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Residents will be hosting a police appreciation rally on the Norwood Common on July 25 to show support for the local NorwoodPolice Department.

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Norwood PoliceRally on July 25th

JefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

Norwood resident Dawn Fitz is host-ing a rally to support the Norwood Po-lice on July 25, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.,on the Town Common.

“I really want to thank the Board ofSelectmen and Chrstine MulveyJacobson; they really helped me withthis and I really appreciate the Boardgiving me the permit,” she said. “It wasawesome, they’re all rock stars in mybook.”

Fitz said her father was a New YorkCity police officer, and that she always

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The Community Preserva-tion Committee (CPC) met onWednesday, July 8 to discusshow to approach the projectsthat will be coming before theSpecial Town Meeting thatwill be applying for fundingunder the Community Preser-vation Act (CPA).

The committee will beshorthanded, at least for thetime being. Chairman PeterMcFarland announced thatmember Cheryl Doyle re-signed from the ConservationCommission, which subse-quently led to her giving up herseat on the CPC.

“I sent an email to Cherylthanking her for her time withthe CPC,” he said, noting thata new Vice Chair will have tobe selected in August. “She put

The Community Preservation Committee discussed hosting a publicmeeting on the proposed renovation of the Morse House in SouthNorwood with funds from the Community Preservation Act Fund.

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Staff Reportera lot of energy into it. She wasa very thoughtful person as faras coming to meetings andcoming prepared and a goodcontributor. I’m sorry to seeher go.”

Doyle and Joseph DiMariasubmitted letters of resignationto the Conservation Commis-sion after Town Meeting. It ispresumed that they made theirdecisions based on a disagree-ment of the creation of a dualConservation Agent/Environ-mental Planner, a new positionin the Conservation Depart-ment. They, as well as formerCPC member and current Se-lectman Helen AbdallahDonahue expressed concernthat there could be a potentialconflict of interest by havingthe Conservation Agent underthe purview of the Planning

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The Norwood Planning Board voted to keep discussing the proposed Big Y renovation on Walpole Streetdue to neighborhood concerns.

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The Norwood PlanningBoard met on July 13 virtually,and the biggest topic of discus-sion was a proposed renovationof the Big Y Supermarket at450 Walpole St.

The proposed redesign, ac-cording to Philip Macchi, rep-resenting plaza owners CedarDevelopment, would standard-ize most of the building to al-low for better operations.

Macchi said the agingbuilding currently on the siteis the major motivation for therequest. He said the SpecialPermit for the original shop-ping center was issued in the

1960s, and was last modifiedin 1993, when the tenant wasHannaford’s (and the repre-senting attorney was HelenAbdallah-Donohue).

“It’s not what anyonewould call a state-of-the-art su-permarket,” Macchi said. “Ce-dar is proposing to remove aconsiderable portion of theback buildings that have beentacked on over the years, basi-cally where the Planet Fitnessis, along with other out build-ings that were attached. Bydoing so it frees up square foot-age where we can set up a morerectangular store, with betterloading, better circulation andpretty much better everything.”

Macchi added he has some

personal skin in the game.“My sister, who shops there

all the time, pretty much toldme if I screw this up she’llnever talk to me again,” he saidwith a laugh.

Macchi said the 18-monthconstruction period will in-clude construction noise, but itwill be within the purview ofthe Town’s noise regulationsand, after construction is com-pleted, he said the noise willgo back to what it was or belower. He said they will, whereever feasible, put utilities un-derground, and the entrancewill be redesigned to accom-modate a more even traffic

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Department re-organizations abig topic for Selectmen


Town Manager TonyMazzucco used a good chunkof the July 14 Norwood Boardof Selectmen meeting to dis-cuss how the Town has beenreorganizing departments toincrease efficiency and mod-ernize the Town’s government.

Presumably, the genesis ofMazzucco’s presentation wasdue to recent disagreementsbetween some Town officialsregarding the creation of a full-time Town EnvironmentalPlanner to replace the currentpart-time Conservation Agent.Conservation Agent Al Goetzrecently announced he wouldbe retiring and his position hadhistorically reported to theConservation Commission.Two Conservation Commis-sion members, Cheryl Doyleand Joseph DiMaria, an-nounced their retirements im-mediately after the announce-ment, presumably due to thefact that the new positionwould now report directly tothe Town Planning and Eco-nomic Development Depart-ment instead of Conservation.The two resigning Conserva-tion members felt the move toput the Conservation Commis-sion under the purview of theTown Planning and EconomicDevelopment Departmentcould create a conflict of in-terest.

Selectman Helen Abdallah-Donohue, who also voiced heropposition to the shift in re-porting at the most recentTown Meeting, said she feltthe change was made withoutenough public input.

“When we make thesechanges, and I know when wemake changes in the Town by-laws and things, when we havedecisions about hearings andthings, we have public hear-ings and we get input from thepublic,” she said.

Donohue asked Mazzuccowhen these decisions to reor-ganize are made if there is anypublic input phase at all.

“So it depends, but remem-ber if everything was to go topublic input then we wouldn’thave officials who you pay toactually manage Town func-tions and oversee the Town’soperations, and it depends onthe degree of the change,” hesaid.

Mazzucco outlined an ex-ample – which he said he knewwould never happen – whichwould be to dissolve the De-partment of Public Works.

“That’s a major servicechange,” he said. “That wouldrequire bylaw changes, thatwould require likely a Town

Charter change and it could re-quire a ballot initiative. If wehave two clerks in one officeand we change one clerk withan analyst? That’s not a majorchange. Smaller internalchanges of that nature don’tnecessarily go through anyprocess other that you makesure whatever the process is.It really relates to the level ofservice and the impact on theorganization and the commu-nity as well.”

Regardless, Donohue saidshe still felt there should havebeen a public review process.

“In the future, in a caselike this, it really, in my sin-cere opinion, an importantchange like that, before thechange was made, it wouldhave been much better if thepublic had had some input insuch a decision like that,” shesaid. “There is a large groupof us here in Town who feel itis not a good idea. It wouldhave been better if we had achance to express ourselvesbefore the change was made.”

Selectman David Hajjarsaid he felt it would have beenbetter if there was more buy-in from the community, andreferenced the long process tocombine the School FacilitiesDepartment and the Town Fa-cilities Department into onedepartment. There were sev-eral hearings, years of orga-nizational meetings and a voteat Town Meeting to make thatchange happen.

“We built it from the bot-tom up to ensure we could getbuy-in, so that when thingswere implemented, there wereno surprises,” he said. “I thinkthat’s the way we need dothings. Everybody may not behappy with it, but they can’tsay they didn’t know, or youget a one-shot deal and we saywe’re doing it anyways. Thekey is, to get that buy-in sopeople feel comfortable sothere’s transparency withwhat we’re trying to do andnothing’s being hidden. Weshouldn’t use the budget toshow we’re making changes,the changes need to be pro-posed and planned first so thebudget we vote on reflectsthose plans.”

Mazzucco said that depart-ment collaboration has beenincreasing over the past fewyears to help them work bet-ter. He outlined where this hasbeen happening and where theTown might do this in the fu-ture. He said many depart-ments are seeing changes intheir actual function or ser-vice to the public, and he saidhe wants to create a strategicplan to organize any changesto departments with a focus on

what those changes will helpthe Town do.

