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Washington Street residents Joanne and Marty Kenney went before the board to seek an addition.PHOTO BY JEFF SULLIVAN

Town Meeting members patiently waited for about an hour lastThursday and watched the start of the New England Patriots gameon the big screen before Town Moderator David Hern announceda quorum could still not be reached and they would have to tryagain next Thursday.

PHOTO BY NORWOOD COMMUNITY MEDIATown Planner Paul Halkiotis discussed the Green Communities Program, a grant program from the state,and what it could do to fund Norwood School programming and repairs in the future.

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Schools to see energyimprovements

JefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

Town Meeting can’treach quorum


ZBA approves Crossfitat Morse Street


The Norwood SchoolCommittee dealt with dozensof topics at its three-hour meet-ing on Wednesday, includingprogress towards environmen-tally-friendly initiatives.

Budget Management Ana-lyst for Norwood JosephCollins presented a report onthe Massachusetts GreenCommunities Program (GCP)and a vehicle fuel efficiencyprogram for Norwood PublicSchools (NPS). The commit-tee voted to table discussion onthe fuel efficiency program

until Nov. 20, but heard Collinspresentation nonetheless. Thebiggest concern was from mem-ber Maura Smith, who wantedCollins to make sure there wereno restrictions on the grant fundsthat NPS would be eligible forif and when Norwood becomesa Green Community under thestate’s requirements.

The GCP is a grant programset up by the state almost a de-cade ago to provide funding forcities and towns to reduce theircarbon footprints by increasingenergy efficiency in their vehiclefleets and facilities. Collins saidin order to qualify for this pro-gram, a Town has to meet five

criteria and outline a five-yearplan to reduce energy con-sumption by 20 percent in fiveyears.

“We’ve already completedthree of the five criteria, whichare building code related,” hesaid. “The Planning Depart-ment has been working hardall year to get those adoptedby Town Meeting. The re-maining two criteria are anenergy reduction plan and afuel efficient vehicle policy.”

Collins said they are work-ing on the energy reductionplan and presented the fuel

Despite telling the boardback in the summer that hewould not be able to find an-other location for hisCrossfi t business at theWinsmith shops on EndicottStreet, entrepreneur DanJones said at the ZoningBoard of Appeals (ZBA)meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 15he did find another one.

“I want to open up a busi-ness, I really want this busi-ness to be in Norwood andthere’s only two things I cansay about the history of me

sitting at this table,” he said.“One is that I definitely gottunnel vision on the last lo-cation and if I had a 30,000-foot view, I think could haveseen all of the bad things re-garding that property. Two, Ididn’t want to be in manufac-turing again.”

Previously, the NorwoodZBA approved a withdrawalwithout prejudice from Jonesafter recommending to himthat that would be his bestcourse of action. Before that,the ZBA had repeatedly con-tinued his case on the basis

On Thursday, Oct. 10, theNew England Patriots playedthe New York Giants in agame that started off sloppyfor New England, accordingto Patriots.com.

They won it in the end, tono one’s surprise, but thatdidn’t stop the game from re-moving at least a few ofNorwood’s Town Meetingmembers and stopping themfrom conducting Norwood’sbusiness on the same night.The absence forced TownModerator David Hern to firstcall for a preliminary adjourn-

ment around 8 p.m. whilethey waited for more mem-bers to come in and then fi-nally, when not enoughshowed up in the interim, toadjourn until this comingThursday, Oct. 17.

“Maybe you have some-body you could text and askthem to get up here becausewe’d surely like to get goingsoon and get Town Meetingcompleted, and don’t worry,we’ll give you the scores aswe go along,” Hern saidwhile waiting. IT personnelat Town Meeting actually

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FlightLevel's Nick Burlingham (black jacket, gray pants) updates the NAC on the FBO's promotional eventat Oct. 9 meeting.

PHOTO BY MATT MACDONALD

Airport improvementsnear completion

MattheMattheMattheMattheMatthew MacDonaldw MacDonaldw MacDonaldw MacDonaldw MacDonaldStaff Reporter

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The Norwood Airport Com-mission (NAC) met in Rm. 24of Town Hall on Wednesday af-ternoon, Oct. 9 for its regularlyscheduled monthly session.

The meeting – whichclocked in at just under 20 min-utes – featured two scheduledappointments and one non-agenda speaker.

In the first appointment, JeffAdler of DuBois & King (D&K)updated the Commission on twoongoing Airport projects that theengineering company is in theprocess of finishing up.

Adler’s first update con-cerned the technical master plan(TMP) that D&K is preparingfor the Airport.

The purpose of the TMP isto identify the Airport’s currentconditions and to present poten-tial short, intermediate, and longterm capital improvementprojects consistent with its op-erating goals.

The prior technical masterplan for the Airport had beencompleted in 2007.

According to Adler, duringthe prior month, the FAA (Fed-eral Aviation Administration)had commented on the masterplan’s submitted final draft, butthat D&K is still waiting for areply from MassDOT (Massa-chusetts Dept. of Transporta-tion).

Adler went on to say that heis hopeful that all comments willhave been received and ad-dressed, and that a final TMPwill be ready to submit to the

Commission in time for its No-vember meeting.

He also anticipated that –with this having been done – asecond public meeting present-ing the final draft TMP couldthen be scheduled for sometimein November or early December.

“I would hope, by the next[Airport Commission] meeting,we can at least get that publicmeeting scheduled if we get thecomments back that we’re work-ing on,” Adler summed up.

The first public meeting –held in April – had presented anearlier draft of the TMP to thecommunity.

In his second update to theCommission, Adler commentedon the relocation of TaxiwayAlpha, part of an FAA/MassDOT matching grant air-port improvement project (AIP)to straighten and alter some ofthe Airport’s taxiways.

The project, which had fallenbehind schedule last fall, is –according to Adler – ready to beclosed out.

Additionally, he informedthe Commission that the scopeof the project had been reducedby $30,678, bringing the engi-neering contract total down to$452,326 from $483,004.

The NAC approved the mo-tion on this contract amendmentunanimously.

Airport Manager RussMaguire – in his report – up-dated the Commission on theother current major project: thefit-out of the Welch Administra-tion Building (aka the SnowRemoval Equipment Building).

The project – underway

since April – is an overhaul ofthe north end interior of thebuilding to house Airport man-agement and Commission of-fices, as well as a mechanic’soffice and shops.

A major aspect of the projectthat is still pending has to dowith security and fire controlalthough, according to Maguire,its completion is “well under-way.” He went on to add of theproject as a whole that it’s “mov-ing along well. We hope to haveit finished up within the nextweek or two.”

As noted by Chair MarkRyan, the current MassDOTpayment requests for the projectamount to $311,939.89, with theTown share amounting to$15,596.99.

The total cost of the projectis just above $1.9 million, withMassDOT covering approxi-mately $1.79 million and theTown paying the balance of$115,452.58.

In the meeting’s otherscheduled appointment, NickBurlingham of FlightLevelNorwood went before theCommission to speak on be-half of its special promotionalevent scheduled for Saturday,Oct. 12.

