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Canton states itscase for ice rink

JakJakJakJakJake Lee Lee Lee Lee LevinvinvinvinvinStaff Reporter

The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Rec-reation (DCR) and its Division of Capital Asset Manage-ment and Maintenance (DCAMM) held a public meeting atthe Canton Public Library on Monday night to provide anupdate on its South Shore Ice Rink Feasibility Study.

The meeting, overseen by DCR Commissioner Leo P.Roy, touched upon the background, scope and schedule forthe project, as well as the next steps.

Four sites between Canton and Norwood are under con-sideration for if – or when – the DCR decides to go aheadand build a new rink in the area to replace the MetropolisRink in Canton, which partially imploded on Feb. 28, 2015due to massive snowfall that winter.

The meeting was the first of two scheduled for the areathis week, with a more Norwood-centric meeting taking placetonight, Feb. 16, at the Coakley Middle School at 7 p.m.

Chris Sgarzi, principal of Interdisciplinary Design Con-sulting (IDC), is conducting the feasibility study along withNancy Freedman, a mechanical engineer and cost consult-ant. Among the major projects IDC is currently working oninclude a new hockey rink at Colgate University in Hamilton,N.Y.

Sgarzi gave April as a timetable for when the study willbe completed, adding that while three proposed locationsare in Canton compared to just one in Norwood, he is notlooking to pit the two towns against one another.

Vibes from the meeting indicated, however, that all threeCanton locations seem to be preferred to Norwood’s lonelocation – at the Hawes Pool Complex – by residents andpoliticians from both towns.

“I believe Canton would be a great venue, regardless ofwhich venue it is,” State Sen. James Timilty said.

Canton’s three locations under review include Indian LineFarm, the site of the former Canton Airport off NeponsetStreet, and the site of the old Metropolis Rink itself – whichremains in a state of purgatory, coming up on two years sincethe collapse.

Bob Burr, who serves on the Canton Board of Select-men, reiterated the stance that the objective of the studywasn’t to pit the neighboring towns against one another.

“We’re not here to have any fight with the town of

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fall, Norwood kids recently built a 24-foot snowman at 103 Winter St. Danand Jordan Concree said they andtheir children, (from left to right)Gabriel, Meridian and Lincoln builtthe snowman after Sunday's snowstorm. Dan Concree said they firststarted at the base, pushing the snowinto a pyramid and shaping it to looklike the traditional snowman shape.He said after that was completed, theyhad to use a ladder and bucket sys-tem to get the rest of the snow up andshaped correctly.

PHOTO BY JEFF SULLIVAN

Although the state’s Chap-ter 70 figures have yet to comein, parents, teachers and TownMeeting members chose not towait any longer as they made avaliant push to convince theSchool Committee to go for anoperational override.

Thus far, the committee hasmade $561,854 in cuts. How-ever, there is a $1.7 milliondeficit in the school budget forfiscal year 2018.

Town Clerk/Accountant

Thomas McQuaid said a major-ity vote by the Board of Select-men would be required to putan override on the April 3 bal-lot.

“The board does not neces-sarily need to express an opin-

ion on the merits of an override,only voting to decide if itshould appear on the ballot,”said McQuaid following thecommittee’s Feb. 8 meeting.

Schools asked to consideroverride request

ChristChristChristChristChristopher Ropher Ropher Ropher Ropher RoberoberoberoberobersonsonsonsonsonStaff Reporter

High School Principal JonathanBourn spoke about his list of sug-gested cuts, which included elimi-nating the entire athletic program,during the Feb. 8 School Commit-tee meeting.

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School Budget continued from page 1Should the selectmen vote to putan override on the ballot, theywould need to notify McQuaid“at least 35 days prior to the voteof the public,” which, in thiscase, would be Feb. 27. The votewould also need to include thereason for the override.

During the meeting, District8 Town Meeting Member Ed-ward Ferris told committeemembers to stop making cutsand put the remaining burden onthe Finance Commission(FinCom).

“Your job is not to meet thenumber that FinCom gives you,”he said, sighing a number oftimes while making his com-ments. “It’s FinCom’s job tobalance the budget, not yours,stop playing the game.”

If it comes to pass that anoverride is not a viable option,Ferris said the town couldchange the current funding splitin which the schools receive 55percent of all available financesand 45 percent remains with thetown. He said the town couldalso authorize Treasurer Robert

Marsh to take out an $8 millionloan.

“When push comes to shove,our children are the only valuewe have,” he said.

Colleen Reynolds, a SpecialEducation teacher at the WillettEarly Childhood Center, spokeabout the importance of whathappens every day at 100Westover Parkway.

“The Willett is absolutelycritical, it’s the welcome mat forthe Norwood Public Schools,”she said. “I haven’t seen youguys advocating for an override,this is an emergency – we needan override – we needed it fiveyears ago.”

Jody Smith, a Special Edu-cation teacher at Oldham El-ementary School, said moreharm than good has been doneby not substantially increasingthe residential and commercialtax rates.

“It is no longer a badge ofhonor not to have an operationaloverride,” she said.

The committee’s discussionwith the principals did not go as

planned.Willett Principal Diane

Ferreira said her school is cur-rently in danger of losing itsDevelopmental Learning Cen-ter.

“We wouldn’t be able to doour jobs with a cut on that teach-ing level,” she said.

Ferreira said Willett had 26special education students in2012, a number which hadjumped to 55 by 2014.

She said overcrowding hasalso been a constant obstaclewith 401 students, adding thatthe English language learningclasses are now held on the caf-eteria stage. Ferreira also saidher reading specialists are alsocrammed into the same space.

The elementary school prin-cipals sent their most seasonedadministrator to represent themat the meeting: Robert Griffin,principal of Callahan Elemen-tary School and a 45-year dis-trict employee.

“We have already cut asparse budget year after yearafter year,” he said, adding that

the elementary schools havebeen losing teachers for the pastseven years.

Griffin said that in his build-ing alone, one teacher receiveda layoff notice for three consecu-tive years.

“Lucky for us she perseveredinstead of going to other townswhere they never seem to be inour financial straits,” he said.

According to budget docu-ments, the School Departmenthas missed its initial request byan average of $2.1 million overthe past six years. During thesame time frame, 86.2 full-timeemployees have lost their jobsto budget cuts – an average of14.3 per year.

A similar scenario played outwhen high school PrincipalJonathan Bourn spoke about hislist of cuts.

“There isn’t an ounce ofsound pedagogical logic to jus-tify any of my recommenda-tions,” he said.

Although the Athletic Pro-gram is on his list, Bourn stillfought to keep it.

“I can’t imagine the highschool experience without ath-letics,” he said. “I don’t know if

you understand the position I’min – this does not make sense.”

