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Lauren Eliopoulos is asking residents tocome together and help her younger brotherstationed in Afghanistan.

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One“Hell”icopterof a proposal


Norwood resident Ibraam Agayby proposed to his fiancee Rachel Boyle last week in an unconventional way, by whisking her away in ana helicopter and giving her one heck of a sign.

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As Ibraam Agayby held a micro-phone in his hand and sported an ear-to-ear grin, he turned to his new fiancéeRachael Boyle and happily admitted,“I’ve never lied so much in my life; I’velied a lot in the past three months.”

The 23-year-old Norwood nativewasn’t hiding infidelities from his girl-friend of six years, but rather an elabo-rate proposal scheme that involved theNorwood Police Department, specialuse of the Norwood Elks Lodge’s land,the cooperation of hundreds of friendsand family members, a local caterer –and a helicopter.

Agayby originally told Boyle they’dbe spending a night in Boston’s Sea-

A local woman is asking the pub-lic for help to put together care pack-ages for active military service mem-bers who “frequently lack the basicamenities they need.”

Lauren Eliopoulos is asking for do-nations to a GoFundMe page, basiccare package items or just a helpinghand to pack the gifts to help heryounger brother and fellow Marinesstationed in Afghanistan.

Eliopoulos said her goal was to

prepare 150 care packages by the thirdweek of September.

“Each care package costs $14.55 tosend, which is $2,182.50 in shippingcosts alone,” Eliopoulos said. “That’snot including the items we need. We arecollecting deodorant, snacks, beef jerky,toothbrushes, toothpaste, baby wipes,

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Falcone arrested againfor lewdness


Chad Falcone

The Norwood Police De-par tment arres ted ChadFalcone, 49, of 289 Dean St.on Aug. 17 for allegedly ex-posing himself to twowomen near his home theday before.

Officers responded to thecall on Aug. 16 but could notlocate Falcone on the day ofthe alleged offense.

The Dedham Dist r ic tCourt issued warrants forFalcone’s arrest on Aug. 17for two charges of Open andGross Lewdness and Accost-ing and Annoying a Personof the Opposite Sex stem-ming from the prior day’sreport. Falcone reportedlyexposed himself to twowomen near his home whilehe was wearing a “green la-crosse-type pinnie aroundhis waist like a diaper,” ac-cording to the report by writ-ten by responding OfficerMelanie Wigmore.

Off icers arr ived a tFalcone’s house on Wednes-day pursuing the warrant.They witnessed Falcone, alevel 2 sex offender, peering

through the window. Falconeallegedly refused to open thedoor but Norwood Policeeventually gained entry. TheDepartment called in helpfrom the state Police K-9unit and found Falcone in hisbasement “cowering undersome boxes and clothes” ac-cording to a statement fromthe Norwood Police Depart-ment.

Falcone has been ar-raigned for similar actionson 14 prior occasions with23 related charges, and hasfailed to register as a sex of-fender in the past. He wasout on bai l on two opencases, one in Taunton Dis-trict Court and one in BristolSuperior Court. Followinghis arrest on Aug. 17, he wasarraigned in Dedham Dis-trict Court and ordered heldon $10,000 cash bail.

Falcone a lso facescharges for alleged open andgross lewdness and accost-ing and annoying anotherperson in an open case outof Bristol Superior Court.His bail for the case was re-voked following his latestarrest . He’s due back toBristol Superior Court on

Sept . 22, according to aspokesperson f rom theBris tol Super ior Court ’sclerk’s department. Falconeis scheduled to appear inDedham District Court onSept. 12 for a pretrial hear-ing.

Deputy Chief Peter Kellyof Norwood Police said hecould not comment on thespecifics of the case. TheJudge overseeing Falcone’scase issued a gag order thatrestricts public commentary,per the request of the pros-ecutors trying Falcone.

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Selectmen talk tech androad work improvements


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The future of Norwood LightBroadband’s ability to competewith industry giants and a PublicAscertainment Hearing aboutVerizon regarding an upcomingcontract renewal took up the ma-jority of the Selectmen Board’sAug. 23 meeting.

Following an Executive Ses-sion at the end of the Board’s meet-ing, Selectmen Chair AllanHoward also announced that thetown of Norwood reached a closedsettlement of $55,000 with aformer employee of the Depart-ment of Public Works. Per lan-guage in the settlement, Howardsaid he could not provide any de-tails regarding the agreement. TheBoard voted unanimously to ex-pend the funds.

The Board also received up-dates on the Town’s infrastructureand pending projects from the De-partment of Public Works and theLight Department. At the end ofthe meeting, members decided tocease discussing the prospect of adog park at the three suggestedsites for the time being.

Daryl Hanson from NorwoodLight Broadband updated theBoard about the success of thetown’s transition from analog todigital services and discussed howthe company had one of its mostprofitable months during June.According to Town Manager JohnCarroll, the company remainscompetitive in the areas of provid-ing high speed internet and phoneservices.

Selectman Paul Bishop fre-quently commented on thechanges in viewer tendencies tofavor streaming services over tra-ditional television and com-mended the company for focusingits resources on high speed internetas a priority.

Selectman Thomas Maloneyquestioned the limits of thecompany’s physical growth.

“We’ve grown in providingbusiness outside Boston and inShutesbury. Our limits are withcable TV,” Hanson said.

The discussion of NorwoodLight Broadband followed theCable Commission’s outline ofwhat contractual demands theyplan to hand over to Verizon whennegotiations begin.

Peter Shay of the Cable Com-

mission said they plan to approachVerizon with two demands for im-provements to their technology inrelation to Norwood Public AccessTelevision.

The Commission plans to re-quest that Verizon provide at leastone Hi-Definition channel forpublic programming. Currently,the station equipment records allits programs in HD but the chan-nel provided by Verizon forbroadcasting isn’t equipped tohandle that type of quality.

Executive Director Jack Toll-man said the result is a poorerproduct for customers that can beeasily remedied by Verizon. TheCommission is also going to re-quest that Verizon invest in thetechnology to import the publicaccess channel’s programming socustomers can read on theirscreens what to expect for con-tent ahead of time.

President of NPA-TV ScottMurphy outlined some smaller fi-nancial adjustments to the pro-posed 10-year contracts. Insteadof accepting a lump sum of PEGfunds - grants provided for pub-lic access channels from provid-ers - the next contract calls for in-stallments paid over a 10-yearperiod by Verizon. The stableflow of revenue would help thestation have a better advantage inplanning their budget.

Tollman also informed theBoard that NPA-TV won nationalrecognition at the Alliance ofCommunity Media for its origi-nal content.

Selectman Bishop com-mended NPA-TV for its positiveinfluence among Norwood HighSchool students following a let-ter written by Bourne, which Toll-man read aloud.

Bishop said that he personallysaw the change in confidence lev-els, technical competency andpublic speaking abilities of manystudents who became involvedwith the station from an early age.

The meeting got back to brickand mortar matters when MarkRyan of DPW explained that hisstaff is replacing the waterlinesnear the cemetery, explaining theproject is part of an extended ef-fort to replace the old iron pipesthat run underneath the Town.

Selectman Mary AbdallahDonohue questioned whether thestreet under construction is onethat will be repaved in the upcom-

ing set of road construction. Ryansaid that the street is not on theimmediate list but there are plansto repave the road within the nextfew years.

Ryan said regardless, the workwas necessary and that the depart-ment is nearly finished replacingthe main water lines and 65 per-cent of the way to replacing all


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GaleoGaleoGaleoGaleoGaleotatatatataContinued on page 5

Dreaded words

My Kindof Town/Joe Galeota

They could have been bel-lowed anywhere by a motherto her son, on a Cape Codbeach, in a Maine forest, at aVermont pond, but they werescreamed at a playground inone of the toniest counties inthe United States – indeedcomparable to the communi-ties of Brookline, Newton, orWeston.

Had they been verbalizedin supermarket, I hoped thatI would have the reaction todiffuse the si tuation bycalmly saying to the dis-tressed parent, “I know howit feels to be in your situa-t ion.” Perhaps a socialworker or a police officerwould have a similar or bet-ter response to: “SHUT UPOR I’LL HIT YOU!”

Over the years, studentshave claimed that the “shutup” part has been angrilycommanded by previousyears’ teachers. The answer,of course, is, “You mean theteacher said, ‘Be quiet,’” towhich students will agree ordisagree. If the case is the lat-

ter, the offending teacher wasfortunate that an administra-tor was not within hearingdistance.

Parents have to bepushed to their limits to re-sort to saying, “Shutup!” Lack of sleep, financialproblems, and irritation witha spouse or another childmight try to explain i tsusage. In a number of fami-lies that imperative is akin to

using a vulgarity. For thesefamilies, that sentence ishardly ever used in public.

But those families whoseconstant way of meaning,“Be quiet!” is to say “Shutup!” should think twice aboutfaulting a teacher who is al-leged to have used the latterimperative. What’s good forthe goose is…

The second part of theoverhead yell, “…or I’ll hityou!” is even worse becauseit suggests a physical re-sponse currently banned inmost, if not all, 50 states. Theprohibition crosses lines ofeconomic status, immigrantstatus, rel igion, culture,ethnicity and race.

In retrospect, I wonderwhat should have been done– the walk to the picnic benchunder a shading gazebo wasmore than 100 feet awaywhere the yelling occurred. Isthis just an excuse?

I’m not of fan of realityTV shows. “Bachelor” and

JUST A SHIP OF FOOLSTo the Editor:We, as a Town, watch and

wait. Watching and waiting forthe final sell-out with DHCD. Ifyou’re a homeowner, trouble isgoing to come to you. That’strouble with a capital “T.” If youown a home here in Norwood,you are a minority. Yet, you haveto pick up the tab to fund the uto-pia that is about to be formed herein Town. We are the onlycommunity in Massachusetts thatpunishes and makes you a minor-ity for choosing to purchase ahome. The powers that be preferto ignore the REAL 1.5 percentnumbers and partner with thehousing developers and DHCD,dismissing all the good work doneby citizens who really care aboutthis Town. It is a fact that we arecurrently way over the needed 1.5percent threshold. Don’t believethe lies folks. This Vermonter suredoesn’t.