As Ryan – reading from theproposal package – describedit, the event was designed to“showcase the offerings ofFlightLevel and the Airport inthe hope of generating newbusiness.”

Burlingham – respondingto Vice Chair MichaelSheehan’s question about whowould be attending the invita-tion only event – went intosome detail regarding the guestlist:

“It’s essentially Town lead-ers – the Commission, to besure – and then local businessleaders, charter company op-erators and high net worth in-dividuals that have some nexusto general aviation.”

Burlingham added thatFlightLevel – with this event– also hoped to attract users ofother local airports that mightwant to “reposition their air-craft in Norwood.”

FlightLevel Norwood hasbeen a fixed base operator(FBO) at the Airport since2008 and this past August fileda lawsuit in Norfolk SuperiorCourt against the Town, theNAC, and Boston ExecutiveHelicopters (BEH) in responseto the settlement of the BEH

v. Town of Norwood et al fed-eral civil suit.

The motion to approve theFlightLevel special event wasunanimous in favor.

Though not on the agenda,BEH President ChristopherDonovan was also invited byRyan to update the Commis-sion on his FBO, the permit forwhich had been granted as acondition of the civil settle-ment.

“I appreciate the opportu-nity,” Donovan began as hisvideo camera recorded. “We’rejust waiting on the leases.There’s nothing much else tosay,” he finished.

The leases in question arefor the approximately 15,000square foot “DC-3 Ramp” andthe approximately 72,000square foot “West Apron.” Aspart of the terms of the settle-ment – agreed to on July 30at the Moakley Courthousein Boston – the NAC was re-quired to grant BEH stan-dard, non-exclusive f iveyear leases for these tarmacareas concurrent with its ap-proval for an FBO permit.

Correspondence regard-ing another settlement con-dition was also noted on theagenda: the termination ofthe Town and the NAC’swithdrawal of an appeal tothe FAA regarding a rulingmade against them in No-vember 2018 that was basedon a formal complaint filedby BEH back in March of2015.

The Commission a lsoheld a brief executive ses-sion to discuss the settledcivil case and the FAA rul-ing.

The Norwood Airpor tCommission holds its regu-lar meetings on the secondWednesday of the month.

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Selectmen consider 5Gguidelines, cricket pitches

MattheMattheMattheMattheMatthew MacDonaldw MacDonaldw MacDonaldw MacDonaldw MacDonaldStaff Reporter

The Board of Selectmengathered on Tuesday evening,Oct. 15 in Rm. 34 of Town Hallfor its weekly meeting. Thehour and three-quarter sessionfeatured three appointments.

The night’s main appear-ance had SuperintendentJames Collins of NorwoodLight & Broadband – as wellas Assistant SuperintendentsDaniel Morrissey and KevinShaughnessy – before theBoard to update it on theDepartment’s ongoing activi-ties.

Collins’ primary topic wasthe proposed set of 5G safetyand aesthetics guidelines thathad earlier been submitted tothe Board by the Light Depart-ment.

5G (fifth generation cellu-lar network technology) hasbecome increasingly popular,with providers such as AT&T,Verizon, and others expectedto bring this “small cell” tech-nology – which requires a lo-cal array of small antennas –to towns such as Norwood.

According to Collins, theTown’s 5G guideline – amongother safety precautions –would require that these anten-nas be installed on telephonepoles with no high voltagewires.

As questions came in fromSelectmen still familiarizingthemselves with the details ofthe guidelines and the 5G situ-ation in general, Town Man-ager Tony Mazzucco steppedin:

“We’re really trying to gaincontrol,” he said. “We can’tstop the coming of 5G. Wecan’t stop the pole placements.The FCC wouldn’t allow usunless we could have somesort of a proven reason to doit. So these are just technicaland aesthetic standards toachieve the goal of giving ussome control over what weknow is eventually going tocome.”

The FCC (Federal Commu-nications Commission) has es-

tablished a maximum of $270per year per pole that localgovernments can charge 5Gproviders for their small cellinstallations. Additionally, ithas ruled that when a permitapplication for small cell infra-structure has been filed, it mustbe processed within a limitedamount of time.

Collins added toMazzucco’s statement. “We’retrying to protect ourselves tothe largest extent we can.That’s what I would considerthis – more of a protectiondocument.”

The Board – not yet readyto vote on the guidelines –opted to table the matter, withMazzucco recommending thatit be revisited in two weeks.“What you don’t want is anapplication to come in and thenthe clock is really ticking,” hesaid of his suggestion.

In other Light Departmentbusiness, Assistant Superin-tendent Morrissey updated theBoard on a current project thatwill re-rout some of the elec-trical transmission lines thatsupply the Town. Currently,the Town’s two transmissionlines use one tower.

At the project’s completion– which Morrissey estimatedwould be at the end of Novem-ber – those lines will be par-tially redirected to a secondtower.

When asked by SelectmanThomas Maloney if the work– which will require one of thetransmission lines to be downfor three to four weeks begin-ning at the end of the month –will cause any interruption inservice for Town customers,Morrissey replied that thereshouldn’t be. “One line is fullycapable of carrying the entireTown. It has in the past.”

In his appearance beforethe Board, Recreation Depart-ment Superintendent TravisFarley proposed to multi-pur-pose the Lower Coakley base-ball field for cricket, basingthis idea on the increasingnumber of cricket groups in theTown.

Farley explained that the

Lower Coakley is the best fitfor this purpose, meeting boththe expansive size require-ments of a cricket pitch andgroup scheduling patterns.

The main physical alter-ation to the ball field would bethe installation of the actualpitch – a 66 foot wide, 10 footlong dirt rectangle – in centerfield.

While Chair Paul Bishopand Maloney were supportive,Selectman William Plasko wasmore cautious, saying, “I don’twant to see this interfere withthe baseball use.”

The matter was left with novote being taken on the pro-posal and with Farley asked tolook further into the matterwith user groups and to re-search other possible sites.

Public Works Director/Town Engineer Mark Ryanalso went before the Board tosubmit his monthly report andto ask it for a vote of supportfor the Town to participate inthe Wreaths Across Americaannual event for deceased vet-erans to be held on Dec. 14.

The motion to support wasunanimously approved. Fur-ther information will appear onthe Town website, and can befound on the Wreaths AcrossAmerica website as well.

In his addendum, Bishopnoted that the Special TownMeeting will continue thisThursday, Oct. 17 at 7:30 p.m.at the High School.

Last Thursday’s session – nothaving met its quorum require-ment – had to be rescheduled.


Lack of quorum begsthe question

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NORWOOD SHOULDPURCHASE OAK VIEWPROPERTY

To the Editor:There are certain build-

ings in a town that are of sucharchitectural and historic sig-nificance, they are worth sav-ing. Such a one is Oak Viewat 289 Walpole Street, whichis for sale for $1.5 million.Rather than have this mansionbe converted to up to four con-dos and its almost two acresof land split up to constructsingle family dwellings, it isthe opinion of the NorwoodHistorical Commission andhas been for many years thatthis home be saved by theTown for community use.

