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Hern drops bombshellat Planning Board meeting

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The Planning Board met on Mon-day evening, May 7, in Town Hall.Main items on the agenda were twoappointments requiring Board deci-sions on approval not required (ANR)plans. Final discussions were alsoheld on Town Meeting Articles.

The first appointment had Attor-ney David Hern before the Board rep-resenting Boch Automotive regardingthe parcels of land located at 63 MorseSt. Boch Vice President/PropertyManager Michael Clemmey was alsopresent.

The property is currently the sub-ject of Special Town Meeting Article4 – scheduled to begin on Monday,May 14 – in which the request, peti-tioned by Michael Saad, is to rezonethe property from manufacturing toresidential.

In his appearance before the Plan-ning Board, Hern proposed to com-bine lots 114 and 121 of the property,which met the guideline requirements

for an approval not required plan.As Hern explained to the Board, the

ANR also accomplished another goal.“As I think you know, the effect of

the filing of this, followed by your en-dorsement is to create a zoning freezewith respect to use under the statute,”Hern said. “I know that Town Counseloffered opinion on this – I was given acopy of that earlier today – but this doesnot guarantee any proposed use, but itprotects the uses that are allowed in themanufacturing district, whether as amatter of right or with respect to anygrant of special permit for three yearsfrom the date of submittal. The date ofsubmittal was April 24.”

Having reviewed the submitted plan,Town Planner Paul Halkiotis deter-mined that it was in compliance withthe requirements of an approval not re-quired plan and explained the conse-quence of it regarding Special TownMeeting Article 4.

“As Attorney Hern has indicated, theeffect of the plan is to freeze the zoningfor manufacturing use for three years,and the result is that the Article submit-

ted by Michael Saad to rezone theproperty will not have much effect atall, since the manufacturing use isbeing frozen by this plan,” Halkiotissaid, going on to confirm that it hadbeen frozen from the day that Hernhad submitted it.

“It doesn’t matter whether thePlanning Board votes to approve thisplan or deny this plan,” Halkiotis con-tinued. “Either way, the way the stat-ute is written. The zoning in effecttoday, prior to Town Meeting, is ineffect for three years.”

Unlike the recent Morse StreetArticle hearing that had taken mostof two Planning Board meetings andhad fueled much discussion, there wasalmost none here, aside from DebbieHolmwood asking if the lots werebeing combined just to freeze the zon-ing.

“The reason we want to do it isimmaterial,” Hern replied.

Vice Chairman Al Porro motioned

On a soggy Friday, April 27 after-noon, the rain let up just long enoughfor a small group of Town dignitariesto step down from the side porch ofSunrise of Norwood Senior Livingand walk over to a flowering plumbsapling.

Using a twice spray painted goldenshovel, Selectman Paul Bishop, TownManager Tony Mazzucco, Assistant

The Finance Commission met onApril 23 and April 30 in the Robert M.Thornton Room of Town Hall with thereview and vote on money Articles forthe Special and Annual Town Meetingsthat will begin on Monday, May 14.

Of the 24 Articles on the SpecialTown Meeting Warrant, the biggest re-quest was the money for the implemen-tation of a new Town/School-wide fi-nancial, accounting, and administrativesoftware system that was addressed inArticle 12.

With a $1.7 million bond premiumfor the project, the plan had been to re-quest that amount from free cash at theSpecial Town Meeting. However, be-cause of – as Town Clerk/AccountantTom McQuaid referred to it – FY18’s“free cash crunch,” the amount was ten-tatively reduced at the April 23 meetingto $1.5 million.

In the week following that meeting,internal funds were found for other ac-counts asking for free cash, promptingMcQuaid to recommend returning to the$1.7 million for Article 12, leading to aquestion from David Hajjar regardingwhether or not this increase in free cashspending would put the Town right backinto the crunch it had been trying toavoid.

Langone supported McQuaid andadded her own interpretation of the soft-ware funds.

“This is $1.7 million that was notpart of, shall we say, income coming in:revenue,” she said “This happened tobe a premium in order to refinance ourdebt. So this is money that came fromother avenues, and it was looked uponas to be used for this particular project.”

She continued by referring to differ-ent state requirements for the projectbefore finishing.

The buses may be leaving the yard for good at some point in the near future now that the Morse Street land under agreement withBoch Automotive will remain zoned for manufacturing.

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L to R: Selectman Paul Bishop, Town Manager Tony Mazzucco, Ed “Gus” McKenna, Marjorie McKenna, Ana Sargsyan, Asst. TownManager Bernie Cooper, Hillary Wheeler, and two other employees of Sunrise of Norwood pose for a photo behind the Arbor Day Tree. PHOTO BY MATT MACDONALD

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Planning Board continued from page 1to sign the plan as it had beenpresented and this was ap-proved unanimously, afterwhich copies of it were signedby the Board.

In the other approval notrequired plan appointment, Da

Thao Nguyen, an architect fromMediTech, went before theBoard regarding the sale of landfrom her company to the Skat-ing Club of Boston and re-quested that lots of land beswapped in order to grant ac-cess to the land being pur-chased, citing an error in theearlier submitted site plan.

The motion was approvedunanimously and the plan wassigned by the Board.

While the Board was sign-ing, Nguyen asked if the skat-ing rink would no longer begoing to South Norwood,prompting Ernie Paciorkowskito share his opinion with her.

“Probably not,” he said.“Maybe, but I don’t think so.”

“The only way that will hap-pen is if the Town pays for most

of it, and that’s not part of theplan, at this point,” Halkiotisadded.

In the discussion of thePlanning Board’s Town Meet-ing Articles, Paciorkowski mo-tioned for indefinite postpone-

ment for Special Town Meet-ing Article 1.

This Article, if approved,would institute a bylaw changeenabling commercial landlordsto get permits to rent out extraparking spots in their lots.

The proposed bylaw changeseeks to alleviate the illegalstorage of car dealership inven-tory, which is an ongoing prob-lem for the Town’s zoning en-forcement.