However, Member MicheleEysie-Mullen said losing theAthletic Program is now a veryreal possibility.

“We could easily take youvery seriously with your athlet-ics,” she said.

Igoe said the cuts Bourn sug-gested would have a significantimpact on the high school’s corevalues.

“You proposed to eliminate,not cut, to eliminate athleticsand activities,” she said. “Howis that standing behind our corevalues?”

“It’s not,” replied Bourn. “Itbasically puts me in a positionof subsistence.”

Member Myev Bodenhoferthanked the principals for devel-oping their lists under extremelystressful circumstances.

“If you recommended nocuts, I have no idea what wewould do,” she said. “Wherewould we find $1 million ormore?”

Following the meeting,Chairman James Gormley said

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Selectmen approve brewery licensedespite Donohue concerns


Although the Board of Se-lectmen voted unanimously togrant a pouring permit to FilipeOliveira, owner of the PercivalBrewing Company, the favor-able decision did not comewithout a few bumps in theroad.

Prior to the vote during theFeb. 14 meeting, SelectmanHelen Abdullah Donohue saidshe was concerned that Oliveirawas attempting to open a barwithout going through theproper licensing process.

“What you’re doing here isa way to get around that,” shesaid. “I’m having a hard timenot thinking of it as a bar;you’re trying to circumvent thestate law.”

However, Oliveira said thatwould not be the case at all,adding that Percival will not beset up in a way that invites cus-

tomers to stay for long periodsof time.

“We’re manufacturingwholesale, the wholesale sideof the business is where wewant to be,” he said, adding thata bar is much more of a retailoperation. “We just want peopleto come in, sample this, and beon their way.”

Oliveira said the pouringpermit would allow him to servepatrons one five-ounce glass ofbeer for about $2 each. He saidit would also allow him to es-tablish a rapport and a clienteleto help market Percival’s beer.

“Those are the individualswho are going to move the prod-uct on the retail level,” saidOliveira, adding that he does nothave the money available tolaunch a full-scale marketingcampaign.

Selectman William Plaskoasked if snack food would beavailable. Oliveira said that inaddition to Percival purchasing

such items from other busi-nesses in the complex, he is alsoworking with an online foodvendor FoodTrucksIn.com.

Selectman Paul Bishop rein-forced the purpose of amicrobrewery such as Percival.

“What this allows you to dois to do a test run, so to speak,”he said of the pouring license.“You’re not there to create an-other sports bar.”

he would favor an override notonly for the schools, but for thetown as well.

“It’s a mechanism to dealwith the fact that funding fromthe state is insufficient,” hesaid, adding that there is anxi-ety every year over job security.

Eysie-Mullen said shewould support an overrideshould it become necessary.

“It’s got to be planned outand developed, I believe inworking together,” she said.

However, she said an over-ride is not the ultimate an-swer.

“It would help, but itwouldn’t solve everything,”she said.

Eysie-Mullen also said the

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committee was unfairly tar-geted during the meeting.

“Fingers were pointed inthe wrong direction, we’retaking an awful lot of heatright now,” she said. “If anoverride is what we need, thatwas not the forum for it.”

Bodenhofer did not have adecisive answer as to whetheror not she would support anoverride, saying it is somethingthat will need to be vetted bythe committee.

Member PatrickMcDonough was the only onein outright opposition of anoverride, saying the committeeneeds to take its time and waitto see how much funding comesin from the state.

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To the Editor:To the School Committee, I

am disappointed in your lack ofvision and support for investingin Norwood’s schools, not tomention the ridiculous urge tochange Winter Break to Christ-mas to address some perceivedvictimization or attack on theholiday. It just creates a tempestand deflects energy from whereit’s needed: a long-term solutionto school funding challenges.Rather than spin trading off ad-ministrative cuts versus teachingstaff as a positive, I’d encourageyou to be a better advocate andcollaborate with the passionateparents and school communitymembers to address the ongoingoperating challenge of funding.Identifying areas of the schoolbudget that will be cut as a resultof the proposed town fundingformula is scary. And even ifthese line items get movedaround so that another teacher isspared and instead maintenanceis deferred (again) that is not awin. Please focus on more con-structive efforts as an advocatefor our schools. Part of thatmeans being able to take criticismand come out of heated discus-sions with a stronger plan forNorwood, not a demoralized staffand polarized citizenry.

Sheri McLeishNorwood

PEACEFUL PROTESTIS PATRIOTIC

To the Editor:I enjoy reading The Norwood

Record each week, but find my-self increasingly disturbed byportions of Jackie Saber’s col-umns. I appreciate how Ms. Sa-ber highlights community eventsand recognizes local residentsdoing good works here in town

or serving their country over-seas. But their good deeds seemtarnished when placed alongsideMs. Saber’s opinions concern-ing national political issues, dis-torted facts and harmful rheto-ric form vitriolic attacks oftenaimed at the most vulnerablepeople in our society and thosewho stand up for them.

Ms. Saber’s latest attack ison immigrants. She refers to thefamous inscription on the Statueof Liberty (the one that wel-comes the huddled massesyearning to breathe free) andsomehow twists that into a con-demnation of “roaming thugsprotesting something or otherholding ridiculous signs that say‘we are all immigrants, and wedeserve it all.’”

Well Ms. Saber, first of all,we are not “roaming thugs,” butrather Americans exercising ourconstitutional right to peaceablyassemble and petition the gov-ernment for a redress of griev-ances. And in this case, the“something or other” we wereprotesting was the President’s il-legal and immoral order banningcitizens of seven Muslim-major-ity countries from entering theUnited States, an order thecourts have now agreed violatesthe equal protection clause of theConstitution because it was mo-tivated by animus toward mem-bers of a particular religion andviolates due process because itcapriciously abridged the libertyof green-card and visa holderswho had been thoroughly vettedand cleared to enter the country.These sudden blanket restric-tions did nothing to make any-one safer and caused harm byseparating families, strandingchildren fleeing war-torn re-gions, preventing professionalswho had lived in the U.S. foryears from returning, and even

jeopardizing the safety of braveindividuals who had risked theirlives to work with U.S. forces inIraq.

And second, our cry is not“we deserve it all.” Our cry is“we all deserve equal protectionunder the laws, regardless of ourreligious beliefs, and we all de-serve a rational, moral immigra-tion policy, one that adequatelyscreens people but also allows inthose attracted by the ideals ofAmerica, those who have thewillingness and ability to comehere and help make our countrygreat, just as our ancestors did.”I know that’s hard to fit on a sign,but it’s important to explain.