Oak View was the home ofFrank G. Allen, 51st Governorof the Commonwealth, a

member of theMassachusetts State Senateand House of Representatives,chairman of the Board of Select-men, and chairman of the Boardof Assessors. According to townrecords, many notablesvisited Oak View, including twopresidents of the United States:William Howard Taft andCalvin Coolidge. Also enter-tained at Oak View were Jus-tice Oliver Wendell Holmes,John Singer Sargent, whose fa-mous paintings are at the Mu-seum of Fine Arts, Boston, andinternationally known com-poser, Sergei Rachmaninoff,whose Concerto No. 2 is playedby symphony orchestras allover the world, includingBoston’s.

Cities and towns across thestate are using the Community

Preservation Act as the per-fect tool to acquire and re-store their historic treasures.It is one of the reasons theAct was passed TheNorwood Historical Commis-sion would like to apply for it(the deadline is November 30),but needs the support and ap-proval of the Town’sboards and for some reason,they are reluctant to do so.There are funds for everythingelse in Norwood, there shouldbe funds to acquire and restorethis beautiful home for thecommunity. It is an importantNorwood landmark and ispart of this town’s remarkableheritage.

Judith Howard,Chairman

Norwood HistoricalCommission

Library EventsMEDITATION FOR BEGINNERS

Come to an introductory meditation session at theMorrill Memorial Library on Saturday, October 19 from10:00-11:00 a.m. to find out about Isha Kriya, a simplepractice to help you learn to meditate. It can easily bedone while sitting in a chair, and no experience is nec-essary. The class will be taught by a volunteer from theIsha Foundation, an international non-profit organiza-tion dedicated to achieving well-being through yogaand meditation. Handouts will be available to takehome. The class is open to everyone age 12 and up andcan accommodate 32 participants. To register, pleasego to our online events calendar at norwoodlibrary.org/morrillcalendar, call 781-769-0200, x110, or stop bythe library Reference or Information Desk.

TRIO SPIRITO TO KICK OFFFALL MUSICAL SUNDAYS

The Morrill Memorial Library’s popular Fall Mu-sical Sundays series will start off with a repeat perfor-mance by Trio Spirito on Sunday, October 20 at 3:00p.m. The talented trio will perform a program of cham-ber music by Tchaikovsky and Beethoven. Three fac-ulty members from the New School of Music in Cam-bridge created Trio Spirito six years ago. While livingin Germany, violinist Loren Pearson studied and per-formed in orchestras throughout Europe. Dr. Mary JaneRupert, a concert pianist and harpist, has toured na-tionally and internationally, most recently in NewZealand. Cellist Pamela Ambrose has also touredthroughout Europe as well as Russia. To register forthis concert, made possible through the library Endow-ment Fund, please visit our events page atnorwoodlibrary.org/morrillcalendar, call 781-769-0200,x110, or stop by the library Reference or InformationDesk.

REVOLUTIONARY WAR HERO,DR. JOSEPH WARREN

Join author Christian Di Spigna at the Morrill Me-morial Library on Monday, October 21 at 6:30 p.m. forhis presentation, “Founding Martyr: the Life and Deathof Dr. Joseph Warren, the American Revolution’s LostHero.” “Founding Martyr” is an illuminating biogra-phy of America’s forgotten Founding Father, JosephWarren, the patriot physician and major general whofomented rebellion and died heroically at the Battle ofBunker Hill. Warren was involved in almost every majorinsurrectionary act in the Boston area from 1765-1775,from the Stamp Act protests and the Boston Massacreto the Boston Tea Party. His incendiary writings in-cluded the famous Suffolk Resolves, which helped unitethe colonies against Britain and inspired the Declara-tion of Independence. During his presentation, Mr. DiSpigna will talk about new discoveries he made regard-ing Dr. Warren. He will also deconstruct the manyWarren legends and explore his resistance activities ashe rose to the heights of power. Autographed copies of

“Founding Martyr” will be available for purchase af-ter the program. To register for this event, go towww.norwoodlibrary.org/morrillcalendar, call 781-769-0200 x110, or stop by the library Reference orInformation Desk.

TALES OF A RELUCTANTWORLD TRAVELER

Join author and performer Randy Ross at theMorrill Memorial Library on Wednesday, October 23at 7:00 p.m. as he shares his ups and downs over thecourse of 16 weeks, four continents, and three bungeejumps. Randy will tell the story of how a Somervillehomebody turned a solo trip around the globe into acomedic novel and a one-man show. This multi-mediaevent includes a slide show and readings from his book,“God Bless Cambodia,” which will be available to pur-chase after the program. To register, please visit ourlibrary’s online events calendar at norwoodlibrary.org/morrillcalendar, call 781-769-0200 x110, or stop by thelibrary Reference or Information Desk.

BEING MORE INTENTIONALWITH OUR WORDS

The Fall Sustainability Series at the Morrill Memo-rial Library, sponsored by TogetherYes and ProgressNorwood, will continue on Monday, October 28 at 6:30pm. Join us for a presentation by the Principal of the Pub-lic Schools of Brookline, Dr. Asa Sevelius. How can wehelp children understand the things they see and hear,and resolve their confusion and conflict? Dr. Sevelius willtalk about language, resources, and ways to approachconversations with children and families regardingLGBTQ+ lives, history, and current events. There will betime for discussion afterwards. To register, please visitthe library’s online events calendar at norwoodlibrary.org/morrillcalendar, call 781-769-0200 x110, or stop by theReference or Information Desk.

HUSBAND, WIFE AND DAUGHTERTO PERFORM

The Morrill Memorial Library’s Fall Musical Sun-days series continues with a performance by the Home-grown String Band on Sunday, November 3 at 3:00p.m. This family trio has a unique repertoire of origi-nal and traditional folk music inspired by the classicsounds of rural America. Their eclectic palette of in-struments includes guitar, banjo, dulcimer, mando-lin, banjo ukulele, baritone ukulele, harmonica, jawharp, and doumbek. The Homegrown String Bandwill take you on a musical journey beginning withancient ballads of the British Isles and concludingwith blues and bluegrass of the 20th century. Toregister for this concert, made possible through thelibrary Endowment Fund, please visit our onlineevents page at norwoodlibrary.org/morrillcalendar,call 781-769-0200, x110, or stop by the libraryReference or Information Desk.

Thursday night’s failure by Town Meeting to garner a quo-rum in and of itself isn’t a major deal. The Patriots were playingand there wasn’t a hot topic everyone wanted to speak to. Due toa lack of a quorum, the business of Norwood’s governance wassimply delayed, not denied.

Town meeting has been a mainstay of New England for over200 years and many would argue is the quintessential form ofgovernment. While the town meeting continues to be the domi-nant form of local government in this area and the state as a whole,some towns have decided, for a variety of reasons, that TM is nolonger as effective as it once was and have made a change tosomething else. Critics say town meeting doesn’t move quicklyenough when decisions must be made, and that increasingly com-plicated issues and federal and state mandates require a degreeof professionalism most town meeting members don’t have.