“We don’t have an organi-zational strategic plan, andthat’s something I’d reallylike to have in the next yearor two for the Board to takeon,” he said. “It’s a complexprocess, but most organiza-tions have a strategic plan ora five-year plan.”

He said some of thechanges they’ve made overthe years include the separa-tion of the Town Accountantand Town Clerk’s Office, thePolice Department’s exitfrom civil service, the cre-ation of a management bud-get analysis position, thecreation of the shared Facili-ties Department mentionedabove, changing the Fire De-partment command structure,the restructuring of the Hu-man Resources Departmentand the reduction from two toone assistants in the TownManager’s Office.”

Mazzucco said they arelooking to upgrade accessand the technology involvedin the GIS mapping system,which he said would benefitall departments in the Town.He also said they are lookingto increase services at the Se-nior Center for residents whoare not yet necessarily se-niors, as the needs for theTown have changed over theyears, as well as financialoffice reforms that could cre-ate specific assistant townmanagers for different de-partments.


LWV Sheriff PrimaryCandidate Forum on the 29th

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Meet the candidates run-ning in the Democratic Pri-mary for Norfolk CountySheriff on Wednesday, July29th at 7:00 PM at an onlinecandidate forum. The threecandidates, James F.Coughlin, Patrick W.McDermott, and William J.Phelan have accepted the in-vitation to participate. The fo-rum is co-hosted by the fol-lowing Norfolk CountyLeagues of Women Voters:Needham, Brookline,Hingham (which includesCohasset), Norwood, Sharon-Stoughton, Wellesley, andWestwood-Walpole-Dedham.

After a brief opening state-ment from the candidates, aLeague of Women VotersModerator will ask questionssubmitted from League mem-bers and the public, followedby closing statements from thecandidates.

The moderator will ask acombination of live and pre-viously submitted questions.Questions may be emailed inadvance [email protected] should be relevantto all candidates and current

issues. Due to limited time,questions will be screened toensure a wide range of topicswill be covered. Questionsmust be received by noon onJuly 27th.

Members of the public arewelcome to join the Zoomevent as attendees and mustregister at https://bit.ly/NorfolkSheriff. Registered at-tendees can watch the forumlive and type in questions forthe candidates. All registeredattendees will receive initialand reminder emails with in-structions on joining the Zoomevent.

The forum will also be livestreamed at The NeedhamChannel https://www.needhamchannel.org/w a t c h - p r o g r a m s - o n -needhamchannel-org/ and onthe League of Women Voters ofNeedham Facebook page.

The forum will be recordedand will be available at theNeedham Channel and LWVwebsites.

The League of Women Vot-ers is a non-partisan organiza-tion that does not endorse par-ties or candidates. For this fo-rum, the three Democratic Party

candidates are participating.The Republican candidate, ap-pointed current Sheriff JerryMcDermott, is unopposed inthe Republican primary. TheLeague of Women Voters willinvite him and the Democraticprimary candidate to a forumin October, prior to the No-vember 3 general election.

The Primary Election isSeptember 1, 2020. Membersof political parties (Republi-can, Democratic, Green-Rain-bow, Libertarian) may voteonly in their own party’s pri-mary. Unenrolled voters (oftenreferred to as “Independents”)and members of political des-ignations or minor parties mayvote in the party primary oftheir choice. You may changeyour party enrollment prior tothe voter registration deadline(August 22).

For information on all ofthe primary candidates, of-fices, and voting, visit theLWV Voter Guide atwww.VOTE411.org. Candi-date information will be postedin early August. Further infor-mation on this forum may befound at www.lwv-needham.org.

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flow.“We would submit that,

though it will ultimately be adetermination of the Assessor’sDepartment, there will be mil-lions spent in upgrading thisshopping center, and fewerempty storefronts because, quitefrankly, they will be eliminatedand replaced with a larger BigY,” he said. “We believe it willhave a positive impact on the taxrevenue of the Town and weanticipate there will be morejobs created by Big Y. We don’tbelieve there will be any addi-tional requirements for publicservices... We believe it will bea net-positive benefit to theTown.”

Bohler Engineering’s Assis-tant Project Manager NathanielMahonen said the plan includesadding more trees on site, morescreening and more landscapingto the front entrance. He said theexisting pylon sign at the en-trance will also be replaced, andthat Cedar is planning to com-pletely repave, re-mill and over-lay the parking lot.

Town Planner Paul Halkiotis

asked that in coming meetings,Cedar bring in a constructionmanagement and traffic flowplan for the 18-month construc-tion period so residents will stillbe able to patronize the shopsthere.

“I think it would make senseto ask the applicant to go for-ward and prepare a traffic cir-culation plan for how the trafficwill flow through the lot to theadjacent businesses during con-struction,” he said.

One resident, John Cocoran,said he currently lives at 34Davis Ave. and has an agreementwith Cedar for use of a drive-way leading to the back of thesupermarket site. The drivewayis used for night loading trucks,and he said it’s been problem-atic, even before construction.

“These trucks are in mybackyard,” he said.

Cocoran said he has anagreement with Cedar to letthem use the driveway, and theagreement stipulates care andmaintenance of the driveway areCedar’s responsibilities.

“There has been little to nomaintenance done in the lastseveral years,” he said. “Part ofthe thing is, we just want someof those trees cut down. We wanta landscape buffer with a fencetoo.”

Cocoran added one of the

plans currently shows a parkingarea right behind his house.

“I want to make sure that is100 percent off the table. It’s badenough we have to deal with thetrucks in the middle of thenight.”

Cocoran said he’s not againstthe project, but he wants to makesure the plan is carried out withthe neighborhood in mind.

“I’ve asked the applicant totake care of many issues fromthe neighbors before the nextmeeting,” Halkiotis said.

In other news, the Boardvoted unanimously to approvea plan from the National Devel-opment project at 750 EverettSt., in connection with the Ama-zon Warehouse planned there.National Development repre-sentative Sherry Clancy came toask the Board to approve thecombination of two lots to thewest of the warehouse propertythat would allow them to changethe lots into parking and an en-trance way for the warehouseand its delivery drivers. Halkiotissaid the merging of those two lotswould make the entire project,both that parcel and the ware-house parcel, compliant with theNorwood Zoning Bylaw. TheBoard agreed and voted to ap-prove the change.

The Planning Board is sched-uled to meet again on Aug. 3.

Tricky consumermath: cui bono?

My Kindof Town/Joe Galeota

In ancient times an insight-ful Cicero enjoyed posing theterse question to his fellowRomans, “Cui bono?” Whenhe heard someone orating, hewas probing, “For whose ben-efit?” There’s no doubt—it canbe proven mathematically—whom a local drugstore chain’scash-register policy benefits,and it’s not you or I.

Read on about the trickery,which is elaborated on a fewparagraphs down.

Having always enjoyedteaching discount/percentagesto middle school students, I wasnever able to fool too manywith the following question: Ifyou buy 3 of the same items atthe same price, is it better tohave the discount imposed onthe total price or on each indi-vidual item when it was rungup on the cash register? Forinstance, for an item whose listprice is $10 before a 30% dis-count is imposed, is it moreprofitable for the consumer topay $7 ($10-30%) three timesfor a total of $21 or to have the30% taken off the total regularprice of $30?

