersale, Easter candy, Easterclothes, Easter ham, Easterbonnet, Easter Bunny, Easteregg roll, etc. (even an egg roll

at the White House by Obama,yet no Nativity in the WhiteHouse at Christmas.) Why is itthat the word Easter is ‘okay,’but the word Christmas, whichis a federal holiday, is not okay?It’s time we stopped the PC bo-logna and did what is right. TheACLU has no power unless itis given to them by us, theweak. For them to tell us it iswrong to put the Nativity infront of the Balch is not theirbusiness. They don’t pay taxesfor the land and they are ille-gally denying a federal holiday.I hope the new School Commit-tee will take these things intoconsideration and do what isright. The word Christmas be-

longs on the school calendar,and the second page of the cal-endar should be discarded.And….we should resume withChristmas concerts in theschools. The concerts certainlycan, and should, be inclusive ofother celebrations. That is whywe are called America!!

STAND UP FORCHILDREN April is ‘National Child

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The Board of Selectmenvoted on April 12 to table twocommunity host agreements putforward by two medical mari-juana companies seeking tooperate in Norwood until afterPolice Chief Bill Brooks isbrought in to further explain hisposition against medical mari-juana.

Selectman Bill Plasko saidhe had worked with two com-panies, Green Harbor andMiddlesex Integrative Medi-cine, to garner community hostagreements that could providethe Town a new source of rev-enue if the companies are al-lowed to operate withinNorwood.

“I didn’t really take a hardnegotiating line,” Plasko said,noting that he was mostly fo-cusing on meeting the person-nel and judging if they were aquality operation. He said heenticed them to make an offeras large as they could.

That said, Plasko said thedraft agreements compared toagreements he’s seen with othertowns and that he’s seen betterand worse.

Middlesex IntegrativeMedicine offered a set amountof money for every pound ofproduct sold, and capped theyearly amount at $300,000.Green Harbor offered a per-centage of gross sales that, byyear five would be up to 2 per-cent with no cap on the amount.

Plasko said that the law wasalready in place, that dispensa-ries are coming to the state, buteven accepting the agreementswas no guarantee the dispensa-ries would be approved orchoose to operate in Norwood- as they negotiate with othertowns at the same time - andthat Norwood was as stringentas the law allows.

“New revenue sources don’tcome along too often,” Plaskosaid, suggesting both compa-nies be given letters of approvalor non-opposition, as he didn’tthink the odds were high thatthey would get both.

Plasko noted that people inNorwood already do havemedical marijuana cards andare accessing the substance le-gally without a dispensary. Thestate currently has a cap for fivedispensaries in each county,and Plasko said it would beunlikely that multiple dispensa-ries would be approved andwould choose to operate inNorwood, especially if one wasalready in place there.

So far, the Board has sentletters of non-opposition to twocompanies - ARL Healthcareand Middlesex IntegrativeMedicine, which has returnedto the Board - though neitherwas approved by the state.Plasko relayed that ARLclaimed they had leased spacein Norwood, which the landlordindicated was not the case. Se-lectman Helen AbdallahDonohue said that she heardARL had already purchased a

site in Norwood.“I don’t want any entity to

think that we are trying to sellthe Town,” Donohue said.

Selectman Tom Maloneyasked if a letter from ChiefBrooks against medical mari-juana in town - as it creates a“localization of crime” - hadgiven any of his colleaguespause.

“As much as I really don’twant this to happen, I have anobligation” to the voters inTown who overwhelminglysupported the matter, Select-man Paul Bishop said. Chair-man Allan Howard said he wasat first not in favor of medicalmarijuana, but spoke to peoplewith grave illnesses - two ofwhom have since passed - whochanged his mind, noting theBoard’s duty to represent theirvoters. Howard did note that re-gardless, marijuana is a gate-

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To the Editor:Thank you Colleen Padden,

Chairwoman of the NorwoodRepublican Town Committeefor organizing the forum on theOpioid/Heroin epidemic held inthe Norwood High School au-ditorium last Thursday evening.Norwood Police Chief WilliamG. Brooks III, Fire Chief An-thony Greeley, and SigalleReiss, Norwood Health Depart-ment Director & ImpactNorwood Co-Chair, presentedengaging presentations on thisissue. Corey Savini, a youngNorwood resident in his mid-20s who has overcome hisheroin addiction, gave a mov-ing and compelling account ofhis journey to health. Duringthe question and answer period,Superintendant of NorwoodPublic schools, Dr. JamesHayden, provided valuablecomments concerning this pub-lic health issue. Overall, theforum included information onthe impact of the addictionproblem in Norwood, how lo-cal law enforcement and firedepartment first responders aremanaging the epidemic and in-formation on how the ImpactNorwood coalition uses publichealth prevention strategies toreduce substance use. My wifeJulie Hempton and I are grate-ful to also have participated.Julie, an Emergency Depart-ment Physician Assistant, de-scribed the biology of addic-tion. As a practicing OralHealth care provider, I dis-cussed the responsibly of the

medical and dental communityrelative to prescription writingand patient pain management. We also thank Corey Savini,the Norwood officials who par-ticipated, all the town residentswho attended and NorwoodPublic Access for taping theevent.

Timothy Hempton,DDS

SCHOOL COMMITTEENEEDS TO LISTEN TOTHE PEOPLE

To the Editor: It was disheartening to see

the new members of the SchoolCommittee shut down thediscussion of CommitteemanMcDonough’s proposal thatthe so-called “winter” recesson the school calendar revertto the “Christmas “ recessthat 76 percent of theNorwood population favoredin the 2014 referendum. Thenew members arrogantly dis-missed it as a “distraction”unworthy of their time, asthe commit tee then pro-ceeded to drone on aboutother matters with a lot ofthe usual “ums” and “yaknows” that we have come toexpect f rom these long-winded proceedings. Myhope, and that of many of myfr iends , was that themembers would begin listeningto the residents and would alsopick up the tempo. Alas, I amnot that hopeful after watchingthe first meeting of the newlyreconstituted body.

Jim MacPhersonSouth Norwood

THANK YOU,FROM HAJJAR

To the residentsof Norwood,My congratulations to Tom

Maloney and Helen Donohuefor winning this year’s electionfor seats on the Board of Se-lectmen. I also thank DenisMawn and David Butters forparticipating in the democraticprocess. All candidates ran aclean campaign, and one I willalways remember, as it was myfirst time. Norwood shined bystaying focused on the issuesfacing our great Town. I hopeour leaders take the opportu-nities made and/or provided tomake the best decisions on ourbehalf by listening to every-one.

Thank you, to my support-ers who worked so hard andbelieved in my message. Fromsign holders, to my campaignteam that prepped me well, tothose that allowed signs ontheir lawns and those that con-tributed whatever they could,I thank you from the bottom ofmy heart. We almost made it,but it will have to wait anothertime. And there will be anothertime for me, God willing.

I was elected to another 3-year term as a Town Meetingmember, so I will be there torepresent you. I still hold a seaton the Personnel Board. I willremain active in the Town Ihave grown up in, care so muchabout and will continue to vol-unteer for.

Stay in touch.David E. Hajjar

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SENIOR NEWSARTS & CRAFTS: Offered Every First Thurs-

day of each month at 11 a.m.BASIC COMPUTER COURSE: A four-part

basic computer course is frequently offered to thosewho wish to learn how to use a computer. Sign-up atthe front desk. New class will be announced soon.

BINGO: Every Wednesday, from 12:45 to 3 p.m.$5 to get started. We have begun a new game, for $1with a winner take all prize! You must be here by12:45 p.m. to play the new game!

BLOOD PRESSURE CLINIC: HellenicHealth Care will be available for blood pressurescreening on the first Wednesday of eachmonth. Ellis Nursing Home will offer bloodpressure screening on the second Wednesdayof each month. The Walpole VNA will pro-vide blood pressure screening on the thirdWednesday of each month at 11:30 a.m. Kin-dred Care on the fifth.

BOOK CLUB: Our next Book Club willbe meeting on April 25 at 10 a.m.

BRIDGE: Our Br idge Club meets onThursdays at 9:15 a.m. in the Library. TheTuesday group has been cancelled.

COMPUTER CLUB: The Computer Clubmeets every Wednesday at 1 p.m.

CRIBBAGE: Our seniors meet every Mon-day at 12:45 p.m. to play cribbage.

DIABETES WORKSHOP: The DiabetesWorkshop Thursday, April 28 at 11 a.m.

FOOT DOCTOR: Dr. Cormier will behere Tuesday, April 26, 8:30 a.m. - noon.

LEE CLUB: Glee Club meets every Tues-day at 11:15 a.m.

HANDCRAFTERS: Handcrafters meetevery Monday from 1-3 p.m.

LINE DANCE: Classes are held eachTuesday. Class will be held from 1 to 2 p.m.

MASSAGE THERAPIST: Karen Tracy ishere on the first Monday of each month. Pleasesign up at front desk. Massages are $30 forhalf an hour.

NORWOOD RETIRED MEN’S CLUB:The Board of Directors meet on the first Tues-day of each month at 10:30 a.m. at the SeniorCenter (Except July and August). The ClubMembership meets the second Tuesday ofeach month at the Norwood Elks Lodge, at10 a.m.

OIL PAINTING: No Oil Painting class isoffered at this time.

POETRY CLUB: Is held on the thirdWednesday of each month at 1 p.m., facili-tated by Nancy from the Library, on April 20.SCRABBLE: Thursday afternoon at 1 p.m.Come and join us for a game.

SHINE: Our SHINE Counselor, Carol, ishere to help you with your medical insuranceneeds on Tuesdays from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.Please call 781-762-1201 for an appointment.

SQUARE DANCE: Cancelled until fur-ther notice.