Who will pay the cost for thisfinancial mess to come? Not ourTown Manager. Will it affect ourTown Planner’s wallet? I’d liketo think our Board of Selectmenand our Planning Board memberswill have to pay their share, butdo they live here in Town? Theysure don’t act like they do. Per-haps we could contact TownCounsel for a legal opinion onthat one. That is your completelist of the cast of characters whohave sealed our fate. None ofwhom were willing to work withthe people of Norwood. They feelmore compelled to partner with

the marijuana industry; weed and40B’s. That is now Norwood’sdestiny, along with financial ruin.A third grader could understand themath involved, but our leadershipplows on. If the Community Pres-ervation Act passes in the fall withvoters, we will be the only com-munity in the State that has minor-ity homeowners footing the bill.

It is too bad that DenisDrummey and I were not seatedon the BOS. We could now includethe word “FORMER” to the titlesto those people who have carvedup our beloved Norwood andsaved the sinking ship. Get yourlife preservers ready. We are aboutto set sail on a sea of housing thathas no return. There’s justGilligan’s on this ship of fools.There’s no skipper or professor. Tothe cast and crew of the S.S.Norwood, your time is going tocome. Where’s a good icebergwhen you need one?

Kevin Pentowski Norwood

THANKS TO ST. TIM’SFOR HSP SUPPORT

To the Editor:This is to publicly thank

Norwood’s St. Timothy Parish fortheir ongoing support of the Holo-caust Stamps Project (HSP) whichis about to begin its eighth year atFoxboro Regional Charter Schoolin Foxboro.

The HSP is an educational ini-tiative that is striving to collect 11million postage stamps as thespringboard to teaching lessonsabout history, tolerance, accep-tance, and respect for diversity,

based on the events and effectsof the Holocaust.

St. Timothy’s has donatedthousands of stamps during thepast few years, thanks to the en-couragement of Parish Secretary,Janet Kelly. With their help, thetotal so far has reached 67 per-cent of the goal, 7,385,661stamps.

Students from Norwood areamong the 1,275 children at kin-dergarten through grade 12 pub-lic charter school who have theopportunity to work on the Ho-locaust Stamps Project as part ofthe community Service Learningcurriculum component. Whilesome trim or count stamps, oth-ers work on designing and creat-ing original works of art usingthousands of the stamps to make18 x 24 inch collages. Each art-work depicts some aspect of whatthe students have learned in con-nection with the project.

The HSP website http://www.foxboroughrcs.org/studdents-families/frcs-holo-caust-stamp-project/, Includesextensive information about theproject and many photos of thestudents who have been in-volved. Additional Updates canbe found on Facebook at https://w w w . f a c e b o o k . c o m /HSPfounder/

Stamps donations of anyamount and in any condition arewelcome and can be dropped offat, or mailed to, HolocaustStamps Project, FRCS, 131 Cen-

LeLeLeLeLettttttttttererererersssssContinued on page 16

It is interesting to note that the Downtown Steering Com-mittee informed Selectmen on Tuesday that they didn’t thinkparking meters along Washington St., along the stretch fromNahatan to at least Day St., was a good idea. Though we don’tportend to know any better, this newspaper thought it was aconcept worth trying. Some residents claim they rarely have aproblem parking along that stretch of road and, if they run intoa problem, they simply go around the block and find one duringthe next pass. Oh, if it was only that simple. Our reality isn’tnearly that uncomplicated. This writer has made multiple at-tempts at parking along that road during different times of theday, particularly heading southerly, finally ending the hunt andmaking my purchases elsewhere. Fortunately, heading north, Ihave been lucky enough to find parking in front of or near enoughto True Value to make what seems like a daily trek to pick upitems there. I just love that store...

It was also announced on Tuesday that there appears to beno room in Norwood for a dog park. Really? A town the size ofNorwood and no place for some dogs to hang out and chill seemsa little hard to believe. In the grand scheme of things, the factthat dog owners have to head over to Westwood and Walpole torun their pooches isn’t horrific, but the guess here is thatNorwood’s dog park committee had just about enough of thesilliness thrown its way by the powers that be and tossed in thetowel. Would somebody explain again why the Ellis area wasn’tappropriate for one? How many residents were against it, howmany doors were knocked on and how many phone calls didSelectmen receive to determine they can’t subject the neigh-bors down there to a little canine frolicking during the day?Just wondering...

It was nice to hear of all the good things NPATV has goingon at their headquarters, but are we the only ones who have avery difficult time navigating their website for “On Demand”programming? Quite frankly, it appears to be anything but ondemand. Under that heading many meetings appear to be avail-able for immediate viewing, but when clicked on only displaythe times they can be watched on local channels. Staff at NPATVdo try to accommodate requests from folks needing to see pro-gramming on government meetings prior to their being rebroad-cast on local channels by creating DVD’s, which is gracious ofthem, but it does seem to us more could be made available bythe click of a button. Just sayin...

There is some pretty major grumbling going on relative tothe lower end of Washington Street, in South Norwood begin-ning to be torn up now, just in time for schools opening in thefall. No one can doubt the necessity of having the work per-formed given a significant number of leaks have already beendetected and that section of road being on a schedule for com-plete repaving, but the timing couldn’t be worse. Was it pos-sible that the work could have begun as soon as school let outfor the summer? Granted, there isn’t really ever a good time tohave this kind of work done on a busy road like there, but thestart of the school year?

And we agree with Selectman Donohue that the amount ofmoney the Town negotiated with National Grid, somewhere inthe $20k range to forego patching the road when completedseems pretty paltry. The guess here is that National Grid will beonly too happy to write that check...

Anytime now the state will be handing down their decisionregarding Forbes Hill, and the betting here is that the Town isgoing to lose, at which point things are going to get very ugly.Reasonable arguments can be made on both sides as to whetheror not the Town did everything it should have in defeating thecurrent 40B proposals on the table, but the deck is squarelystacked in the developers’ favor and towns like Norwood aresitting ducks. Here’s hoping for a miracle...


ZBA withholds approvalfor Hickory Road additionBrendan DeadyBrendan DeadyBrendan DeadyBrendan DeadyBrendan Deady

Staff Reporter

ZBAZBAZBAZBAZBAContinued on page 13

The Zoning Board of Appealsdid not grant their approval to aproposed expansion to a home onHickory Road because of zoningbylaw concerns at their Aug. 16meeting. The Board did grantapproval for the removal of about30,000 yards in above grade ma-terial from a property at 347Everett St.

Russell and Denise Flynn of47 Hickory Rd. appeared beforethe ZBA to request a special per-mit approval for a planned exten-sion to their garage to build a newmaster bedroom and bath. Afteracknowledging the Flynn’s metthe requirement of properly post-ing community notice of the pub-lic hearing, ZBA Chairman PhilRiley asked the Flynns to explainthe specifics of the project.

Russell explained he wantedto expand the garage three feetout to make it a reasonable liv-ing space to accommodate hisgrowing family. Flynn explainedthat at current dimensions, he andhis wife feel confined.

The Flynns require a specialpermit because their propertydoes not satisfy the bylaw re-quirement of having at least 15feet available for a side yard.Currently, there is just over 10

available feet. If the Flynns com-pleted their addition, there wouldbe 6.9 feet of available side yard.

Flynn explained that the fam-ily planned to stay in their housefor the long run and didn’t wantto expand up so they decided toexpand outwards.

“We want to avoid the stepswhen we get older,” RussellFlynn said.

“It’ll be a long time beforeyou guys have to worry aboutsteps. I have to worry about themtomorrow,” Riley said.

Member Barbara Kinterquestioned the Flynns about

property lines and any potentialconflict with neighbors. TheFlynns explained they notifiedover 50 abutters and their imme-diate neighbors gave their ap-proval of the project.

Riley said he was empatheticto the Flynns because theybought their house with noncon-forming property dimensions,but to approve a project thatwould leave just over six feet ofavailable side yard would be dif-ficult for the ZBA.

ZBA member Patrick

“Bachelorette” thrive on the audience’s witnessing ca-sual sex, significant alcohol consumption, and people’sfeelings getting very hurt. “Big Brother” and “Survivor”enjoy depicting the emotional hurt that contestantssuffer. Another reality show creates situations in whichactors would do something wrong, such as shoplifting orelder abuse, to test how genuine bystanders wouldreact. This second type of reality show leads a numberof people to think that an unpleasant situation is merelybeing staged in order to test onlooker intervention.

This incident in suburban Washington, D.C., was notinterpreted as a staging. Still, I wonder what, if anything,should have been my response. More importantly, is thechild subject to horrible rhetoric on a daily, weekly, ormonthly basis? If so, their psyche having been horriblydamaged, they might be prone to act out in class, makingfor a tough school year for all involved.

Galeota continued from page 4


Selectmen continued from page 3

Helping The Military continued from page 1protein bars, protein powder,cereal, ‘easy mac,’ blister blockand more.”

Eliopoulos said she is ac-cepting donations at her mar-keting firm, The TriplicityGroup, located at 1776 Wash-ington St. in Walpole.Eliopoulos said her brotherGeorge is on his second com-bat deployment and is aboard aship off the coast of the MiddleEast. George explained thatmany Marines lack the basic

necessities because they rarelyhave free time on land.

Eliopoulos said she startedsending care packages to herbrother three years ago. And asshe came to understand thelevel of insufficient supplies,she mobilized her family.

At first Eliopoulos and hermother just began writing let-ters to Marines after hearingfrom George that many did notreceive mail. After the positiveresponse, she and her familyformed a charity “Hero Help-ers of America.”

The charity sent out thou-sands of handwritten notes toMarines thanking them for theirservice along with gift pack-ages around holidays. NowEliopoulos is turning her atten-tion to care packages.

Eliopoulos said she hopes tosend at least three or four morebatches after the end of Septem-ber. She said the project takesup a large portion of her time,but she welcomes it as a distrac-tion from her brother’s absence.

“It actually helps a greatdeal as a distraction at least,helps me deal with the fact he’snot home,” she said. “It’s a verybizarre feeling, to have some-one you love that you can’thelp. I feel like my brother hasgiven so much to our countrythat it’s such a small thing butcan create a lot of smiles.”

Nick Eliopoulos, the pilot ofErnie Boch Jr.’s private jet, isGeorge’s uncle and helps outwhenever Lauren rallies thefamily together to help put to-gether the packages. His niecehas worked with Boch in thepast for a joint fundraiser Bootsand Strings in previous yearsthat benefitted Lauren’s owncharity and Boch’s MusicDrives Us.

Nick said that his family hasa history of military service and

described George as someonewho knew from a very youngage that he wanted to join themilitary.