To try to trick those whoobtained the correct answer (itdoesn’t matter: both wayscome out to be $21 sale pricetotal), I would begin a secondquery with an emphatic, “BUTif the prices are different, is itto the consumer’s benefit tohave the discount imposed atthe end after the total regularprice is calculated? For in-stance, if a consumer purchasessingle items with list prices of$20, $30, and $40 and a 10%discount targets all 3 purchases,is it better to have the percentapplied to the $90 total or toimpose the discount on eachcharge individually? The an-swer, of course, is the same: theconsumer should pay only $81either way.

But a huge drugstore chainhere in the Boston area doesplay with percents that work toits benefit, and the chain is inno hurry to amend the policybecause of the difference in

money involved. Let’s say an item—in this

case, non-taxable—costs $10. The consumer has a 40%-offcoupon as well as a $3 cashcoupon. The chain’s cash reg-ister processes the $3-off cashcoupon first—to make the costonly $7— then applies the 40%off. Thus $2.80 is subtractedfrom $7 resulting in the finalcharge to be $4.20.

If the consumer wants the40% off coupon applied first,too bad says the cash register. It won’t subtract $4 ($10-40%)from $10 even if the cashierrings up the cash coupon firstand the percent coupon sec-ond. In this scenario, 40% offthe $10 item results in a saleprice of $6, from which $3 issubtracted, with the final cost$3.

OK, OK, the consumerloses out on only $1.20, noteven enough to buy a packageof Good and Plenty (which maybe the most ingenious nameever bestowed on a candy: theytaste good and there’s plenty of‘em). But multiply this by tensof thousands of transactionsduring the day with many con-sumers thinking that the pricestill comes out to be the same. Maybe you already realized thedifference, but too many don’t.

Is it unethical? Of coursenot, but the chain’s policy takesadvantage of people’sinnumeracy for its own benefit.

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While the new engine needs to be run through its paces just a bit more, it should be on the road in a coupleof weeks at a minimum.

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Norwood Fire welcomes new memberJefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

The Norwood Fire Depart-ment (NFD) announced lastweek the arrival of the newEngine 5 rig, but NFD Spokes-person Joseph O’Malley said itwill still be a bit of time beforeNorwood Firefighters will getto train on and use the engine.

O’Malley said the engine isbasically complete, but they arecurrently going through achecklist.

“First you meet with the rep-resentative of the company, inthis case Greenwood inAttleboro, and they’re kind of

like a middle man for the truckdealership we use, which is E-ONE in Florida,” he said. “Wedo the pre-build meeting withthem and kind of tell them whatwe want, what we’re expectingand the rough overview of thetype of truck to order. They thengo down to the factory inFlorida and order one and,when they get a rough build ofthe truck, we fly down andspecify the exact things we’regoing to want on the truck.”

He said those details includethe truck layout, the types ofhoses they’re going to carry, thewater tank, etc.

“So that was done a year ago

and the truck took a little whileto work its way down the as-sembly line. I think there was abit of a holdup with the num-ber of trucks being ordered atthe time,” O’Malley said.

NFD was somewhat in arush to get the order in, asO’Malley said they, and prob-ably a lot of other fire depart-ments, were looking to do sobefore the price of steel wentup, as it was expected to do inthe coming year.

“This one in particular, wewere supposed to get it a yearago, but the committee itself

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and Economic DevelopmentDepartment.

Members expressed theirgratitude to Doyle, noting herexpertise and dedication.

“I just want to say that it’sunfortunate that she steppeddown,” said CPC TreasurerJohn Aprea. He noted she was“very knowledgeable on theCPA law, always contributed ata high level, and a good re-source.”

Joseph Greeley summed upDoyle in one word – “energy.”

He added that, because ofthe election and Town Meet-ing, there are other changes tothe makeup of the committee.Donohue has been replaced bynewly elected Selectman MattLane. Debbie Holmwood, whoran for a Selectman seat, va-cated her position on the CPC,leaving an opening replaced byJoe Sheehan.

“All three of the departingfolks contributed to the causeto get to where we are,”Greeley said. “I appreciateeverybody’s effort, and I justwanted to say, ‘Thank you.’”

“I’d also like to go onrecord saying that Cheryl wasa great teammate and one ofthe strongest members theCPC had since the outset,”John Hall said. “I’m hopingthat, while this relationshipmay be coming to an end, thatwe’ll continue to get the ben-efit of her skills and knowl-edge in myriad ways down theroad.”

The committee also dis-cussed the pre-applicationdocument for CPA funding andthe filing process. The appli-cation will go through Assis-tant Town Planner PatDeschenes, and the applicationprocess will be open for abouta month, beginning in Septem-ber and ending October 9. Hewill then filter the applicationsto the right department for con-sideration.

“I like the simplificationand streamlining of the pro-

cess,” Hall said. “I just wantedto make sure that we didn’tomit things that are going tobite us later.”

He said that there needed tobe clarity in the wording thatthe property owner approvesof the proposal, as well as theparties who will be in chargeof the purchasing and mainte-nance.

“The most important partis, ‘Whose approval do youneed if you’re working on abuilding that’s Town-owned,but isn’t supervised by a par-ticular department?’” Halladded.

While the Board of Select-men has ultimate authority, hesuggested that it would makemore sense to direct people tobring applications of that sortto the General Manager TonyMazzucco. He called it “politi-cally prudent.”

Greeley said the applica-tion process should not beoverly simplified or stream-lined.

“Potentially we’re handingan individual the checkbookwith $100,000 or some signifi-cant amount of money,” hesaid, “So there have to be somekind of controls there. “

Greeley stressed that thereneeds to be approval and co-operation on projects fromTown Hall. He described cur-rent projects as “languishing.”

“This has to be a town-wideeffort, and we can’t be shovel-ing against the tide,” he said.

MacFarland referenced is-sues such as the carillon andMorse House. Deschenes saida subcommittee should go overthe draft by August so it canbe advertised.

“I think we’re 90 percent ofthe way there,” MacFarlandsaid, but that there needed tobe some fine tuning of the lan-guage.

MacFarland then went overthe timeline. After the pre-ap-plication process, the actualCPA project application pro-

cess will begin on October 1.That period was set to close onNovember 13, but the date mayneed to be adjusted due to Vet-erans Day.

Greeley said the timingmay be impacted by the FallSpecial Town Meeting, and ameeting date placeholdershould be left open for whenthat will occur.

Hall added that carryoverprojects from this year willneed to be addressed, includingthe public hearing. The poolproject and the Morse Houseproject will need to have pub-lic hearings. There may alsoneed to be a meeting with theHistorical Commission beforethe Special Town Meeting.

Greeley said later in themeeting that, in the four yearsthat the CPA process has beenin place, there have been nohousing projects presented.This is a matter that should beconsidered for future fundingprojects. Patricia Griffin Starrsaid she would be happy towork on that issue.

Regarding current projects,McFarland said there was badnews about the outdoor class-room site at the Lower BalchSchool field. The storm toppledone of the remaining four treesthere. Consequently, all thetrees had to be cut down be-cause the root systems wereabove ground. New trees willhave to be planted.

On the pavilion, Greeleysaid the DPW has been doing“yeoman’s work” in laying thefoundation for the project. Theone thing he learned, however,is that bids for the project arecoming in at about 30 percenthigher than expected.