TRIAD: April 25 at 1 p.m.WAXING: April 25 from 9 a.m.-noon.WHIST: Whist players meet on Tuesdays

at 12:45 p.m. in the library.WHIST PARTY: Whist parties will be

held on the fourth Friday of each month, 1 - 3p.m. Boston Duck Tours-May 26, Boston Com-mon Visit Luncheon at the No Name Restaurant,$89.00 Cruising the Charles River! June 21, (Tues-day) Boston Sightseeing Tour Delicious Lunch atThe Cheesecake Factory Narrated Charles RiverboatCruise$79.00

MINI-BUS TRIPS Tuesday, April 19– TwinRiver Tuesday, April 26–Norwood Library Tour andTea APRIL EVENTS. Peace of Mind MediationApril 14 at 1:15 p.m. Friends of The COA EveningDance Friday, April 15 at 7 p.m. Senior LivingOptions Light Lunch April 22 at 11:30 a.m.Brightview of Canton TRIAD April 25 at 1 p.m.Robin Putnam Office of Consumer Affairs ATM &Gas Station Safety (skimmers) Line Dance with DaveValero April 29 at 1 p.m.

It is true that back in 2012 the Town of Norwood sup-ported, along with a large majority of Massachusetts towns,the elimination of criminal and civil penalties for the use ofmarijuana by qualifying patients who have been diagnosedwith a debilitating medical condition. Statewide, the mea-sure passed with 63% of the vote. Locally, the Norwoodvote was close to that same percentage. However, unlikewhat Selectmen Chairman Allan Howard said at Tuesdayevening’s meeting, Norwood did NOT vote to have a medi-cal marijuana dispensary and/or cultivation site located withits borders in 2012, and this is a very important distinction.

Some, perhaps many, may argue that it is hypocritical tosupport a measure like Question 3 and then not want a per-fectly legal medical pot shop located in your Town, and tothat we say nonsense. Hypothetically, what if the wordingof Question 3 including a sentence that read, “...and everytown supporting this measure automatically enrolls itself asa medical marijuana dispensary site, and should welcomeone or more within its borders when the time comes...”?Do you think the vote would still be 63% in favor? Do youthink towns like Wellesley and Weston and Lincoln and evenneighboring Westwood would have so overwhelmingly sup-ported the measure? Towns of “means” know it will betowns like Norwood that have to deal with the headaches,and this newspaper thinks Norwood already shoulders morethan its fair share of social services to residents of NorfolkCounty.

Like many of you, The Norwood Record supported theQuestion 3 measure because no one should have to live withpain that marijuana can assuage under a doctor’s care. Vot-ers did not know the details of how pot would be dispensed.Perhaps voters thought it would only be available in drug-stores, or maybe only in hospitals. Few considered the lo-gistics of distribution when casting their ballot, only that itwas the compassionate thing to do. Now, is it wrong forNorwood residents to want to know the details of potentialdispensaries being located here, perhaps more than one? Atleast one Selectman thinks it is.

During Tuesday’s meeting, Town Manager John Carrollsuggested having Police Chief Bill Brooks in the followingweek to explain the details of his letter to them outlining allof his concerns regarding marijuana dispensary sites beinglocated here, and Selectman Bill Plasko didn’t want any ofit. “Selectmen make these decisions, not the Town Man-ager and not the Police Chief,” Plasko opined, in obviousfrustration that Carroll would have the chutzpa to make thesuggestion.

Fortunately, the other four Selectmen had the commonsense to want Chief Brooks in to discuss the letter, and twoimportant points came out of this vote. First, it was new-comer Selectman Tom Maloney who brought the misgiv-ings of the Chief to the forefront of the meeting and initi-ated the discussion, which should be a comfort to residentsthat he won’t be shy in expressing his thoughts and opin-ions moving forward. And second, is when SelectmanHoward, perhaps only misspeaking, made the mistake ofrepresenting Norwood’s vote back in 2012 of wanting amarijuana dispensary in this Town. That was not what theyvoted, and to represent otherwise is doing a disservice toresidents here.


School Committee again decidesagainst renaming Christmas break


TOWN OF NORWOOD – ZONING BOARD OF APPEALPUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that the Board of Appeal of the Town of Norwood will hold aPUBLIC HEARING in Room 12 of the Municipal Office Building on May 3,2016 at 7:30 PM on the request of 1008 Washington, LLC (Case #16-05) with respectto property located on 1008 Washington Street, in a GB-General Business District.

This Application requests a Special Permit under Sections 3.1.5.A.4 and 5.5 of theZoning Bylaws to allow: Conversation of an existing building to a multi-family dwellinghaving six (6) one-bedroom apartments, together with such other or further relief asthe Zoning Board of Appeal may determine to be appropriate.

This application request a VARIANCE under the General Laws of the Commonwealthof Massachusetts to allow: [IF REQUIRED] Conversion to multi-family use of premiseshaving less lot area, less open space, and greater floor area ratio than set forth inSection 4.1.1 of the Zoning Bylaws, together with such other or further relief as theZoning Board of Appeal may determine to be appropriate.

Plans are on file with this application in the office of the Zoning Board of Appeal andmay be viewed during normal working hours, Monday – Thursday, 8:00 am – 4:00pm.

BOARD OF APPEALPhilip W. Riley, Chairman; Patrick J. Mulvehill, Harry T. Spence,Barbara A. Kinter, John R. Perry

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WintWintWintWintWinter Breaker Breaker Breaker Breaker BreakContinued on page 7

As the newly-constitutedSchool Committee - featuringtwo new members - began itsnew term, a recurring debateabout the academic calendaragain came up for a vote. Thiscoming school year, NorwoodPublic Schools will keep itswinter break period namedHoliday Recess.

Superintendent of SchoolsJames Hayden presented themembers with a calendar detail-ing the academic schedule onone side, and listing the vari-ous holidays celebrated by dif-ferent cultures throughout theyear on the back, as noted bythe Department of Education.

This, Hayden said, was sostaff could be “cognizant of stu-dents’ individual needs” duringthese holiday times.

Member PatrickMcDonough, for the secondyear in a row, raised the issueof naming that school vacationthat begins in December of eachyear. Several years ago, theSchool Committee opted tomove away from naming thevacation “Christmas break” andopted for some variation ofHoliday or Winter Recess.

“I know we talked about itearlier last year and that’s theholiday recess,” McDonoughsaid. “This is something thatI’ve stated my beliefs on beforeand I still feel very strongly thatit should be called ChristmasRecess.”

McDonough motioned for arenaming back to ChristmasBreak.

“This is an issue that’sprevalent in the community andI think the only way we can fo-cus on the issues at hand is toput this issue to rest,” he said.“And it is a very, very partisanissue, you’re either for it oragainst it, and I know that.”

Other members disagreedwith McDonough’s motion.

Myev Bodenhofer said sheheard a lot about the issue whileon the campaign trail, and thatwhile Christmas is her favoriteholiday, she doesn’t think nam-ing the break after it would beinclusive to all students.

“Certainly, I would neverwant the schools to pretend thatChristmas doesn’t happen...thekids all know that it happens,we don’t want to try to pretendthat it’s a no-Christmas zone,but the schools aren’t a no-Christmas zone,” Bodenhofersaid, noting that she heard

Christmas music played atschool winter concerts thisyear.

Bodenhofer said her votewas not to keep Christmas outof schools, but to make thedocument that goes home withevery student in the district beaccommodating to all of thepopulation.

“Especially tonight, lookingat the diversity of students here,I really think that’s a strengthof Norwood, that we have avariety of cultures here and Iwant to embrace that,” she said.“On my first day as a SchoolCommittee member, I could notvote to do something that I feelwould in any way indicate tostudents that they are in anyway less welcome in theirschools.”

Michelle Mullen said thatwhile she was in favor of tradi-tional naming of a holiday, shewould be voting against thechange because the matter hadalready been seemingly de-cided in the past.

“This is a distraction that isnot in proportion to the issuesat hand,” Mullen said. “I thinkalready it’s taken too much


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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.

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contestants included: Central Motors VP of Operations Jay White,hair stylist and crossing guard Angela Malvone, landscape ex-pert Mike “Doopa” Kelley, Norwood Public Schools IT special-ist Anna Fogg, Norwood Hospital administrator Nora-Jo Lydon,and postman Joe Devingo. They were each accompanied by aprofessional dancer from either Fred Astaire Dance Studios orSavaria Dance Studio.

And while each contestant was recognized for their participa-tion, White and his partner Viva from Savaria Dance Studio wonthe overall competition, while Anna Fogg and her partner VinceGonski of Fred Astaire Dance Studios took home the judge’saward.

The competition this year was judged by Norwood HousingAuthority member and former Dancing with the Norwood Starscontestant Patti Griffin Star, Finance Commissioner Alan Slater- another former contestant - NPA-TV host Jack McCarthy andformer Patriots cheerleader Lisa Verrochi. Gerri Slater was onhand to interview the dancers backstage, while Circle of HopePresident Timothy McDonough shared the emcee duties withUsevich.

“This has been one of our biggest fundraisers over the years,”McDonough said.

And this year, with over 95,000 votes cast in the competition- at $1 a pop - all 500 or so seats sold out and the roughly onedozen fundraisers held by the dancers throughout the winter andspring, was no exception. McDonough said this year’s event waslikely in the top three highest grossing editions of Dancing withthe Norwood Stars.

During the event, Norwood Circle of Hope and NPA-TVshowed a montage honoring former contestant and local busi-ness owner and volunteer Jeanne Babel, who passed away earlierthis year. McDonough said Babel embodied not only the Circleof Hope’s mission, but also the values of the tight-knit commu-nity that is Norwood.

“It’s what Norwood is all about,” he said.The Norwood Circle of Hope began 17 years ago by Lee

Kennedy in memory of her daughter Michelle Kennedy, as a wayfor Norwood residents to help to local families undergoing amedical catastrophe. Since its inception, the organization hasgiven just under $600,000 to Norwood families in need.