There is, however, a largerreason why peaceful protest isimportant at this moment in ourhistory. We have elected a leaderwith a worrisome tendency toexploit people’s fears and preju-dices, who frequently tries toshut down reasoned discussionby punishing and personally at-tacking those who disagree withhim, even when they are judgesand officials whose job is to pro-vide the checks and balances thatprevent any one man from be-coming too powerful. As patri-otic Americans, we may disagreeon the details of immigrationpolicy, but must stand togetherto defend our Constitution andthe rights and freedoms it pro-vides to us all. If we fail to dothis, we could find ourselves inthe situation of many countries(Cuba, North Korea and theformer East Germany to name afew) where leaders who claimedto speak “for the people” gainedpower and soon no one in gov-ernment had to spend much en-ergy preventing immigration – amore pressing issue was how tokeep people from getting out.

Eric StevensNorwood

WYETH ADDRESSESCRITICISM

To the Editor:I am compelled to respond to

Mr. McDonough’s Feb. 9, 2017letter to the editor. I would liketo correct the record.

1. If you watched the meet-ing (or tape of the meeting) I wasnot “rude” or “disrespectful.” Iam not a rude person. If my com-ment that “I will look for anotherjob” was taken to be rude, it wascertainly not meant that way. Iwas simply stating a fact andconsequence of being put on thecut list, a human and practicalresponse that is also true for theteachers or anyone else put onthe potential cut list. We all havefamilies and bills to pay. To dootherwise would not be prudent.I also said I was “sorry” for hav-ing to state the obvious, and thensaid “I understand” that the com-mittee is being put between arock and hard place in having tofind places to reduce the budget.

2. My comment was not “un-warranted.” We have a budgetcrisis that needs to be addressed,and I am in full support of notcutting our teaching staff or anyother needed personnel, and thatis why I said to put my positionon the suggested cut list. I didNOT resign, as apparently someSC member(s) has/have beensuggesting. The last thing I wasexpecting, or wanted, was for theSC to actually vote and approveof the personnel cuts!

3. I enjoy my job and wasplanning to assist the new super-intendent with his/her transitionso that it would be smooth andso there would be some continu-ity in a disrupted system.

4. And that is the truth of thematter.

Alexander Wyeth AssistantSuperintendent

Norwood Public Schools

SCHOOL COMMITTEEOWNS ITS OWNPROBLEMS

To the Editor:The Norwood School Com-

mittee announced that it faces abudget deficit of more than $3million for the upcoming year.The committee has admitted thatteacher salaries account for asmuch, if not more, than 80 per-cent of the school budget. Eachyear they complain about notenough money to run the schools.There’s talk of an override on theballot to increase taxes onhomeowners in Norwood.

The trouble the school com-mittee continuously faces is, infact, one of its own making. Whenit comes to new teacher contracts,they agree to contracts that can’tbe paid for given the current townbudget constraint of proposition2 1/2. They place themselves inthis deficit position every timethey sign a new teachers’ contract.One would think that one mem-ber of the school committeewould have figured this out bynow, but apparently, so far, noneof them seem to be aware.

As to the argument that if youdon’t increase salaries every yearteachers will leave, this is just anargument that the teachers’ unionsuse to pit one town against an-other when it comes to contract

bargaining. How many jobswould be available at otherschools in other towns for theseteachers should they leave to andsign on with? A half a dozen po-sitions at most.

It’s time for the NorwoodSchool Committee to face factsand their own duplicity in creat-ing school budget deficits yearafter year.

Bert ForestNorwood

SCHOOL COMMITTEEMADE WRONGCALENDAR DECISION

To the Editor:The school committee meet-

ing on Wednesday, Feb. 8 wasdisheartening. It was difficultwatching principals try to defendand be forced to justify cuts theyobviously did not want to make,teachers, parents and studentsadvocating for as much supportas possible and tears from peopleso emotional about the fate of theNorwood Public Schools. It isevident that our school system isin dire straits.

However, even something asdetrimental as a financial crisisdid not prevent a vote to set a toneof exclusion and potentially in-crease religious and racial ten-sions in an already challengingpolitical climate within our smallcommunity. Rehashing a decisionthat was made two years ago,when we are facing extreme edu-cational cuts seems like a distrac-tion from the issues we are cur-rently facing.

In voting to change HolidayVacation back to Christmas Va-cation, the School Committee hassent the message to an entiregroup of people. That message is,“You don’t matter.” Yes, ourcountry was founded with Chris-tianity. Our forefathers were whiteChristian men; however, ourworld is no longer run by onlywhite Christian men. We live in aglobal and diverse society andshould do our best to respect andinclude all of the people in it.What does matter to certain boardmembers is that we always calledit Christmas Vacation. Certainboard members, instead of votingto protect a minority, voted to goback to the old way because theywere tired of talking about it.Some of the comments to supportthe change included, “I am happyto say Christmas,” and “You cancall it what you want.”

Two school committee mem-bers made sincere pleas to keepHoliday Vacation on the calendar.Their reasoning included inclu-siveness, as well as the argumentthat it had already been decidedand should not be voted on again.

Various staff members of theNorwood Public Schools whospoke that evening about budgetconcerns are also residents ofNorwood and shared how proudthey are to live in such a town. Asa 15-year resident of Norwood, Itoo have always been proud tolive here and proud that my chil-dren have been surrounded by somany different cultures and lan-guages. They have friends of dif-ferent backgrounds with differentlanguages and religions whosefamilies are from countries that attheir ages I had never heard of.

I am here as a Christian tospeak for those who may not cel-ebrate Christmas but are poten-tially afraid to speak up. As one

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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.

Grateful thanks. —P.M.

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Christmas Vacation once againto appear on school calendars


In a 3-2 vote, the SchoolCommittee during its Feb. 8meeting passed a motionmade by Member PatrickMcDonough to rename theweek between Christmas andNew Year’s as Christmas Va-cation.

However, Chairman JamesGormley said he disagreedwith McDonough’s motion.

“We might open ourselvesto more of an issue than isnecessary,” he said. “By go-ing back to Christmas Vaca-tion, we are opening up awhole can of worms that wedon’t need to open – weshould not pit one religionagainst another.”

Member MyevBodenhofer also spoke in op-position. She said calling itChristmas Vacation could eas-ily send the wrong message tonon-Christian students, par-ticularly with all the “anti-Muslim rhetoric” that has sur-faced as of late resulting fromPresident Donald Trump’s re-cent travel ban.

Bodenhofer also saidswastikas had recently beenfound at Westwood HighSchool.

“Given that climate, thishas even more symbolismthan it did before,” she saidof the proposed name change.

Vice Chairman Lisa Igoesaid she was ready to settle theissue as it had come up beforein prior years.

“I don’t want this to keepcoming up year after year af-ter year,” she said. “I don’twant this brought up any-more.”

Igoe said the name HolidayRecess was intended to be in-clusive of all holidays.