Paciorkowski, in his expla-nation for why he was in favorof indefinite postponement,cited a jurisdiction discussionbetween the Planning Boardand the Zoning Board of Ap-peals that would require anamendment to the Article, dis-agreements between PlanningBoard members regarding par-

ticular aspects of the Article,and the possibility of Article 1being swept up into the antici-pated contentiousness of Ar-ticle 4.

“If it goes forward and itfails, we’re out for two years,”

Paciorkowski cautioned. “So,I’d like to pull it at this TownMeeting, tighten it up a littlebit, rework some things, andpossibly go forward with it inNovember.”

The motion to indefinitelypostpone Article 1 was ap-proved unanimously.

Article 2, regarding the es-tablishment of an AssociatePlanning Board member, re-mained unchanged, as did Ar-ticle 3, a zoning bylaw amend-ment request regarding morerestrictive zoning of the manu-facture of asphalt, cement, andbituminous concrete.

Due to the anticipated du-ration of Town Meeting, thenext scheduled Planning Boardmeeting is currently scheduledfor June 18.

“As Attorney Hern has indicated, the effect of the plan is to freezethe zoning for manufacturing use for three years, and the result isthat the Article submitted by Michael Saad to rezone the propertywill not have much effect at all, since the manufacturing use isbeing frozen by this plan.” - Town Planner Paul Halkiotis

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Selectmen hear Earthfriendly ideas


The Board of Selectmengathered on Tuesday evening,May 8, for its weekly meeting.The main items on the agendawere three appointments, oneof which was a public hearing.

In the main appointment ofthe night, Katie Neal-Rizzo andJohn Aprea III went before theBoard to review ProgressNorwood’s successful EarthDay program – held on Sunday,April 22 and to make a presen-tation with recommendations –based on their experience plan-ning and carrying out the EarthDay undertakings – for a more“Earth Friendly” Town.

Progress Norwood’s EarthDay was comprised of Sundaymorning clean ups held at eachschool playground – and someparks – in Town, followed by acommunity picnic and vendorfair featuring environmentallyconscious organizations settingup information tables for thecurious.

The Earth Day project – forwhich Progress Norwoodworked in partnership with theRecreation Department, theDepartment of Public Works,and Subaru of New England –featured more than 229 volun-teers and 168 bags of trash col-lected, and approximately 300guests at the picnic/fair.

“We’re really very pleasedwith how many people steppedup, and we had beautifulweather, which certainlyhelped,” Neal-Rizzo com-mented.

“I think only 85 people reg-istered online, and it ended upa lot more people – over twiceas many people – came out tovolunteer. It was excellent tosee,” Aprea followed.

Based on their experiencesorganizing the Earth Day event,Neal-Rizzo and Aprea pre-sented a number of solutions tomake the Town more environ-mentally friendly.

The first had to do withwhat they considered to be alack of trash barrels at schoolplaygrounds and at the Town’sparks and fields, with Neal-Rizzo bringing up the factschool playgrounds are often

used by the public after schooland that, with a lack of barrels,“the trash ends up on theground blows into the woods,and that’s what we end up col-lecting on Earth Day.”

Neal-Rizzo also suggestedcooperating with the new TrailsSubcommittee (which reportsto the Conservation Commit-tee) regarding optimal sites fortrash barrels, and spoke of herconcern:

“We found a number of dogwaste bags. It’s great thatpeople are picking it up, butyou’re not supposed to throwit in the woods.”

Closely connected to theirfirst solution, their second wasto have recycling bins with thetrash barrels, with Neal-Rizzopresenting numbers supportingthe fact that diverting as muchplastic as possible from thetrash would economically ben-efit the Town.

“I believe on the DPWwebsite, if it’s $57 per ton oftrash that we divert into recy-cling, the Town saves thatmoney.”

Selectman Paul Bishop wasvery much in agreement withNeal-Rizzo regarding havingrecycling bins next to trash bar-rels and suggested that resi-dents – if they were at all in-terested in checking out a so-lar recycling bin looks like –they could see some at the StarMarket Plaza.

Their third solution had todo with plastic bag regula-tions, with Neal-Rizzo citingthe fact that shopping bags areonly recyclable at the storesfrom which they came.

She suggested that, if theTown didn’t want to push foran all out plastic ban bag, itcould encourage alternativesto single use plastic bags,showing as examples RocheBrothers biodegradable bagsand OCC’s plastic andStyrofoam alternative take-out containers, with tax incen-tive possibilities for busi-nesses that choose to adoptthese alternatives.

Aprea made additionallong-term recommendationswere made regarding weeklyrecycling and composting, hy-brid vehicles, increased tree

planting, and designated bikelanes.

In the evening’s publichearing, the Café Venice(1086 Washington St.) was theobject of an application forthe transfer of its liquor li-cense, common victualer li-cense, and juke box licensefrom Arlene O’Brien to MarkHannon.

The business transfer in-cludes the transfer of thebuilding.

Hannon has been workingas the night manager at CaféVenice and has been workingthere for 23 years. In his com-ments to the Board, he pro-posed very few changes to thebusiness operation, but wasfaced with a pressing questionfrom Selectman AllanHoward.

“Will the prime rib nightscontinue?”

“Absolutely,” Hannon re-plied. “Wednesday throughSunday.”

“Alright. That’s what wewant to know. Thank you verymuch.”

The motion was approved4-0, with Helen Donohue ab-staining as an abutter.

In the final appointment ofthe meeting, Computer Direc-tor Mark Redlich went beforethe Board to endorse the $1.7million Town/School-widesoftware system proposed inSpecial Town Meeting Article12.

The Board of Selectmenwill not meet next Tuesday,May 15. Its next scheduledmeeting will be on Tuesday,May 22 at 7 p.m. in Rm. 34 ofTown Hall.