“Every penny raised stays in Norwood,” McDonough said.

way drug.Plasko said he was opposed

to recreational use, but refer-enced the overwhelming sup-port medical use had not onlyin Norwood, but also statewide.He did not that if recreationaluse was approved by the state,the community host agreementswould become null.

The Selectmen voted 4-1,with Plasko opposed, to havingChief Brooks in to explain hisletter and to hold off on approv-ing either of the host agree-ments. Plasko did say that oneof the agreements expired onApril 15.

During the meeting, theBoard accepted five articles forthe May Special Town Meetingsubmitted by Kevin Pentowski,which had above the requirednumber of signatures. It did not,however, opt to put an articlesuggested by Town ManagerJohn Carroll, which would

change the Town bylaws to al-low ex-officio members of theCapital Outlay Committee -which Carroll is - voting rightsin Committee matters.

Maloney, who chairs theCapital Outlay Committee,introduced a let ter fromTown Counsel, which offeredthe opinion that the non-vot-ing members remain tha tw a y. M a l o n e y s a i d i twould not be wise for thesemembers - appointed offi-cials - to vote on propos-als they bring to the com-mittee.

The rest of the Select-men agreed, with Plaskosaying the ex-officio mem-bers, which include the TownAccountant, the Town Man-ager and the Treasurer, per-haps shouldn’t be on the com-mittee at all. The Selectmenunanimously voted not to in-clude the article on the warrant.


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TOWN OF NORWOOD – ZONING BOARD OF APPEALPUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that the Board of Appeal of the Town of Norwood will hold aPUBLIC HEARING in Room 12 of the Municipal Office Building on TuesdayMay 3, 2016 at 7:45 PM on the request of KAM Construction Management Corp.(Case #16-06) with respect to property located on 60 Lenox Street (@Williams &Nahatan Streets), in a GB–General Business and G–General Residence District.

This Application requests a SPECIAL PERMIT under Section 3.0 (“USE”) of theZoning Bylaw to allow inter alia, eighteen (18), multi-family dwellings in a GeneralBusiness district. A two-family dwelling will be located in the G section of Parcelpursuant to Sec. 2.4.1 (“Split lots”)

This Application requests a VARIANCE under the General Laws of the Commonwealthof Massachusetts to allow: inter alia (1) Six (6) units more than permitted under Sec.4.1.2 (2); and 2. A front yard setback closer to a residential district boundary thanallowed under Sec 4.1.2 (8) both pursuant to Section 4.0 (Dimensional Requirement).

Plans are on File with this application in the office of the Zoning Board of Appeal andmay be viewed during normal working hours, Monday – Thursday, 8:00 am – 4:00pm.

BOARD OF APPEALPhilip W. Riley Chairman; Patrick J. Mulvehill, Harry T. Spence,Barbara A. Kinter, John Perry

Norwood Record, 4/7/16, 4/14/16

Winter Breakcontinued from page 5

Downtown parking violationsdifficult to police


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In the days surrounding the mu-nicipal election, several communitymembers came forward with com-plaints about parking in downtownNorwood.

One Norwood businesswoman,Kim Patenaude, wrote a letter to theeditor of this newspaper, saying hertax clients could not find parking inthe center of town just before the elec-tion. Patenaude said outside of herbusiness on Washington Street, atruck with signs advertising a localcandidate had been parked, takingup two spaces, for much longer thanthe one-hour limit posted on a nearbysign.

A longtime resident, JamesKelly, expressed similar frustrationsabout parking in the downtown area.Kelly said that he has trouble find-ing parking on Guild Street near thepost office and by the hospital up toLyndon Street, and on Central Streetnear the Light Department building,and said it was due to employeesparking in front of the business.

Kelly said he’s noticed similarproblems on Washington Street aswell, where businesses with onsiteparking have employees parking outin front of the building all day long.

According to Kelly, he approacheda Selectman about it over the last yearand has seen some improvement, butsaid the three public parking lots - onBroadway between Nahatan andCottage streets, on Central Street byDay Street and behind WashingtonStreet between Cottage and Nahatan- are too far for many elderly peopleor families who rely on the on-streetspots.

“It absolutely is tight. It’s at a pre-mium,” Kelly said. “Nobody wantsto admit it, but parking is tight. Peoplearen’t going to park up by St.Catherine’s and walk all the way upto Conrad’s. They aren’t going to dothat.”

While the Town of Norwooddoes not employ parking attendants,enforcement is handled by theNorwood Police Department, whichdoes so “as time allows or in responseto a specific complaint,” Police ChiefBill Brooks said.

“One of the responsibilities of thebeat officer uptown is to conductparking enforcement. I’m not mak-ing excuses, but this is not always aseasy as it sounds,” Brooks said. “Thetown does not use kiosks or metersto track the amount of time cars areparked in a spot, so that falls to us.The officer walks the entire beat writ-ing down the license plate of every

parked car. That alone takes time.”Brooks said the officer then

walks the entire route again to checkthe license plate against his list. Thissystem, he said, works only if theofficer does not have to answer calls,back up other units or serve warrantsof apprehension.

“So people may see a car parkedin a spot for over an hour that has notbeen tagged,” Brooks said. “Again,not making excuses, but for anumber of reasons we don’t al-ways catch up with cars parkedovertime.”

Kelly said he doesn’t nec-essarily think the police needto do a “blitzkrieg” of parkingtickets, but thinks many peopleshould be given a warning or

time.”Lisa Igoe said she was in favor of the compromise to call the

break a holiday recess instead of a winter recess, and noted thatChristmas Day is listed with the other holidays on the calendaralready. She said that appeared to be most inclusive for all of theNorwood Public Schools community. Igoe said that wouldn’t stopher family from referring to it as a Christmas break.

“Myself, my upbringing, I call it Christmas break becausethat is what it is to me,” Igoe said. “So, to be quite honest, what-ever is printed on this paper doesn’t really matter to me becausemy family and I call it Christmas break because that’s what wecelebrate.”

Chairman James Gormley also weighed in on the matter say-ing “what we call it isn’t as important as what we do ourselves onthose days,” before calling for a vote. The Committee voted onein favor - McDonough - and four opposed to naming the schoolvacation beginning in December for the 2016-2017 school year“Christmas Break.”


According to Roth, 160communities across Massachu-setts have adopted the Commu-nity Preservation Act so far, andmore are becoming interestedas time goes on. Roth said that

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if the act were to be adopted bythe Town of Norwood, the sur-charge would not necessarily bepermanent. If after five yearsthe town decided they no longerwere in favor of the CPA, anelection could be held to doaway with the Act. Roth said thatof the 160 communities thathave adopted the act so far, nonehave revoked the act.

Additionally, the 1 percenttax rate can also be voted to belowered or raised at any pointin time should the CPA beadopted.

“I’m not a big advocate ofraising taxes but I think this isa very purposeful use. I thinkpeople will see the benefit ofvoting for this, I think it’s agood thing,” said town residentPatricia Sterritt.

Should the CPA be adopted,a mandatory 10 percent of fund-ing must be spent on affordablehousing, another 10 percentmust be spent on historic pres-ervation and an additional 10percent must be spent on openspace and recreation projects.

“All of this money stays inNorwood, for Norwoodthings,” said Paciorkowski.

Planning Board membersurged the audience to allow theCPA to make it onto the Novem-ber ballot so that the wholecommunity can have the oppor-tunity to vote on the measure.The CPA will be presented atTown Meeting on May 9.

For more information aboutthe community preservationact, please visitwww.communitypreservation.org.

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.

Grateful thanks. —R.C.W.

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Saber continued from page 2volunteers are needed. Call AT at 978-501-1264 or e-mail…[email protected]. Also, the AT will be tak-ing the summer off. They are extremely grateful for the dedi-cation and commitment of their faithful volunteers. They ac-knowledge that everyone needs a break. The last meal willbe served June 17 and the AT will resume Sept. 7. The ATwould like volunteers to consider signing up for a Tuesdaynight Panera run, organizing neighborhood work teams foran AT cooking night, becoming a once a month deliverydriver and/or baking desserts for their guests. The volun-teers are an amazing group of people. That is nothing newfor Norwood as volunteerism is incredible in Our Town.

IN MEMORY A beautiful young woman, Deborah “Debi” Allen,

passed away unexpectedly this past January. Debi was a1989 grad of NHS and a former Dental Asst. for Dr. Stonein Norwood. As she fought very hard against Multiple Scle-rosis, she competed in the Miss Massachusetts Pageant,and has a chapter written about her in the book named,“When the Road Turns.” Debi also made an appearanceon the Montel Williams show sharing her battle with MS.She worked and volunteered with the MS society, foodpantries, and animal shelters. Beautiful Debi was thedaughter of Helena (Regan) Allen and Russell (Russ) Allen.Her dad, whom she adored, died unexpectedly two monthsprior to her passing. She is so missed by her mom, brotherBilly and wife Carrie of New Jersey, and her twin nieceand nephew, Kimmie and Chris who loved her very much.Memory Eternal. Our Town sends their condolences tothe family of retired Deputy Fire Chief Paul Narbut, whorecently passed away. Paul was the beloved husband of Evelyn(Bonito) Narbut, and father of Paula, Jon, and Lynne. Wesend our sympathies to their extended family. Memory Eter-nal.

TRUE VALUEThe new store in the Center, True Value, is terrific. It has

most everything you need, with great staff, and a 10 percentdiscount for ‘oldies but goodies,’ and our veterans. Right nowthey will sharpen your lawn mower blades for $1.00 withnext day pick up. Give them a try.

MY SAY More than 30 law enforcement officers in our country

have been murdered while on duty in the past few monthswhile protecting you and me. The number is unprecedented. Animal abuse is seemingly at an all time high. Let the pun-ishment fit the crime! President Obama has stated that HEwants an 18 percent hike in post presidency payments. Re-ally? Bye for now.

“We didn’t lose a single American in Libya” - HillaryClinton

reminder about the restric-tions. He also said businessesshould let customers occupythe street parking outside oftheir business.