“Whatever ’s printed onthis piece of paper doesn’t re-ally matter, people are goingto call it what it means tothem,” she said.

Igoe also said that Christ-mas itself has changed dra-matically over the years.

“For a lot of people, it’sbecome about Santa, theChristmas Tree and the pre-sents,” she said, adding thatGood Friday is “more reli-gious.” “People are missingthe point.”

Igoe also did not want thecommittee to become side-tracked, particularly when sheand her colleagues continue towork frantically to find a wayto solve the district’s $1.8 mil-lion budget deficit.

“What we heard here aboutthe budget, that’s what’s im-portant,” she said.

Gormley said he did notunderstand how the issue keptcreeping onto the agenda ev-ery year.

“This was something that

was decided two years ago,one year ago and now we’reback here again – why?” heasked. “Once something hasbeen voted on, people acceptit, I cannot vote to go back tocalling it Christmas Vaca-tion.”

According to thecommittee’s minutes,McDonough made the samemotion during the April 6,2016 meeting, which was ul-timately voted down 4-1.

Member Michele Eysie-Mullen said she was alsoready to put the matter to rest.

“I’ve heard voices on bothsides,” she said. “We havemuch more important thingsto discuss.”

McDonough was the onlymember who did not speak onthe motion.

“People knew what my po-sition was,” he said followingthe meeting.

McDonough said that thename change was somethinghe promised voters during hiscampaign for School Commit-tee.

“I’m really happy with theresult, it’s something thatpeople wanted,” he said. “Itshows that we listen.”

Eysie-Mullen said al-though residents have theright to disagree with the com-mittee, members should not


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Superintendent search down to fiveChristChristChristChristChristopher Ropher Ropher Ropher Ropher Roberoberoberoberobersonsonsonsonson

Staff Reporter

From the original pool of 37applicants who set out to be-come Norwood’s next superin-tendent of schools, five haveemerged as finalists.

They include Dr. DavidThomson, assistant superinten-dent of schools of theBlackstone-Millville RegionalSchool District; Dr. RobertTremblay, superintendent ofschools in Weston; Dr. JodiFortuna, superintendent ofschools in Hudson; Dr. MaryBrown, principal of Baker El-ementary School in Brookline;and Patricia Kinsella, assistantsuperintendent of schools inLincoln.

Thomson holds a Bachelor’sDegree in biology and second-ary education and a Master’sDegree in educational leader-ship, both from FraminghamState University, as well as aDoctorate from NortheasternUniversity. He was also the prin-cipal of Raynham MiddleSchool prior to being named as-sistant superintendent ofBlackstone-Millville in August

2014.Tremblay holds a Bachelor’s

Degree in music education fromBoston University and aMaster’s Degree in general edu-cation from Lesley University.He also earned his Master’sDegree in public administrationand Doctorate in education ad-ministration from NortheasternUniversity. Before taking thehelm of the Weston PublicSchools in July 2016, Tremblayhad been Milford’s superinten-dent for nine years. He was alsothe assistant principal and prin-cipal of Memorial ElementarySchool also in Milford.

Fortuna holds a Bachelor’sDegree in special educationfrom Bridgewater State College,a Master’s Degree in educa-tional leadership and adminis-tration from Framingham StateUniversity and a Doctorate ineducational leadership and ad-ministration from Boston Col-lege. Before taking the reins inHudson in June 2014, Fortunawas the district’s assistant super-intendent and the principal ofForest Avenue ElementarySchool also in Hudson.

Brown, a Norwood native, is

the only finalist who does nothold a central office position andhas been Baker’s principal since2009. Prior to taking her currentjob, Brown was principal ofDowney Elementary School inWestwood.

Kinsella, the only finalistwho does not hold a Doctorate,received her Bachelor’s Degreein English literature from theUniversity of Massachusetts atBoston and her Master’s Degreein bilingual education from Bos-ton University. Kinsella’s priorexperience includes teaching for16 years in Boston and being thecurriculum coordinator for En-glish Language Arts forBrookline Public Schools.

Thomson, Tremblay andFortuna were selected by the 13-member Superintendent SearchCommittee consisting ofMichele Eysie Mullen, LisaIgoe, Diane Ferreira, CathyConnor-Moen, Lisa Salvaggio,Karyn Manning, Julie AnnShore, Kevin Igoe, CarolynRiley, Leah Hickey Ramsdell,Michael Sheehan, ThomasMaloney and Sarah Cullen.Brown and Kinsella were se-lected by the School Committee.

be considered “bigots and racists” because ofthe way they voted.

“It’s just a break from school,” she said.“Why aren’t these people questioning GoodFriday? Nobody is screaming about that.”

Although she voted in favor of renam-ing the week Christmas Vacation, Igoe saidthe name, Holiday Recess, was intended tobe inclusive of all religions.

“You’re never going make everybodyhappy,” she said. “I elected to honor thedemocracy by going with the majority.”

Bodenhofer maintained that continuingto call the week Holiday Recess was a goodcompromise.

However, she said the committee hasmuch bigger issues at hand.

“The budget and finding a new superin-tendent are the highest priorities,” she said.

Gormley also stood behind his dissent-ing vote.

“We’re a diverse community, there aremany different faiths,” he said.

Therefore, Gormley said labeling theweek as Chr is tmas Vacat ion could beviewed as favoring one religion over an-other.

“It drives people apart,” he said.Many neighboring communities have

other names for the week; Westwood calls theweek Winter Break, Sharon calls it DecemberRecess, Canton calls it Holiday Recess,Walpole calls it Winter Recess and Medfieldhas the week labeled as No School.

Norwood,” he said. “They’reour friends.”

He did, however, take is-sue with a letter written byState Rep. John Rogers ofNorwood, stating that therewere several inaccuracieswithin his writing.

“Canton does have foursheets of ice…four privatesheets of ice,” Burr said, re-ferring to the CantonSportsPlex and new CantonIce House, which just openedits doors last fall. “He[Rogers] is very interested inhaving the rink choice beingthe town of Norwood. Whichis fine, but there are differ-ent ways to go about that.”

Burr also assured the au-dience that the roof at Me-tropolis did not collapse dueto negligence on the part ofthose who ran the building,saying that “there were roofcollapses all over Massachu-setts” in the winter of 2015.

Nick Maffeo, president ofCanton Youth Hockey, wascurious if a determinationhad yet been made on the fu-ture of Metropolis Rink, ask-ing if the building was at allsalvageable.

“There are a number ofcode issues if you have a newfacility; you have to bring itup to code,” Roy said, add-ing that at the cost of bring-ing the rink up to code, “youmight as well build a newstructure.”

Nine years remain on thelease between Canton/Me-tropolis Rink and the DCR.