“He’s always been a kind,easygoing and soft spoken kid.He loves what he does in themarines. The whole experiencedefinitely bonded the family,brought us a lot closer in sup-port of a new generation ofmilitary in our family,”Eliopoulos said.

He said the experience hasmade him realize the strugglethat soldiers and millions ofmilitary families go throughthat can sometimes be over-looked in common news cov-erage.

“We’re all proud of ournephew George, we’re just soproud,” Eliopoulos said. “Be-ing a family member of thearmed forces, me personally, Ispeak for myself, I probablyunderstand [the strain on fami-lies and the specifics of all thatGeorge does] because we’ve allhad this experience together.”

His niece Lauren agreed.Despite how trying her youngerbrother’s absence can seem attimes, the experience hastaught her to only appreciatehis decision and company thatmuch more.

“A good way to put it, ev-eryone has a hero and I wasfortunate enough to grow upwith mine. Since he’s joinedwe’ve become even closer,”she said.

Lauren said the experiencehas been humbling. Hearingabout her brother’s day-to-daystruggles put things in perspec-tive. She now appreciates thesimpler things in life.

“Now on a nice day, I maysit outside a little longer be-cause I know he’s in over 100degree weather and that’s theleast of his worries,” she said.

old sewer lines. A finish date isset for the end of October.

Ryan then explained that hewill be following up with thegroundskeeper for the schooldepartment about lead levels insome of the schools drinking foun-tains. The tests resulted from acheck a few months earlier thatreported high levels of lead. Thefountains were replaced and havebeen closely monitored.

Ryan then addressed the roadwork project set for SouthNorwood when National Grid willstart replacing gas lines, which isset to begin next week. Ryan ex-plained that each Friday there willbe public project meetings at TownHall where residents have the op-portunity to discuss the project orfile complaints.

Finally, Ryan discussed a po-tential basketball court at the parknear Brewester Drive. Neighborscollected signatures and filed a pe-tition requesting for a hard top

court. Ryan estimated the projectwould cost around $77,000. TheBoard appeared to fully supportthe initiative and accepted it forsubmission to the Capital Outlaysection for FY18.

Jim Collins of the Light De-partment informed the Board thatthere will be a major meter re-placement coming during wintermonths. The department is con-tracting the work, which willhandle the replacement of electri-cal meters outside of their homes.Any meters located within homeswill be replaced by employees ofNorwood Light.

As stated above, following theconclusion of official business andan Executive Session, SelectmanChair Howard announced that theTown received a claim by a formeremployee. Through mediation, theclaim resulted in a settlement of$50,000 to the former employee and$5,000 to the party’s attorney. Hedid not disclose any further details.


Mud Day has become a welcome tradition in Norwood over the years, and Recreation Department DirectorGerry Miller said it was bittersweet this year as it would be his last as the department's head.


Miller experiences last “Mud Day”Brendan DeadyBrendan DeadyBrendan DeadyBrendan DeadyBrendan Deady

Staff Reporter

Victor Greene, 13, andLogan Duhamel, 13,crouched in front of eachother, standing in a pit ofmuddy water ready topounce. Recreation Depart-ment camp counselor DavidBenjamin stood in the middleof the “Mud Pit” as actingreferee and set the kids ateach other. For the next 30 orso seconds the two friendstook turns slamming eachother into the murky, shin-deep water as part of the an-nual “Mud Day” tradition.

The event marked the con-clusion of the summer seasonand is looked forward to eachyear, according to RecreationDepartment Head GerryMiller. Miller would know, ashe’s watched countless num-bers of campers take the riteof passage for the past 44years. But this year held aspecial place for him. It wasthe last Mud Day Millerwould experience. Miller, 70,is set to retire next June.

Hundreds of kids, parents,and families flocked to Fa-ther McAleer playground andcommunity pool Fridaymorning. Campers andNorwood residents sl idacross a field soaked withfoam. The public had accessfrom 10 a.m. to noon to thestreams of foam jetting outtrucks provided by theNorwood Fire Department.Miller took the opportunityto stand atop and direct thehigh arch of the foam, creat-ing a puddle of bubbles thatkids slid dove and dashedthrough.

Debbie Butler brought her

two grandchildren, Emmaand Shane, to Father Mac’sfor their first foam experi-ence after hearing about theevent through the Civic Cen-ter.

“I didn’t know what to ex-pect, it’s been wonderful.We’ll definitely be back nextyear,” Butler said.

“And next year we’ll bebringing goggles,” MaryellenMace, Emma and Shane’saunt, said.

Mace said she was grate-ful that the Recreation De-partment welcomed the pub-lic to their end of the seasoncelebration, but had one sug-gestion.

“I wanted to get in theremyself at one point. Thereshould be a foam day for thebig people, the ones stillyoung at heart,” Mace said.

Just before noon, the FireDepartment detached theirhoses. By now, Miller had re-linquished his position asfoam distributor and lookedtowards the baseball fieldwhere a mass of campersgathered before headingdown to the pit.

“Any time you have ajob that puts smiles on littlekid’s faces, that’s a prettygood job,” Miller said.“How’s that saying go, if youlove what you do you neverreally go to work.”

Miller, who describedhimself as the all-time undis-puted mud wrestling cham-pion, said he did not plan ondefending his belt.

“Oh no no, I’m good. Sev-enty years old with a fewshoulder surgeries, I’mgood,” Miller said. “Theyoung bucks have taken over;it gets pretty wild in there.”

Soon enough, the screamsof younger campers rose upas they splashed in the cof-fee colored water and dousedcamp leader Benjamin ingrimy bubbles. Benjamin’sbrother, Christopher helpedlead the 5 and 6-year-oldsinto the rectangular pit dugout by the Department ofPublic Works dug out earlierthat morning with a backhoe.

Soon, the younger camp-ers were led out to makeroom for the main event,where pairs of girls and boyswent face to face in a wres-tling match. The combatantsare all volunteers, paired upby their group leaders basedon size, age, and demeanoraccording to Miller.

Miller said the traditionhas been going on since hewas a kid and is an event thatnot just the campers look for-ward to.

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port District for their 6-year-anniversary. Boyle was sur-prised when their car ridedidn’t head towards Boston,but dropped them off in theElks Lodge parking lot. That’swhen she first saw the helicop-ter.

“That was definitely notBoston, I just looked at himand he said something alongthe lines of ‘Some people takea car or a train, some take he-licopters,’” Boyle said. “I stillhad no idea what was coming.”

A crew member from BlueHills Pilot ushered the youngcouple aboard, and they lifted

off just past 5:15 p.m. As thehelicopter disappeared overthe tree line, hundreds offriends and family trickled outof hiding.

Less than a half hour later,Boyle would burst out intotears. After a brief tour overBoston, they did not land for anight in the Seaport. Instead,they circled back to theirhometown where from hun-dreds of feet in the air Boylesaw her and Agayby’s parentsholding a giant banner reading“Rachael will you marry me?”

The helicopter toucheddown, Stephen Skribiski ofBlue Hill Pilot opened the doorfor the couple. They stood inthe field, the wind from thepropellers rustling their outfits.Agayby got down on his knee,asked for her hand in marriage,and could finally end his lying.She said yes.

Skribiski, 27, ofWeymouth, monitored thelanding area at the Elks for hispilot in the air. Skribiski hadonly learned what his daywould hold in store for him thenight before, but his bossesfilled him in on the extent that

Agayby went to get all theproper permits.

“He spoke with everyonehe needed to and was really ontop of things. I’ve been the pi-lot on proposals before, butI’ve never seen one with suchintricate plans,” Skribiski said.“Definitely nothing to thismagnitude.”

Agayby repeatedly thankedeveryone who offered a help-ing hand.

“Brian from the Elks wasgreat in helping me with this,allowing me to use their landout back. Lt. Martin Baker, theNorwood Fire Department andguys at Blue Hills Pilot – Icouldn’t have done any of thiswithout their help,” Agaybysaid.

“He was really on top ofthings when it came to cross-ing his T’s and dotting I’s. Iadvised him on who he had tocontact and what approval heneeded,” Lt. Baker said. “I wasa conduit to help facilitatewhat he needed to do.”

After the helicopter liftedoff from the Elks, the newlyengaged embraced theirfriends and family then headedinside for their first dance asfiancées. Agayby then took themicrophone and addressed thecrowd.

Agayby explained how hemet Boyle when they wereboth students at NorwoodHigh School on a random nightin a Starbucks. He claimedRachael dumped him on hisbirthday years ago, but he wasglad he “stuck around.”

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They weren't quite in full pads yet, but it's starting to look a lot like football season in Norwood. The Mustangs are a young bunch this year, without a great deal of depth, accordingto head coach Jim Tighe, but that won't stop them from trying to improve upon back-to-back 4-7 seasons.

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On a seasonable Tuesdaymorning at Norwood HighSchool this week, members ofthe 2016 Mustangs footballteam rocked their shoulderpads for the first time sinceThanksgiving.

For most players, it wasback to business as usual. Savefor a few newcomers to thesport, everyone is renewing ac-quaintances with the grind ofthe football season, looking toprovide Norwood a jumpstart

from neutral after consecutive4-7 seasons.

Not that all 4-7 seasons arecreated equal, as the 2014 ver-sion started 0-6 before rallyingto win four of their final fivegames. The Mustangs stayedhot to begin 2015, ringing upthree straight wins before aseven-game skid unraveled thegood feelings.

Although how many highschool football seasons in-clude a trip to the postseasonwith a seven-game losingstreak smack dab in themiddle?

Norwood will attempt tomove the chains further alongin head coach Jim Tighe’s thirdseason at the helm, with a piv-otal decision looming as theteam preps for the seasonopener vs. Framingham on Sat-urday, Sept. 10: Who will bethe Mustangs’ quarterback?

“We’ve got a competitiongoing on,” Tighe said afterTuesday’s practice, which con-tained more speed drills thancontact drills. “We’ve got a se-nior, Sean Welch, who didn’tplay [quarterback] last year,but we talked to him this year

and he’s going to compete andhelp us there. We’ve got twojuniors in Danny Quinn andColin Plasko, and we’ve gottwo sophomores in AnthonyDeAngelis and Mark Murphy.

“We’ve got five of them.It’s an open competition,we’ve been rotating them;everyone’s been getting somereps and we’re trying to figureit out.”

In addition to practice time,Tighe will have three scrim-mages in the coming weeks todetermine his Week 1 starterunder center. But once one of

the five candidates emerges,look for Norwood to stay withhim, and don’t look for a two-QB package, either.