I don't have my figures infront of me right this minute,but the last two studies thatwe've had on Down Town,

have proven, the number ofparking spaces is not the is-sue," Jean Taylor of the Down-town Steering Committee said,noting that the Committee wasaware of the overtime parkingproblem.

She said the Committee haslooked into meters and park-

Cars line Washington Street in the afternoon, parked outside of the businesses residents are visiting. Someresidents believe parking has become difficult, as others ignore parking time limits.

PHOTO BY SAM NICKERSON

ing garages, and also created aparking pass program for mer-chants and employees.

"They are allowed passesfor all day parking in the TownOwned lot behind Babel's. It'sa program that we are revisit-ing to see if it can be improvedon," Taylor said.


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Maura O'Neill went off against Brookline, scoring six goals in guiding Norwood to the win column. Above, despite being surrounded by Warriors defenders, she's able to get a shotoff and successfully score early in the second half.

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Check one off in the win col-umn for Jen Fox, following a re-sounding bounce-back effortfrom her Norwood team in a 14-5 win over Brookline.

Maura O’Neill scored fivetimes in as many shots on goal tolead the Mustangs, her first goalat 3:34 of the first half knottingthe score at 1-1. The tally cameat a crucial time despite it beingthe early stages of the game, asthe Warriors goal off the open-ing draw 12 seconds into the con-test gave off a prevailing senseof déjà vu following the seasonopening 16-7 loss to Braintree.

“This group of girls, they an-swer back,” said Fox after herfirst win as a head coach. “I feellike I don’t even have to say any-thing. I know there was a littlehiccup back there when Alex[Dimitriou] came out and theychecked her; I didn’t say any-thing, I just know they know in-side that can’t happen again.

Rachel Noah (three goals) putNorwood on top for good at 4:45of the first half, part of a 5-0 runin which the Mustangs assertedtheir dominance. Haley Reed andErin Kelly also scored thrice eachfor Norwood, which doubled itsgoal output from the opener.

“It was a great, great win - Ithink we actually played an en-tire game,” said Fox. “They madea lot of adjustments to some ofthe things we didn’t do so welllast game, so I was really im-pressed with the way they cameback.”

After Brookline snapped theMustangs’ initial scoring run tomake it 5-2, O’Neill won the en-suing draw and carried the ballherself all the way into the attack-ing end and notched her hat trickgoal. It was another big goal at abig time for O’Neill, doing herpart to keep the Warriors a safedistance in the rearview mir-ror.

Norwood led 7-3 at thehalf, but went the final sixminutes without scoring agoal.

Again it was O’Neill toanswer the call to action,completing her second goal-off-a-draw sequence 14 sec-onds into the second half foran 8-3 lead.

“Maura is someone I canreally rely on,” said Fox of thecaptain, one of Norwood’s topreturning scorers from a sea-son ago. “She’s that leaderfigure that can get the jobdone, so she’s someone I defi-nitely look to.”

Alex Dimitriou was sharp

in net for Norwood, makingseven saves on the 12 shotsshe faced for a save percent-age of .583 - her secondstraight performance with asave percentage over 50 per-cent.

“She’s blown my mind,”said Fox of Dimitriou. “Ididn’t really know what wewere going to get when Istarted, and I think she’s evensurprising herself. I’m reallyimpressed with her.”

Draw control favored theMustangs, who grabbed 14 ofthe 21 draws in the game.O’Neill took the majority,with Emily Cataldo and ColeyHayes also seeing some timein the faceoff circle.

“I think that’s the key tothe game, to be able to win thedraws,” concluded Fox. “Youdon’t have the ball, you can’tscore any goals.”

The Mustangs fell toDedham on Tuesday at home, 9-8 in overtime, to fall to 1-2 onthe season.

Norwood will get a secondcrack at the Wamps this after-noon at Braintree High Schoolat 4 p.m. After that, they’ll pre-pare to play the Canton Bull-dogs twice next week - at homeon Tuesday (11 a.m.) and inCanton on Thursday (1 p.m.)

Girls Lacrosse rides offensive onslaughtto 14-5 thumping of Brookline Warriors

Goalie Alex Dimitriou continued her strong play vs. Brookline,backstopping Norwood to its first win of the season.

PHOTO BY JAKE LEVIN


Softball opens withwin over Dedham


Pitcher Cassie Pinciaro debuted on the mound for the Mustangs on Monday, picking up the win in her firstcareer start. Behind her, shortstop Alyssa Chamberlain awaits the result of the pitch.

PHOTO BY JAKE LEVIN

Carol Savino kept expec-tat ions in check for thisyear ’s edi t ion of theNorwood softball team, say-ing it would be unfair to ex-pect 19 wins again.

One game cer ta inlydoesn’t move the needle ineither direction, but as thehead coach said af terMonday’s 7-4 win overDedham, “If you can startyour first game with a win,psychological ly, you’reahead of the game.

“You don’t want to startout losing, especially with ayounger team,” Savino saidaf ter the opener, whichwasn’t quite the smooth sail-ing her team was accustomedto a year ago, but a win none-theless. “I’m happy, I’mhappy with the win.”

The Mustangs broke a 4-4tie in the bottom of the sixthinning on a RBI single offthe bat of Taylor Reed, withCaitlan Shaugnessy addinginsurance via a two-runsingle later on in the frame.

Lots of new faces playedprominent roles in the gamefor Norwood, including anentirely new battery.

Junior pi tcher CassiePinciaro made her debut onthe mound, going six in-nings, while freshman BrynGarczynski took over for hersister Erin behind the plate.

Freshman Erin Murphyreplaced Pinciaro on the

mound for the seventh in-ning, acting as the de factocloser. While this is commonpractice in baseball, it’s ararity in softball - particu-lar ly for the Mustangs ,where Katie O’Donnell hadpitched every single inningthe last several seasons.

“Oh yeah,” Savino said ofmixing and matching herpi tching s taff , unl ike inyears past. “We’re in a situ-ation where as players, wehave to unders tand ourpitching is going to get hitthis year. I told the kids‘don’t expect more than twostrikeouts a game.’”

Murphy worked a perfectseventh to pick up the save.

After hitting a batter onthe very first pitch and walk-ing two of the next three Ma-rauders she faced, Pinciarosettled down quite nicely toturn in a good outing of herown. She allowed only onerun to score in the first in-ning following the roughstart, and only two moreDedham batters would reachbase safely prior to the sixth.

Trailing 4-1 at the start ofthat inning, the Maraudersripped off five straight hits(four singles and a double)to tie the score at 4-4. TheDedham rally could havebeen worse, however, if notfor a heads up play by EmilyBonoccorso in centerfield.With a runner on first, thesenior captain fielded a ballwhich had just landed safelyfor a hit, but immediately

fired to Siobhan Reen at sec-ond base for a force out. Theplay didn’t prevent the gamefrom being tied, but couldhave prevented the Maraud-ers from taking the lead.

All told, Pinciaro gave upfour runs on five hits whilestriking out four and walk-ing three.

“When her drop’s work-ing, it’s a nice drop, it bot-toms out,” said Savino, on anafternoon when her defense

committed no errors. “Youget the ground ball. Then weas infielders can’t make mis-takes.”

Offensively, Norwoodwent with an aggressive slaphitting approach for the mostpart, taking no walks butalso only striking out oncewhile collecting eight hits.

Bonoccorso did somedamage at the dish for theMustangs in addition to herproduction on defense. She

scored the first run of theseason for Norwood in thebottom of the first inningafter reaching base safely ona slap single, showing offtechnique she’s been work-ing on since last season, ac-cording to Savino.

“Bottom line is Bono putthe ball in play every singleat-bat, she’s a key player foru s , ” S a v i n o s a i d . “ S h e

Boys Tennis still looking for that first win, butcoach believes team is trending up

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Norwood boys t enn i shead coach John Churchillsenses a breakthrough forhis team is imminent, evenin the midst of a two-yearwinless drought.

T h a t n o t i o n a l m o s tcame to f ru i t ion in l a s tw e e k ’s 3 - 2 l o s s t o t h eBraintree Wamps, whichChurchill described as be-ing “very” close to a teamwin.

“I t i s tough to lose amatch this close with thev e t e r a n p l a y e r s , e s p e -cially, wanting to end ourtwo-year drought for teamwins,” Churchill said afterthe ma tch . “However, Il ike what I have seen sofar with the leadership ofthis team, and I think this

l o s s h a s m o t i v a t e d t h eteam even further.”

Junior Ram Goli, mak-ing his debut as the firsts i n g l e s p l a y e r , w o n athree-set match over hisopponent, Andrew Ngo, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3. This was thef i rs t match of the af ter-noon to conclude, givingthe Mustangs a 1-0 lead atthe time.

Norwood’s other indi-vidual match win came inf i r s t d o u b l e s , w i t h t h ec o m b i n a t i o n o f s e n i o rLuke Andrews and fresh-m a n S a i N e d u n c h e z i a npreva i l i ng in th ree se t sover Mark Desmond andHasan Esrawi, 6-2, 0-6, 7-5 . A n d r e w s a n dNedunchezian t ra i led inthe decisive third set, 4-5,facing a match point fromthe Braintree team. They

ra l l i ed to win the po in tand ultimately the game,tying the set at 5-5, beforef i n i s h i n g D e s m o n d a n dEsrawi off for the win.

“ L u k e a n d S a i f a c e ds o m e t u r m o i l a s t h e i rteamwork completely fellapart in the second set,”C h u r c h i l l s a i d . “ I w a sq u i t e p l e a s e d h o w t h e yboth regained their com-posure and f in i shed ou tthe third set as they con-t i n u e d t o g e t t e s t e d b yBraintree’s No. 1 doublesteam.”