The carillon is the “laggingproject,” with very littleprogress made, he said. On theSaint Street project, he said heparticipated in a walk-throughof the site, where the responsereceived was positive.

The next CPC meeting willbe on August 12.

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Fire Truck continued from page 5had started building it two yearsago,” he said. “We were kindof in a rush right off the batbecause the price of steel wasgetting ready to skyrocket bythe end of 2017... I think weended up saving something like$50,000 or $100,000 just bygetting the truck done beforethe price of steel increased.”

O’Malley said the truck isdelivered to Greenwood atabout 90 percent built. He saidthey mount the equipment andthen deliver it to the NFD fornotes and then the NFD sendsit back for final tweaks.

“It’s just small stuff, likemoving an axe from one sideto the other, maybe there’s alight bulb out in the cab, andthat’s just kind of a final brushup they’re going to do,” he said.“It’s pretty much like startingwith a kit car or buying a cus-tom car. You can start with anF-150 (Ford), you’ve got threeor four different models, andit’s very similar with firetrucks.”

He said the department hasalways used E-ONE, so that allthe trucks match andfirefighters are not learningseparate systems for separatebrands of trucks.

“It goes out to bid, but theyalways end up being the lowestbid too, so it ends up good forthe Town,” he said. “You startout with the different models;they have a Typhoon chassis, an

Enforcer chassis, and a numberof others. So we pick that, andthen from there there’s a mil-lion different ways you can goin terms of customization.”

O’Malley said Norwoodcustomizes its equipment basedon the kinds of calls it gets. Hesaid since Norwood’s buildingsaren’t always easily accessiblefrom the roads, they orderlonger hoses or extendablehoses to increase each engine’srange.

“Our trucks are set up en-tirely different than evenDedham’s,” he said. “It’s just atestament to the types of build-ings we have in Norwood, thehighways and what we’re go-ing to be using the truck for asopposed to another commu-nity.”

O’Malley said one requestthat was custom-tailored forNorwood was the installationof a Jaws of Life apparatus thatcould be run on battery. He saidbefore, the unit was hooked upto a generator which limited itsrange.

“With this unit you’re nottethered to the truck. Previouslywe would need to operatewithin 75 feet of the truck andif you had a car in the embank-ment off of Route 1 or 95,something off in the woods or,God forbid, we ever have anairplane crash, the process toget the generator and the cordsoff the truck, well it’s a pro-

cess,” he said. “So now withthese battery-powered ones,you lift the jaws off the cabinetand put a spare battery in yourpack and go. It’s used in othercommunities too, but it’s just agood fit for Norwood.”

O’Malley added thefirefighters are looking forwardto testing out the new enginewhen it’s ready, as some of theirengines are coming up to 10years old , which is the longestrecommended time a truckshould be on front line status.

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wanted to be a police officer.She said she felt the recentprotests have put the entiretyof police officers in a badlight, and she wanted to helpshift that perception and sup-port the Norwood Police inthe process.

“I know firsthand how po-lice are disrespected and howthey’re treated sometimes,”she said. “It was very veryimportant to me that police,who put their lives on the lineevery day to protect us berecognized. They’re not allbad, and I feel they’re beingrepresented as being evilpeople and they’re not.”

Fitz said she knows thejob is not easy, and said shefelt a small bit of sentimentcould go a long way.

“I saw firsthand some ofthe things my father had seenand talked about, and peopledon’t realize, they see someof the worst of humanity,”she said. “To be attacked be-cause of your job whenyou’re putting your life onthe line is just wrong. Withall this craziness going on,they really need people to letthem know we do care aboutthem. We do want to makesure they are safe and we dohave their backs.”

Fitz said the responsefrom the Town and the NPDhas been very helpful in try-ing to set up the rally.

“I have never done any-

NPD Rally continued from page 1thing like this, this is all for-eign to me,” she said. “Theygave me a heads up and saidthe Resource Officer, SteveBegley, would give me a call,and he said I would be get-t ing a call from anothergentleman. The next MondayI got a call from NPD Chief(William) Brooks and I waslike ‘oh wow.’”

She said she had not spo-ken with Brooks before, andhe was a great help for her tofigure out exactly what therally would look like and howthey should organize it.

“We just chitchatted for awhile, I said I wanted to dothis to thank you guys andhave you know you are sup-ported,” she said.

Fitz said she is originallyfrom West Roxbury, and hadattended a similar rally thereat the Holy Name Rotary re-cently. Black Lives Matterand West Roxbury/Roslindale Progressives hadbeen having vigils there be-

fore and since, and also dem-onstrated during the FirstResponder Appreciat ionRally. There were only a fewincidents reported - a manin a pig outfit, cars stoppingat the rotary mad at eitherside, standoffs etc. - but noone was arrested, though oneBlue Lives Matter supporterwas led away and put in a‘timeout’ by police.

“There was a big argu-ment at my house about this,but I was going regardless,”she said. “My husband andmy kids told me they didn’twant me to go, but my oldestdaughter ended up going withme, and I said ‘this is whatit’s about.’ Nobody is killingeach other, and maybe thiswill start making people talkto each other as opposed toscreaming and yelling at eachother. It was really well-or-ganized and well done, be-cause everyone was undercontrol.”

Library Events ZOOM INTO SUMMER FITNESS II WITH EILEEN

Continuing her popular series of workout classes viaZoom, fitness instructor and Norwood resident Eileen Smithwill show you how to use a sturdy, straight-back, armlesschair to achieve a full-body workout. You can sit, stretch,walk in place, tone, and work abdominal muscles from homein this simple but effective exercise routine. Your chair actsas ballet barre while you focus on improving your balanceand toning your back, hips, and thighs. Each 45-minute ses-sion will conclude with a cool down as you sit and workhands, neck, and shoulders and wrap up with a calming medi-tation. Join Eileen for these fun fitness classes set to ener-gizing music on Mondays and Wednesdays from 12:15 to1:00 pm on July 20, 22, 27 and 29. Classes are open to allages and fitness levels, and rubber-soled shoes or sneakersare recommended. Registration for each class is required.For details on accessing these classes via Zoom and to signup and receive an email reminder, please go to our eventspage at norwoodlibrary.org/morrillcalendar.

PEACE OF MIND MEDITATION SERIESSoni Sayana, an experienced meditation practitioner, will

lead a virtual three-part meditation series for adults from11:00 am—12:00 noon on the following Thursdays—16, and23. If you’re interested, please make sure that you can at-tend all three sessions as they build on each other.

Karma Philosophy (July 23) The Raja Yoga karma phi-losophy explores a different perspective on why our livesmove in a certain direction and how our destiny is deter-mined. This deeper understanding attempts to provide anexplanation for the current world condition as well as futureconsequences that will impact our lives and those around us.

Registration is required for all three sessions. To sign upand receive email reminders as well as Zoom access details,please go to our events page at norwoodlibrary.org/morrillcalendar.

LIBRARY OFFERING PHONE CALL HELP

Librarians at the Morrill Memorial Library are now offer-ing phone call help to our patrons. While the chat feature onour website, norwoodlibrary.org, provides a good way to askus questions 24/7, in some cases you may rather talk on thephone for help. To reach us by phone, please call our Refer-ence line and leave a message: 781-769-0200 x110.Please leave your name, phone number, preferred call backtime, and a brief message about what you’d like help with anda librarian will return your call. We are checking this voicemailseveral times daily, so please reach out with any questions.