In an article appearing in the Boston Globe, the town ofRandolph officially made the move in 2010 from town meetingafter 216 years, swearing in an elected town council that willoversee the increased responsibilities of the Town Manager. “Itheld its last meeting on Dec. 16, in a ceremonial session withcostumed actors portraying the first town meeting members. Theswitch-off follows neighbor Braintree’s, which ended a 214-yearhistory of town meetings when it elected a mayor and town councilin 2007. Weymouth, which has had some form of town meetingsince 1641, abandoned the format in favor of a mayor and towncouncil in 2000,” according to the Globe.

The above towns are actually similar in history, size and scopeto Norwood. Braintree is actually considered a “sister” town toNorwood. Like Norwood, it has its own cable and electric lightdepartment, and has a demographic and origins in manufacturingalmost mirroring Norwood’s. Braintree decided a change wasneeded. Perhaps Norwood should take another look.

Many would argue that Proposition 2 ½ has made it almostimpossible to manage town government properly while otherswould counter it has provided much needed restraints on free-wheeling government spending. However, it is universally agreedthat since the implementation of Prop 2 ½, cities and towns havebeen run more like a business. Norwood had absorbed the changesimposed by Prop 2 ½ quite well until recently, in this newspaper’sopinion. However, all things change and we’re not so sureNorwood is the well-oiled machine it had established itself as inthe past.

We question the handling of issues associated with real estatedevelopment, particularly in the era of 40b’s. We don’t think, forexample, that the disaster that is the Avalon Apartments shouldhave ever come about, and we blame the lack of expertise ofNorwood’s Board of Selectmen and, ultimately, Town Meetingfor being misled. Development of that site was going to happen.It just didn’t have to happen the way it did.

Who in Town took a lead position in trying to lure businesseshere that may have taken up residence in some of the now ubiq-uitous multi-housing sites? There may have been some attempts,but certainly not a concentrated effort. The Forbes Hill propertymay be a beacon of success or of failure, only history will tell.

There also seems to be an unwillingness recently to questiondepartmental spending. Not every piece of equipment needs tofall under “capital expenditures”. Hardly anything is purchasedwithin a department’s budget anymore. Cars, trucks, other equip-ment requests just appear to be approved with little to no discus-sion.

With a more experienced form of leadership, would the re-cently approved override have even been necessary? We’re notconvinced it was, nor do we believe it was a mistake. We’re justnot sure, and we’re guessing some residents in Town aren’t sureeither.


TM continued from page 1 School Committe continued from page 1efficient vehicle policy to theSchool Committee. The SchoolCommittee would only have toapprove the fuel efficiency planand, the energy reduction planwhen finished would have to beapproved by the Board of Select-men. The Selectmen were slatedto vote on the fuel efficiencyplan this week on Oct. 15. TownPlanner Paul Halkiotis said,however, that they will be pre-senting the plant to the SchoolCommittee in November regard-less, so members would beaware of it moving forward.

“The energy reduction plan,which we are planning topresent to the School Commit-tee and Board of Selectmen inNovember, is essentially a planfor the Town to reach that 20percent reduction goal in fiveyears. The fuel efficient vehiclepolicy is basically a policy thatrequires the Town and SchoolCommittee and as well as every-one on the general governmentside to purchase fuel efficientvehicles as they become com-mercially available.”

The Norwood Police Depart-ment is already testing out somehybrid SUV cruisers this year,for which NPD Chief WilliamBrooks has said in the past ifthey end up being cheaper tooperate and maintain they willstart fazing them in to replaceall cruisers in the future.

Collins said the types ofgrants the Town would be eli-gible for would vary, but said thatArlington recently topped $1 mil-lion in grant funding, so it willbe significant.

“The funding can be used, forexample, for solar panels. Wecan use them to replace agingboilers, which we’ve already dis-cussed using that funding to re-

place old boilers in the schoolsystem. They can be used tomake the buildings more efficientby replacing windows, replacingvehicles with more efficient onesand basically anything that wouldreduce our energy consumption,”he said.

Collins said the change to fuelefficient vehicles would not haveto be implemented immediately,so the upfront costs would bestaggered. He said Norwoodcouldn’t replace everything evenif it wanted to, as 72 percent ofthe vehicles in any schooldepartment’s fleet are exemptfrom the policy, and the fourpickup trucks currently owned bythe Norwood Public Schools donot have energy efficient coun-terparts, and would also be ex-empt.

“We are actually quite a waysfrom being forced to implementthis policy,” he said, and addedthat large vehicles that are con-tracted out, like the school buses,would not be counted towards thepolicy.

School Facilities ManagerPaul Riccardi said he already hassome ideas with which he’d liketo put the new grant funds to use.

“As I understand this pro-gram there would be about$250,000 a year that the Townwould have available,” he said.“One of the first things we wouldlike to do in the high school isreplace the fluorescent lights.Right now the ballast replace-ment costs $60 and the bulbs are$10 a piece and there are four ofeach in a light, so when a fixtureneeds to be replaced, never mindthe labor, it’s $100. We boughtthese lights for $20 a light fromMassSave. We just don’t have thetime or the manpower to install

them yet. So part of my hope withthis money is to do a contract andbring in an outside crew and goright through the corridors and re-place 320 lights.”

Riccardi added that the watt-age reduction is 75 percent.

“So it’s a huge savings,” hesaid, adding that he would liketo look at schools’ boilers for re-placement as well.

Halkiotis has been spearhead-ing this effort for the last year andsaid he worked with his localcommunity to implement the pro-gram nine years ago. He said thefirst thing they did was replace acoal fired boiler in one of theschools.

“Which was from a ship orsomething,” he said.

Halkiotis said he and his de-partment are shooting for the endof November to get all five re-quirements and the energy reduc-tion plan in place for Norwoodto be designated a Green Com-munity. He said the energy reduc-tion plan will provide the Townwith a rudder as to where offi-cials should first point the grantfunds so as to have the most an-nual savings.

“The energy reduction plan thatis currently underway will list aninventory of all the energy uses inall of the Town’s buildings,” hesaid. “That inventory will lead toan action plan of things that ourconsultants will recommend thatwe do to reduce energy consump-tion across the board in the com-munity.”

Halkiotis said the first actionitems would be what he called lowhanging fruit; lights and energy re-duction, but the bigger ticket itemswould be things like windows andboilers, which can have muchlarger upfront installation costs.

switched the Norwood HighSchool’s projector to the startof the game. “When we put theTV back on I want you to lookfor TM members there and Iwant you to shame call them.”

According to the NorwoodTown Bylaw, a quorum consti-tutes at least half of the totalnumber of Town Meeting mem-bers. The Town currently has251 Town Meeting members onits roster.

According to Town ClerkMarylou Folan, the last time aquorum couldn’t be reachedwas in 2010. According to Se-lectman Bill Plasko, during theBoston Bruins’ heyday seasonsin the 1970s, getting a quorumwas difficult, and often endedin reschedules, like it did onThursday.

“When I was moderator inthe 70s, we would try to havethe annual Town Meeting in thespring, and the Bruins would bein the playoffs in late winter orearly spring,” he said. “Theyhad really good teams backthen, and they were in the play-offs a lot and Norwood was abig hockey Town back then.We really had a lot of troublegetting quorums.”

Plasko added they didn’thave hot topics like budgetoverrides or school repairs go-ing on then either.