T h i r d s i n g l e s f o rNorwood was sophomoreGreg Zambrano, who fellin straight sets, 0-6, 1-6t o M u n C h e t . S e c o n ddoubles for the Mustangswas a pa i r of f reshmen:David Sparks and TommyConnor. The duo also fell

in straight sets, 1-6, 1-6.With e a c h t e a m h a v -

ing won two ind iv idua lma tches , t he ou tcome o fthe en t i r e ma tch vs . t heWa m p s c a m e d o w n t os e c o n d s i n g l e s . J u n i o rYa s h A r y a p u t r a f e l l i nt h r e e s e t s t o A n d r e wHigg ins , 4 -6 , 6 -1 , 4 -6 .

“Th i s was a back andf o r t h b a t t l e o f t w oe v e n l y m a t c h e d p l a y -e r s , ” C h u r c h i l l s a i d .“There were momentumsh i f t s t h roughou t . ”

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Third baseman Janelle Kelleher prepares to drive the ball for the Mustangs in their season opening winover Dedham. The sophomore finished 1 for 3 with a stolen base and scored the last of Norwood's sevenruns. PHOTO BY JAKE LEVIN

learned how to slap lastyear; she’s very good atit.”

Savino is proud of themettle her team showed inr e m a i n i n g c a l m a f t e rblowing a three-run lead,only to bounce right backand hang on for the win.

S t i l l , s h e ’s s t a y i n gmodest with big picture

expectations.“It’s not going to be an

easy year,” said Savino, neverone who’s easily impressed.“My ultimate goal for us is toplay .500 ball. If we can dothat, some of these youngerkids are going to have theirfirst opportunity to play tour-nament. And they need that.”

Norwood t raveled to

Braintree yesterday, in anevent held af ter theRecord’s deadline. They’llcontinue on the road today,with a game on the road inBrockton to take on theBoxers at 3:45 p.m. TheMustangs will also faceBrockton at home later onin the season, on Tuesday,May 17.

Bay State Conference shufflelooms if Dedham departs


A breakdown of the Bay State Conference and Tri-Valley League by student enrollments, based off the 2013-14 academic year. Dedham seemsto be a better fit in the TVL going off of numbers, but will decades-old tradition and rivalries dissuade the Marauders from leaving?

PHOTO BY JAKE LEVIN

Could one of Norwood’s chiefrivals soon be playing in a differ-ent league?

If the powers that be in Dedhamreceive their wish, the Maraudersathletic teams could be on theirway to the Tri-Valley League(TVL), thus leaving the Bay StateConference (BSC) in a bit of a pre-dicament.

The move is far from official,or even close to happening at all,but wheels are in motion for theBay State Conference to lose oneof its charter members, dating backto 1958.

“We want to go to the Tri-Val-ley,” said Dedham High SchoolAthletic Director Stephen Traisterin a phone interview, citing size andcompetition. “The Tri-Valley rightnow doesn’t have any open invita-tions or anything, so the schoolcommittee asked us to investigateif there were any possible leagueswe could go to. We suggested theTri-Valley after a lot of research.”

Dedham’s school committeevoted unanimously in favor of amove to the TVL last week, 7-0.

The desired move is a result ofa widening gap in enrollment be-tween Dedham High School and

the rest of the Bay State members,creating lopsided competition invarious sports - particularly in boysathletics.

Based on enrollment figures forthe 2013-14 school year found onthe MIAA website, 779 studentscurrently attend Dedham High.

That number is far and away thesmallest in the BSC, with Miltonthe next smallest at 1,003(Norwood is currently third-small-est, at 1,062). The number espe-cially is dwarfed in comparison tothe schools of the larger Carey Di-vision, particularly Framingham

(2,040 students) and Weymouth(2,039).

Conversely, the Marauderswould be smack dab in the middleof the TVL under its current align-ment. Hopkinton, Westwood,Medfield, Holliston and Medwayhigh schools all have student en-rollments greater than 779, basedon 2013-14 figures; Norton,Ashland, Bellingham, Dover-Sherborn and Millis all fewer.

Geographically, the reversewould be true for Dedham. It’smore or less the geographic centerof the Bay State Conference;Weymouth High is about 17 milesto the east, Framingham High isabout 19 miles to the west.Dedham would be the eastern edgeof the TVL, a league which basi-cally runs along the Route 109 cor-ridor; Norton is the only true geo-graphic outlier, located three townsaway from Medfield, Dover andWestwood.

“I know the Bay State Confer-ence is interested in trying to main-tain a 12-team league,” NorwoodAthletic Director Jon Longley saidon the matter. “There really haven’tbeen any formal discussions aboutwhat would happen if Dedhamleft.”

In pretty much every sport,Dedham is currently a divisiondown from the remainder of theBay State Conference members.In boys ice hockey, for example,it is one of just two Division 2schools in the league (Brooklinebeing the other). In boys basket-ball, it is the lone school whichcompetes in Division 3; all otherteams are either Division 1 or 2.In baseball, 10 BSC teams areDivision 1, Milton is Division2, and Dedham is in Division 3.

In all of the aforementionedsports, there are no Division 1teams in the TVL.

“There’s nothing set instone,” Traister said. “We don’tknow if they’ll have an open in-vitation; we don’t know if wewould be invited. But we’ve

done all the stuff on our part,within our community, to lookoutward.”

Dedham officials will meetwith TVL representatives inMay to further discuss a move.

This isn’t the first timeDedham has flirted with theTVL. In 2009, the school re-ceived an invitation from theleague, only to change its mindat the last second and remainin the Bay State.

“The Bay State Conferencehas grown; a lot of the commu-nities have grown significantlyover the years,” Longley said.“Dedham, their enrollment hasactually decreased.”

Whether the Marauders boltor not, one thing has alreadybeen established: their Thanks-giving Day football rivalry withthe Mustangs isn’t going any-where.

“We would stay rivals, wewould still play on Thanksgiv-ing,” Longley said. “That aspectwouldn’t change for us.”

“Absolutely not,” confirmedTraister, when asked if the rivalrywould be going away.

The Bay State Conferencehas never lost a member, techni-cally, although whenFramingham North andFramingham South merged intoone school in 1991, it created anodd number of teams for theleague. This was resolved whenWeymouth joined in 1997.

It’s far too soon to speculatewhich school could replaceDedham, if/when it comes to that,but one school that’s previouslyexpressed interest in joining theleague is Bridgewater-Raynham,currently in the three-team OldColony League.

“I’m sure the league will lookat it,” Longley said of replacingDedham. “It’s tough to findschools that want to come in, be-ing one of the better leagues in thestate. People are always trying tolook for competitive balance.”


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Police LogsMONDAY APRIL 40744 phone - Well being chk area

search negative Location/ad-dress: Norwood Hospital - Wash-ington St Section 12 walk awayfrom the hospital. Officer tocheck the area.

1026 phone - Assist citizen spokento Location/address: Day St On-going civil dispute. All involvedadvised.

1114 phone - citizens complaintspoken to Location/address: DaySt Report landlord changed herlocks and a male known to her iswalking in hallway in violationof a harassment order. N662 re-ports caller is not there and is notthe plaintiff of the harassment or-der, defendant of order is also notthere. And caller was informed ona previous call that the door lockissue is a civil matter.

1210 phone - Larceny Location/address: Norwood Hospital -Washington St Employee reportscash is missing.

1257 cellular - Hit and run underinvestigation Location/address:Vanderbilt Club - Vanderbilt Ave

Report witness reports MA pck1z hit parked, unoccupied car.N667 to conduct an investigation.

1443 phone - Citizens complaintLocation/address: Endicott StReport electrical box tamperedwith.

1445 phone - Motor vehicle stopspoken to Location/address:Norwood High School - NicholsSt Officer approached by a driverat the high school re: poor driv-ing of another. Officer spoke withboth and advised. Near collisionnear Rte 1A and Wilson.

1645 phone - Well being chk ser-vices rendered Location/address:Adams St HESCO requests awell being check on an elderlyfemale. N663 spoke to neighbors,who believed she was out.

1801 phone - Well being chk ser-vices rendered Location/address:Broadway Caller reports a mansitting outside. N678 gives acourtesy transport back to the sta-tion to wait for a ride home.

2144 phone - Disturbance servicesrendered Location/address:Norwood Hospital - WashingtonSt Er requests assistance with anunruly patient. Officers assistedhospital security.

2334 911 - Hit and run Location/address: Washington St + MylodSt Reporting party states her ve-hicle was struck and the otheroperator made threats to her be-fore travelling northbound onWashington Street. Bolo to thesector 2 cars and surrounding cit-ies and towns.

TUESDAY APRIL 50825 walk-in - Larceny Location/

address: Central Buick / Gmc -Bos-Prov Hwy Larceny bycheck.

1020 walk-in - Missing personLocation/address: Washington StRiverside in to report a missingperson.

1118 911 - Unwanted party spokento Location/address: Cap World

Inc - Bos-Prov Hwy Report firedemployee will not leave. N665reports he left before officers ar-rival.

1211 phone - Larceny Location/address: Bos-Prov Hwy Em-ployee reports a fight in the storeduring a theft. Subject fled in MA3el547 , bolo ar3 . Dedham alsocontacted as the vehicle is regis-tered there. As a result Dedhamlocates the vehicle on OaklandStreet .n677 Officer Miller, N667Harkins and Rooney respond toDedham .n677 transports Oneback to Norwood under arrest.Arrest: Silva, Anthony J Address:39 Veterans Rd Dedham, MaAge: 39 Charges: robbery, un-armed Warrant arrest Warrant ar-rest

1230 phone - Animal ComplaintNACO/WACO notified Loca-tion/address: Williams St + ClarkSt Report injured hawk walkingaround on the street.

1303 phone - Complaint of mv spo-ken to Location/address:Keegan’s Norwood Jewelers -Washington St Customer came into report he was almost hit by adriving school vehicle . Officerspoke with the caller and he willcontact the school directly.

1333 walk-in - Sex offenses Loca-tion/address: Plymouth Dr 2ndparty information of past assault.

1505 phone - Unwanted party spo-ken to Location/address: BlueHills Bank - Lenox St Formercustomer unwanted and refusedto leave. Caller advised on tres-pass options. Officers report mat-ter resolved.