“No, probably not,” Tighesaid on the prospect of trottingout multiple quarterbacks overthe course of a game. “We’llpick one kid. One of them willsurface and we’ll stay withhim.”

Norwood graduated severalkey skill position players, butwill still have a talented stableof running backs including

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JJ Oliver will be Rich Cormier’s suc-cessor as head coach of the Norwoodboys basketball program, it was an-nounced over the weekend.

Oliver ascends from his position ashead coach of the Mustangs’ junior var-sity basketball team, a title he’s held forthe last five seasons.

It’s the second summer in a rowNorwood athletic director Jon Longleyhas stayed in house to find a replacement

for a varsity basketball head coach. Lastyear, the change was on the girls side, whenAmy Lepley was promoted from JV to re-place Alex DaLuz, who took the head boysjob in Seekonk.

Cormier departed his post in June afternine years as head coach of the Mustangsto become the athletic director at FoxboroHigh School.

In Oliver, Norwood gets a coach who isalso a teacher in the town – he’s an eighthgrade English teacher at Coakley MiddleSchool – and someone who even has priorexperience at the varsity level at Norwood

High, as he spent two years in charge of thegirls soccer program.

The Mustangs are also getting someonewho takes a cerebral approach to the hard-wood, having earned his Masters’ from Bos-ton University in counseling and sports psy-chology.

“I try and exercise the mental part of thegame quite a bit,” Oliver said.

Oliver will be entering his eighth yearas a teacher in Norwood this fall, and hethinks his familiarity with townsfolk is atleast partly responsible for helping him landthe basketball job.

“I think having the Norwood experiencehelped,” he said. “I think it’s going to begood for the program and good for the kidsto have me step in and continue a lot of thethings that have been successful.”

In many ways, Oliver has molded his

coaching style after his predecessor inCormier. After all, the two worked onthe same staff for seven years total, asOliver worked as a volunteer assistantand as the freshman head coach a yeareach before taking over the JV team. Healso filled in for Cormier as head coachin a Jan. 30, 2015 game at Milton, a 61-55 loss for Norwood.

But Oliver’s acumen for X’s and O’sgoes back to his high school days in up-state New York, where he attendedChenango Valley High School inBinghamton.

He played several sports growing up,basketball included, but had three sepa-rate knee reconstructions his sophomore,junior and seniors years of high school.

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Richie Watson, George Masonand Tony Ortega to take thepressure off whoever wins thequarterback job.

Watson is one of three cap-tains for the Mustangs, alongwith Max Kane and SteveKhalil.

“Our offense is going to bepredicated on what we can andcannot do,” Tighe said. “It’s awork-in-progress right now.”

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Johnson will be featured attight end, with Mike King asone featured wide receiver.Tighe said that whichever run-ning back isn’t getting a lot oftouches out of the backfieldfigures to slot out to play re-ceiver.

Johnson is in his first yearplaying football at Norwood,but brings plenty of experiencein a contact sport as a longtimehockey player. Tighe saidJohnson is a “big strong kidwho’s in shape,” with an em-phasis on the ‘in shape’ part.Tighe is treating training campnot only as a competition forvarious positions, but also asa means to see who his most

physically fit players are.“It’s competition to be ath-

letic, too,” he said. “If youdon’t come in in shape, howcan you be athletic? If youcan’t be athletic, how is any-body going to notice you?”

The Mustangs will scrim-mage three opponents – allfrom the Hockomock League– before the games count forreal. The Sharon Eagles willhost the Mustangs this Satur-day at 10 a.m., followed by atrip to play the Foxboro War-riors on Wednesday at 6 p.m.,before the pre-season closesout on Saturday, Sept. 3 as theCanton Bulldogs visitNorwood at 10 a.m.

Who will start at quarterback for the Mustangs in their season opener? Five players are currently vying forthe spot, including senior Sean Welch, juniors Danny Quinn and Colin Plasko, and sophomores AnthonyDeAngelis and Mark Murphy. PHOTO BY JAKE LEVIN

well. Hopefully some guys are ready to come in andstep up in their junior years and contribute. That’swhat we need.

“Now all that being said, we’re also in one of thetoughest conferences – if not the toughest – in thestate. We have our hands full year in and year out.”

Oliver believes Cormier did an outstanding jobbuilding up the youth program in the town, of whichthe goal is to serve as a feeder system to the highschool team. He said his goal will be to continueworking with the aspiring young players, throughvarious clinics and the popular Norwood summerbasketball camp, with the hope that future classes ofMustangs possess not only the star power of 2016’sclass, but consistency from which to avoid lengthypostseason droughts.

“The idea is to build it up so we have class afterclass of consistency, as opposed to trying to avoid yearswhere maybe the senior class is really good, but thenext good class is currently only freshmen,” Oliversaid.

“I couldn’t have been more excited for him, andultimately for the guys [returning] that I obviously stillcare a lot about,” Cormier said. “Knowing who thenew person was going to be in that position is some-thing I’ve been very curious about, as I’m sure theplayers have as well. To find out that JJ got it, I wasreally, really excited for him.”

Both Oliver and Cormier ruled out a Norwood-Foxboro matchup in boys hoops this winter, withschedules already set for the most part. But Oliver didsay, “I could see a relationship building with Foxboro”in the future, and Cormier added he’d love to see itdown the road, even if he won’t be coaching the War-riors.

Of course, there’s still one scenario where amatchup is plausible in the winter of ’17, as both teamsare in the Div. 2 South region.

“They could certainly meet in the tournament,”Cormier said.

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As the summer comes toa close, the Ramblin’ Man re-turns with a glance across thesports landscape, both locallyand internationally…

…Get ready for eight Su-per Bowls in MIAA footballthis fall. Under the new align-ment, there are now eight di-visions for football in Massa-chusetts, up from six underthe previous setup. The divi-sions will be called Division1, 1A, 2, 2A, 3, 3A, 4 and 4A.I’m not really sure what thetheory is behind adding an ‘A’to certain divisions is, ratherthan just having divisions 1-8. Is to too emasculating to bea Division 8 Super Bowlchampion or something? I’mpretty sure anyone can seeright through it that Division4A is equivalent to Division8.

…Norwood finds itself inthe fourth-highest division,2A. They’re in a 12-teamgrouping in Div. 2A South,with Silver Lake, Westwood,Nauset, Milton, Canton,Somerset-Berkley, Foxboro,Falmouth, Medfield, Ply-mouth South and Scituate.Norwood has the third-larg-est male enrollment amongstthe region, at 503, with onlySilver Lake (618) and Ply-mouth South (532) rankedahead.

…Milton is the lone BayState Conference teamgrouped in with the Mus-tangs. The rest of the BSCteams are in the following di-visions: the entirety of theCarey Division (Braintree,Brookline, Framingham,Needham, Newton North andWeymouth) find themselvesin Div. 1 South, a loaded re-gion also containingBrockton, BC High and two-time defending Super Bowlchampion Xaverian. Natickand Wellesley are in Div. 1ASouth, Walpole is in Div. 2South and out-going BSCmember Dedham is in Div.3A South.

…In previous years, allsix Super Bowls would beplayed at Gillette Stadium onthe same first Saturday in De-cember, with the first gamestarting at 9 a.m. and the lastgame (the Xaverian-invita-tional) kicking off around 8p.m. How are they going tosqueeze two extra games inthere? It appears doubtful,which means at least twochampionship games won’tbe played underneath TomBrady’s banners – at least notall on the same day. Do youmove some of the games tothe Friday before (Dec. 2,2016) and play the remaininghalf on Dec. 3? The Patriotsare hosting the Los AngelesRams at 1 p.m. that Sunday.

…This whole conundrumcould easily be avoided if theMIAA had resisted the urge tohand out two additional tro-phies, I suppose.

…Surprise, surprise, theU.S. Men’s Basketball teamwon its third consecutive goldmedal in Rio de Janeiro, beat-ing up on Serbia, 96-66. Give

Spain some credit, they onlylost to the U.S. by six (82-76)in the semifinals, but this iskind of exactly what I saidwould happen. I’m not toot-ing my own horn here, any-body could’ve seen thisdominance – even withoutLeBron James or StephCurry – from 4,838 milesaway (that would be the dis-tance from Norwood to Rio).Make it 15 gold medals in 18tries for the Americans inmen’s hoop. Jerry Colangelo,chairman of USA Basketball,told reporters in Rio after thefinal, “I’m all for raising thebar for global basketball. Themore interest in basketball onall levels, I’m for. I’m a liferin the game. I love the game.Basketball is the No. 2 sportin the world, [but] we justneed to see these other coun-tries get their acts togetherand become more competi-tive.” A good experimentmight be turning the NBA’sall-star game into a TeamUSA vs. Team World format,similar to what the NHL usedto do (Team North Americavs. Team World).

…Which Olympic sportswould you most like to see aspart of everyday, mainstreamsporting culture? I’m all in onwater polo and handball, andif the MIAA were ever to adopttable tennis, I’d love to see if Ihave any eligibility remainingto come back.

…It’s early yet, but it seemslike the games themselves inRio were more or less a success.For all of the negativity leadingup to the games, who’d havethought it would be an Ameri-can swimmer creating the mostcringe-worthy headlines? And Idon’t mean Michael Phelps’pending retirement.

…Phelps is to Tom Bradyas Ryan Lochte is to PeytonManning. Going to be verystrange indeed when none ofthose four are on our TV sets inthe month of September, how-ever.


“I kind of took on a player-coach role even whenI was a high school student because I was so ofteninjured,” recalls Oliver, who had a fourth operationwhile in college just for good measure. “That’s how Igot into it and developed a love for the other side ofthe game as a coach as opposed to being a player. Iwas at age 16 when I found that.”

In terms of those X’s and O’s, Oliver believes he’llpreach many of the same things that Cormier did,such as a defense-first mentality with lots of move-ment on the offensive end of the floor. He adds thatwith a high school program, however, you’ll have toadapt at times to fit the style of your roster rather thanbe married to one set style.

“It’s not like we’re a college program where wecan bring guys in to play ‘our system,’” Oliver said.

If Oliver wanted to base his system for the com-ing season off of last year’s group, he may want toput his adaptation skills to the test right from the get-go.