“Part of the problem I thinkback then was they would ad-journ night after night just try-ing to get the meeting over withand only people who attendedthe previous night would know

there was another Town Meet-ing,” he said. “There wasn’tenough time to notify everyoneelse and only those who werethere would know to comeback.”

Plasko said they used to hostit at the Coakley MiddleSchool, and sometimes TownMeeting would get so backedup it would have to make wayfor the plays and recitals heldthere, in the middle of a TownMeeting. They would have toadjourn to meet again in a dif-ferent location, in this case theold Norwood High School, fur-thering everyone’s confusion,especially since it wasn’t until1990 that the Town set specificnights – Monday and Thursday– as the only days Town Meet-ing would meet. Before that itwas anyone’s guess as to whenTown Meeting would decide tomeet again.

“Now it’s more regimented,so people know,” he said. “Ithink in recent years we’ve hada lot of turnover and newpeople got involved, which isreally good. The old timers whohave been there for a while,they can get a little tired of itwhen things don’t go smoothly.It’s easy to say ‘I’m going todo something else.’ We try nowto make it more important topeople and at least a little moreconsistent so these thingswouldn’t happen, and theydon’t happen nearly as much asthey used to.”

Plasko said this Thursday, atleast, there’s no Patriot’s football.

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The event was to give residents a head start on their candy consumption and a chance to show off theircostumes in the daylight.

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Hundreds if not thousandsof Norwood residents came outlast weekend to support theTown’s Fall Fest events.

The dances, according toofficials, were well-attended,the Trunk-or-Treat attractedhundreds of costumed individu-als – young and old – and thenew Pumpkin Float event onSunday garnered hundreds ofresidents and dozens of carvedpumpkins floating on HawesPond.

The eighth annual Trunk-or-Treat event took place on Sat-urday, Oct. 12 at the NorwoodCivic Center Parking Lot. De-spite some light drizzle, hun-dreds made their way throughthe line of volunteers who pre-pared their trunks to delighttrick-or-treaters. The NorwoodParks Department, who ran allof Fall Fest, also had a trunk setup with live music and dancingrun by Program DirectorCatherine Seasted.

Seasted oversaw all six pro-grams for the weekend, includ-ing canoeing out into HawesPond to make sure all the pump-kins were floating properly anddid not sink.

Residents at the Trunk-or-Treat event reveled in the cos-tumed fun provided by theTown. Residents Katie Barnicleand Michelle O’Leary saidthey’ve been coming to theevent with their kids for aboutfour years now.

“We think it’s great,” saidBarnicle. “For us this is a greatwarm up. We came to the Hal-loween Party on Thursday nightand now there’s more to come.”

“We love it,” said O’Leary.“For the kids it’s great. Theylove it and they (Rec. Depart-ment) do a lot for the kids herein Town.”

Resident Amber DeBrossesaid she’s been coming for al-

most all of the eight years it’sbeen going on.

“I’ve been every year sinceit was over in that parking lotover there with only about eightcars,” she said. “I love it, wecome as much as we can, I loveall the little costumes andthere’s just so many peoplenow, it’s awesome.

DeBrosse added that she’sgrateful the Town is able to dothis every year and hopes thetraditions continue.

“I love that the Town doesthis, it’s so community-orientedand family-oriented,” she said.

Norwood Police Chief Wil-liam Brooks attended the eventwith several of his officers,handing out school suppliesand Norwood Police tradingcards. Brooks said they are pre-paring for Halloween night,which for them involves a fewextra patrols.

“We just pay extra attention;we don’t do traffic enforcementlike we do for other nights andwe put cars in the neighbor-hoods,” he said. “We knowthose neighborhoods wherethere’s a lot of traffic and a lotof kids and we just try to payattention. We’re really moreworried about them gettingstruck by vehicles than anyother threat. It now also seemsto fold up a little earlier than ithas in previous years.”

Brooks said this preliminaryevent allows officers to inter-act with younger residents at anearly age so they would be morewilling to interact with policein the future.

“For us it’s great, becauseany time we have a chance tointeract with kids on a non-en-forcement, nonthreatening andnon-crisis situation it is goodfor us,” he said.

Brooks added that studentsare now taking Norwood Police


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trading cards, which officers hand out to help them get to knoweach individual officer.

“That helps kids remember the officers’ names and recognizethem. Kids come up to me and say ‘hey I know you, you’re thechief I got your card,’ and so that’s been very successful,” hesaid.

Residents Michelle Melpingnano and Kevin O’Sullivandecked out their car for the second time for the event and, thisyear, they went with a Super Mario Bros. theme.

“The kids; the town; making people happy is just awesome,”said Melpingnano.

“We chose the theme for the colors and the retro feel of it,”O’Sullivan said, adding that though he chose the theme,Melpingnano got to dress as Mario while he was player 2, Luigi.

“Obviously I have to be player 2,” he said with a laugh.

BINGO: Every Wednesday, from 12:45 PM to 3:00 PM, $5.00 toget started. For $1.00, we have a game with a winner take all prize! Youmust be here by 12:45 PM to play this game! BLOOD PRES

SURE CLINIC: Walpole VNA will be available for blood pressurescreening on the first Wednesday of each month. Ellis Nursing Homewill offer blood pressure screening on the 2nd Wednesday of each month.The Walpole VNA will provide blood pressure screening on the thirdWednesday of each month at 11:30 AM.

BOOK CLUB: Our next book club meeting will be on October 21,at the senior center.

BRIDGE: Our bridge club meets on Thursdays at 9:00 AM, in theLibrary.

CAMERA CLUB: Join the club to share your love of photography,and learn new skills. Group meets on Wednesdays 11am-noon Will returnOctober 23rd.

COMPUTER CLUB: The computer club meets every Wednesdayat 1:00 PM.

CRIBBAGE: Our seniors meet every Monday and Friday at 12:45PM to play cribbage.

DIGITAL PHOTO ORGANIZATION & EDITING: will takeplace the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month, at 11:30 AM.

DRAWING WITH COLORED PENCILS: Class ON October22nd, at 11AM-12:15PM. $3.00 a session, all materials included.FRIENDS EVENING DANCE: October 18, 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM Dave

Valero GLEE CLUB: Every Tuesday at 11:15 am. New membersalways welcome.

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

HEARING SOLUTIONS: Hearing Aide clinic on Wednesday, Oc-tober 23rd at 11:30

LEARN TO PLAY MAH JONG: Thursdays and Fridays at 12:30PM LINE DANCE: Classes are held each Tuesday. Class will be heldfrom 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

MAH JONG: Mah Jong players meet Monday, Wednesday, and Fri-day 10:00 AM - Noon.

MASSAGE THERAPIST: Karen 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 1st Tuesday of each month at 9:30AM, at the Senior Center.The club membership meets the 2nd Tuesday of each month at theNorwood Elks Lodge, at 10:00 AM.

SCRABBLE: Thursday afternoons at 1:00 PM. Come and join usfor a game.