Is there a villain in all of this?OPINION

Our Page 1 story this weekrelative to David Hern’s legalmaneuver to shut down dis-cussion at Town Meeting on63 Morse Street seeminglycame out of nowhere andmost assuredly has left manyresidents in Town enraged,and rightfully so. However,this newspaper thinks theiranger may be a bit misdi-rected. Although we com-pletely agree with the argu-

ments against such a parkinglot being located well withina residential neighborhoodlike South Norwood, like allconflicts there are at leasttwo sides to consider, andthis one is no different.

The safety concerns rela-tive to big trucks haulingdozens of cars at a time upand down Dean and Wash-ington Streets and then turn-ing onto Morse Street are

real, as is the potential for thequality of the lives of thoseliving in close proximity tothe proposed parking lot be-ing compromised. And thereis the potential for propertyvalues being negatively af-fected, though this is a littlebit more difficult to quantify.However, what is quite easyto quantify is that residentsof the Flats are continuallybombarded with issues of

being treated like secondclass citizens by public offi-cials and, we are sorry to say,oftentimes by their ownneighbors living in other sec-tions of Town.

The owner of the propertyin question, Mr. BruceComenitz, is not a villain inthis saga. Nor, do we believe,is Ernie Boch, proposing topurchase the property and useit for storage, or his attorneyDavid Hern, a well-knownresident of this Town, TownMeeting Moderator, andseemingly one of the premiergo-to legal guys of develop-ers and commercial busi-nesses when they need some-thing from the Town.

Mr. Comenitz has ownedthis property for decades. Hehas continually paid his taxesat the commercial rate andnever fenced in the propertyto exclude others like kids ornature lovers from enjoyingthe woods within walkingdistance of their homes.

Ernie Boch Jr. is a busi-nessman, and like all busi-ness guys is looking to in-crease the value of his em-pire. However, every step hehas taken has been legal andaboveboard, and everyoneknows the Boch Family hasbeen very generous to theTown of Norwood over theyears. And though some mayargue this generosity hascome at some cost to resi-dents, we don’t see any realevidence of that.

We do think it would befair to at least questionwhether Attorney Hern, withwhat appears to be a growingbusiness in commercial andreal estate development rep-resenting others before theTown may be bordering on

professional conflict. BeingTown Moderator wields a cer-tain amount of influence whenbefore other Town boards, andwe’re not sure simply hand-ing over the gavel as TownModerator to someone elsewhen something comes beforeTown Meeting in matters heis professionally involvedwith is good enough. We’realso not sure it isn’t, we aresimply left wondering.

If there is a villain in all ofthis it would be Town offi-cials, and not just those sittingmembers now. For years resi-dents have been pushing forthe purchase of land just likethat of Mr. Comenitz, to pre-serve as open space and toavoid exactly the kind of situ-ation faced by South Norwoodresidents now, and nothinghas ever been done. In fact,the land in question was peti-tioned years ago by SouthNorwood resident PattyBailey for the Town to pur-chase but, like many such for-ward-thinking ideas, was setaside and never acted on.The list of big commercialand res ident ia l develop-ments that may have beenavoided if the Town hadstepped up to the plate andplanned for the future bypurchasing available parcelsis much too long.

Mr. Comenitz is probablyplanning for the future of hisfamily by wanting to capital-ize on a strong real estatemarket and cashing in onproperty he has every rightto sell. It’s too bad Norwoodresidents didn’t have some-one like Mr. Comenitz at thehelm when planning for thefuture of the Town ofNorwood.


Letters to the Editor ENOUGH IS ENOUGH

To the Editor:As many of you might already be aware,

an 8+ acre parcel of land at the ends of St.John, St. Joseph and St. Paul Avenues hasbeen proposed to become a gigantic park-ing lot for new automobiles. Mr. BruceComenitz, the long-time property ownerand non-resident of Norwood, has begunthe steps to sell this property to Boch En-terprises. This parcel, zoned Manufactur-ing, has been vacant for over 50 years. Theformer owners were Bird and Son, whichprimarily used it as a dumping ground forleft over roofing materials. Due to the la-tency of the property over the years, it hasbecome a vegetated habitat for wildlife.

In order to protect this parcel from de-velopment, I had submitted a petition to theBoard of Selectmen many years ago to re-quest the land be purchased by the Townof Norwood for open space. This purchasewould allow the parcel to be used for pas-sive recreation, such as walking paths, parkbenches for b i rd watch ing , p icn ics ,etc. This land is already on the Open SpaceMaster Plan, but has not yet been actedupon.

Now we are faced with a potential ofhundreds, if not thousands of cars beingshuttled down Short and Morse streets tobe stored at this location and the potentialfor these narrow streets to be opened up fortransport of these vehicles. Surroundingtowns do not allow for open lot storage, soth i s type of bus iness can be veryprofitable. Do we know that the proposedautomobiles parked in such a lot are actu-ally property of the lot owners? Who willcontrol this process?

We all know Washington Street in South

Norwood is already heavily traveled by mo-tor vehicles, but what about the pedestri-ans? We have two schools within a hand-ful of blocks of each other that many chil-dren walk to and from. There are parentsand grandparents pushing babies in car-riages, families out bike riding and folkswalking their dogs. Once school is out forthe summer, Hawes Pool will be hoppingwith swimmers and campers. Currently, wehave ballgames going on most evenings atmost schools as well as tennis matches atthe Coakley.

The safety and quality of life for theneighborhood as well as the entire town isparamount, not for a business to come inand decimate a wooded area, bordered bythe Neponset River and Hawes Brook. It’stime for the residents of Norwood to say‘enough is enough;’ we need to preservewhat little open space we have left for thepresent as well as future generations in ourTown!

Patty BaileyDistrict 6 Town Meeting Member

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Arbor Day continued from page 1Town Manager Bernie Cooper,and Sunrise resident Ed “Gus”McKenna took turns tossingceremonial shovelfuls of earthonto the Arbor Day Tree, do-nated by Norwood’s Home De-pot, as residents and stafflooked on.

This was the first time thatSunrise of Norwood hadplanted trees for Arbor Day, andthe event was thought up byLife Enrichment ManagerHillary Wheeler.