1549 phone - Assist other agencyservices rendered Location/ad-dress: Guild St Walpole PD willbe responding to speak with ateen in the lot. Walpole locatedher and transported her back toWalpole.

1711 phone - Kids gathering ser-vices rendered Location/address:Morrill Memorial Library -Walpole St Group of children ha-rassing patrons. Parties spokento. Letters of disinvite to be is-sued.

2015 phone - Dog bite Location/address: Prospect St Caller re-

ported dog bite. Norwood fire,animal control responded.

2046 phone - Susp activity trans-ported to hospital Location/ad-dress: Norwood MonumentalWorks - Washington St CP re-ports a male stumbling on side-walk possible medical. NFD re-sponded and transported.

2105 phone - Assist other agencymessage delivered Location/Ad-dress: Sunnyside Rd N677 deliv-ering a message for SomervillePd. Message delivered.

2136 phone - Noise complaint spo-ken to Location/address: VillageRd W Caller reports neighborsyelling. Officer reported subjectswill talk more softly.

2212 phone - Assist citizen Loca-tion/address: Village Rd W Callerreported neighbors harassing her.Two placed into protective cus-tody. One transport by NorwoodFire to the hospital.

WEDNESDAY MARCH 60115 initiated - Road hazard State

DPW/Norwood DPW no Loca-tion/address: Oldham School -Prospect St N664 reports a boxspring and mattress in the road-way in Front of the school. DPWnotified and will remove same.

0504 phone - Noise complaint spo-ken to Location/address: VillageRd E Car alarm sounding.N677,n664 responded and wasable to wake homeowner, whoshut the alarm off and will haveit looked at today.

0517 phone - Repossession no ac-tion required Location/address:North Plain St Vehicle ( Ma.Reg# 5gdn80) 2015 ToyotaScion - white - was Located at#20 North Plain St. And removedby Evergreen Auto Recovery,Johnston R.I. 401-647-1900

0947 phone - Vandalism Location/address: Endicott St Subjectknown to the owner caused dam-age.

1341 phone - Fraud spoken to Lo-cation/address: Highland St Resi-dent cashed a check and returnedfunds. She does not have anybank or check information andwill return when she receives it .

1607 phone - Susp vehicle areasearch negative Location/ad-

DEATHSDENISI

Donna M. (Kostka), 60, formerlyof Norwood, on April 8. Belovedwife of Joseph F. Denisi. Devotedmother of Kenneth J. McCartney ofNorth Carolina and the late KevinJ. Denisi. Loving sister of PaulKos tka o f Massachuse t t s ,Catherine Witney of Maine, JosephKostka of Lynn, Robert Kostka of Maine, Susan Kostka of Massachu-setts and the late Cynthia Webster.Cherished grandmother of SkyeT u c k e r - M c C a r t n e y, J a r e dTucker-McCartney and SaphireTucker-McCartney. Daughter oft h e l a t e H e n r y a n d R u t h A n n( B i s h o p ) K o s t k a . F u n e r a l a r -r a n g e m e n t s b y t h e K r a w -K o r n a c k F u n e r a l H o m e 1 2 4 8Wa s h i n g t o n S t . , N o r w o o d .Burial wil l be at Highland Cem-etery, Norwood. In l ieu of f low-ers donat ions may be made inher name to The Humane Soci-e t y f o r A n i m a l s , I n c . 4 0 7 E .Nursery Rd. Roger, AR 72758.

PROMANJason N., 77, of Norwood, on

April 2. Devoted father of AaronProman and his wife Lisa, NealProman and his companion SusanM c E v o y a n d D a n i e l l e P e r r y .Cherished grandfather of Amre,Adam, Brooke and Zena. Lovingcompanion of Te ta DiMar t ino .Funeral services will be held atStanetsky Memorial Chapels, 475Washington St . , Canton. In ter -ment to follow at Sharon Memo-rial Park. Expressions of sympa-thy in his memory may be made toCombined Jewish Philanthropies126 High Street, Boston, MA 02110.

WELCH

MARK C. Ret. Major USMC, 44,of Norwood passed away on April10. Beloved son of Joseph M andAnita J. (Grinavic) Welch, both ofNorwood. Loving brother of Joseph M.Welch and his wife Donna of Tewksbury

and Kristen M. Carreiro and her husbandJoe of Norwood. Cherished uncle ofMadison Carreiro, Juliana Welch,Kaylin Carreiro, Jack Welch, BradyCarreiro and Mason Carreiro. Mark wasa highly decorated Helicopter Pilot forthe USMC Corps. He had five deploy-ments: two in Iraq, one in Bosnia, onein Kosovo and one in Afghanistan. Markwas a 1989 graduate of Xaverian Bros.High School in Westwood and was a1993 Graduate of the US Naval Acad-emy, Annapolis, Md. Funeral from theKraw-Kornack Funeral Home 1248Washington St., Norwood on Friday,April 15, 2016 at 10 a.m. followed by afuneral mass at 11 a.m. in St. Catherineof Siena Church, Norwood. Visitinghours will be held on Thursday, April14, 2016 from 4-8 p.m. Burial with fullmilitary honors will be at Highland Cem-etery Norwood. In lieu of flowers dona-tions may be made in his name to theFisher House at the VA Medical Center1400 VFW Parkway W. Roxbury, MA02132.

The The Norwood Record publishesobituaries from information supplied byfuneral homes. Relatives and friendsalso may supplement information by e-mailing to [email protected] Monday at 1 p.m. Photos also willbe accepted.

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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDSTOWN OF NORWOOD, MASSACHUSETTS

Sealed bids for “Cleaning and Lining of Water Mains –Nichols Street and WinterStreet – NPW-16-05,” for the Town of Norwood, Massachusetts, acting by its GeneralManager, will be received at the Purchasing Department, Norwood Town Hall, 566Washington Street, 3rd Floor, Norwood, Massachusetts 02062, until 11:00 A.M. Verizontime on May 5, 2016, and at that time publicly opened and read aloud.

The proposed work includes cleaning and cement lining approximately one thousandone hundred (1,100) feet of 6-inch cast iron water main, one thousand two hundred(1,200) feet of 12-inch cast iron water main, and installing bypass piping, valves,hydrants, fittings and replacement pipe sections.

The Contract Documents, including Specifications and Drawings, may be examinedat the Purchasing Department, Norwood Town Hall, 566 Washington Street, 3rd Floor,Norwood, Massachusetts 02062 (781-762-1240 x106 or 107) and at the office ofStantec Consulting Services Inc., 5 Burlington Woods, Burlington, Massachusetts01803 on and after April 14, 2016, every weekday between the hours of 9:00 A.M.and 4:00 P.M. and copies thereof may be obtained at the Purchasing Department uponpayment of $50.00 (checks only, payable to the Town of Norwood) for each set, forwhich a refund will be made if returned to the Purchasing Department in good conditionwithin thirty calendar days after the opening of bids. No refund will be made fordocuments received after this period. If a bidder requests drawings and specificationsto be mailed out to him, an additional check in the amount of $15.00 made out to“Town of Norwood” shall be required. This is to cover the cost of mailing and handlingand will not be refunded. Bids can also be obtained electronically at no charge byregistering and downloading online at: https://bids.norwoodma.gov.

Each bid must be accompanied by bid security in the form of certified check, cashier’scheck, treasurer’s check or bid bond in an amount not less than five (5) percent of thevalue of the bid.

Attention of bidders is called particularly to the requirements as to conditions ofemployment to be observed and minimum rates to be paid under the contract asdetermined by the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development under theprovisions of the Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 149, Section 26-27H inclusive.

All bidders shall make positive efforts to achieve: (1) a minority employee work forcehour goal of 10.00 percent, (2) a woman employee work force hour goal of 6.90percent, (3) a goal of 7.00 percent participation of Minority-Owned BusinessEnterprise(s) (MBE), and (4) a goal of 4.70 percent participation of Woman-OwnedBusiness Enterprise(s) (WBE). The contractor shall take all affirmative steps necessaryto achieve these goals. The bidder shall submit completed MBE and WBE forms withthe bid. No bid may be withdrawn within thirty (30) days (Saturdays, Sundays andlegal holidays excluded) after the date of opening thereof.

A Performance Bond and a Labor and Material Payment Bond, each in an amountequal to 100 percent of the contract price, will be required for the faithful performanceof the Contract and provided within ten (10) calendar days of the award letter. Theright is reserved to waive any informalities in or to reject any or all bids received, andto award the contract to any of the Contractors bidding on the work if, in the Town’sopinion, the best interests of the Town thereby will be promoted.

The successful bidder shall be required to submit documentation that all employees tobe employed in the work subject to this bid have successfully completed a course inconstruction safety and health approved by the United States Occupational Safetyand Health Administration that is at least 10 hours in duration. Any employee foundon a worksite subject to this section without documentation of successful completionof a course in construction safety and health approved by the United States OccupationalSafety and Health Administration that is at least 10 hours in duration shall be subjectto immediate removal.

TOWN OF NORWOOD, MASSACHUSETTS

Mr. John J. CarrollGeneral Manager

Norwood Record, 4/14/16

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The Record BookSMOOTH TRANSISTION TOKINDERGARTEN WORKSHOP

On Wednesday, May 11, from6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Savage Educa-tional Center on 275 Prospect St.,join us for an informative workshopon how to transition your preschoolerinto kindergarten. We will be goingover things like understanding thedevelopmental level and the new ex-pectations, the importance of col-laboration and coordination of ser-vices, social and emotional skills re-quired, dealing with separation anxi-ety issues, and ideas for activities tohelp prepare the child and family. Toregister contact Christine Tomaselloin the CFCE Office at 781-440-5983or e-mail [email protected].