“As far as I’m concerned,at this time the lease is en-forced between the DCR andthe Town of Canton,” Roysaid, with the DCR acting asthe landlord and the Town ofCanton acting as the tenant.

However, Roy added thathe was not a lawyer, and thatdifferent lawyers may inter-pret the lease differently.

Two Norwood residentsin attendance, ReginaNoonan and Irene Gotovich,

spoke up in opposition to therink proposal in Norwood.

Each woman said theywere in favor of a Canton lo-cation, with Noonan’s mainconcern being the traffic im-pact on Washington Street atthe proposed Norwood loca-tion.

“I know that theNorwood Nuggets wantwhat they want at all costs,even if it does exclude do-ing the right thing,” Noonansaid, citing a traffic studyconducted by the state whichbacked up her claims of atraffic nightmare.

“I’m very pleased to seewhat is available in Canton,”Gotovich, a District 6 TownMeeting member inNorwood said. “Yourchoices are varied; your realestate is a luxury, and I se-verely hope this rink is lo-cated in Canton.”

The potential for any ofthe four rink sites to be ex-panded in the future was alsobrought up by several attend-ees of the meeting, with anoverriding sentiment that theHawes Pool location had theleast potential for expansion.

One Canton resident,James Fitzpatrick, said hehoped that if his town waschosen for the rink, that theold airport location wouldnot be the spot, citing envi-ronmental factors.

Roy noted near the con-clusion of the meeting thatwhether the rink was locatedin Canton or Norwood, thatdoesn’t necessarily meanone town would get prefer-ence of ice time over theother – nor any other townswhich may be searching forice time, be it at the youth,high school or collegiatelevel.

Bill Naumann, presidentof the Norwood Nuggets,said that he would wait untiltonight’s meeting inNorwood to make his com-ments.


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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 March 7,2017 at 7:15PM on the request of Lindsay & Scott Whitcomb (Case #17-01) withrespect to property located on 44 Spruce Road, in a S-Single Residential District.

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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 March 1, 2017 at 7:30 P.M. in Room 12,Norwood Town Hall. The Commission is to hear a request for a Notice of Intent fromGuaranteed Builders & Developers, Inc. of Douglas, MA for the proposed garage withassociated grading within the wetland buffer zone. The proposed garage is to be located46.2' from the edge of wetlands, and the limit of disturbance is 41' from the edge ofwetlands. Project location: 109 Mylod 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, ChairpersonNorwood Record, 02/16/17

Following the Feb. 9 blizzardthat dumped 12 inches of snowacross Norwood, the Depart-ment of Public Works (DPW)received significant criticism onsocial media.

Parents wrote their childrenwere forced to walk in the streeton their way to school, as manysidewalks remained impassable.

In response, DPW DirectorMark Ryan said there are 140miles of sidewalks in town;however, he only has enoughequipment and manpower tocover 32 miles.

Ryan also said that two of hissidewalk plows were “out ofcommission” when the stormhit.

He said private plow opera-tors caused additional problemsby pushing snow out of resi-dents’ driveways, thus creatingmounds on either side blockingthe sidewalks.

“They’re not thinking, theydon’t give a damn,” Ryan saidof the private contractors. “It’sa very long, difficult process todo those sidewalks. I thinkNorwood does a damn good jobwith their sidewalks. We got acouple inches an hour for a lotof hours. Did we get down to thebare pavement? No.”

He said visibility was an-other obstacle, as blizzard con-ditions raged for four hours.

“You couldn’t see 100 feetin front of you,” said Ryan.

Under those conditions, hesaid crews switched their focusto plowing the middle of theroads.

“It’s hard to get to the sideof the road without hitting some-thing,” he said.

However, Ryan said he ap-preciated the many residentswho chose to stay off the roads.

“A lot of people didn’t go to

work,” he said.He also said the DPW coor-

dinates with the School Depart-ment and plows right up to theschools’ property lines.

“There’s no differencethere,” said Ryan.

He said 25 town plows and35 plows operated by privatecontractors were used in re-sponse to the storm. In addition,400 tons of rock salt was used,as well as 200 tons of liquid mag-nesium.

In contrast, eight inches ofsnow fell during the Jan. 7 storm,to which the DPW respondedwith 35 town plows, 33 plowsoperated by private contractors,five sidewalk plows, 300 tons ofrock salt and the DPW’s full staffof 44 employees and managers.

Going into this year’s winterseason, Ryan said the DPW had900 tons of rock salt available forimmediate use and another 700tons in reserve at the WinterStreet landfill.

Regarding school closings ordelays, Superintendent ofSchools James Hayden said thechoice is always a moving target.

“I watch multiple weather re-ports,” he said, adding that theytend to change three times dur-ing the course of the night.

He is also in close communi-cation with Ryan and Buildingsand Grounds Director PaulRiccardi.

“You try to respect the factthat parents want their kids to goto school,” he said.

Hayden said he used a two-hour delay on Feb. 10 to allowtime for the rock salt to melt theice as well as for additional DPWcleanup operations.

“I knew there was nothingelse coming,” he said.

However, he elected to can-cel school on Feb. 13 as a resultof winds gusting from 40-60miles per hour. He said the windcould have knocked down treelimbs, knocked out power and

generated bitterly cold windchills.

Hayden said that particularlyin those cases, he thinks of themiddle school students who arethe first ones out waiting for thebus at 6:30 a.m.

“If it’s still snowing throughnoontime, a one or two-hour de-lay isn’t going to do any good,”he said.

Hayden said this was the firsttime in six years that he made thewrong call about a snow day, asthe sun was out by noon.

He also said that a studentwill be excused from schoolshould their parents decide thatit is too dangerous to go out.

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portsSAs season enters home stretch, Norwood remains

alive and kicking for postseason berth

Both Norwood Basketballteams bumped by Brookline



From 3-31-5 the last two seasons, Norwood High's boys hockey team is 6-8-2 and can still finish above .500and make the tournament for the first time since 2014.

PHOTO BY JAKE LEVIN

BoBoBoBoBoys Hockys Hockys Hockys Hockys HockeeeeeyyyyyContinued on page 9

The ball is in Norwood’scourt.

Or, shall we say, the puck isin the Mustangs’ zone.

After a scoreless tie vs. theNewton North Tigers lastWednesday and a 5-1 triumphover the Milton Wildcats onSaturday, Norwood’s improb-able turnaround season contin-ues to push the finish line fur-ther back.

At 6-8-2 with four gamesremaining, the Mustangs arevery much in control of theirown destiny when it comes toqualifying for the postseasonfor the first time since the 2013-14 season.

“We’re treating every gameas a playoff game. The kidsknow that,” first-year Norwoodhead coach Chuck Allen said.