“I come from Indiana and,in Indiana, we’re very environ-mental, and we always didsomething for Arbor Day whenI was living there, and I wantedto bring that here,” Wheelersaid.

Activities & Volunteer Co-ordinator Saulnier, building onwhat Wheeler had to say, men-tioned Sunrise’s “Living withGenerosity” program, in whichparticipants find creative waysto help the local community –a goal that the tree plantingand donations naturally wentwell with.

“My mother lived at Sun-rise for a number of years inthe late-1990s and the early2000s, so I know the facilitywell, and there are still acouple of people working heretoday – including EricSaulnier – who were workinghere at that time,” Coopersaid. “Terrific people. Goodmemories and good people.

They work hard to maintain itand they’ve done a good job.”

Between 80-90 people liveat the 40,000 square foot Sun-rise of Norwood, with 80 cur-rent residents living in eitherone person or two-personapartments: 50 in the tradi-tional assisted living area and30 in the reminiscence/memory care area.

There are also six marriedcouples living at Sunrise ofNorwood. One half of one ofthem is Ed “Gus” McKenna,one of the honorary tree plant-ers.

McKenna, a 58-year (self-described) “carpetbagger”resident, served on a numberof Town committees over theyears, including the Down-town Steering Committeewith fellow tree planter PaulBishop, and the PermanentBuilding Construction Com-mittee.

Soon, he is giving his ex-tensive thoughts on the St.Gabriel’s Chapel restorationproject and later, when givinghis wife’s name – Marjorie –mentions that “she did 18years on the School Commit-tee,” which leads to anotherconversation that ends withhim pondering, “How she did18, I’ll never know.”

No sooner had McKennaexcused himself to get back tohis wife, then a trio of womenwalked in under a trailing “100”

balloon followed by a carriedin 100th Birthday cake.

Asked her thoughts on turn-ing 100 years old on April 28,Loretta Eosco said simply,“Ohhh boy,” which is followedby much laughter from herdaughter Rosemary Oliverio,Executive Director AnaSargsyan, and Eosco herself.

The laughter is nearly con-stant with various methods at-tributed to Eosco’s hitting theBig 1-0-0, from being happy, toeating well, thanking God fortoday, and sleeping with yourhusband every night mentionedamong them.

Living well may be part ofit, too, with Oliverio saying thather brother brings fresh flow-ers every week.

“She says she wants themnow, not when she’s gone,”Oliverio said.

Shortly afterwards, the threewomen were on their way tothe bistro.

Before leaving, Bishop,holding the donated treesprigs in a small glass vase pre-sented to him earlier byMcKenna, mused on his after-noon at Sunrise.

“It’s good to make contactwith the people here… I’ve metsome people I haven’t seen in sev-eral years,” Bishop said. “Didn’teven realize they were here. Soit’s been a good day, all in all.”

To contact Sunrise ofNorwood, visitwww.sunriseofnorwood.com orcall 781-762-1333.


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FinCom continued from page 1“I don’t look upon this as, re-ally, an expense,” Langonesaid. “We have the money. Wegot it from a premium, and I’mall for going forward.”

After some suggestionsfrom Hajjar regarding movingthe extra $200,000 to the FY19reserve account, the recommen-dation for the $1.7 million freecash request was approvedunanimously.

There was also one indefi-nite postponement on the Spe-cial Town Meeting Warrant.

A School Department re-quest for funds for an addi-tional English LanguageLearner Teacher, Article 14,had originally been indefi-nitely postponed before lastfall’s Town Meeting, withthe agreement made to re-visit the issue later in theacademic year.

McQuaid recommendedindef ini te postponementbased on the fact that theSchool Depar tment hadhired three other teachersduring the year and that ad-ditional special education re-imbursement “ci rcui tbreaker” funds (currently be-ing debated on Beacon Hill)could soon free up enoughSchool Department money tocover the $60,000 amount.

Langone, in agreement,made the motion. Vice-ChairAnne Marie Haley, however,asked for it to be tabled,since the School Departmentwas still waiting on informa-tion.

With Slater recommend-ing a vote, Langone added,“What’s the difference here?Nothing. It still would be upfor reconsideration whetherit’s tabled or whether it wasan indefinite postponement.I agree with the Chairman:

the people are looking for adecision and that’s our deci-sion right now.”

Haley, referring to theway the Finance Commis-sion and the School Commit-tee had “worked together inthe fall” and encouraging acont inuance of th is , re-sponded.

“I know that it’s impor-tant to get it out to TownMeeting, but I think there’sa reasonable explanation toTown Meet ing that youcould put into our letter: thatthe School Department isstill working on things andthat they will be working onthem right up until TownMeeting, so we thereforepostpone this vote,” Haleysaid.

The recommendation forindefinite postponement re-garding Article 14 was ap-proved 3-2, with Haley andDonnelly in opposition.

In addit ional April 30Town Meeting related busi-ness, Permanent BuildingConstruction CommitteeChairman Francis Hopcroftwent before the Commissionto update it on the status ofthe St. Gabriel’s Chapel res-toration project.

The discussion concernedthe $400,000 the CommunityPreservation Committee(CPC) has agreed to add tothe under-funded (it was al-located $1.1 million at the2017 Annual Town Meeting)project, and what the optionsmay be if the $1.5 millionisn’t enough.

In his discussion with theCommission, Hopcrofttouched on the window res-toration component of theproject as a whole, and thefact that the awarded bid had

come in $35,000 under bud-get.

He also noted two deduct-ible alternates (line items ofthe repair work that can be re-moved from the contract) thathe estimated as a potential$50,000 expense reduction.

“More importantly,”Hopcroft added, “We’veseparated the lantern restora-tion – which is estimated ataround $100,000 – out of therest of the project. So, my ex-pectation is that if we onlyhave $400,000 to work with,the lantern will not happen.”

He went on to say that –if that happens – “I’m surethere will be some effort nextfiscal year to do it.”