SHINE: We have two SHINE Counselors. Carole is here to help youwith your medical insurance needs on Tuesdays from 10:00 AM. - 3:00PM. Amy will be here on Fridays from 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM Please call781-762-1201 for an appointment. TAP DANCE: Thursdays at 11:15AM. All levels are welcome and encouraged to join the fun. TRIAD:Monday, October 21st at 1PM Norwood Fire Department-Fire Preven-tion. WAXING with Erin: October 21, Monday 9:00 AM - Noon WHIST:Whist players meet on Tuesdays at 12:45 PM, in the library.

Junior Damato, the “Auto Doctor,” has agreed to field auto repair questions from Bulletin and Record readers.Please send your questions to [email protected] and we will do our best to get them answered.

Junior Damato began servicing vehicles in 1969. He owns an 8-bay centerin Middleboro, MA. Junior is an ASE-certified Master Technician,

ASE-certified L-1 and ASE-certified Natural Gas.

Ask The Doctor1. Dear Doctor: My 2016 Traverse was rear-ended 2 years ago with moderate damage. Six monthslater the A/C would not run cold. The dealer filled it with Freon. One year later, again the A/C wouldnot run cold. The dealer filled the Freon, put blue dye in, and charged me $150. Five months later theA/C would not run cold. The dealer could find no trace of blue dye, filled it with Freon and did notcharge me. I was advised to return for a check in a month. Do you have any observations orsuggestions on the matter? –ThomasA) Small A/C Leaks can often be hard to locate. Dye, black lights, and a sniff-type leak detector isuseful. Front condensers have been a common fault as well as A/C lines. Have a technician inspectthe accident area. If any of the A/C components are in that area, call your insurance company.Extended insurance may cover the repair if not accident related. Find a AAA approved shop toinspect the system.

2. Dear Doctor: I am looking to buy a new hybrid vehicle and the KIA Niro is on the top of my listbecause of its size, roomy interior, and of course great gas mileage. How do hybrids run the A/C whenin stop-and-go traffic and engine is not running (electric motor only)? Does the A/C compressor needthe engine running to operate? In cold winter weather, does the engine need to run until reachingoptimal working temperature negating any ‘hybrid’ fuel savings? –DonA) KIA Niro is a great car, either Hybrid or full electric. The A/C system and power steering are bothelectric and will operate when the engine is off on any hybrid vehicle, and on a full electric with nogas engine. In cold weather the gas engine on a hybrid will run at longer intervals.

that Winsmith’s physical lo-cation was missing safe park-ing and pedestrian accessthroughout.

Winsmith was set up, ac-cording to ZBA members, forsmall businesses, consign-ment stores, dog trainingschools and basically any-thing that didn’t cause toomuch traffic. Winsmithworked with the ZBA and re-structured most of its trafficpatterns and parking areasand also put up Jersey Bar-rier-type structures to delin-eate pedestrian walkways.However, the ZBA wasn’tconvinced this was enough tosupport Jones’ proposal .Fortunately for Jones, hefound another location at 153Morse St.

Jones said he really didn’twant to come before theBoard again, but the best lo-cation for the business was ina manufacturing zone andwould require a special per-mit be granted by the ZBA.

“It seemed from my exten-sive knowledge of havingdone this before, this locationseems as straightforward of a

process for the traffic, the pe-destrian access and the park-ing plan as it could be,” hesaid. “I think I can make ev-eryone happy this time.”

The only work Joneswould have to do is isolatedto the interior of the building,which requires renovation ofthe two bathrooms, wideningaccess to meet requirementsof the Americans with Dis-abil i t ies Act, emergencylighting and aesthetic renova-t ions. He said NorwoodBuilding Inspector MattWalsh would require a certi-fied contractor’s plan beforehe could open the business.

The Board approved thespecial permit request on thecondition that Jones suppliedWalsh with a cert if iedcontractor ’s plan no laterthan two weeks from Tues-day, Oct. 15.

Another case before theZBA was 331 WashingtonSt., where owners Marty andJoanne Kenney want to adda new family room in theback of the house.

“We’re very happy in ourcurrent residence, but the

thing is we don’t have a bath-room on the first floor, andthat’s the primary reason forthe addition at this point,”Joanne said.

ZBA member Philip Rileysaid there was one issue withthat.

“It looks as though thereis currently 32 feet from theexisting house to the back ofthe property line, and withthis addition, it would onlybe 12 feet, which creates anew nonconforming use,” hesaid.

Riley said while the exten-sion of an existing noncon-forming use is allowed forapplication under a specialpermit, a new nonconforminguse would require a variance,according to the case of SaraDeadrick vs. the Zoning Boardof Appeals of Chatham case,which can be found at.masscases.com/cases/app/85/85massappct539.html.

“If they had 28 feet insteadof 32, it would be alright, actu-ally, because it’s already a non-conforming use,” Riley said.

The Board accepted a with-drawal without prejudice fromthe couple so they could comeback for a variance.

The new Crossfit proposal will take up one half of this building to be shared with Off the Vine Catering onMorse Street.

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DEATHS

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IANTOSCAHelen C. (Lombardi) Age 96 of Norwood, formerly of West

Roxbury and Walpole, October 8, 2019. Beloved wife of thelate Attileo A. Iantosca. Loving mother of Diane Boyle andher husband John Boyle of Gainesville, VA, the late LeoIantosca and his surviving wife Honour of Richmond, VA,Janet Stewart and her husband Ron Stewart of Ecuador, NancyWoolbright and her husband Keith Woolbright of Wenatchee,WA, Marie Phinney and her husband Joseph Phinney of WestRoxbury, MA, the late Dina Hennessey and her surviving hus-band Bryan Hennessey of Bristol, RI, Michael Iantosca andhis wife Natalie Iantosca of Norfolk, MA, and Lisa Iantoscaof Dedham, MA. Devoted sister of Theresa Cardinal of Latham,NY, and the late Amelia Lombardi and Anthony Lombardi ofSchenectady. Loving nana to 13 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. Also survived by many nieces and nephews.Funeral from the William J. Gormley Funeral Home, 2055Centre St., WEST ROXBURY, Thursday, October 17th at 9am, followed by a Funeral Mass in Holy Name Church at 10o’clock. Relatives and friends invited. Interment HolyhoodCemetery. For directions and guestbook,www.gormleyfuneral.com William J. Gormley Funeral Service617-323-8600.

SUTTONLester Albert of Norwood, entered into rest on Monday,

October 14, 2019, at the age of 89. Loving son of the lateBenjamin and Shirley (Bulman) Sutton. Beloved husband ofEstelle (Eisen) Sutton. Devoted father of Susan Tinianow andher husband Mark, Steven Sutton and his wife Carol, and JamesSutton. Loving brother of Joan Sutton. Cherished grandfatherof Alex Tinianow, Joseph Tinianow, Eliana Sutton, JeneliseSutton and Gabriel Sutton. Funeral Services will be held atthe Stanetsky Memorial Chapel, 475 Washington St., CAN-TON, MA on Thursday, October 17, 2019 at 10 AM, with burialto follow at Sharon Memorial Park, 40 Dedham Street, Sharon.The family will receive visitors following the burial at Bench-mark Senior Living, at Clapboardtree Street in Norwood until4:00 PM, and continuing at the same location on Friday from1:00-4:00 PM. In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy inhis memory may be made to a charity of your choice.StanetskyCanton.com

ADJOURNED SPECIALTOWN MEETING

Pursuant to the provisions ofthe by-laws of the town ofNorwood, notice is hereby giventhat at the Adjourned SpecialTown Meeting (due to lack ofQuorum) of the inhabitants of thetown of Norwood held on Thurs-day evening, October 10, 2019,it was voted that the meetingstand adjourned to meet at 7:30PM on Thursday October 17,2019 in the Auditorium of theNorwood High School onNichols Street. It was furthervoted that Article 6 through Ar-ticle 15 be laid on the table andacted upon at the adjourned ses-sion of this meeting.