COMMUNITY DAYHave you been searching for a

way to make a difference in yourcommunity? Are you a hands-onperson who’s ready to pitch in wher-ever needed? Then Community Ser-vice Day is the place for you. OnSaturday, May 7, from 10 a.m. to 2p.m. at the First CongregationalChurch in Norwood, community ser-vice organizations from theNorwood Ecumenical Food Pantryto Abundant Table to the NeponsetValley Humane Society will be onhand to fill you in on how you canhelp them. Dive into a hands-onproject like building and finishingkitchen tables that New Life Refur-nishing provides to families in need(www.newlifehr.org). Or put to-gether emergency buckets forChurch World Service(www.cwsglobal.org) to send to vic-tims of natural disasters. Donateblood to the American Red Cross bybooking your own time slot atwww.redcrossblood.org/give/drive.Want to have some fun? Let yourkids burn off some energy in thebouncy house or treat them to a spe-cial children’s program at 11 a.m. byMiss Elaine featuring songs, dance,stories, puppets and poems. Theycan pot their own seeds and herbs togrow at home. For the grown-ups,we’ll have a huge bake sale, a yardsale of outdoor toys and equipment,and a classic rock concert at 1 p.m.by Peter G Band & Co. A lunch ofbeef burgers, turkey burgers, veggieburgers and salad will be served fromnoon to 1:30 p.m. All proceeds fromthese events will be donated to thecommunity service organizationsparticipating in Community ServiceDay. For a complete list of Com-munity Service Day events andtimes, visit www.firstcongregational-norwood.com.

BALCH SCHOOL PTOGRADUATE AWARD

The Balch School is currently ac-cepting applications for the BalchSchool PTO Graduate Award. Thisaward is presented to two deservinggraduates of the Balch ElementarySchool. Application forms are avail-able at the Norwood High SchoolGuidance Department and at theBalch School Office. The applica-tion deadline is May 4. Please callthe school office at 781-762-0694with any questions.

PRESCOTT SCHOOLGRADUATE AWARD

The C. J. Prescott School P.T.O.will present two special achievementawards in June at the Fifth GradeMusical. The awards will be givento an outstanding girl and boy whoattended the Prescott School in fifthgrade, are presently residing inNorwood, and are graduating from

high school in June 2016. Theawards will consist of a $500 check,a certificate to each winner, and theirnames to be inscribed on plaques,which will hang permanently in thePrescott School. Application formsare available at the Prescott Schooland at the Norwood High SchoolGuidance Office. Applications mustbe returned to the Prescott Schoolby Friday, May 6.

VIOLA SASTAVICKASSCHOLARSHIP

The family of Viola Sastavickasmade a donation to the Morrill Me-morial Library in 2007 in order tocreate a permanent scholarship in theamount of $500. This scholarshipwas to be awarded annually to a cur-rent or former library employee orlibrary volunteer for one of the fol-lowing purposes: undergraduate orgraduate school, a formal course ofstudy, or an enrichment opportunity(continuing education).The scholar-ship will once again be awarded in2016 thanks to additional generos-ity by the Sastavickas Family. A briefapplication form is available fromthe library and on the library’swebsite, www.norwoodlibrary.org.Please contact Charlotte Canelli at781-769-0200, ext 101. Applicationsare due by May 15, 2016. The schol-arship will be awarded by June 30,2016.

NORWOOD FOOD PANTRYWALK FOR HUNGER

If you’ve ever thought about tak-ing part in Project Bread’s annualWalk for Hunger – but weren’t sureyou were up to a 20-mile trek – thereare four different ways you can do itthis year. And whichever one youchoose, the Norwood Food Pantrywould like to have you on their team.First of all, the 2016 Walk, which willtake place on Sunday, May 1, hasbeen shortened from 20 miles to 10,due to construction in Watertown.So it will only take half the usual ef-fort. Second, you don’t have to walkthe whole 10 miles. You can pickwhatever length you’re comfortablewith and take pledges based on thatdistance – even if it’s just a mile ortwo. (There are buses at intervalsalong the entire route to take youback to the starting point if youchoose this option.) Third, if you’re

unable to walk or have a scheduleconflict, you can sign up as a VirtualWalker and raise money for thisworthy cause without doing anythingmore strenuous than picking up thephone or dashing off a few emails.And fourth, you can be a donor…andpledge to support the Norwood Pan-try Team (or any individual member)by making a tax-deductible donationin person or online. Last year, theNorwood Food Pantry Team mem-bers raised $7,996.50 for ProjectBread and, though relatively smallin size, ranked in the top 10 fund-raising teams. “This year, we’re hop-ing to do even better,” says TeamCaptain Nick Campagna, who al-ready has 32 walks and 640 milesunder his belt. To find out more, signup, or, call Nick at 781-762-6866,email [email protected], orgo to http://support.projectbread.org/goto/NorwoodFoodPantry.

WILLET EARLYCHILDHOOD LOOKINGFOR PEER ROLE MODELS

Willett Early ChildhoodCenter is looking for Peer Role Mod-els to enroll for the school year Sep-tember 2016 - June 2017. There areeight peer role models in each class-room and seven children with identi-fied special needs. Three adults= onelicensed teacher and two highly quali-fied educational assistants. Childrenmust: exhibit strong language skills;be toilet trained; live in Norwood; turn3 or 4 years old by Aug. 31, 2016.Children may not have identified spe-cial needs. Preschool Applications arelocated on the Norwood PublicSchool web site, norwood.k12.ma.usand at the front office of the WillettSchool, 100 Westover Parkway.

PROPERTY TAXREDUCTION FOR SENIORS

The Town of Norwood providesopportunities for Norwood senior citi-zens who meet certain criteria to re-duce their property tax by working ina Town department. The NorwoodHuman Resources Department is cur-rently accepting applications from in-terested seniors for the FY17 tax year.Additional information can be foundon the Town’s website under the linksfor JOBS. Information is also avail-able by visiting the Town Hall or theNorwood Senior Center.

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Police Logs continued from page 12dress: Neponset St Ma 5ev691parked in his drive as he returnedhome. Driver was videotapingthe house across the street noth-ing found.

1623 phone - Animal complaint ser-vices rendered Location/address:Westover Pkwy Caller reportedfound dog. Animal control re-sponded.

1642 phone - Harassment spokento Location/address: Jefferson DrDisagreement by parents aboutchildren playing.

1700 phone - Susp activity Loca-tion/address: Geraldine Dr Callerreported missing money andcards. See report.

1830 phone - Susp vehicle spokento Location/address: St Paul AveCaller requested to speak to anofficer about a suspicious vehiclethat was in the neighborhood ear-lier in the day. Officer spoke withparty, advised.

1918 phone - Susp activity spokento Location/address: NorwoodGardens - Hampden Dr Caller re-ports two men in parked vehiclenear her apartment. Partieschecked ok.

2024 911 - Drunk person Loca-tion/address: Heritage BaptistChurch - Washington St Caller re-ported intoxicated female passedout. Norwood fire responded.Subject placed into protectivecustody, released to the hospital.

2132 phone - Susp person areasearch negative Location/ad-dress: Broadway + Guild St Callerreported person walking into traf-fic. Officers checked area, noth-ing found.

2220 phone - Susp person servicesrendered Location/address:Cleveland School - George Wil-let Pkwy Caller reported someonelooking into windows with a flash-light. Officers reported school cus-todian, checked ok.

2358 phone - B & E of motor ve-hicle Location/address: WalpoleSt Caller reports that her vehiclewas broken into and her purse wastaken.

THURSDAY APRIL 70039 initiated - Susp person spoken

to Location/address: Windsor

Shell - Walpole St N669 reportssuspicious male behind the shellstation. N678 responded. All inorder. Party states he just got offtrain and is cutting through to Wil-son St.

0703 walk-in - Assist citizen servicesrendered Location/address:Nahatan St Two parties in lobbyto complain about each other’sdriving. N668,n678 spoke to bothparties. Matter resolved.

1131 phone - Susp activity Loca-tion/address: Vanderbilt AveEmail received at the company re-questing a wire transfer of cash.

1413 phone - Warrant service Lo-cation/address: Nahatan St Sub-ject arrested in the lobby. Arrest:Ladouceur-Pettway, Roshaun RAddress: homeless Norwood, MAAge: 24 Charges: sex offender failto register

1420 phone - Susp activity spokento Location/address: Dellaria Sa-lon - Broadway Female came inpushing a cariage with a dog in-side. She was asked to leave andis now just parked for 45 minutesin a red truck looking into the busi-ness. Officer spoke with her andshe is leaving after making a call.

1618 phone - Civil dispute Loca-tion/address: Eisenhower RdNorwood hospital social workerrequests assistance for an elderlyparty transitioning between retire-ment facilities. HESSCO elderservices also involved.

1706 initiated - Warrant serviceLocation/address: Dunkin Donuts- Nahatan St Arrest: Moretz,Joshua Gabriel Address: 104Jefferson Dr Norwood, MA Age:25 Charges: warrant arrest

1716 phone - Hit and run Location/address: Norwood Central StationBuilding - Broadway St Callerwitnessed a hit and run in the park-ing lot.

1749 911 - Disturbance spoken toLocation/address: CMCS - DeanSt Caller reported party yellingoutside residence. All parties ad-vised.

1839 phone - Parking violation cita-tion fine Location/address: DavidTerrace Apts. - David Ter Callerreports multiple vehicles parkedin the fire lane.

1843 phone - Susp activity Loca-tion/address: Plymouth Dr Callerreported someone may have at-tempted to access the apartment.

1903 phone - Complaint of mv goneon arrival Location/address: ElmSt Vehicles traveling at a high rateof speed.

2107 phone - B & E of motor ve-hicle Location/address:Vanderbilt Club - Vanderbilt AveReport of multiple vehicles bro-ken into. Suspect descriptionbroadcast to the cars and sur-rounding cities and towns.