Annual Town Meeting Ar-ticle 14, concerning the Com-munity Preservation Fund inrelation to the Chapel resto-ration, was, in fact, the onlyone of the 15 Annual TownMeeting Articles discussed atthe April 30 meeting, with themotion to support the Articleunanimously approved.

The April 30 meeting wasthe last scheduled one for theFinance Commission beforethe Special and Annual TownMeetings, which will begin onMonday, May 14 at 7:30 p.m.


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Outreach Services at theMorrill Memorial Library isnothing new.

First established back in1939, the Library’s home deliv-ery service would send booksby messenger to patrons’ homesor businesses for the sum of$0.15.

By 1947, messengers hadmorphed into taxis, with pa-trons unable to make it to theMorrill themselves coveringthe fare for the books to bedriven to them by car.

Librarian Edna Phillips wasat the forefront of these ser-vices, having noticed – as a1947 newspaper article reads –“the considerable number ofpeople who regularly called forbooks for friends and relativesunable to get to the library be-cause of ill health.”

Bonnie Wyler, having pro-vided this information, is veryaware of this tradition and –

together with her colleagueNancy Ling – has kept this tra-dition alive while adapting it.

Now – instead of fee basedmessengers or fare based taxis– volunteers deliver booksthroughout the Town to thosewho can’t – for whatever rea-son – make it to the Morrill.

As Wyler describes it, “avolunteer will have a regularperson to deliver to, and then

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“We’ll talk to them about what kinds of books they like: if theyhave favorite authors, favorite genres, if there are specific booksthey want to read right then,” Wyler added.

Based on this contact, Bonnie and/or Nancy will put someselected books together and make the initial delivery themselves,in order to meet the new patron and to better be able to matchthem up with one of the volunteers who has signed up to makedeliveries.

Speaking of the matching process, Wyler says, “we do ourbest to match them up with someone we think they might enjoy.”

To participate, patrons must live in Norwood and fill out abasic application detailing book preferences and contact infor-mation. If applicants don’t have a library card, they will be signedup for one at this time.

Books – either requested by phone, through the online ser-vice, or selected for the reader by the librarians or volunteers –are held on designated shelves in the outreach office so that vol-unteers are able to pick them up whether or not Bonnie or Nancyare there.

“It’s very flexible,” Bonnie continues, “and over time – if thepatron isn’t giving us specific books, we get to know what theylike… And if people are giving us specific books, then we willget them for them if we don’t have them.”

In this very individualized system, readers may develop theirown particular patterns, with patrons borrowing books at theirown rate.

Returns happen in a similar way, with volunteers stopping byhomes to pick up books or – if telephone numbers have beenexchanged – calling to see how patrons are doing.

One such volunteer is Katie Reynolds, who has stopped bythe office to pick up a big bag of books as Bonnie is talking abouthow the service works.

“I’ve been doing this about 10-15 years,” Katie explained that,as a stay-at-home mom, she and her son would frequently go tothe Library, “so it was easy. I was here anyway to pick up thebooks.”

She stops by every couple of weeks to pick up and drop offbooks for Janice, who is the only person she delivers to. “This issuch a good service and I’m only doing one person a week. Icould do a couple more.”

Wyler sounds pleased as she speaks of the delivery systemthat she and Ling have helped to update “You know, it worksreally well. We have people who read 30 books a month and peoplewho read one book a month, so there’s a range of how often andhow much people read.” She mentions the Morrill’s extensivecollection of large print books, books recorded on compact disc,and video magnifiers that are also available to borrow.

“Our biggest challenge is finding people to use the service,because the people who need the service typically don’t knowabout it; aren’t finding out in the newspaper, aren’t finding outon the Norwood Channel, and so it’s really been word of mouth.”

To contact Morrill Memorial Library’s Outreach Services, call781-769-0200 x228.


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Through seven games, Bryn Garczynski is hitting .667 with nine stolenbases for the Norwood High softball team. PHOTO BY JAKE LEVIN

Allie McDonough scored five goals for Norwood against Norton on Monday afternoon, a game in which shewas fully aware the Mustangs had to have to keep their tournament hopes alive. PHOTO BY JAKE LEVIN

Must-win would’ve been anapt description for the NorwoodHigh girls’ lacrosse team’s gameat Norton High on Monday after-noon.

Reeling after losing fourstraight games, the Mustangs useda scorching hot second half surgeto down the Lancers, 13-5, mov-ing back to within a game of .500at 6-7.

“We needed it,” Norwoodhead coach Chuck Allen con-firmed after the game. “We had atough stretch over the last weekor two.”

The Mustangs jumped out toan early 2-0 lead before the Lanc-ers briefly went on top, 3-2.Norwood recovered thanks in partto a late run from freshman attackCaroline Davey, who had three ofher five goals in the final 1:30 ofthe first half to help the Mustangsto a 6-4 lead at the break.

But Norwood would need tokeep the pedal to the metal to en-sure Norton’s demise.

“Big time,” Allen said, in ref-erence to how much he empha-sized starting quick in the secondhalf. “The game was close and wehad to go out there and take it tothem.”

No issues there. The Mustangshung six goals on the Lancers inthe first 4:51 of the second half totake a 12-4 lead, capitalizing onthe wizardry of freshman MaggieCurran on draw controls – she lostonly one in the second half – tobreak the game wide open.

Davey opened the half withher fourth goal of the game, fol-lowed by an Allie McDonoughtally to keep the party going.Curran scored a goal of her ownto continue the run, withMcDonough tacking on two moreand Davey sniping one more justfor good measure.

McDonough, a sophomoremiddie, tied with Davey for theteam lead in goals on the after-noon with five.

“It was definitely a slow startand I feel like we needed this ifwe wanted to make the tourna-ment,” McDonough said. “Thiswas probably one we were reallyhoping to [win].”

Alex Scavatto and ChristinaReilly also scored for Norwood,which completed a season sweepof Norton in a preview of Tri-Val-ley League play. The Mustangsalso took the Lancers down onApril 17 by a 14-5 score.