Even with the scoreless tievs. Newton North (4-8-5), goal

scoring is up exponentially forthe Mustangs. The team has 35goals through 16 games thisseason, including a pair of five-goal outbursts wrapping aroundthe 0-0 draw vs. the Tigers.

In 40 total games betweenthe 2014-15 and 2015-16 sea-sons, Norwood potted just 47goals.

“We’ve been working hardat practices,” Allen said of thescoring touch. “They’ve beenin such a scoring slump for thepast couple of years…we’rejust telling guys to go hard tothe net and skate in front of thegoalie. Everyone in high schoolthinks it will be a beautiful goal,but there aren’t many of those.It’s all about getting pucks tothe net and playing to thewhistle. That’s what they’restarting to do now. They’restarting to believe in the sys-tem.”

Each of Norwood High’svarsity basketball teams wereeliminated from postseasoncontention on Tuesday night,with each team falling to theBrookline Warriors in theirrespective Bay State cross-over games.

The girls teams, playing athome on senior night, fell be-hind by as many as 21 in thethird quarter en route to a 52-38 loss.

Krista Bradley, playing inher final home game, led theMustangs (6-11) with 11points. Freshman AliGiambanco chipped in sevenpoints off the bench – all inthe fourth quarter.

“We’ve been preaching allseason that we need to getbetter fundamentally,”Norwood coach Amy Lepleysaid after the game.“Brookline was really soundfundamentally, and we needto build off that and get bet-ter as a team and individu-ally.”

Norwood never led, and

the latest tie it could musterwas at 4-4 after MeganGiambanco connected foreach of the Mustangs’ firsttwo baskets.

The Warriors led 13-8 af-ter the first quarter, 24-9 athalftime and 39-23 after thethird. Norwood did not makea field goal in the secondquarter, its only point anEmma Maturo free throwwith 1:45 remaining.

Ally Copponi, another se-nior playing in her final homegame, broke the scor ingdrought with a layup with5:13 remaining in the thirdquarter. She finished withfive points for the Mustangs.

Norwood will play outthe string beginning tonightin Walpole , as par t of adoubleheader with the boysteam. The girls have theearly game, with tip-off at 5p.m.

“Walpole, there’s reallyno motivation that I need togive them,” Lepley sa idwhen asked how the teamwill stay focused over theremainder of the season.“They’ve had that rivalry

since they were younger.”Caitlan Shaugnessey and

Meghan Reen were the othersenior honorees for the Mus-tangs. Reen has not playedsince tearing her ACL onDec. 22 vs. Notre DameAcademy (Hingham), but ison track for a full recoveryand should be ready to go forher freshman season at As-sumption College in Worces-ter next fall.

Lepley, who also suffereda season-ending injury in hersenior year of high school (atBishop Feehan), said thatshe feels for Reen, but isproud of the way she’s con-tinued to be a part of theteam.

“I’ve been there as well,and it’s very, very hard,”said Lepley, who sufferedher injury exactly eight yearspr ior to Reen (Dec. 22,2008). “My heart breaks forthe kid, it’s not the way wewanted to see her go out butI give her all the credit in theworld for how she’s handledit. She’s definitely on theroad to recovery now.”

Kaylin Reen, Meghan’s

younger s is ter, switchedfrom No. 44 to No. 4 – thenumber Meghan has adornedsince her freshman year – forlast night’s game.

After Walpole, the girlsteam will play in the WoburnTournament this weekend,with i t s opening roundmatchup slated to be theHanover Indians on Saturdayat 2 p.m.

Boys basketballNorwood lost its fourth

game in a row to fall to 7-11and out of the playoff pictureon Tuesday night in a 66-56

loss a t Brookl ine HighSchool.

Mike James and RichieWatson each poured in over20 points for the Mustangswith 24 and 21, respectively.

Norwood goes for theseason sweep of Walpole onThursday in the night cap ofthe double header, beginningat roughly 6:30 p.m.

The boys will also haveone final home game onTuesday in a nonleague tiltwith the Hopkinton Hillers,beginning at 5 p.m. atNorwood High School.

Front row, left to right: Meghan Reen, Caitlan Shaugnessy, Krista Bra-dley, Ally Copponi Back row: their proud parents PHOTO BY JAKE LEVIN


Norwood stomps NewtonNorth, earns draw vs. Milton

Mustangs captain Coley Hayes and assistant captain Janelle Kelleher were ready for just about every puckthat headed in their direction during last week's 4-1 win over the Newton North Tigers.

PHOTO BY JAKE LEVIN

Norwood co-captain Charlie Gover, right, prepares for a faceoff in lastweek's game vs. Newton North.

PHOTO BY JAKE LEVIN

Boys Hockeycontinued from page 8

Not to be lost in the offensiveresurgence is improved play onthe back end for the Mustangs,beginning with goaltender Aus-tin Reardon. The sophomorestopped all 17 Newton Northshots he faced at John A. RyanArena in Watertown last weekfor the first shutout of his ca-reer.

Allen knew Norwoodneeded to secure at least a pointcoming off a monumental 5-3win over Natick the previousSaturday, and for the most partcouldn’t complain with the re-sult.

“Coming off a big win overNatick, you worry about a let-down,” he said. “We needed apoint out of it at least; wecouldn’t give a point away. Idon’t think ahead but the kidsknow the numbers.

“We had some good dump-ins, but our second guy wasn’tthere in time to get the puck.Or our first guy gets there andinstead of protecting the puck,he pushes it over and they justcome out.”

Two scoring chances stoodout for the Mustangs vs. theTigers which ultimately wentfor naught. Late in the first pe-

riod, James Piatelli peeled offthe left wing half-boards on apower play and uncorked awrist shot to the glove side ofNewton North goaltenderMichael Gresser. But withouta screen in front, Gresser hadthe puck dead to rights andmade an easy glove save. Thejunior goalie stopped 22 shotsin a shutout of his own.

Norwood’s final rush ofthe game with about 15 sec-onds left in the third periodwas forged by Charlie Gover,who broke over the blue lineinto the attacking end butfailed to get a shot off, drapedby a pair of Tiger defenders.

The Mustangs offensivefortunes improved immenselyvs. Milton (5-12-1), with a di-

versified attack featuring fivegoals from five different goalscorers.

James Golden stakedNorwood to a 1-0 lead after 15minutes on a feed from Gover,setting the stage for the flood-gates to open up in the middleperiod; Kyle McCue, AnthonyMarchant and Brandon Walshmade it 4-0 Mustangs after twoperiods.

“We exploded in the secondperiod,” Allen said. “Weplayed pretty good. I’m obvi-ously happy with winning, butI’m never satisfied.”

Aidan Reardon scored inthe third period for a 5-1 final,his tally closing scoring afterMilton found its way on to thescoreboard.