Page 9 Page 9 Page 9The Norwood RecordJuly 1July 1July 1July 1July 16, 20206, 20206, 20206, 20206, 2020BEGLEY

Ronald J., born Nov. 21,1945, Boston, passed away onJuly 6, 2020 at 74 years old aftera serious illness. He has been aresident of Norwood since 1962.Ron is survived by his loving sonMichael Begley of Norwood; hisformer wife Connie Begley ofNorwood, brother Alan Begleyof North Carolina, sister in lawClare Godfrey, niece DomenicaRizza and family of Newton. Hewas a printed circuit board de-signer for many large corpora-tions until he retired in 2009.Ron has been active in many lo-cal sports leagues and clubs andwas a member of Elks club ofNorwood. Due to the Coronapandemic, visitation will be heldprivately at Gillooly FuneralHome in Norwood. For more in-formation and an online registerbook, please visit,Gilloolyfuneralhome.com. Inlieu of flowers. Please make do-nations to St. Jude Children’sHospital.

BRADYOn July 4th, Bob Brady cel-

ebrated his 75th birthday. A feastwas prepared; lobster and cham-pagne, per his request. His chil-dren, grandchildren and great-grandchildren surrounded him.The atmosphere was festive, thestories were many, and timestood still. Bob declared to hisfamily at this celebration that al-though riding his motorcycle wasas necessary to him as the air thathe breathed, he’d be taking onelast ride simply to be able to sayhe’d ridden until he was 75 yearsold. Riding was everything toBob for many years, the stapleof his social life from early adult-hood; he has been on many abike run from here to Red Rock.It has been a source of therapythrough the loss of his grand-daughter, Jessica, and his dearfriend, Jimmy Mac, in 2015. Heoften said nothing made him feelbetter than the wind in his faceand the music blasting from thespeakers. Then, getting back onhis Harley was a badge of honorwhen cancer almost kicked hisass last year. Bob hopped on hisHarley on July 7th to take thatlast ride. In a twist of fate, he rodeoff into eternal paradise. Familybonds were everything to Bob!Third of ten children born to Tomand Francis. They were the realBrady bunch! Being a part of alarge crazy family defined whohe was! Holidays on OakviewTerrace were legendary. Therewas never a time when he wasn’tclose to his siblings; Tom,Maureen, Colleen, Kevin,Kathleen, Richard, Dennis,Eileen and Franceen and his sis-ter-in-law Katherine, are inter-woven throughout his entire life.Bobby and Bernadette ran offand got married in June of 1966;in an appliance store, in New

Hampshire. Let that sink in. Wecan’t say that they “settleddown” because neither of themever truly did. Like all couples,they had their ups and downs, butboy did they love each other!When Bob became a father at ayoung age his daughters, Robinand Melissa, were along for theride both literally and figura-tively, that was the 1970’s! Heshared with them his love oftravel and adventure through amultitude of trips, including butnot limited to: Washington D.C.on a day trip, Acapulco duringthe blizzard of 1978, and count-less trips to Disneyland thatjump-started a family traditionthat continues to this day. BobLOVED music, of all kinds! Hisalbum collection was legend andhe frequently mused, “I shoulda’been a Rock Star!” while jam-ming on an air guitar. This loveof music was passed on to hisgirls through family days spentat music festivals and trips to TheMusic Smith in Brookline whereeveryone left with a new albumeach visit. Bob was from Boston,his accent gave that away nomatter where he traveled! Al-though he enjoyed 24 years ofsuburban life in Norwood, hewas 100% a city kid! Born inEast Boston, but raised in theBromley Heath Projects, his Ja-maica Plain roots were a pointof pride. It was there, in JP, wherehe forged so many of his lifelongfriendships. Even with nine sib-lings, Bob had plenty of room forfriends. His friends were family!At 75 years old, he still had morethan a handful of BFF’s. Sonny,Bobby O, George “Flava-Flav”,Benny Walsh, and Augie, heloved you like brothers! Bobbyleft school early to enter the workforce. He’d be the first to tellyou, “Hey, don’t ask me, I’ve gotan 8th grade education!” Despitethis he could still accurately an-swer at least one big money ques-tion every evening while watch-ing Jeopardy! It was at the ripeold age of 21 that he began hisillustrious career in Fleet Ser-vices at American Airlines, at ajob he described as “good pay,great bennies, and guaranteed alaugh a minute.” He stayed thereuntil he retired 42 years laterwhen he said the laughs hadended! This job afforded him andhis family the opportunity of airtravel, one of the aforementioned“great bennies”, and he took fulladvantage. His vagabond soulhad him at Logan to board aflight almost as often as to go towork! He enjoyed tropical vaca-tions and seeing the world, buthis favorite trips were either vis-iting friends all over the countryor heading south with at least oneof his sisters, “right after the lastleaf fell”. No matter where hewas, he always had a camera intow to capture sites and sunsetsthat he would share upon his re-turn. Honestly, like a fine wine,Bobby Brady did get better withage! Being a grandfather, other-wise known as Gpa, providedhim his greatest accomplish-ment. He adored the kids. Be-ing an active part of their livesfilled his life. The best chapterof his life began when James wasborn. He had the boy he alwayswanted and did all the boy stuffwith him that he never got to dowhile his girls were growing up.Then Victoria, Jessica, Erin,Belle, and Franki came in quicksuccession, and those grand-daughters plus his de facto girl

Michelle, made him beam withpride like never before. The fi-nal chapter in the story of hisgrandkids was Joey, another littleguy for Bob to hang out with. The boys were book ends! Be-ing more “mature” when Joeycame along was a benefit forboth of them. Bob was retired,and anyone around knew about“Joey time”; this meant 3:00pmpick-up at Cleveland Elementaryto grab his buddy. Those kidshave all told better Bob Bradystories than anyone! A new storybegan when James started a fam-ily of his own and his children,Lana and Kaine, made Bob agreat-grandfather, providing anew source of love and joy overthe past few years. As the storygoes on and more chapters areadded his legacy will continue.We know that his mom andBernadette were the first of manyto greet him at the pearly gates. No doubt that Jessica got somemuch needed Gpa-time shortlythereafter and that she will showhim the ropes up there. Finally,we are sure that he has beencatching up with his great friendsAl Coco and Jimmy Mac. Wehope that lobster and champagneare on the menu and that he cancatch a beautiful sunset everynight.