Reilly’s goal, the final of theafternoon for Norwood, was thefirst of her varsity career. As a

defenseman, she’d never had ashot to cash in before.

“It was very exciting,” Reillysaid. “I’ve played defense for mywhole lacrosse career, so I reallywanted to score my first goal.”

With five games left to play,the Mustangs must win at leastthree to get back into thepostseason for the first time since2015. Allen is aware of the math– a finish no worse than 3-2 –but it’ll be impossible to pick up

three wins all at once, which he’spreaching to his team.

“We need three, but we needone at a time though,” Allen said.“It’s going to be tough, but if weplay smart and don’t turn it over,relax and try to slow the gamedown against teams that are alittle more skilled than us, we’llnever quit.”

“I think if we play the waywe did in the second half, we candefinitely improve with how we

play against really good teams,”McDonough said. “I think if weplay this way, we can do any-thing.”

Monday in Norton was thebeginning of a four-game roadtrip for Norwood, one which con-tinues on Thursday afternoon atNewton North High at 4 p.m.

The Mustangs have onehome game left on Monday, May21 at 5 p.m. vs. the Milton Wild-cats.

Remember when theNorwood High softball teamlost its season opener?

Think long and hard, be-cause it’s getting more andmore difficult to fathom a wayit’s even possible for theseMustangs to lose.

The fact that Norwood haswon seven straight since theApril 9 setback against theBraintree Wamps to move to 7-1 on the season isn’t all thatsurprising, but the manner inwhich it’s destroying everyteam in its path couldn’t havebeen foreseen by anyone, noteven head coach Carol Savino.

“We’re doing alright so far,”Savino said in perhaps the un-derstatement of the century.

Since losing 6-3 to theWamps, the Mustangs haveoutscored their opponents by amargin of 80-7. The string in-cludes four shutouts and threegames in which the game wascalled after five innings due tothe slaughter rule (a team leads

by 10 runs or more after fiveinnings).

With the rains messingaround with Norwood’s sched-ule after April vacation, theMustangs have played onlythree games thus far in themonth of May. No matter, with

a 15-0 win over the NeedhamRockets and an 11-0 win overthe Sharon Eagles last week anda 12-4 win over the MiltonWildcats on Monday.

Savino cautioned thatNorwood hasn’t faced any great

pitching yet, per se, and hopesthat it’s something the team canget some good looks at as theback-heavy month of Mayprogresses for the Mustangs.

Among the litmus tests be-fore Norwood includeBraintree again, the NewtonNorth Tigers and – twice – theWalpole Rebels.

“I’m happy with wherewe’re at,” Savino said. “But weneed consistent hitting and theability to hit really good pitch-ing.”

In the meantime, the Mus-tangs can rest their laurels on aquadrant of hitters slashing.400 or better in their lineup.Junior pitcher Amanda Olbrysis hitting a team-best .705 (12for 17) through games playedon Monday, drawing walks inbunches in the back half ofNorwood’s lineup.

Junior catcher BrynGarczynski, the leadoff hitterfor the Mustangs, is hitting .667(18 for 27) with nine stolenbases.

“Bryn’s such a good athlete,she can always find her wayon,” Savino said. “She can buntfor a hit, or she can [just plain]

hit. She’s up four times, youcan count on her getting on atleast three.” Senior firstbaseman Janelle Kelleher ishitting a robust .560 (14 for 25)with a team-leading six RBIs,hitting primarily out of thecleanup spot for Norwood,while senior second basemanErin Murphy is batting .421 (8for 19).

In addition to her impres-sive batting average, Olbryshas been getting it done on themound and then some for theMustangs. She’s given up onlysix earned runs on the season– three against Braintree in theopener were unearned – for amicroscopic 0.75 earned runaverage (ERA).

“She’s doing a great jobthere,” Savino said. “She’s notgiving up runs.”

Norwood completed thefirst half of its schedule onWednesday against theBrookline Warriors, in an eventheld after the Record’s dead-line. With a win on Friday vs.Milton at Cleveland ElementarySchool, the Mustangs could of-ficially punch their ticket to theDivision 2 South tournament.


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GARDEN CLUB TO HOLDANNUAL PLANT SALE

The Norwood Evening GardenClub will hold its annual Plant Saleon Saturday, May 12 from 9 a.m.to 1 p.m. at Hawes Pool Park, 1269Washington St. in South Norwood,rain or shine. Held the day beforeMother’s Day, the yearly sale is anexcellent opportunity to purchasea gift for Mom as well as plantsfor your own garden. As in pastyears, perennials from membergardens will be offered at reason-able prices. A large variety of lo-cally grown herbs, organic veg-etables, and annuals – includinggeraniums, hanging baskets andpatio pots – will be offered. Cannaroots and dahlia tubers will also beavailable as will Atlas gloves –voted the favorite gardening gloveby members of the NorwoodEvening Garden Club. Mastercardand Visa are accepted.

Bring your questions to thesale, too. Massachusetts MasterGardeners will be on hand to an-swer your gardening questions.Proceeds from the Plant Sale areused for the club’s many civicbeautification and educationprojects throughout Norwood. Forinformation about the NorwoodEvening Garden Cub, contact Bar-bara at 781-762-1270 or visitwww.NorwoodEveningGardenClub.com

HELP LOCAL LETTERCARRIERS STAMP OUTHUNGER ON SATURDAY,MAY 12TH

On Saturday, May 12, the 26thannual Letter Carriers’ Food Drivewill take place in Norwood. Andlocal volunteers are hoping every-one on their postal routes who’sable to do so will participate.

People wishing to donate areasked to leave one or more bags offood, marked for the Letter Carri-ers’ Food Drive, by their mailboxon the appointed Saturday. Thefood will then be picked up as car-riers go about their regular maildeliveries and taken to a central

location for sorting. The drive willtake place rain or shine, but in caseof bad weather, donors are askedto put their food in plastic bags.

The only requirement is that allcans and boxes must be new andin good condition. Anything out-dated or opened has to be thrownaway for health reasons.