Norwood traveled toWalter Brown Arena in Bostonlast night to take on theBrookline Warriors (3-13-1, 1-9 Bay State Conference) in anevent held after the Record’sdeadline.

In a game originally slatedfor Monday, the Mustangs willtravel to Brockton to take onthe Boxers (3-9-3) at 4 p.m. to-morrow. Brockton suppliedNorwood its only point last

season in a 1-1 tie at BajkoArena one year to the date, Feb.17, 2016.

Norwood “hosts” Walpole(18-0-1) at Rodman Arena onSaturday night at 6:50 p.m. inwhat will be the Rebels’ regu-lar season finale. Depending onthe outcome of Walpole’s gamevs. Newton North on Wednes-day night, the Mustangs couldbe all that stands in the way ofthe Rebels’ quest for an un-beaten regular season.

Norwood closes its regularseason out on Monday after-noon at Bajko Arena vs. theKing Philip Warriors (4-13-0)in what could very well be awin-and-in situation for theplayoffs. Puck drop for thatgame is at 4 p.m.

The postseason no longer inplay, Norwood High’s girlshockey team is playing out thestring with a sense of pride.

The Mustangs earned three ofa possible four points last weekin a 4-1 win over the NewtonNorth Tigers last Wednesday anda 3-3 tie vs. the Milton Wildcatson Saturday, bringing their recordto 5-12-2 with three games re-maining.

“The girls are still very excitedabout playing,” Norwood headcoach Tim Coskren said. “Themotivation is still there. It’s just amatter of continuing to do whatneeds to be done correctly andplaying as a team. We’re movingthem around a lot and playingthem with different players,which is sometimes tough to do.”

Losers in five of their last sixwith just nine goals scored, theMustangs opened things up quitea bit vs. the Tigers, racing out toa 3-0 lead after the first period be-hind goals from AllieMcDonough, Jessica Keller andColey Hayes.

“The first two periods I thinkwe played real well,” Coskrensaid. “We got to play all four lines;everyone got in, which is alwaysa goal. Keep everyone interestedand motivated. So in that respect,it was good.”

Norwood was also tight on thedefensive end, not allowing a shoton goal for the Tigers for overnine minutes into the game.

At 2:09 of the third period,junior Christina Reilly scored thefirst goal of her varsity career tomake it 4-0 in favor of the Mus-tangs.

“She doesn’t get a lot of op-portunities, so it was great to see,”Coskren said, adding that hethought “all of the girls who don’tget to see much ice time I thought

did really well.”Lydia Mastroianni scored the

lone goal for Newton North withunder two minutes to go in thethird period on a feed from AllyJurman.

Janelle Kelleher picked up thewin for the Mustangs, stopping 28of the 29 shots she faced from theTigers. After seeing just sevenshots in the first period, NewtonNorth ramped it up a bit to pepperKelleher with 11 shots each in thesecond and third periods.

Norwood’s tie vs. Milton atUlin Rink on Saturday saw twogoals from Emily Cataldo and an-other tally from McDonough.

Despite the fact that the Mus-tangs will be sitting out thepostseason for the second seasonin a row, several metrics indicatemajor improvements for the team.

To state to the obvious, the five

wins (with three games remaining)are more than the three winsNorwood notched last season.

The 43 goals the Mustangshave scored thus far is alreadymore than last year’s 40, and the54 goals allowed through 19games puts Norwood on pace toallow roughly 63 goals, downfrom 76 last season.

The Mustangs hosted theBrookline/Newton South co-opyesterday, in an event held after theRecord’s deadline.

They’ll “host” Walpole at Rod-man Arena on Saturday as part ofa double header with the boys teamat 4:50 p.m., which will be seniornight for the girls.

On Monday, the Mustangs willclose out the 2016-17 season witha rare trip to the islands – Norwoodwill take on Martha’s Vineyard1:40 p.m.



DEATHSCATTAFE

Viola “Vye” (Persechino), 86, of Norwood,Thursday, Feb. 9. Daughter of the late Natalinoand Maria (DiVincenzo) Persechino. Belovedwife of the late Joseph S. Cattafe Sr. Devotedmother of Joseph S. Cattafe, Jr. and his wife Col-leen of New Jersey, and Michael Cattafe and hiswife, Diana of Concord. Loving grandmother ofConnor, Brian, Anna and Isabela Cattafe. Dearsister of Joseph Persechino and his wife Carol ofFitchburg, and the late Oresto Persechino, andhis surviving wife Elizabeth Persechino ofFlorida. Also survived by many nieces and neph-ews. Viola was a Registered Nurse for many yearswith Associates in Internal Medicine in Norwood.Funeral was from the Gillooly Funeral Home,126 Walpole Street (Rt. 1A), NORWOOD. AMass of Christian Burial was in St. Timothy’sChurch, Norwood.

MALACINSKIRene G. “Dolly” (Venterosa), a lifelong resi-

dent of Norwood passed away on Feb. 10, 2017at the age of 87. Beloved wife of the late FrancisG. Malacinski. Devoted mother of Lisa A.Drummey and her husband Brian F. Jr. ofNorwood and the late Tracey A. Malacinski. Sis-ter of Irma Dixon of Walpole, Nancy Studley ofSandwich and the late Nina, Lila, Tappy, Ronnyand Ida. Cherished grandmother of Michael,Caitlin, Aaron and Allyson. Daughter of the lateAnthony and Palmina (DiBenedetti)Aventeroso. Also survived by many nieces andnephews. Funeral was from the Kraw-KornackFuneral Home, 1248 Washington St.,NORWOOD. A funeral mass was at St.Catherine of Siena Church Norwood. Burial wasat Highland Cemetery, Norwood. In lieu of flow-ers donations may be made in her name to theJimmy Fund C/O Dana-Farber Cancer Institute,P.O. Box 849168, Boston, MA 02284-9168.

KrawKornackFH/DN Customer LogoKraw-KornackFuneralHome.com.

MORRISSEYAnne E. (Lenhardt) Of Norwood, passed

away on Feb. 6, 2017 at the age of 54. Devotedmother of Ashley E. Fuery and her husband Markof Winthrop, Matthew J. Morrissey of Norwoodand the late Kevin S. Tillett. Loving daughter ofMaryellen Buhlman of Rhode Island and JohnC. Lenhardt of Weymouth. Sister of LauraMcKiernan and her husband John of Dedham,Diane Gagne and her husband Paul of RhodeIsland and John Lenhardt of Rhode Island. Alsosurvived by many cherished nieces and neph-ews and Jack Morrissey of Norwood and GloriaLenhardt of Weymouth. Anne volunteered at St.Catherine of Siena Church in Norwood for manyyears and was a former EMT for Fallon Ambu-lance Service. Funeral was from the Kraw-Kornack Funeral Home, 1248 Washington St.,NORWOOD. A funeral mass was at St. Catherineof Siena Church, Norwood. Burial was at High-land Cemetery Norwood. In lieu of flowers, do-nations may be made in her name to the Ameri-can Lung Assoc. 460 Totten Pond Rd Ste 400,Waltham, MA 02451.