He steps in to a unique situation, with Norwoodcoming off a strong 15-9 season and a Herget Divi-sion title – its first since 2001 – coupled with its firsttournament appearance (and win) since 2012. But ofthe 16 players who had minutes for the Mustangs lastwinter, 10 were seniors and an 11th player transferredthis summer.

Preventing a drop-off of seismic proportions isatop Oliver’s to-do list, but he likes what he has amonghis returning players, which will include senior cap-tains Kyle Condon and Richie Watson, as well as twomore seniors in Mike James and Natanael FonsecaCastro.

“You’ve got those four coming back as kind ofcore guys, all of whom I expect big things from,”Oliver said. Senior Ricky Meehan, a late-season call-up from JV last February, will also bring some varsityexperience to the table on a team otherwise starvedfor it. “My JV team was pretty decent last year; wehad some ups and downs, but we had a solid core as

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a.m.BASIC COMPUTER COURSE: A four-part basic computer course

is frequently offered to those who wish to learn how to use a computer.Sign-up at the front desk. New class will be announced soon.

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BLOOD PRESSURE CLINIC: Hellenic Health Care will be avail-able for blood pressure screening on the first Wednesday of each month.Ellis Nursing Home will offer blood pressure screening on the secondWednesday of each month. The Walpole VNA will provide blood pressurescreening on the third Wednesday of each month at 11:30 a.m.

BRIDGE: Our Bridge Club meets on Thursdays at 9:15 a.m. in theLibrary. The Tuesday group has been cancelled.

COMPUTER CLUB: The Computer Club meets every Wednesday at1 p.m.

COUNCIL ON AGING: COA next Meeting will be Aug. 4 – no meet-ing in July.

CRIBBAGE: Our seniors meet every Monday at 12:45 p.m. to playcribbage.

DIABETES WORKSHOP: The Diabetes Workshop will resume inSeptember.

EXCEL CLASSES: Excel classes have resumed. Please sign up.HANDCRAFTERS: Handcrafters meet every Monday from 1 – 3 p.m.LINE DANCE CLASSES: each Tuesday from 1 – 2 p.m.MAH JONG: Mah Jong players meet Monday, Wednesday and Fri-

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MASSAGE THERAPIST: Karen Tracy is here on the first Monday ofeach month. Please sign up at front desk. Massages are $30.00 for half anhour.

NORWOOD RETIRED MEN’S CLUB: The Board of Directorsmeets on the first Tuesday of each month at 10:30 a.m. at the Senior Center(Except July and August). The Club Membership meets the second Tues-day of each month at the Norwood Elks Lodge, at 10 a.m.

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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

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PARKWAY CONCERTORCHESTRA REHEARSALS

Parkway Concert Orchestra isa 50 piece community orchestraunder the musical direction ofGenevieve LeClair which per-forms classical and pops selec-tions six times per year in mul-tiple locations around the south-west suburbs of Boston. The or-chestra rehearses on Mondaysfrom 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at FirstCongregational Church, 100Winter St., Norwood. The fallseason begins on Sept. 12, pre-paring for concerts on Nov. 6,Dec. 4 and 11. Possibility of so-loist opportunities for memberswho are so inclined. There areopenings for all positions withemphasis on violin, viola, andstring bass. Experienced volun-teer musicians are invited to con-tact us to attend open rehearsalson Sept. 12 and 19. Please call781-444-5041 or [email protected] more information about theorchestra, visit the orchestra’sweb site atwww.parkwayconcertorchestra.org.

ALLIANCE FOR THEMENTALLY ILL MEETING

The National Alliance for theMentally Ill South Norfolk affili-ate will hold its monthly meetingin Cafeteria B of the LorussoBuilding at Norwood Hospital at7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 1.

Mental illness is a label for avariety of diseases of thebrain. Often it strikes in late ado-lescence, devastating the afflictedperson and the family. The South

Norfolk Alliance is composed ofsuch families who find mutualsupport and join together to ad-vocate for their loved ones.

We welcome all families inthe South Norfolk Area who aredealing with mental illness andtheir loved ones. For further in-formation call Ray at 508-668-2941.

ANGLICAN CHURCHANNIVERSARY SERVICE

7th ANNIVERSARY serviceon Sunday, Sept. 25 at 8 a.m.There is also a 3 p.m. afternoonTea in the Carriage House. Formore information please visit ourw e b s i t eredeemeranglicanchurch.org orcall 781-769-7940.

The Anglican Church of theRedeemer meets at the First Bap-tist Church 71 Bond St.,Norwood. Services are Sundaysat 8 a.m. with coffee hour follow-ing in the adjacent CarriageHouse.

MEN’S CLUB NEWSAfter the July, August summer

break, the Norwood RetiredMen’s Club will hold its firstmeeting in its 31st year on Tues-day, Sept. 13 at the NorwoodElks starting at 10 a.m. There willbe a coffee and donut clache be-fore the meeting. All are welcomeand there is plenty of parking.

There will be an election ofnew officers at the close of theyear and we are in danger of end-ing the club, as there has been adearth of volunteers willing to

take on any of the responsibilityof running the club andthe present officers refuse to giveit another go. You don’t have tobe a Norwood resident, but youmust be 60 or older and retiredor semi-retired. The dues are $10yearly and there is no initiationor initiation fee. Just walk in andsay “Hello.”

The club has two breakfastmeetings a year and two trips ayear, one in the summer and onein the winter, to which the signifi-cant others are invited. There isa golf league that plays at theNorwood Country Clubon Thursday mornings withscheduled tee times. There is alsoa Bocce league that plays onWednesday mornings at the Se-nior Center courts at 9:30 a.m.Every league welcomes newmembers.

THE 24TH ANNUAL SCSGOLF TOURNAMENT

The 24th Annual SCS GolfTournament will be held on Mon-day, Sept. 12 at BrookmeadowCountry Club in Canton. Thisyear’s tournament is held inhonor of Msgr. Paul Ryan. Spon-sorships are available! Pleasecontact Mary Beth Cox at 781-769-5354 ext. 271 [email protected] formore in-formation

2016 STREET LIST BOOKSThe Town Clerk’s office

wishes to inform the residents ofNorwood that the annual 2016Street List Books are available topurchase in the town clerk’s of-fice. Cost is $5 for Norwood resi-dents, $10 to out of town resi-dents and businesses. TownClerk’s office hours are Mondaythrough Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.


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NORWOOD CONSERVATION COMMISSIONLEGAL NOTICE

The Norwood Conservation Commission will hold a Public Hearing under M.G.L.Ch. 131, Sec. 40, The Wetlands Protection Act and Norwood Bylaw XXV, includingany amendments thereto on Wednesday, September 7, 2016 at 7:45 P.M. in Room 12,Norwood Town Hall. The Commission is to hear a request for a Notice of Intent fromCLE Engineering of Marion, MA representing Town of Norwood of Norwood, MAfor the proposed complete replacement of the existing Hawes Brook Pool Bath Housefacility. Project location: 1261 Washington Street, Norwood, MA.

Copies of request and plans are available for review by appointment only. Please callMr. Al Goetz at 781-762-0781.

Cheryl Rogers, Chairperson Norwood Record, 8/25/16

DEATHSBILODEAU

John F. “Jack” Sr., 78, ofNorwood, and formerly of WestRoxbury, retired Boston PoliceOfficer for 40 years, Wednesday,Aug. 17. Son of the late Alan andMarion (Flynn) Bilodeau. Be-loved husband for 57 years ofLucy A. (Berardi)Bilodeau. Devoted father of JohnF. Bilodeau Jr. and his wife Jane,and Danielle McCarthy and herhusband James all of Walpole,and Joseph Bilodeau and his wifeNicole of Sturbridge. Lovinggrandfather of John F. BilodeauIII, James, Peter, Caitlin, Molly,Neave, and Ian Bilodeau, andRobert, Michael, and JimmyMcCarthy. Brother of the lateJoan McGowan and ArthurBilodeau. Also survived by manynieces and nephews. Jack was aU.S. ARMY Vietnam War Vet-eran, Paratrooper with the 82ndAirborne Division, past Vice-Chairman of the Boston PolicePatrolmen’s Association, and lifemember of the Elks Lodge #10,Boston. Funeral arrangements byGillooly Funeral Home, 126Walpole St.,Norwood. Expressions of sympa-thy may be made in Jack’smemory to the charity of one’schoice.

KEEGAN

Catherine J. “Katie” of S.Attleboro formerly of Norwoodand Walpole passed away onAug. 17, 2016 at the age of 79.Loving sister of Grace E. Stoneand her late Husband JosephStone of N. Attleboro and the lateThomas H. Keegan and his late

wife Althea. Daughter of the lateThomas H. and Mabel (Keel)Keegan. Also survived by herCaregiver Marybeth Lynch of S.Attleboro and many nieces andnephews. Katie was a dedicatedworker at Lifeworks in Norwoodfor over 30 years. Funeral fromthe Kraw-Kornack Funeral Home1248 Washington St., NorwoodMonday, Aug. 22, 2016 at 9 a.m.followed by a funeral service at11 a.m. in the Grace EpiscopalChurch 150 Chapel St.,Norwood. Visitation will be heldon Monday morning only from 9-10:30 a.m. Burial will follow theFuneral Service at the Blue Hill’sCemetery in Braintree. In lieu offlowers donations may be madein her name to Lifeworks 1400Providence Highway, Suite 2300Norwood, MA 02062.

MAUSGary R., of Norwood and

Westwood, passed away peace-fully on Aug. 17, 2016. Belovedson of the late Richard andPauline E. (Just) Maus. Lovingbrother of Marcia Drummey andher husband Brian of Heath,Mass., Paula Maus and DanaMaus both of Norwood andBlaine Maus of Walpole. Alsosurvived by many loving nieces,nephews, grandnieces, grand-nephews and cousins. Gary wasa longtime coach and teacher inthe Milton Public School systemand was a graduate of WestwoodHigh School, class of 1960. Rela-tives and friends are invited toattend visiting hours in theHolden, Dunn and Lawler Fu-neral Home, 55 High Rock St.,WESTWOOD. Funeral proces-sion from the funeral home fol-lowed by a Mass of ChristianBurial in St. Margaret MaryChurch, 845 High St., Westwood.Interment at New WestwoodCemetery. In lieu of flowers, do-nations may be made in Gary’smemory to The Home for LittleWanderers, 10 Guest St., Boston,MA 02135.