REGISTER OF DEEDSWILLIAM P. O’DONNELL TOHOLD NORWOOD OFFICEHOURS

Norfolk County Register ofDeeds William P. O’Donnell willhold Office Hours in the FinanceCommittee Room at NorwoodTown Hall located at 566 Wash-ington St. from 10 a.m. until noonon Thursday, June 14.

Register O’Donnell and mem-bers of his staff will be on hand toanswer questions about the Nor-folk County Registry of Deeds.The Register will have informationabout the Massachusetts Home-stead Act as well as on-site workstations that can provide in realtime the status of your mortgagedischarge, a print out of your deedor a demonstration of how Regis-try technology works. No appoint-ment is necessary.

All land record research infor-mation can be found on theRegistry’s websitewww.norfolkdeeds.org. Residentsin need of assistance can contactthe Registry of Deeds CustomerService Center via telephone at(781) 461-6101, or email us [email protected].

THE NORWOODART ASSOCIATIONMONTHLY MEETING

The NORWOOD ART ASSO-CIATION holds their monthly

ARTIST DEMONSTRATION onthe third Thursday of each monthat 6:30 p.m. in the Simoni Roomof the Norwood Morrill MemorialLibrary, located at 33 Walpole St.in Norwood. These demonstrationsare FREE and the public are wel-come and encouraged to attend!Light refreshments are served andthere is a raffle of a piece of artdonated by the attending artist.

On Thursday, May 17, theNAA’s featured demo artist will beKristina Occhino. Kris is a nation-ally recognized artist living in theAttleboro area where she teachesat her own “Treetop Studio.” Sheis a graduate of Skidmore Collegein New York, as well as Rhode Is-land School of Design.

LOU SANTORO MEMORIALFISHING DERBY THISSATURDAY! The annual fishing derby is be-ing held this Saturday, May 12, tobe held rain or shine. Registrationis from 8 to 9 a.m. and the fee is$2.00 and includes a hot dog, sodaand ice cream. The fishing runsfrom 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. and prizesare awarded to all who enter. Be-ginners are thru 9 years old. Jun-iors are 10 years up to 15 years old.All entrants under 10 years mustbe accompanied by an adult. Allentrants must provide personalfishing equipment, worms only, nolive bat, casting or fly fishing.Good luck!!

NORWOOD HOUSEHOLDHAZARDOUS WASTE DAY/RECYCLING DAY

Bring your hazardous waste toNorwood’s semi-annual House-hold Hazardous Waste Day onMay 12 at the Composting Facil-ity at 370 Winter St. from 8-11 a.m.

Please bring proof of residency.Hazardous waste is considered tobe a waste product with propertiesthat make it dangerous or poten-tially harmful to human health orthe environment. A partial list ofmaterials include oil or lead basedpaints, solvents, wood preserva-tives, pesticides, herbicides, lawncare products, automotive prod-ucts, cleaning products, draincleaners, and pool chemicals. “Al-ways make sure to read the labelbefore disposing of any potentiallyhazardous product. By bringingmaterials to Hazardous Waste Dayyou are protecting you and yourfamily from possible exposure andprotecting the environment.”Sigalle Reiss, Public Health Direc-tor. For a full list of hazardous ma-terials collected at HazardousWaste day, please see the NorwoodHousehold Hazardous Waste/Re-cycling Day Newsletter mailed toall residents in the light bills. Acopy of the newsletter is alsoposted on the town’s websitewww.norwoodma.gov.

In addition to hazardous waste,residents may bring recyclable andbulk materials such as tires, elec-tronics, refrigerators, air condition-ers and propane tanks, some feesapply. Document shredding is alsoavailable for a flat fee of $10.Foam/Styrofoam® will also becollected and is now a permanentcollection at the Winter Street Fa-cility and available every Saturday.Due to a change in vendor, we canno longer accept any food contain-ers including coffee cups. Addi-tional permanent collections in-clude: mercury items, includingfluorescent bulbs, scrap metal,books, CDs, DVDs, rigid plasticsand textiles. There will be no dis-posal of leaves and brush on Haz-

ardous Waste Day. The town can-not accept latex paint, asbestos,bio-active materials, radioactivematerials, explosives, or PCB-con-taining products. Latex paint canbe disposed of in regular trash onlywhen it is completely hardened.Depending on the amount of paint,it can be hardened by leaving thecontainer open or by adding painthardeners. The Health Departmenthas packets of paint hardener avail-able to Norwood residents for $2.Paint hardener can also be foundin any hardware or paint store. Forup to date information on eventsand health topics follow the HealthDepartment on Twitter@norwoodHD and like us onFacebook. If you have any ques-tions please call the Health Depart-ment at 781-762- 1240.

NORWOOD PUBLICSCHOOL SCULPTURE ARTEXHIBIT

The Visual Arts Departmentof the Norwood Public Schoolswill present an exhibit of sculpturescreated by students from the el-ementary, middle and high schoolson Saturday, May 12 from noon -2 p.m. Support the budding artistsof Norwood and come to see thespecial artwork they create for thesetting in Grace EpiscopalChurch’s historic Sunken Garden.The students use all surfaces of thegarden - hanging from treebranches, peeking around the baseof a tree, sitting atop the perimeterof the garden walls or resting on abench. If you haven’t been to oneof the students’ art shows in thepast, make sure to stop by this yearto enjoy and celebrate the criticaland creative thinking of Norwoodstudents. This is the 13th year thestudents have showcased their cre-ations in the Sunken Garden. Theevent is scheduled for Saturday,May 12 from noon – 2 p.m. (raindate May 13). Grace EpiscopalChurch is located at 150 ChapelSt., Norwood. The exhibit is freeand open to the public.