GARRONMaria (Ria) Garron, age 90,

of Norwood passed peacefullywith her loving husband by herside on July 9, 2020. Born April25, 1930 in Quincy, MA. Shegrew up in Hough’s Neck,Quincy and graduated fromQuincy High School in 1948.She worked at Liberty MutualInsurance Co and then went onto manage a small magazinecompany. Ria was a member ofthe Old Colony Ski Club in NewHampshire where she met thelove of her life. As a superiorskier and with a ‘53 Ford Con-vertible, she was noticed bymany, but it was Joseph Garronwho caught her eye. The twoquickly fell in love and weremarried on November 26, 1955and remained happily marriedfor 65 years.They moved toNorwood in 1959 where theybuilt a home and family together.While raising four children, Riaworked in the Norwood SchoolSystem for 27 years most nota-bly Balch Elementary. Riaworked at Fenway Park for 15years becoming part of Red Soxnation making pizzas for theirconcessions until age 85. Rialoved her children and grandchil-dren beyond measure. She sewedall of her kids’ Halloween cos-tumes and many of their outfits,even making her daughters’matching dresses. Ria loved cel-ebrating her family’s birthdaysand never stopped her traditionof baking them their favoritecake. She was a hands-on grand-mother who passed down herlove of cards and board games.Ria spent many summers camp-ing with her family at CurlewPond in Plymouth, MA. For aspecial treat, the six of themwould venture to a nearby farmstand to get sweet corn. On thefamily’s most infamous vacation,they all crammed into a stationwagon for a four-week crosscountry camping trip visiting allthe major national parks across

America. Ria wanted to pack inas many sites as possible whichrequired weeks of practicing tak-ing down the tent trailer in sevenminutes or less in order to ensurean early start each day. Ria wasa member of the Girl Scouts ofthe USA for over 75 years anddedicated her life to the girls andscouting. She became the recipi-ent of the Thanks Badge, thehighest volunteer honor. With 65girls in her troop, she had thelargest cadet troop in EasternMA. Ria planned many travelsfor her troop including theunique opportunity of an inter-national exchange program withEngland where lifelong friend-ships were formed. Ria lived afull life. Weekly water aerobicsand monthly theater events weresome of her favorite interests. She was outstanding in thekitchen and everyone wanted tocome to her house for the besthomemade food. She had a pas-sion for traveling; she traveledthe world visiting every conti-nent except one: Antarctica. Rianever did anything halfway andshe was always ready for life’snext adventure. Ria loved peopleand was a friend to many. Whenshe was your friend, she wasyour friend for life. She had abig heart and she was the first tohelp anyone wherever shewent.Ria is survived by her hus-band, Joseph and four children,Paul Garron and wife, Lynette ofThousand Oaks, CA; MaryGarron and husband, RobertGoodale of Dedham, MA; Bar-bara Nado and husband, Ken ofAttleboro, MA; Laurie Garronand husband, Alex Bourne ofHallowell, ME. She is the proudgrandmother to eight grandchil-dren, Sasha and Shayn Garron;Loring and Mackenzie Goodale;Zachary Nado and fiancé Leslie,and Nicole Down and her hus-band Peter; Lexie and ZanderBourne; and one great-grandson,James Down. Sister to DoraLockhead and Alice Costello andaunt to many nieces and neph-ews.

HASTINGSRobert B. Age 65, of Lithia

Springs, Georgia, passed awayon Thursday, July 2, 2020. Bornin Norwood, Massachusetts, Robwas the son of the late CatherineR. (Phalen) Hastings and John V.Hastings, Jr. Known as “Halo”Hastings to many of his closefriends, Rob played center for theNorwood High football team. Agraduate of Norwood HighSchool and North Adams StateCollege, he served his country inthe Air Force as a Military Po-liceman, both overseas and do-mestically. Over approximatelythirty-five years, Rob worked inthe field of document manage-ment and storage for Bell &Howell, Iron Mountain and as anindependent contractor planningand facilitating the constructionand renovation of document stor-age locations throughout theUnited States. Rob will alwaysbe remembered for his wonder-ful sense of humor, his generos-ity and his kindness toward ev-eryone. Rob loved his family andrarely missed a holiday or fam-ily event. You could alwayscount on a birthday card from“Uncle Robbie” - he always re-membered his family on theirspecial day. Rob was prede-ceased by his sister, SusanPothier and his nephew, MarcDiLorenzo. He is survived by six

siblings: Barbara and JosephSusi of Norwood, Massachu-setts, Jeanne and StephenDiLorenzo of Woodland Park,Colorado, Jack and JoanneHastings of Naples, Florida, Jimand Jane Hastings of Brewster,Massachusetts, David Hastingsof Mashpee, Massachusetts,Cathy Hastings of Rochester,New York and Shawn Pothier ofRowley, Massachusetts. Rob isalso survived by many lovingnieces, nephews, grandnieces,grandnephews and cousins. ACelebration of Rob’s Life will beheld at a later date. In lieu offlowers, donations may be madein his memory todanafarber.jimmyfund.org/goto/CaseyStreetGang or mail checksto: Boston Marathon JimmyFund Walk, P.O. Box 3595, Bos-ton, MA 02241 with “CaseyStreet Gang in memory of Rob-ert B. Hastings” in the memoline.

WILLCharlotte T. (Wessling) of

Norwood, passed away on July7, 2020, at the age of 96. She wasthe beloved wife of the late LeoJoseph Will. Charlotte was a verydevoted mother to her 7 children,Joseph B. Will and wifeCharlene of Texas, Robert Willand wife Pamela of Walpole,Charlotte Hazell and husbandGregory of Randolph, JanetWebber and husband Bruce ofPlainville, Nancy Healy and hus-band Robert of Plainville, Chris-topher Will and wife Donna ofCalifornia and Paula Nasuti andhusband William of Virginia. Aswell as a great grandmother toher 14 grandchildren and her 23great-grand-children. Charlottewas the sister of the late HelenaMiethe and the daughter ofAloysius and Helena (Remmes)Wessling. She was also a veryclose aunt to many nieces andnephews. Charlotte became anurse after graduating from St.Elizabeth’s and worked thereuntil she had her first child. Al-though she loved nursing, sheloved being a mother even more.She was a devoted mother to allher children. Her world revolvedaround her husband Joe, and herchildren. Charlotte was ex-tremely religious with a strongdevotion to the Blessed MotherMary. She loved to go campingwith the family, and in later yearsshe and Joe would enjoy travel-ing as well. She was also an avidreader. Charlotte certainly had agreen thumb, and once even hadher gardens featured in the news-paper, they were so beautiful.Her sense of family was sostrong we aspired to be like her,and she had a strong influenceon her grandchildren as well.Charlotte loved to cook, andloved sewing as well. All of herfuneral services will be private.In lieu of flowers donations canbe made to one of Charlotte’sfavorite charities St. JudeChildren’s Research Hospital,501 St. Jude Place, Memphis,TN 38105 www.stjude.org, StTimothy Christian Service Fund,650 Nichols St., Norwood MA02062 www.sttim.net. JoslinDiabetes Center, one JoslinPlace, Suite 745, Boston MA02215 www.joslin.org. CatholicTV, P.O. Box 9196, 34 ChestnutSt., Watertown MA 02471www.catholictv.org Visitwww.krawkornackfunera lhome.com for online guest bookand to leave a condolence.

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Police LogsMonday, July 6

0206 Phone - Noise ComplaintSpoken To Location/Address:Dean St Caller reports partythat has been staying @apt.#16 is talking to himselfoutside his bedroom window.N678,N669 responded. Partywas spoken to and went insideto bed.

0929 Initiated - Missing PersonServices Rendered Location/Address: NorwoodHealthcare - Washington StStaff reports to MC8 that a pa-tient left facility and got onMBTA bus. MC8 stops bus atWestwood Town line. N679sent. Staff, with both units fol-lowing, drive him back to fa-cility.

1314 Phone - Assist Fire DeptFire Dept Notified/Re-sponded Location/Address:Cross St Water in the base-ment but homeowner con-cerned about a burning odor.Residents out of the houseand NFD handles.