MOGANJohn Lawrence III, 69, of

Norwood, Sunday, Aug. 14. Lov-ing son of the late John L. MoganII, and Regina (Cleary). Belovedhusband for 35 years of Linda(Ericksen) Mogan. Devoted fa-ther of Janet L. Mogan ofNorwood. Brother in-law ofNancy Taverna of Framinghamand her late husband Robert C.Taverna, and the late John R.Ericksen. Uncle of MichaelTaverna of Framingham, and alsosurvived by many nieces, neph-ews, and cousins. John was a vol-unteer and past President of theFriends of the Endicott Estate,Dedham. He was a U.S. NAVYVeteran, and a retired CustomerService Associate for ADT inNorwood. Funeral from theGillooly Funeral Home, 126Walpole St. (Rt. 1A)NORWOOD. Interment High-land Cemetery, Norwood. Ex-pressions of sympathy in hismemory may be made to the John

L. Mogan Memorial Fund, C/ODedham Institution for Savings,55 Elm St., Dedham, MA 02026.

SILVAMATTHEW J. of Norwood

passed away on Aug. 21, 2016 atthe age of 62. Son of the latePhilip F. and Reine A. (Avellar)Silva. Father of Kevin Hammanof South Dakota. Loving brotherof Ellen A. Silva of Norwood,Joel S. Silva and his wife Lindaof Georgia and Christopher P.Silva of Roslindale. Grandfatherof Kaylee of South Dakota. Uncleof Mark E. Silva of Texas andGregory A. Silva of Georgia.Matthew was a graduate ofRockland High School and wasa retired Maintenance Supervisorfor Parkside Place in Cambridge.Funeral from the Kraw-KornackFuneral Home 1248 WashingtonSt., Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016 at 9a.m. followed by a funeral massat 10am in St. Catherine of SienaChurch Norwood, MA. Agraveside service will be held onFriday, Aug. 26, 2016 11 a.m. atSt. Peter the Apostle CemeteryProvincetown, Mass.

WOHLERDavid “Darby” Henry, de-

voted husband of the late MaryTheresa (Muir) Wohler, passedaway on Aug. 19, 2016 after along courageous battle withcancer. He was 84 years old anda three-time cancer survivor.Darby was born Dec. 7, 1931 inNorwood, Mass. to Henry andAbigail (Healy) Wohler. Upongraduating from Norwood HighSchool, he enlisted in the UnitedStates Army. He was a decoratedcombat veteran in the KoreanWar earning two purple hearts, aKorean service medal, twobronze stars, a combat infantrybadge and the Presidential UnitCitation. Darby worked forPolaroid Corporation as a dis-pensing technician and retired in1993. He was an avidoutdoorsman who enjoyed hunt-ing, fishing and camping with hisfriends, children andgrandchildren. His passion wastraining and competing withbeagles and he was a long termactive member of the Tri-CountyBeagle Club in Mansfield,Mass. Nothing made him happierthan being with his family.

Three brothers, Robert,Charles and Ernest Wohler, pre-deceased him. He is survived byhis daughter Karen Smith ofNorwood, his sons, DavidWohler and his wife Mary ofRaynham, Michael Wohler andhis wife Lita of Walpole andPatrick Wohler and his wifeLaureen of Lakeville; as well aseight grandchildren and onegreat-grandchild. In lieu of flow-ers donations to the Dana FarberCancer Institute, PO Box849168, Boston, MA 02284would be appreciated. There willbe a private family interment withmilitary honors held in the High-land Cemetery in Norwood at alater date.

The Norwood Record publishes obituaries from information supplied by fu-neral homes. Relatives and friends also may supplement information by e-mail-ing to [email protected] by Monday at 1 p.m. Photos also will beaccepted.

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“I’ve had parents come up to me in the grocery store askingabout “Mud Day.” Saying how excited they were that theirkids would share the same experience they did growing up.It’s a great tradition,” Miller said.

And as Miller stood on the border of the Mud Pit, watch-ing his hand in guiding the tradition coming to an end, TravisFarley was watching the beginning of one. Farley, theDepartment’s new Program Director who’s originally fromMarblehead, took in his first “Mud Day.”

“This is crazy; all the kids seem to be enjoying themselves.I don’t see a single face without a smile on it,” Farley said.“It’s a good way to get out all that summer aggression in oneafternoon.”

After the campers finish at the Mud Pit, Miller said theyhave lunch and give their final goodbyes to the counselorsthey’ve spent the entire summer with.

“It get’s emotional, they spend all summer together andthey really form some bonds,” Miller said.” Today’s a spe-cial one, it’s an introduction for [Travis Farley] and an exitfor me all in the same date.”

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Library Events“SYMPHONY OF THE SOIL”TO BE SHOWN ATTHE LIBRARY

Together Yes’s fall 2016Sustainability Series will kick off onThursday, Sept. 22 at 7 p.m. at theMorrill Memorial Library. Thegroup will show the documentary,“Symphony of the Soil,” free ofcharge and open to the public in thelibrary’s Simoni Room. Popcorn andapple cider will be provided.

Our first and true home is Earth,and our presence here is possiblebecause of a thin layer of “livingskin” on the surface of the planet—soil. This film by Deborah KoonsGarcia (2013) is an investigation andcelebration of what is rightly calledthe interface between geology andbiology. It takes between 700 and1,500 years to generate an inch oftopsoil, and 90 percent of U. S. crop-land is now losing soil faster than itssustainable replacement rate. Howcan we help make a difference inconserving this vital resource? Whatare others doing to preserve soil?

The film is sponsored by To-gether Yes, a nonprofit organizationdedicated to sustainability and thecommunity building necessary to it.This film was shown two years ago,but bears repeating. It is beautifullymade, educational, and inspirational.

To sign up for this film and dis-cussion, please call the library at 781-769- 0200 x110 or 222, [email protected], or visit theReference or Information desk.

SUMMER MUSICALS ONTHE BIG SCREEN RETURN

Movie musicals are back at theMorrill Memorial Library this sum-mer, with “The King and I” (Mon-day, Aug. 29), and “Moulin Rouge”(Wednesday, Aug. 31). All films be-gin promptly at 6:30 p.m. in the air-conditioned Simoni Room, and com-plimentary popcorn is provided byRegal Cinemas in Bellingham. A CDof the soundtrack to that evening’smusical will be raffled off beforeeach screening. To sign up, pleasecall 781-769-0200, x110 or 222,

email [email protected], orvisit the library Reference or Infor-mation Desk.

THE MORRILL MEMORIALLIBRARY ACCEPTING PASS-PORT APPLICATIONS

The Morrill Memorial Library ispleased to announce that on July 4,2016 the Library began acceptingpassport applications on behalf of theUnited States Department of State.U.S. citizens planning internationaltravel may apply for their passportsat the Library by appointment only.Drop-in service is not available atthis time. Charlotte Canelli, LibraryDirector, says that the” trustees of theLibrary are thrilled that we will be-gin to offer this service in theevening.” Beginning this fall, staffwill be trained to offer the serviceon weekends. Currently, there are sixstaff who have been trained by theDepartment of State.

For application forms, informa-tion on documentation required, fees,and a wealth of other passport andinternational travel information, visitthe only official website for passportinformation - travel.state.gov

Call the library or go tonorwoodlibrary.org for more infor-mation about this new service. Notethat an appointment is necessary.

ARTMATTERS PRESENTSTHE RENAISSANCE ANDLEONARDO DA VINCI

The “Art Lady” of Walpole’sArtMatters, Beth Knaus will returnto the Morrill Memorial Library togive a two-part presentation on theItalian Renaissance (Thursday, Aug.18) and Leonardo da Vinci (Thurs-day, Aug. 25) at 7 p.m. After 1,000years of “dark ages,” the genius ofMichaelangelo and da Vinci led to atremendous rebirth of art and learn-ing. Join Beth on Aug. 18 for a closerlook at this period of artistic revivalwhich encouraged the growth of sci-ence, technology, and humanity. Thefollowing Thursday evening, Aug.25, Beth will focus on Leonardo daVinci. In addition to being one of the

greatest artists in history, da Vinciwas a scientist, chemist, mathemati-cian, engineer, sculptor, inventor, andmusician, as well as a military strat-egist – the original Renaissance Man.To sign up for these programs, pleasecall 781-769- 0200, x110 or 222,email [email protected], orstop by the library Reference or In-formation Desks.

ADULT SUMMERREADING 2016

The Morrill Memorial Libraryhas two great options for taking partin Adult Summer Reading in 2016.Everyone high school-aged or oldercan take part in both these summerreading activities.

For every book you read thissummer, you can enter to win aweekly drawing for a $10 Barnes &Noble gift card. To enter theseweekly prize drawings, fill out thepaper version and return it to the sub-mission box on the Circulation Desk,or fill out the form on our website. Pa-per forms can be found on the Circula-tion and Reference Desks. There willbe a grand prize drawing on Friday,Sept. 2 from all these entries for a $25Barnes & Noble gift card. If you writea book review on your form, we’ll postit (anonymously) to our website so thatwe can all share book recommenda-tions!

If you’d like a challenge, take partin our Reader’s BINGO. You candownload the form from our websiteor pick one up in the library. You candouble-dip with both the weekly prizeentry and the BINGO sheet, but eachtitle can only be counted once on theBINGO sheet itself. For every com-pleted BINGO row, you get one entryin the drawing for a framed DavidBowie READ poster from the Ameri-can Library Association. Sheets mustbe turned in by noon on Friday, Sept. 2.

Questions? Please contact eitherNancy Ling ([email protected], 781-769- 0200 x228) or Liz Reed([email protected], 781-769- 0200x110). Have fun!

SUMMER WORSHIP ATFIRST CONGREGATIONALChildren of all ages are invitedto attend the worship service withtheir parents. There will be nonursery care, but there will be abasket of toys in the parlor andfamilies with young children arewelcome to listen to the servicethere while their children play.

The First CongregationalChurch, United Church of Christ,is an Open & Affirming congre-gation, welcoming all. We are lo-cated at the corner of Route 1Aand Winter Street in Norwood. Transitional Interim Pastor Rev.Dr. Tom Zoelzer is glad to extendpastoral support. For more infor-mation, please call the church of-fice at (781)762-3320.

NORWOOD FOOD PANTRYURGENTLY NEEDS DRIV-ERS WITH PICKUPS ORSUVS

Have a pickup truck or SUV?Want to help your hungry neigh-bors? The Norwood Food Pantryurgently needs drivers to pick updonations from Big Y every Fri-day at 1 p.m. In addition to be-ing strong enough to lift a banana

box full of produce, you wouldneed a vehicle large enough tocarry eight to 10 such boxes. Ifyou can help, please call 781-291-3663 as soon as possible.