FRIDAY APRIL 80051 911 - Drunk person Location/

address: St Joseph Ave Caller re-ported possible overdose outside.N663,n677,NFD responded.Party came to and was intoxicated.NFD transported to hospital inprotective custody. ( MA. Reg#1kp726)

0310 phone - Susp activity spokento Location/Address: St John AveCaller reports while walking hisdog a silver Yaris is parked on sideof the road running with 2 occu-pants that appeared to be passedout. N663, n664 responded. Allin order. They were talking and fellasleep. Both went into the house.

0646 phone - Assist other agencyservices rendered Location/ad-dress: Sharon Credit Union -Union St + Washington St Requestby Walpole P.D. for back-up atSharon C.U. on Union St. residentwalking dog reports suspiciousparty inside Credit Union whichshe has never seen this early in themorning. N663, n664 responded.Walpole Officer reports it is anemployee.

0948 phone - Civil dispute servicesrendered Location/address: Elks- Winslow Ave Employee in toreport a dispute over assets. Of-ficer advised him.

1202 walk-in - Fraud Location/ad-dress: Clay Chevy Inc - PleasantSt Employee from Clay Chevy re-porting fraud.

1218 phone - Assist other agencyunsuccessful service Location/Address: Lane Dr State police re-quest assistance trying to take asubject into custody on a warrant.

1224 911 - Death at home Loca-tion/address: Railroad Ave Reportof person who has passed

away.NFD responded with BCI.1414 phone - Drug law violation

Location/address: Hill St + Rail-road Ave Traffic supervisor re-ports a subject stumbling up thestreet. W/m tan hat and top wear-ing jeans. Officers locate him onMountain Ave . As a result one un-der arrest. P/c: White, Jason Jo-seph Address: 77 Ellis AveNorwood, Ma Age: 31 Charges:protective custody Drug, possessclass c Drug, possess class b

1507 phone - Mischief (kids) areasearch negative Location/address:Mayfair Cir Teens in vehiclespulled over and running in thestreet.

1530 phone - Susp vehicle areasearch negative Location/address:St Paul Ave Resident concernedabout a blue Toyota in the area andrequested extra checks. N662 off.Leear also checked the area.

1649 phone - Assist other agencyarea search negative Location/ad-dress: Norwood Hospital -Washington St Section 12 walkaway from Norwood Hospital.Bolo broadcast to the sector twocars and MBTA bus.

1659 911 - Disturbance civil matterLocation/address: Murph’s Place- Broadway St Caller reports averbal argument among friends.N669 reports all parties were spo-ken to and no further issues.

1718 phone - Malicious damageLocation/address: Garfield Ave +Adams St Calling party witnesseda minivan hit a stop sign and driveaway. DPW notified and re-sponded.

1821 phone - B & E residence Lo-cation/address: Day St Callingparty states the landlord broke hisrear window during a disturbanceand that he took a dangerousweapon away from her before sheleft.

2027 walk-in - Animal complaintLocation: Queensboro Ct Party inthe lobby came across an injuredcat, that animal bit her and is inher vehicle. Party treated by NFDon scene. NACO responded andretrieved that cat.

2319 phone - Assist citizen assistedparty Location/address: NahatanSt + Pleasant St Caller reports thebattery in his electric wheel chairhas died short of his destination.N669 assisted that party in gettinghome.

SATURDAY APRIL 90351 911 - Abandoned call spoken

to Location/address: Warren St911 abandoned, no answer on call-back. Caller called back, statingshe saw a man at the end of War-ren with a backpack on, then hungup. Caller reporting a person at theend of Warren St. with a backpack.669 spoke to the party, they arewaiting for a ride.

0846 phone - Disturbance spoken toLocation/address: Hampden DrResident reports a male party hasbeen yelling about religion in therear of the building for ten min-utes. N667 reports that party iswaiting for the rental office toopen, he was advised to stop yell-ing.

0852 phone - Animal complaint areasearch negative Location/address:Nichols St + George Willet PkwyReport of a black lab unattended.

1011 phone - Assist citizen civilmatter Location/address: HardingRd Caller wishes to speak to anofficer regarding a past issue witha neighbor who lives a street over.N666 advised that party.

1244 walk-in - Malicious damageLocation/address: Pleasant St +Lenox Ave Party in the lobby re-ports graffiti on playground equip-ment. DPW responded and re-moved same.

1540 initiated - Lost and found ser-vices rendered Location/address:

Norwood Police Dept. - NahatanSt Party flagged down n663 re-porting a radio they found.

1641 911 - Complaint of mv Loca-tion/address: Day St Caller reportsan erratic operator. Center Autotows MA pc 9903jy. N667 placesone male under arrest. Arrest:Burke, Dennis Address: 99 DaySt Norwood, MA Age: 52Charges: oui liquor or .08% Neg-ligent operation of motor vehicleThreat to commit crime Alcoholin mv, possess open container of

1649 911 - Drunk person gone onarrival Location/address: VFW2452 - Dean St Caller reports apossible dk male being loud in theparking lot.

1722 911 - Report of fire Location/address: Walpole St Caller reportsthat a man walked by hisneighbor’s fence, poured a smallamount of lighter fluid on it andstarted a small fire. NFD re-sponded, area searched negative.

1814 911 - Well being chk gone onarrival Location/address:Neponset St + Rock St Caller re-ports a man laying on the side-walk. NFD responded.

1851 phone - Susp vehicle gone onarrival Location/address: St PaulAve Caller reports seeing a vehicledriving slowly in his neighbor-hood. Party spoken to, no plategiven.

2212 walk-in - Missing person Lo-cation/address: Third St Walk inparty reports a missing juvenile.That party returned home.

SUNDAY APRIL 100045 initiated - Complaint of mv

verbal warning Location/address:Heaton Ave + Pond Ave Bolo forpc MA 493dw1. Vehicle operat-ing erratically. Officer located ve-hicle, advised driver.

0405 phone - Motor vehicle accidentLocation/address: Pleasant St +Nahatan St Caller reported pos-sible crash. Negoshians towed pcMA 5dcp50. Center towed pc MA4hw550. One under arrest. Arrest:Bolanos, Jorge Mario Address: 28Prospect St Norwood, MA Age:38 Charges: oui liquor or .08%Negligent operation of motor ve-hicle

0718 911 - Hit and run Location/address: Fales Ave Caller re-ported possible past hit and run.Norwood Light, DPW re-sponded.

1034 phone - Unwanted party Lo-cation/address: Sturtevant AveCaller reports a male partysleeping in the laundry area ofthis building. Party was es-corted off the property and ad-vised.

1135 phone - Assist citizen civilmatter Location/address: TheTake Away - Chapel St Callerrequests advice on civil issues.Party was advised.

1220 phone - Well being chkcould not locate Location/ad-dress: Park St Caller is request-ing that an officer execute a wellbeing Check on a third floor resi-dent that he has been unable toMake contact with. N662 re-sponding.

1911 911 - Neighbor disturbancespoken to Location/Address:Edgehill Rd Report of two neigh-bors screaming at each other fortwenty minutes. Officers spoke tothe caller, those parties had re-turned to their respective houses.

2054 phone - Mischief (kids) areasearch negative Location/ad-dress: Codman Rd Report of atruck dumping resident’s trashbins on their lawns.

2109 phone - Loud party spoken toLocation/address: Oxford Rd Re-port of a loud party. Officersspoke with them, they are cel-ebrating a child’s birthday and willquiet down.


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Norwood High students Surya Adeleye, Allison Silletti, Roberto Bernal, Alessandra Varon and Maya Halljoined the School Committee for Student Government Day, where they discussed the potential changes to thegraduation ceremony. COURTESY PHOTO

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Women Voters CandidatesNight debate ahead of the mu-nicipal election on April 4 onthe matter, though the matteris not within School Commit-tee jurisdiction. Each of thecandidates suggested it be op-tional.

Now, it appears a compro-mise has been made.

“By giving each student theopportunity to determine themessage they will share, whichmay include the college theyare attending in the fall, eachstudent will have direct controlover what message they wouldlike shared with the commu-nity,” Bourn wrote in a letterto the Norwood High commu-nity on April 11. According tothe letter, the decision wasmade with the help of the NHSSchool Council, staff, and stu-

dent leaders.Bourn said when he first

began to research the tradition,he found that while many stu-dents were looking forward tosharing their future plans,there had been “angst and up-set for some students in thepast, and that there were cur-rent students presently con-cerned about a day that theyshould be eagerly anticipat-ing.”

The discussion was alsotaken up at the April 6 SchoolCommittee meeting by stu-dents participating in StudentGovernment Day.

Maya Hall, one of the stu-dents taking on the role of aSchool Committee member,was in favor of maintaining thetradition, which she said hasbeen in place for around 15

years. Hall, a Norwood Highsophomore, said the opportu-nity provided a moment forstudents to be proud of work-ing for four years to get intothe school of their dreams.

Hall also said that athleticachievements are regularlybroadcast on school morningannouncements, and the seniorclass also does superlatives, soif students are named “biggestflirt” or “most likely to suc-ceed,” why can’t they also an-nounce what university theywill be attending?

Another sophomore,Alessandra Varon, spokeagainst announcing students’future plans. Varon argued that

many students could worktheir hardest for four years andget into their dream school, butstill not be able to attend.

“There are people in everyclass you take who strugglewith homelessness or not hav-ing enough food on the table,and they can’t provide forthemselves in their daily lives,let alone spend a quarter ofmillion dollars going throughfour years of college,” Varonsaid. “For these people, it’s areally emotional topic forthem.”

Varon said the graduationceremony should honor whatthe students have done in theirpast years at Norwood High

School and not what they haveyet to do. That said, Varon wasin favor of announcing the stu-dents who choose to go into themilitary because of the“unsurpassable amounts ofcourage” involved in their de-cision.

Current senior RobertoBernal said that everyonemakes different decisions re-garding their lives and futuresand for the most part, hewouldn’t remember whereplenty of his class planned togo to college after the cer-emony.

“As long as my friends andfamily know where I’m going,that’s all I care about,” he said.

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