COMMUNITY WALKOF ENDEAN PARK

The Norwood Trails AdvisoryCommittee and ProgressNorwood will be hosting a com-munity walk of Endean Park inSouth Norwood on Sunday, Oc-tober 20th at 2pm. Join us for awalk through the largest networkof trails in Norwood. Adults andchildren welcome and Halloweencostumes encouraged! We will bemeeting at the Hawes Pool park-ing lot.

NORWOOD MEMORIALAIRPORT FORUM

On Wednesday - Oct. 30th,Norwood Memorial Airport Fo-rum: Its History, Influence &Economic Impact at the VFWPost Hall #2452, 193 Dean St.Norwood at7:00 p.m. GuestSpeaker, Russ Maguire, AirportManager. The Norwood Leagueof Women Voters welcomes thepublic to “come in for a landing”and learn how one of Norwood’smajor economic resources,

Norwood Memorial Airport, im-pacts our local community andbeyond. The evening includeslight refreshments and cash bar.Contact Toni at 781-769-7865 [email protected] withany questions regarding theevent.

MARCHING BAND’SHANSEL AND GRETEL ONSUNDAY

The Norwood MustangMarching Band’s competitionseason is off to an incrediblestart! The band has competed inthree NESBA (New EnglandScholastic Band Association)competitions (held in Medford,Melrose, and Wakefield), bring-ing home 1st Place in eachshow. The Band has also earnedawards for Best Music, BestPercussion, and Best ColorGuard. The 61-member bandand color guard are composedof students in Norwood PublicSchools grades 8-12. You’llhave your chance to see theBand’s magical show, Hanseland Gretel, at Norwood HighSchool on Sunday, October 20that 3:30pm! Norwood hosts TheNorwood Classic, a branch ofthe MICCA (Massachusetts In-strumental and Choral Conduc-tors Association) competition,each fall and welcomes 9 highschool bands from around thestate. These students work hardfor their success, and theywould love your support! Bandswill be performing 1pm-5pm;with Norwood scheduled to per-form at 3:30pm. Tickets are $15for adults and $10 for students/seniors sold at the gate. Therewil l be concess ions andNorwood Music merchandiseavailable for purchase. For

more information, please visitthe Norwood PMA Facebookpage (Norwood Parents MusicAssociation), public Facebookgroup (Friends of Norwood Mu-sic), or website http://norwoodpma.org.

‘A NIGHT IN ITALY’Parkway Concert Orchestra

begins its 75th anniversary sea-son with ‘A Night in Italy’ onSunday, November 3 at 3 p.m. atthe First Congregational Church,100 Winter Street, Norwood.Music Director Thomas Kocielaconducts the 50 piece non-profitorchestra in an exciting programincluding ‘O sole mio,’ ‘La donnaè mobile’ from Rigoletto,‘Nessun Dorma’from Turandot and ‘Autumn’from The Four Seasons, with so-loists David Rivera Bozón, tenor,and Sarah Rogers, violin. To en-hance your concert experience,the performance features a pre-concert talk (from 2:35 to 2:50)with Resident Conductor BrianBell.The program is supported inpart by a grant from the NorwoodCultural Council, a local agencywhich is supported by the Mas-sachusetts Cultural Council, astate agency. Donation is $15;$10 for seniors and students; andfree for children under 12 yearsold. Doors will open at 2:30 p.m.For ticket reservations please call781-444-5041 oremail [email protected],

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DAN SHAUNESSEY TOSPEAK AT TEMPLE ALIYAH The Temple Aliyah 2019Men’s Club Annual Dinner willtake place on November 19,2019, at 6:30 pm at TempleAliyah, 1664 Central Avenue,Needham. The guest speaker willbe Dan Shaughnessy, award-win-ning Boston Globe sportswriterand author of 12 books, includingNew York Times bestsellerFrancona. Shaunessey has beennamed Massachusetts Sports-writer of the Year 13 times and11 times has been voted one ofAmerica’s top ten sports colum-nists. In 2016 he was the recipi-ent of the J. G. Taylor SpinkAward for “meritorious contribu-tions to baseball writing,” pre-sented at the Baseball Hall ofFame in Cooperstown, NewYork. Enjoy good company withnetworking and a great deli buf-fet dinner. The advance cost ofthe event is $32 for adults and$15 for children under 16. Pay-ment at the door will be $38 foradults and $15 for children un-der 16, but advance registrationis required. Non-members arewelcome. To register, goto Eventbrite.com and search for“Temple Aliyah Men’s Club-2019” in Needham events. Forfurther information about attend-ing or sponsoring the event, con-tact Steve Markman at (617) 962-5711 or [email protected].

“FANTASY FOOTSTEPS”COMING UP

On October 18 and 19, Octo-ber 25 and 26 6:00 - 7:30 pm. theNorwood Backstage Boosters isproud to present “Fantasy Foot-steps”, a storybook tour foryoungsters and grownups alike atthe James Savage Education Cen-

ter, 275 Prospect Street,Norwood.

Fantasy Footsteps is a familyfriendly non-scary 30 to 40minute tour that has the audienceencountering industrious elves,fierce wolves, enchanted pump-kins and other memorable char-acters from seven familiar fairytales.

Groups will be led on aguided tour through sparklingcorridors where audiences willbe treated to magical momentswith many of their favorite fairytales. These individual sceneswill be performed by Norwoodstudents, and is written and di-rected by Dean Calusdian.

“Fantasy Footsteps” is a light-hearted way to celebrate the Hal-loween season; put on your cos-tumes, bring some friends andcome join in the fun. Please call(781) 223-0022 if you have anyquestions.$6 / adults and children6 and older. $4 / seniors and chil-dren 2 and over.

HOLIDAY SMALL WORKSSALE & SHOW

The Norwood ArtAssociation’s HOLIDAYSMALL WORKS SALE &SHOW will be held on Novem-ber 14, 15 & 16, hosted by CUS-TOM ART FRAMING, 45 Cen-tral Street, Norwood. The eventwill be open during regular busi-ness hours of 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.There will be small piece artwork(8x10 and under) consisting oforiginal paintings, photos andother items for viewing and pur-chase. The Opening Receptionwill take place on Friday, No-vember 15th from 6-8 p.m. Com-plimentary small bites and bever-ages will be provided and mem-bers, friends and guests are invitedto attend. For more information,email [email protected] or call617-584-3577, or inquire at theframe shop.