NOTARANGELOAntanette C. 90, lifelong resident of

Norwood, Saturday, Feb. 11. Daughter of the lateLorenzo and Celeste (Poce) Notarangelo. Dearsister of the late Donata Magnani, Caroline Bul-lock, Mary Angellis, Joan Purpura, and MichaelNotarangelo. Beloved aunt of many nieces, neph-

ews, grand-nieces and nephews, and great-grandnieces and nephews. Antanette was a 1944 gradu-ate of Norwood High School, and then workeduntil her retirement for the former Norwood GasCo., Boston Gas, and National Grid. She enjoyedtaking many trips with a local women’sclub. Antanette’s biggest joy was spending timewith her family. Funeral Friday, Feb. 17 from theGillooly Funeral Home, 126 Walpole St. (Rt. 1A),NORWOOD, at 10:30 a.m., followed by a Massof Christian Burial in St. Catherine of SienaChurch, Norwood at 11. Visiting hours Friday 9– 10:30 only. Interment Highland Cemetery,Norwood.

RANALLI JAMES L. “Jimmy” a lifelong resident of

Norwood passed away on Feb. 12, 2017 at theage of 57. Beloved husband of Cathleen “Cathi”A. (Gordon) Ranalli. Devoted father of Jake L.and Mark Joseph Ranalli both of Norwood. Lov-ing brother of Mario A. Ranalli Jr. and his wifeMarianne of Walpole, John Ranalli and hisfiancée Janet of Norwood, David Ranalli of Cali-fornia, Paul Ranalli and his wife Mary Lou ofLakeville, Jean M. Gagne and her husband Ronof Walpole and Judi-Anne Martin of Norwood.Son of the late Mario A. Sr. and Anne J. (Turco)Ranalli. Also survived by many nieces, nephews,family members and friends. Jimmy was a 1977graduate of Norwood High School. He then wenton to graduate from Framingham State Collegewhere he played hockey and was a member ofthe NCAA Div. 3 National ChampionshipHockey Team. He was owner of the JamesRanalli Remodeling Co. of Norwood for manyyears. Jimmy was a member of the Norwood Elksand the Sharon Country Club. He was also veryactive with the Norwood Nuggets as a coach andalso played hockey for the Norwood Nuggetsgrowing up. Funeral from the Kraw-KornackFuneral Home 1248 Washington St. Norwood,Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017 at 10 a.m. followed by

a funeral mass at 11 a.m. in St. Catherine of SienaChurch Norwood. Burial will be at HighlandCemetery Norwood. In lieu of flowers donationsmay be made in his name to a charity of yourchoice.

THORNTONJohn Edward, a lifelong resident of Norwood,

passed away on Feb. 9, 2017, at the age of 83.Beloved husband of Helen “Eileen” MaryThornton. Devoted father of John EdwardThornton and his wife Kate of Westwood andJudith A. Lydon and her husband Paul ofNorwood. Brother of Maryellen Ireland and herlate husband James of Virginia, Anne P. Kingand her late husband Al of Idaho and the lateThomas Thornton and his wife Carmela Thorntonof Norwood. Cherished grandfather of Kerry,Joseph, Katie and Erin Thornton. Son of the lateMartin T. and Julia (Clancy) Thornton. Funeralfrom the Kraw-Kornack Funeral Home, 1248Washington St., NORWOOD, Tuesday, Feb. 14at 10 a.m. followed by a funeral mass at 11 a.m.in St. Catherine of Siena Church, Norwood. Vis-iting hours will be held on Monday, Feb. 13, 2017from 4-7 p.m. Burial, with military honors, willbe at Highland Cemetery, Norwood. In lieu offlowers, donations may be made, in his name, toa Veterans’ charity of your choice. US Air ForceKorean War Veteran. KrawKornackFH/DN Cus-tomer Logokraw-kornackfuneralhome.com

WENSTROMBernice F. (Russell) Known to those close to

her as “Nini”. Of Norwood, Feb. 8. Beloved wifeof the late Richard F. and dear mother of RichardF. Jr., and his wife Virginia, of Wrentham. Lov-ing grandmother of Angela Oh, and her husbandJin, Samantha Wenstrom and CourtneyWenstrom. Proud great grandmother of Jae JinOh and Tae Mu Jin Oh. Relatives and friends areinvited to attend her Memorial Service Sunday,Feb. 19 at 12:30 p.m. at Grace Episcopal Church,150 Chapel St, Norwood, MA 02062. In lieu offlowers donations in Bernice’s memory to St. RocHaiti Foundation, c/o Grace Episcopal Church(address above) would be appreciated. For obitu-ary and guest book please visit website. Folsom& May Funeral Home www.folsomfuneral.com

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TOWN OF NORWOODZONING 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 03/07/17 at7:30PM on the request of Peter Catanese (Case #17-02) with respect to propertylocated on 56 Providence Highway, in a M-Manufacturing District.

This Application requests a SPECIAL PERMIT under Section 6.2.6 of the ZoningBylaw to allow remodel existing sign, no increase in overall square footage, sameheight/width, replace existing digital sign according to attached rendering.

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, 8:00am – 4:00pm.

BOARD OF APPEALPhilip W. Riley, Chairman; Patrick J. Mulvehill, Barbara A. Kinter,John R. Perry, Thomas Brady

Norwood Record, 02/16/2017, 02/23/17

Letterscontinued from page 4school committee member said,“You can call it what you want.”Yes, we can call it what we want.However, what the school commit-tee chooses to call it sends themessage that one religion, albeitjust a secular holiday for some, ismore important to reference andtakes precedence over the beliefsand celebrations of other membersof the community. Call it what youwant. I call it disappointing.

Christine BanksNorwood

SABER SHOULDUNDERSTANDSILLY VERBIAGE

To The Editor:In her column on Feb. 9,

2017, Jackie Saber mentions

Madonna’s silly comment thatshe had been “thinking about”blowing up the White House.Ms. Saber then writes,“Shouldn’t she be arrested?Anyone else would havebeen!”

I would think that Ms. Sa-ber, of all people, would knowthat in America we do not ar-rest people for saying silly oreven flat out wrong things.

Madonna did not makea threat to commit a crime. Shedid not carry out any overt actas part of a conspiracy to com-mit a crime. She did nothingcriminal.

Ms. Saber should think longand hard before she advocates

for making it a crime to saysomething stupid.

Mike ReillyNorwood

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