WCC THRIFT SHOPSUMMER HOURS

During July and August theWomen’s Community CommitteeThrift Shop, located at 1091Washington St., Norwood will beopen Wednesday evenings, 6-8p.m. and Thursdays and Saturdaymornings 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Donations are accepted dur-ing regular retail hours as well ason Monday and Wednesdaymornings from 9 – 11 a.m.

Conserve our resources.Recycle this newspaper.

Mulvehill echoed some ofRiley’s concerns regarding thehouse’s pre-existing noncon-forming status. He suggestedpossible alterations to the house’sback porch and advised theFlynns to consult their projectmanager to see if they could ar-rive at a compromise.

Mulvehill said that the ZBAisn’t outright stating they woulddeny the request for special per-mit, but pointed out that similarrequests had been denied recentlyfor the same concerns.

“When it comes down to it,we have to stick to the bylaws asmuch as we can here,” Mulvehillsaid.

Ultimately, the ZBA grantedthe Flynns another public meet-ing date on Sept. 6 when theyhave the option of presenting theBoard with revised plans that

might give them a better chanceof approval.

Following the setting of thenext meeting date, the ZBA heardfrom representatives of a projecton Everett Street.

The project requires theremoval of 30,000 square feetof above grade material thatis primarily dirt and oldmulch left over from the pre-vious company. The projectrequired no special permits,posed no environmentalthreat according to the sup-port of the ConservationCommittee, but is projectedto take place over nearly sixmonths.

Ultimately, after decidingthe proposal did not violateany bylaws or pose any dis-turbances, the ZBA granted itsapproval for the project.


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TUESDAY, AUGUST 160028 Phone - Disturbance *Report Filed Lo-

cation/Address: Winter St Caller ReportsThe She Is Having An Issue With Her 14Y/O Son.

0129 911 - Animal Complaint Naco/WacoNotified Location/Address: Hoyle St CallerReports Bat In Her Apartment. N666 AndWaco Responded. Waco Removed Same.

0230 Initiated - Susp Vehicle Services Ren-dered Location/Address: Riverside CommMental - Lenox St N664 Reports OpenTrunk On Vehicle Parked In Lot. Every-thing Appears To Be In Order. Officer Se-cured Same. (MA.REG#33WG77)

0531 911 - Unwanted Party Services RenderedLocation/Address: David Ter Caller ReportsA Female Party In A White Jeep OutsideWho She Would Like To Leave.N677,N667 Responded And Spoke WithCaller And Party In Jeep. She Left WithoutIncident.

0548 Phone - Lost And Found Services Ren-dered Location/Address: Sumner St CallerReports Personal Belongings Left On TheStonewall In Front of His Home. N667Responded And Returned With Items.Owner Notified.

0727 Phone - Susp Vehicle Spoken To Loca-tion/Address: Bullard St Caller ReportsSuspicious Vehicle Parked In Front Of HisHouse For The Past 30 Minutes And Is NotA Neighbor. ( MA. REG# 887BC8) N664Responded And Reports He Is Waiting ForA Friend Doing Work In The Area. HeChecks Out Ok.

1046 Initiated - Complaint Of Mv VehicleTowed Location/Address: Pleasant St +Morse St Report Fork Lift Fell Off Truck.Don And Wally’s Towed. N442,On PrivateDetail In Area,Also Assisted.

1304 Phone - Susp Vehicle Area Search Nega-tive Location/Address: Lane Dr + StratfordRd Report Of A Gray Car Driving AroundNeighborhhod, Driver Leaning On Horn.

1435 Phone - Vandalism Services RenderedLocation/Address: Ryan Dr Caller ReportsThe Fence Has Been Damaged AllowingPedestrian Access To Windsor GardensStop Via Ryan Dr. Caller Spoke With Tran-sit Pd And They Will Respond To CheckOn It.

1452 Phone - Repossession Spoken To Loca-tion/Address: K/A Auto Body - Central StDriver Reports Problem Repossessing ACar. N664 Reports Matter Resolved.

1510 Cellular - Animal Complaint Naco/WacoNotified Location/Address: Pumping Sta-tion - Bos-Prov Hwy Report 2 Dogs Run-ning Loose.

1523 Cellular - Well Being Chk Taken ToFamily/Guardia Location/Address: WinterSt + Nichols St Report Client Ran FromVehicle. Units Locate At Tot Lot Bond St.N664 Transports Client And CounselorBack To School S/M 32688 1540 Hrs.,32688 1542 Hrs.

1622 911 - Assist Citizen *Report Filed Loca-tion/Address: Centennial Dr Caller Seek-ing Assistance With An Elderly Male WhoSuffers From Alzheimer’s.

1746 Initiated - Serve Summons Legal Ser-vice Made Location/Address: Dean St Sum-mons Served.

1750 Phone - Well Being Chk Services Ren-dered Location/Address: Mountain AveCaller Requests A Check On A FemaleParty. Units Spoke With Her And She Ap-pears Fine.

1857 Phone - Sex Offenses Location/Address:Dean St Addr 9 Dean St Norwood, Ma

Charges: Caller Reported Neighbor Ex-posed Himself.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 170028 Phone - Animal Complaint Area Search

Negative Location/Address: NorwoodHigh School - Nichols St Caller ReportedAgressive Coyote.

0853 Other - Warrant Service UnsuccessfulService Location/Address: Dean St UnitsAttempt Service Of A C.R.A. Warrant.N665 Reports No Answer At The Door.

0912 Phone - Warrant Of Apprehension*Arrest(S)Made Location/Address: Moun-tain Ave N666 Places Subject Under Ar-rest And Transports Directly To DedhamDistrict Court S/M 25929 0924 Hrs., E/M25933 0936 Hrs.

1020 Phone - Warrant Service*Arrest(S)Made Location/Address: Dean StN438 Reports Suspect,Whom IsHome,Will Not Come Out. State K9 As-sisted In Searching Home. N666 PlacesSubject Under Arrest And Transports ToStation. Arrest: Falcone, Chad James Ad-dress: 289 Dean St Norwood, Ma Age: 49Charges: Warrant Arrest

1300 Initiated - Open Door/Gate ServicesRendered Location/Address: Ryan DrN679 Reports The Fence And Gate For TheMbta Windsor Gardens Mbta Station Is In-tact.

1321 Phone - Found Syringe Services Ren-dered Location/Address: Atwood Ave Re-port 1 Syringe Found Each Day Over A 2Day Span In The Porta Potty. Caller Dis-posed Of 1, N665 Disposed Of One AndWill Leave An “Extra Checks” Email ToNight Shifts. Consider It Dunn Property.

1347 Phone - Message Delivery MessageDelivered Location/Address: Engamore LnN667 Attempts To Serve PaperworkChanging A Court Date. N667 ReportsSubject Is Not Home, Paperwork Left WithFiance’.

1632 Phone - Civil Dispute Civil Matter Lo-cation/Address: Hillshire Ln Property LineDispute.

1948 Phone - Well Being Chk Spoken ToLocation/Address: Talbot Ave RandolphPolice Requested Well Being Check For AResident After A Possible Domestic In TheirTown. Subject Not At Home, But SpokeWith Officer By Phone And State She WasOk. Party Advised To Contact RandolphPolice.

2056 Phone - Missing Person *Report FiledLocation/Address: Riverside CommunityServices - Beacon Ave

2251 Walk-In - Lost And Found Services Ren-dered Location/Address: Cvs Pharmacy -Nahatan St Walk-In Turned In Found BlackPurse With Credit Cards. Officer AttemptedTo Return Purse To Address Listed On Id.No One Listed Living There. Purse AddedTo Property Drawer.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 190814 Phone - Parking Violation No Violation

Location/Address: 140 - Winslow Ave Pass-ing Motorist Reports They Way Cars AreParked, You Have To Go Into The Oncom-ing Lane To Go Around Them. N667 Re-ports Road Is Passable, No Cars In AnyType Of Violation.

0841 Phone - Lockout Police & Fire Noti-fied/R Location/Address: Pine St ChildAccidentally Locked Himself In His Room.Nfd Handled Same.

1023 Phone - Well Being Chk Spoken ToLocation/Address: Nahatan St Report Resi-dent They Are Picking Up To Bring To AnAppointment Is Not Answering Door.Maintenance Sent. Mc8 Reports She Is NotHome, Confirmed She Is In The Hospital.

1031 Phone - Citizens Complaint ServicesRendered Location/Address: Railroad Ave+ Hill St Report Gates Stuck In Down Po-sition. Keolis Notified.

1035 Other - Fire Alarm Police & Fire Noti-

fied/R Location/Address: St Catherine OfSienna School - Nahatan St Nfd ReportsConcrete Cutting Saw’s Dust Debris Set OffSame.

1100 Phone - Susp Vehicle Spoken To Loca-tion/Address: Maple St Report An HourAgo A Van, Square, Black, Male OperatorWas Ringing Doorbell And Claimed To BeAn Electrical Inspector. N664 Spoke To TheCaller At #40, All Is Ok At #37. Bolo ToCars For The Van. 1130 Hrs-Dispatch CallTo Wiring Inspector-He Was At #35 Wait-ing To Meet An Electric Company ThatUses A Van.

1305 Cellular - Report Of Fire Police & FireNotified/R Location/Address: 670 - Wash-ington St Passing Motorist Reports It Ap-pears The Trash Barrel In Front Of TrueValue Hardware Is On Fire. Both AgenciesReport It Is Not On Fire Upon Arrival.

1310 Phone - Mischief (Kids) Gone On Ar-rival Location/Address: La Plata Motors -Washington St Report Kids On SkateboardsIn Parking Lot Will Not Leave. N667 Re-ports Kids Are Gone, Spoke To Caller.

1345 Cellular - Report Of Fire *Report FiledLocation/Address: Winslow Ave ReportBack Stairs On Fire. Nfd Handled.

1412 Phone - Lockout Police & Fire Noti-fied/R Location/Address: Hickory Rd Resi-dent Locked out Of Home. Nfd Sent. Fam-ily Member Arrived To Assist.

1530 911 - Report Of Fire Police & Fire Noti-fied/R Location/Address: Woodland RdReport Of A Stove Fire. Nfd Handled Same.