COPING WITH LOSS,DYING AND DEATHIN LATER LIFE

Free Film Screening & Dis-cussion, 2.5 CE credits availablefor professionals on Monday, No-vember 4, 1:00 to 4:00 PM at theCommunity VNA, 10 EmoryStreet, Attleboro, MA

10,000 people in Americaturn 65 every day. Advanced agecan bring a range of losses froma spouse or partner, to indepen-dence and identity. Along withexperiencing multiple losses,older adults are more likely tosuffer from multiple chronic con-ditions requiring complex medi-cal care. Aging America exploreshow mental health professionals,healthcare providers, and thewider community can supportaging Americans through theselosses and transitions. The film’spanel of experts discusses inno-vative programs and new ap-proaches in bereavement care.Following the film, CommunityVNA team members will facili-tate a 30-minute group discus-sion. We hope you will join us!

TOUR THE OLDPARISH CEMETERY

The non-profit organization,Old Parish Preservation Volun-teers (OPPV) will be hosting atour of the cemetery titled “TheWomen of Old Parish Cemetery”on Saturday, October 19, at 2:00pm. (Rain date Sunday, October20 at 2).

Come and hear about womenwho were important to old SouthDedham and early Norwood.Learn about their lives, includingtheir successes, trials, and tribu-lations. Along the way, we’ll hearabout epidemics, education,medicine and even murder.

The tour is free of charge andopen to the public. Light refresh-ments will be served. Anyone in-terested should gather at theWashington Street entrance to thecemetery at 2. You may followthe Old Parish Preservation Vol-unteers on Facebook, or visit thegroup’s web site: https://www.oldparishpreservationvolunteers.com

EMMANUEL LUTHERANTO HOLD RUMMAGE SALE

Emmanuel Lutheran Church, corner of Berwick St,and Gardner Rd., off Rte.1A , willhold its Fall Rummage Sale onFriday , October 25 and Satur-day, October 26, from 9 a,m, to

1 p.m.. There will be clothing forall, shoes, books, toys, linens andsmall household items. Therewill also be a specialcollectibles and antiques table .

THE CRAFT AFFAIRIS COMING UP!

The Craft Affair at Norwoodwill be held Saturday, October19th, at Norwood HighSchool from 9am-2:30pm. Over80 crafters will be selling theirhandmade goods. Come andshop for chocolates, hand-painted glass, ornaments,placemats, knitted items, cro-cheted and knitted items, jewelry,doll clothes, decorative woodenitems, toys, cards, wreaths andmuch more. The Craft Affairbenefits the Post Prom Party andother clubs and teams atNorwood High School. Generaladmission is $3 for age 13-adult. Senior citizens are $2. Childrenunder 12 are free.

MARKET OF HOPE – SHOP-PING WITH A PURPOSE

The annual Market of Hopetakes place on the grounds of St.Timothy Parish, 650 Nichols St,Norwood, MA on Saturday, Oc-tober 19th, from 9 am – 3 pm.This lively market features beau-tiful products handmade by arti-sans from all over the world. Pur-chases from the market supportthe needs of the most vulnerablein our world as they work to liftthemselves out of poverty and de-pendency. St. Timothy parish in-vites the public to attend and en-joy delicious fair-trade coffeeand refreshments as you shop. Incase of inclement weather, pleaselook for the market in the churchlower hall. For more information,please call Toni at 617-974-4936.

PARKWAY CONCERTORCHESTRA FREEPUBLIC OPEN REHEARSAL

Please join us as we preparefor our upcoming performance! Parkway kicks off its 75th anni-versary celebration with a free openrehearsal on Monday, October 21from 7:30-8:30 atFirst Congregational Church (100Winter St, Norwood). Come andtake a peek behind the scenes asMusic Director Thomas Kociela re-hearses the orchestra for A Night inItaly—featuring tenor David RiveraBozón singing ‘La donna è mobile’from Verdi’s Rigoletto and ‘O solemio,’ as well as violinist SarahRogers performingVivaldi’s Autumn from The FourSeasons. It is not necessary to RSVPbut we would appreciate a call oremail if you are bringing a grouplarger than two people. (781) 444-5041 or [email protected].

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE& ITS EFFECT ONYOUNG CHILDREN

Wednesday, October 23, SavageEducational Center – Room 219 275

Prospect Street, Norwood, MA 6:30- 8:30 PM. What children see andhear can have a profound impact ontheir lives. It does have effects. Nomatter how much you believe it ishidden from them or out of sight,children know what is happening andthey worry and they stress. Thisworkshop is for families with chil-dren from toddler to early elemen-tary years. To register contactBeverly Boudreau, Norwood Pub-lic Schools, CFCE Office at 781-440-5983 or [email protected] registering please provideyour name, e-mail address and phonenumber.

FALL CONCERTSAT ST. GABRIEL’S

The Chapel of St. Gabriel theArchangel at Highland Cemetery inNorwood will once again be thevenue for free concerts this fall.

On Sunday, November 10, at3:00 pm, musician Steve Marchenawill present a selection of classicalworks on the acoustic guitar. Mr.Marchena has performed in concertand on recordings in such variedstyles as classical, rock, jazz, anddelta blues.

The Chapel of St. Gabriel theArchangel is located at HighlandCemetery on Winter Street inNorwood. A quaint and picturesquechapel, at the time of its donation tothe town in 1903 it was regarded asone of the most beautiful structuresof its kind in the nation. After a care-ful restoration, the Chapel is onceagain available free of charge forsmall burial and memorial services.It is hoped these concerts will in-crease the public’s awareness of thisunique, contemplative space. Withthe cooperation of the Town ofNorwood’s Cemetery Department,the Concerts in the Chapel are orga-nized by the Friends of St. Gabriel’sunder the auspices of the Old ParishPreservation Volunteers, a local non-profit organization. The concerts arefree and open to the public. Seatingis limited and on a first come, firstserve basis. For more information,the group can be reached [email protected]

OLD PARISH VOLUNTEERSWORK SATURDAYS

The aim of the OPPV is to prop-erly clean stone grave markers, re-pair and reset broken stones, anddocument this historic site. With careand attention, the cemetery will continueto be a valuable historical and culturalresource for the town. Saturday workdays this fall include: October 26, andNovember 2. The groups will also hosta tour of the cemetery titled “TheWomen of Old Parish Cemetery” onSaturday, October 19, at 2:00 pm. (Raindate Sunday, October 20 at 2).

Anyone interested in helping pre-serve this site can join the group work-ing in the cemetery, or visit the group’sweb site: https://www.oldparishpreservationvolunteers.comThe cemetery is open to the public dur-ing the time volunteers are working.

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Community Walk of Endean ParkThe Norwood Trails Advisory Committee and Progress Norwood will

be hosting a community walk of Endean Park in South Norwood on Sun-day, October 20th at 2pm. Join us for a walk through the largest networkof trails in Norwood. Adults and children welcome and Halloween cos-tumes encouraged! We will be meeting at the Hawes Pool parking lot.


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BASIC CABLE TV WITH 100 Mbps INTERNETOnly $59.99/mo.

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