1335 Phone - Susp Person *Re-port Filed Location/Address:Moderna Tx. Inc. - ModernaWay Report male in MA PC64LX87 was at facilityaround 1100 Hrs asking aboutsecurity of facility. MC8spoke to security, spoke tomale, no criminal intent, justconcerned because of thenews stories about them de-veloping a possible vaccine toCOVID-19. MC8 to file FieldInterview.

1446 Phone - Susp Person AreaSearch Negative Location/Address: Norwood Tire Co. -Lenox St Report across thestreet at brick apartmentsthere is a B/M wearing awhite mask and he is takingpictures of cars exiting repairshop parking lot for awhile.

1730 Phone - Stolen Bicycle*Report Filed Location/Ad-dress: Central St Caller re-ports his bike was stolen.

1730 Phone - B & E Commer-cial *Report Filed Location/Address: Morse St Brokendoors and graffiti.

1739 Phone - Noise ComplaintSpoken To Location/Address:Hampden Dr Caller reportsloud music. N664 spoke tothat party and they agreed toturn the music down.

Tuesday, July 70015 911 - Well Being Chk Ser-

vices Rendered Location/Ad-dress: Winnresidential- OneUpland - Upland Woods CirDue to elder resident beingemotionally upset over fire-works, N678 stopped in tocheck on her well-being. Shecalmed down after speakingwith officer and is fine now.

0820 Walk-In - Citizens Com-plaint Spoken To Location/Address: Upland Woods CirResident in lobby reports 2explosions over last 3 daysand she believes someone gotinto her apartment. N678 re-ports 2 calls for fireworks attime of the 2 explosions andno evidence of attemptedB&E, just her dog barked inthe direction of the front door

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of apartment.0857 Phone - Larceny *Report

Filed Location/Address:Washington St Report itemtaken off of door and vaselineplaced on door knob.

1349 Phone - Attempt To Com-mit Crime *Report Filed Lo-cation/Address: StCatherine’s Of Siena Church- Washington St Report videoof someone trying to get intocash box.

1350 Phone - Mischief (Kids)Area Search Negative Loca-tion/Address: Avalon-PoolArea - Lenox St Report 8 kidson bikes trying to access poolarea. N679 reports GOA,spoke to maintenance. N679searched area for them, GOA.

1350 Phone - Susp Vehicle Spo-ken To Location/Address: In-vestors Way SP Vehicle on theModerna property. MA VT314Y. Deputy Chief Kellyspoke with all involved.

1356 Phone - Mischief (Kids)Gone On Arrival Location/Address: Norwood HighSchool - Nichols St Report 4kids on bikes hassling walk-ers/runners on track.

1550 Phone - Susp Activity Ser-vices Rendered Location/Ad-dress: BMW Gallery - Bos-Prov Hwy Customer calledsaying he is on the way overa dispute and they won’t likeit when it gets there. Officerstates no explicit threats weremade. Employees advised ona letter of disinvite. Messageleft for customer as well.

1730 Phone - Well Being ChkServices Rendered Location/Address: Mcdonalds - Broad-way St Person possiblypassed out in MA PC978MK6. Officers spoke toher, she was sleeping in hervehicle due to being home-less. She was offered commu-nity resources.

1921 911 - Civil Dispute CivilMatter Location/Address: Ex-tra Space Storage - Washing-ton St Dispute between em-ployer and employee over awork check and a work ve-hicle being returned. All par-ties advised.

2235 Phone - Mischief (Kids)Spoken To Location/Address:Hawes Pool - Washington StCaller reports kids being loud.N664 spoke to the kids andmoved them along.

Wednesday, July 80100 Phone - Fireworks Spoken

To Location/Address:Oldham School Also - UplandWoods Cir Several calls forfireworks @ upland Circle.N678,N664 checked fromOldham School to Upland Cirand located 2 youths at 17Pine St. Spoke to parents andadvised youths.

1349 Initiated - Assist CitizenServices Rendered Location/Address: Nahatan St + LenoxSt Elderly female with de-mentia brought back to her

apartment. 662 spoke with herdaughter.

1504 Phone - Assist Citizen Ser-vices Rendered Location/Ad-dress: Tj Maxx - Nahatan StCaller reports a disorientedelderly female. Units spoke toher and she supposedly is liv-ing a the Econo Lodge. N668gives her a courtesy transportback to station, she will bepicked up by her son.

1726 911 - Fraud *Report FiledL o c a t i o n / A d d r e s s :Mcdonalds - Broadway StManager at the business re-ports a customer is payingwith a counterfeit bill.

2056 Initiated - Well Being ChkGone On Arrival Location/Address: Prospect St +Nahatan St Motorist reports awhite male unsteady on hisfeet.

2321 Phone - Well Being ChkSpoken To Location/Address:Hill St Caller concerned abouthis mother, she has not re-turned his phone calls in thepast few hours. He does moni-tor the phone by an app and itis showing she is nearby herresidence. N666 spoke to thatparty all is well.

Thursday, July 90111 Phone - Neighbor Distur-

bance Spoken To Location/Address: Highview St Callerreports neighbor yelling athim earlier in the night, on-going issue. Officers spokewith him and advised him ofhis options.

0115 Phone - Unwanted PartyOther Location/Address:Norwest Dr Caller reportsmale party known to her try-ing to get inside her home.N464, in N670, transportedhim to 75 Washington St,Westwood.

1244 Phone - Well Being ChkSpoken To Location/Address:Stop & Shop - Bos-Prov HwyFamily holding a sign lookingfor help with donations. Of-ficer advised them and leav-ing on his arrival.

1322 Phone - Unwanted PartySpoken To Location/Address:Lenox St Kids on bikes roam-ing the complex and managerwants them removed. Teensleaving on arrival.

1456 Phone - Larceny *ReportFiled Location/Address: Pros-pect St

1647 911 - Citizens ComplaintGone On Arrival Location/Address: Windsor Gardens -Walpole St Caller reportswhile walking her dog a maleparty sitting on the bench iswearing loose fitting shortsand is possible exposing him-self.

2221 911 - Well Being Chk Spo-ken To Location/Address:Wendy’s - Bos-Prov HwyCaller reports he heard a fe-male ask for help from theback of MA PC 1EVK36.N664 reports all is ok they arejust waiting for their food.

2314 Phone - Disturbance Spo-ken To Location/Address: Up-land Woods Cir Caller reportsa fight at the complex. N666reports no fight just a familygathering being loud.

Friday, July 100014 911 - Assist Citizen Ser-

vices Rendered Location/Ad-dress: Washington St Caller re-ports male party yelling. Of-ficers locate him and he re-

ports he is diabetic, NFD noti-fied and evaluated. Partychecks out. Officers stood bywhile he waited for the nextbus back to Boston.

0120 Initiated - Susp PersonSpoken To Location/Address:Cleveland School (Acct#1381d) - George Willet PkwyN669 reports two people in thepark. Parties check out, kidswalking home.

1154 Phone - Assist Citizen As-sisted Party Location/Address:Norwood Podiatry Assoc -WASHINGTON ST N669 ad-vised reporting party to con-tact the station next time thesubject is on the property sowe can make a positive ID andserve with a trespass notice

1836 Phone - Dog Bite NACO/WACO notified Location/Ad-dress: Upland Woods Cir Re-port of black lab bit pit bull.Pit bull brought to Tufts ER.N666 stoodby until NACO ar-rived.