1738 Phone - Animal Complaint No ActionRequired Location/Address: HannafordMarket - Walpole St Caller Reports DogLocked In Ma Pc 1137. Vehicle Was GoneUpon Officers Arrival.

1756 Phone - Susp Activity Spoken To Loca-tion/Address: Village Road W ResidentSeeking Advice Regarding Ongoing IssuesIn Her Apartment. She Was Advised.

2058 Phone - Mischief (Kids) Group MovedLocation/Address: Norwood Brake &Alignment - Cedar St Youths Possibly Play-ing With Scrap Metal.

2122 911 - Report Of Fire Police & Fire Noti-fied/R Location/Address: Austin St FiresCaused By Fireworks. Nfd Notified AndResponded. Officers Searched The Area ForYouths Lighting Those, Negative Results.

2159 Phone - Loud Party Spoken To Loca-tion/Address: Cameron Rd Resident WillTake It Inside.

2330 Phone - Well Being Chk *ProtectiveCustody Location/Address: Walpole St +Elliot St Male Party Possibly Sleeping Un-der Truck. As A Result, N667 Placed HimUnder Protective Custody And ReleasedHim To The Supervison Of His Girlfriend.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 200038 Phone - Mischief (Kids) Gone On Ar-

rival Location/Address: Washington StCaller Reports Three Teenage Boys Walk-ing With A Backpack Containing Fire-works.

0131 Initiated - Motor Vehicle Stop*Arrest(S)Made Location/Address: MobilGas - Wash./Rr Av - Washington St Don &Wally’s Tows Ma Mc 1z7475. One MalePlaced Under Arrest Arrest: Chubei, VasylAddress: 289 Walpole St Norwood, MaAge: 22 Charges: Stop For Police, FailNumber Plate Violation To Conceal IdMarked Lanes Violation Learners PermitViolation

0245 Phone - Drunk Person *Protective Cus-tody Location/Address: Bullard St Dk MalePlaced Into Pc With His Wife.

0315 911 - Assist Citizen *Report Filed Loca-tion/Address: St James Ave Dispute OverA Taxi Fare. Matter Was Resolved. 0751Phone - Alarm-Burglar Building Checked/Secured

1033 Phone - Susp Person Gone On ArrivalLocation/Address: Heritage Baptist Church- Washington St Caller Reports An Sp Male

In The Parking Lot.1220 Phone - Assist Citizen Transported To

Hospital Location/Address: Pleasant StFamily Dispute. Nfd Transports One Fe-male For A Voluntary Evaluation.

1417 Phone - Well Being Chk Services Ren-dered Location/Address: Nahatan St WellBeing Check On A Male Party. Units SpokeWith Him And All Is Well.

1502 Phone - Well Being Chk TransportedTo Hospital Location/Address: WashingtonSt Well Being Check On An Elderly Fe-male Party. Nfd Transported To NorwoodHospital.

1601 Phone - Susp Activity *Report FiledLocation/Address: Cvs Pharmacy -Nahatan St Manager Wishes To Speak ToAn Officer Regarding A Suspicious Pur-chase Of Pseudoephedrine That OccuredEarlier Today.

2016 Phone - Assist Citizen Assisted PartyLocation/Address: Santander Bank ( For-merly - Sovereign Bank) - Nahatan StConfused 12 Year Old Needs AssistanceWith Atm.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 210014 Phone - Susp Activity Area Search

Negative Location/Address: Olde DerbyRd Caller Reported Odor Of Marajuana.Nothing Found.

0015 Phone - Disturbance *Report FiledLocation/Address: Tremont St Caller Re-ported Verbal Argument. Officers OnScene Requested Ambulance For Evalua-tion. Norwood Fire Responded. See Re-port.

0059 Initiated - Susp Person Spoken To Lo-cation/Address: Nahatan St + WashingtonSt Officer Reported Suspicious Party. Sub-ject Checks Ok.

0156 Initiated - Lost And Found ServicesRendered Location/Address: Mobil Gas -Rte 1/Dean - Bos-Prov Hwy OfficerTurned In Found Flashlight. Placed IntoProperty.

0256 Phone - Assist Other Agency AreaSearch Negative Location/Address:Chatham Rd Walpole Police RequestedCheck For A Resident That May HaveBeen Involved In A Crash In Their Town.No One Home.

0403 Phone - Disturbance Area Search Nega-tive Location/Address: Monroe St E +Grant Ave Caller Reported Party Yelling.Officers Checked Area, Nothing Found.

1028 Phone - Susp Activity Spoken To Lo-cation/Address: Rosemary House (Room-ing House) - Rosemary St Caller Con-cerned That A Male Party May Have Con-sumed Pills, Appeared To Be Under TheInfluence. N666 Spoke With That Party,He Has Not Consumed any Drugs, Is NotUnder The Influence And Is Visiting AFriend.

1209 Phone - Well Being Chk Spoken ToLocation/Address: Rooming House -Nahatan St Resident Reports Fellow Ten-ant Is Unruly And Needs To Be Evalu-ated. Officers Spoke To Both Parties, Mis-understanding.

1234 Phone - Complaint Of Mv Gone OnArrival Location/Address: Walnut AveCaller Reports A Black Pick Up Truck AndWhite Passenger Car Driving Erratically.N666 Checked The Area Unable To Lo-cate.

1537 Phone - Parking Violation Spoken ToLocation/Address: Fulton St Wrong Direc-tion, Owner Moved Vehicle.

1836 Phone - Noise Complaint Spoken ToLocation/Address: Washington St CallerReports Loud Music. Units Spoke WithThem And The Music Was Turned Off.

1948 Phone - Noise Complaint No Viola-tion Location/Address: Fulton St CallerReports Loud Music. All Is Quiet UponArrival.

2200 Phone - Mischief (Kids) Services Ren-dered Location/Address: Hennessy Field- Pleasant St Caller Reports That A GroupOf Teenagers Removed Second BaseFrom The Field. Subjects Were Goa, N677Secured The Base.


tral St., Foxboro, MA 02035Charlotte Sheer Founder, Holocaust Stamps Project Retired Educa-

tor, Foxboro Regional Charter SchoolsDictator decisions have to end To the Editor:For all men/women to come to the aid of the Residents of South

Norwood. Perhaps you remember this sentence from TypingClass. Actually, successful men and women say that luck and timing areessential to meet goals. Perhaps we can change the folks running thistown by getting up a petition to remove Carroll/Ryan LLC.

Intelligent planning, execution and timing were missing when mak-ing the dangerous decision to let National Grid destroy the WashingtonStreet area of South Norwood. Why weren’t plans made for the HighSchool area for August - December? No, they decided to choose themost congested area in the village, where 7,000 people are trying to livewhile dodging traffic from trucks, buses, etc., daily. For sure, now wedon’t need speed limit signs. Aren’t we entitled to peace and harmonywhere we live?

If anyone reviews the contract Carroll/Ryan LLC committed to Na-tional Grid it results in “chump change” for Norwood, with every citi-zen and child at risk in South Norwood. You can’t blame the Selectmenbecause they did nothing, as usual.

This quiet, dictator style of ruling in this Town has gone on for toolong. Just how apathetic are we?

Madeline EysieNorwood

Letters continued from page 4 2016-2017 SCHOOLOPENING INFORMATION

Mr. James Hayden, Superintendent of Schools, announces the following informa-tion explaining the plans for the opening of the Norwood Public Schools on Sept. 6.

ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS Grades 1–5: Opening bell at 8:40 a.m., dismissal at2:55 p.m.

MIDDLE SCHOOL Grades 6–8 : Opening bell at 7:25 a.m., dismissal at 2:05 p.m.MRS. MANN, PRINCIPAL WILL INCLUDE INFORMATION ABOUT DROP-

OFF PROCEDURES FOR THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL IN HER AUG. 24, 2016TEAM PLACEMENT LETTER. INFORMATION WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE ONTHE COAKLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL WEB SITE BY AUG. 24.

HIGH SCHOOL Grades 9–12: Opening bell at 7:40 a.m., dismissal at 2:23 p.m.OPENING DAY FOR ALL HIGH STUDENTS IS AT 7:45 A.M.ALL STUDENTS ARE TO REPORT TO THEIR ASSIGNED HOMEROOM.

KINDERGARTEN & PRE-SCHOOL ORIENTATIONOrientation for all Kindergarten and Pre-School Classes is Wednesday, Sept. 7.

KINDERGARTEN & PRE-SCHOOL CLASSES BEGINKindergarten Classes, 9 a.m.–2:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 8; Pre-School Classes, Thurs-

day, Sept. 8: Morning Session, 8:30–11 a.m., Afternoon Session noon–2:30 p.m.

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STUDENT LUNCH INFORMATIONMr. James Hayden, Super-intendent of Schools, an-nounces that meals will beserved to students at the HighSchool, Middle School, andElementary Schools on thefirst day of school, Tuesday,Sept. 6, 2016. Lunch will beserved at the Willett EarlyChildhood Center on first dayof school on Thursday, Sept. 8,2016.

The Elementary School andthe Full Day Kindergarten Pro-gram at the Willett Early Child-

hood Center offers three lunchoptions daily: a hot meal choice,a cold alternate choice, and pizzaon Monday, Wednesday and Fri-day or Fun Lunch on Tuesdayand Thursday. Students may pur-chase any of these selections for$2.50; reduced lunch with milkis $0.40. Student milk is avail-able for recess and/or lunch for$0.50, and a la carte items arealso available at the elementary

schools for $0.50. Field triplunches are also available.

The Balch, Callahan, Cleve-land, Prescott and Oldhamschools offer breakfast eachmorning before the start of schoolfor a cost of $1.25, reducedbreakfast with milk is $0.30. Thebreakfast options include wholegrain cereal, bagels, muffins,fresh fruit, 100 percent juice, andmilk.

The Coakley Middle Schooland High School both offerbreakfast and lunch. Studentsmay purchase breakfast for$1.75, and offerings include a hotbreakfast choice, whole grainscereals, bagels, 100 percent fruitjuice, fresh fruit, and milk.

Lunches at the CoakleyMiddle School and HighSchool can be purchased for$3.00. Options range from the

hot meal to deli, fresh madepizza, grab and go sandwichesand salads, and express sand-wiches.

A la carte options at theMiddle and High School arealso available for $0.50 to$2.00. All menus and moreinformation about the FoodService program are avail-able on the Norwood PublicSchool Website atwww.norwood.k12.ma.us/foodservices

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