2047 Phone - Assist Citizen Spo-ken To Location/Address:Nahatan St Walk in reports hisdaughter was playing a videogame with someone unknownto her and he made concern-ing statements. N666 lookedthrough the chat and party wasadvised.

2154 Phone - Susp Activity Spo-ken To Location/Address:Wendy’s - Bos-Prov HwyCaller reports group of peoplebeing loud in the parking lot.All quiet upon arrival, theywere advised and are leaving.

Saturday, July 110205 911 - Well Being Chk Ser-

vices Rendered Location/Ad-dress: Charlwell NursingHome - Walpole St Caller re-ports one of the nurses who leftthe facility appears to be in-toxicated, walking on WalpoleSt. towards the center. Whitefemale, gray short hair, graysweatshirt & blue scrubs.N678,N666,N668 checked thearea and located her at Hoyle& Washington St. Officers re-port she is not intoxicated, justtired. She refused a ride to theStoughton Line.

0259 911 - Susp Activity Ser-vices Rendered Location/Ad-dress: Buckingham Rd Callerjust woke up and looked outwindow and believes she saw5 men outside the front of herhome. N678,N666,N668 re-sponded. Property checkedand surrounding area. Officersspoke with caller and shestates it s possible she asdreaming. N678 will follow upwith her son in the morning.

1136 Phone - Well Being ChkServices Rendered Location/Address: Coventry Ln Thera-pist requests a wellness checkon a 22 y/o male. Units spokewith him, all is well and Riv-erside notified.

1155 Phone - Animal Complaint*Report Filed Location/Ad-dress: Norwest Dr Dispute overa dog, NACO notified.

1410 Phone - Well Being ChkServices Rendered Location/Address: Washington St Home-less man on bench. Party spo-ken to, no issues.

1614 Walk-In - Found SyringeServices Rendered Location/Address: Nahatan St Report ofsyringes on the ground.

1854 911 - Unwanted Party Ser-vices Rendered Location/Ad-dress: Plymouth Dr Caller re-

ports her boyfriend refuses toleave the residence. Officersstood by while he gathered be-longings and left for the night.

1929 Initiated - Well Being ChkServices Rendered Location/Address: Upland Rd N663flagged down by father request-ing a well being check on hisdaughter as she has not an-swered the phone and he isthere to drop off her son. Of-ficers made contact, partychecks out.

2047 Phone - Well Being ChkServices Rendered Location/Address: Winter St Caller re-questing officers to her parents’house to assist them with theiradult daughter that suffers fromPTSD. Officers spoke with herand she agreed to go to herroom for the night.

2251 Phone - Animal ComplaintServices Rendered Location/Address: Entwick Llc - SavinAve Found golden retriever.NACO called.

Sunday, July 120030 911 - Threats *Report Filed

Location/Address: SturtevantAve Caller reports her neigh-bor has blocked her in drive-way and will not move car.N679,N667 responded. Matterresolved at this time. See report.

0323 911 - Susp Person Trans-ported To Hospital Location/Address: Norwest Dr Callerreports a male party sitting onher patio furniture. She stateshe says he is waiting for anUber. N678,N669 responded.NFD requested for a voluntaryevaluation. (B.I.)

0453 Phone - Noise ComplaintSpoken To Location/Address:Hoyle St Loud talking.N679,N669 responded. Groupbrought it inside. Advised.

0906 Cellular - Animal Com-plaint Taken/Referred To OtherAgency Location/Address:New Pond - Bullard St Callerreports a neighbor’s dog killedduck. Transferred to WalpolePD.

1227 Phone - Well Being ChkSpoken To Location/Address:St Catherine’s Of Siena Church- Washington St Man appears indistress on the stairs. Officersreport the man has back issue andwaiting on a ride. His wife isthere too.

1825 911 - Well Being Chk Police& Fire Notified/Respond Loca-tion/Address: Staples OfficeSupply - Bos-Prov Hwy Reportof a party sitting on the pavementoutside of Staples. NFD re-sponded and treated him for alaceration to the forehead. Partygoing to Walpole to get on a bus.

2058 Phone - Assist Citizen As-sisted Party Location/Address:Prospect St Caller reports pack-ages were taken, does not wishto file a report at this time.

2105 Phone - Assist Citizen As-sisted Party Location/Address:Ellis Nursing And RehabilitationCenter - Ellis Ave Caller con-cerned someone may have takencopies of information in herpurse and then put it back. Of-ficer advised her.

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Norwood Community Media staff at Norwood High School after 2020 graduation ceremonies.COURTESY PHOTO

Norwood CommunityMedia Wins Award

Norwood CommunityMedia is p leased to an-nounce that on July 9, 2020they were awarded the Over-all Excellence Award at the2020 Hometown MediaAward from the Alliance forCommunity Media Founda-tion. The awards programwas established to honor andpromote community mediaand local cable programsthat are distributed on Pub-lic, Educational and Govern-mental (PEG) access cabletelevision channels. Thisyear ’s awards were pre-sented virtually.

NCM was awarded theOverall Excellence Awardbased on a sampling of its2019 programming. Thesampling gave the judges ataste of the breadth of allthat NCM covers throughoutthe year. The entry includedsegments f rom NorwoodNews, Norwood Digest ,Sports Extra, GovernmentMeetings, Sporting Events,the 4th of July Parade, Danc-ing with the Norwood Stars,NHS Red Carpet Prom, NHSGraduation and Class Day,Concerts on the Common,Memorial Day Ceremoniesand Public Access Program-

ming.Gerri Slater, President of

Norwood Community Mediashared these thoughts, “Allof us at Norwood Commu-nity Media are filled withpr ide over winning thisaward. Being recognized byour industry with the top na-tional award is significant asit validates our transforma-tion to Norwood CommunityMedia. This award is espe-cially meaningful during theCovid crisis as our NCMteam has worked tirelesslywith town and school offi-cials, Norwood Hospital,community groups and localbusinesses to ensure that thecommunity receives impor-tant, relevant, up to date in-formation via multiple mediaformats.”

Jack Tolman, ExecutiveDirector of Norwood Com-munity Media added, “To berecognized for our overallwork is special and means alot to us. The staff is com-mitted to the quality of theirwork and all of us are proudto provide news and infor-mation about Norwood tothe residents of Norwoodand beyond. What is specialto me is that we all enjoy

what we are doing and havefun working together as ateam. We would like to sharethis award with all of thosewho help we do what we do,the volunteers who are infront of the camera and es-pecia l ly the Town ofNorwood.”

Each year, a panel ofjudges evaluates over a thou-sand entries based on severalfactors including subject,exper ience and budget .

Awards are then presented tothe most creative programsthat address communityneeds, develop diverse com-munity involvement, chal-lenge conventional commer-cial television formats andmove viewers to experiencetelevision in a different way.Proceeds from the awardsprogram are used exclu-sively for facilitating, pre-serving and promoting edu-cation in community media.

“The Hometown MediaAwards celebrate both theexcellence of work and thediversity of media that ap-pears on community chan-nels being produced aroundthe country. The ACM Foun-dat ion is proud of theirachievement and of how theyrepresent their communitiesin their work,” said MikeWassenaar, pres ident &CEO, Alliance for Commu-nity Media.

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