ANNAIANJohn M. Annaian, 87, of

Norwood passed away peacefullyWednesday, May 2, 2018 at New-ton-Wellesley Hospital with hisloving family by his side. Born inLawrence, he was the son of thelate Eghia and Mary(DerMelkonian) Annaian. Johnwill be sadly missed by his lovingwife of 58 years, Rose Sirvart(Boghosian) Annaian; his children,Janice Azarian and her husband,Jack of Salem, N.H., Lynne Prevettand her husband, Dick ofCataumet, Mass. and Rick Annaianand his wife, Amy ofMoultonborough, N.H.; his grand-children, Michael, Jennifer andMark Azarian, Nicholas andSteven Prevett, and John andSamantha Annaian; his brother andsisters, Edward Annaian and hiswife, Janet, Elizabeth Kochakianand her husband, Charles and MaryAnn Afarian all of Andover; hisbrother-in-law, Jerry Boghosian ofLexington and sisters-in-law,Maria Annaian of North Andoverand Eva Boghosian of Palm BeachGardens; as well as many nieces,nephews, cousins and friends. Johnwas predeceased by his brother,Michael Annaian. In lieu of flow-ers, memorial contributions can bemade to the Sts. Vartanantz Arme-nian Church, 180 Old WestfordRoad, Chelmsford, MA 01824 orthe Holy Trinity Armenian Church,145 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA02138. Funeral services was heldat Sts. Vartanantz ArmenianChurch, 180 Old Westford Road,Chelmsford. Burial was in SpringGrove Cemetery, Andover.

DiRINONicolo, Greatly Loved Of

Walpole, formerly of Norwood,passed away on May 6, 2018 atthe age of 96. Beloved husbandof Rachelle (DelZoppo) DiRino.Devoted father of Sal J. DiRinoand his wife Rosa of Walpole.Cherished grandfather of KristinaMcMullen and her husband Sean,Nicole DiRino, and GabriellaDiRino. Great grandfather ofParker Joseph McMullen.Brother of Gildo DiRino andCarolina DiBattisto and brotherof the late Alfonzo. Son of thelate Sal and Maria (Alfedeo)DiRino. Nicolo was born inPoggiofiorito, Italy and attendedschools there growing up. Hewent on to serve in the ItalianArmy during WWII as a police-man. He also worked his ownVineyard in Italy on his land priorto moving to the United States inthe mid-1950s. Nicolo was along-time member of theNorwood Italian Social Club, heenjoyed spending his time withfriends and family, gardening,and watching Italian Football.Funeral was from the Kraw-Kornack Funeral Home, 1248Washington St., NORWOOD,followed by a funeral mass at 9a.m. in St. Catherine of SienaChurch, Norwood. Burial was atat Knollwood Memorial Park,Canton, MA. kraw-kornackfuneralhome.com

DeSISTO

Thomas S. Of Norwood,passed away on April 30, 2018, atthe age of 94. Beloved husband ofTeresa C. (Picone) DeSisto. De-voted father of Thomas S. DeSisto,Jr. and his wife Lisa of Groton,James V. DeSisto and his wifeMaria of Westwood, Susan C.DeSisto of Norwood, Irene C.DeSisto of Norwood, Lisa A.McAvoy and her husband David ofWalpole and the late Mary Boyle.Brother of the late Gloria Ritchieand Marie Tullson. Cherishedgrandfather of 10 grandchildrenand three great-grandchildren. Sonof the late Santo and Marie E.(Pezzulo) DeSisto. Thomas was aretired Engineer for the Dept. ofthe Army. He was also an avidgolfer and gardener. Funeral wasfrom the Kraw-Kornack Funeral

Home, 1248 Washington St,NORWOOD, followed by a Fu-neral Mass in St. Timothy’sChurch, Norwood. At the requestof the family, burial was private.In lieu of flowers, donations maybe made in his name to the CysticFibrosis Foundation, MA/RIChapter, 220 N. Main St., Suite104, Natick, MA 01760www.cff.org. WWII US Army Vet-eran. kraw-kornackfuneralhome.com

GOLDFARB

Maureen Anne (Costello) 75,from Falmouth, and most recentlyPalm Coast, Fla., passed awayApril 28, 2018. Born Aug. 19,1942 to the late Robert and AnneCostello, she was a graduate ofA.B. Davis High School, Class

of 1960. In her early workingyears, she was employed as ashowroom model in the GarmentCenter and as a flight attendant forUnited Airlines. She also held aposition as a community liaison forpatients at Medfield & WestboroState Hospitals, and simulta-neously developed the first visita-tion pet program and a thrift shopfor patients and staff called “Con-fetti.” She then went on to becomethe Director of Development &Volunteer Services for MA Hospi-tal School for over 20 years. In ad-dition, she managed Falmouth Va-cation Rentals and worked in mer-chandising for HomeGoods inFalmouth. Predeceased by her hus-band Burt. She is survived by herchildren, Kevin Goldfarb (BonnieBystrek) of Somerville, and Jen-nifer Draper (Jeffrey) ofWestwood, grandchildren Nicho-las and MacKenzie, and many lov-ing cousins and wonderful friends.A memorial service was held atGillooly Funeral Home, 126Walpole St. (Rte. 1A),NORWOOD, MA, followed by anurn committal at New WestwoodCemetery. The family would behonored to have donations madein their mom’s name to People ForCats, 44 Beagle Ln, Teaticket, MA02536 where she volunteered formany years or the Stanley R.Tippett Hospice Home, 920 SouthSt., Needham, MA 02492 wherethey took such wonderful care ofmom in her last few weeks.Gillooly Funeral Home


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John Edson Of Medfield passedaway on May 1, 2018 at the age of95. Beloved husband of the late

Dorothy Rose (Dwyer) Mandigo.Devoted father of Jacqueline I.Ashe of Franklin, Mark C.Mandigo and his wife Katherine ofNorwood and Doris Magnussenand her husband Kris of Franklin.Brother of Edith Abrahamson ofCotuit and the late Ethel Frame,George Mandigo, Earl Mandigo,Blanche Huntley, Maude Brooksand Mildred Wood. Son of the lateJohn Johnston Mandigo and Car-rie (Higgins) Mandigo. Cherishedgrandfather of Amanda, Matthias,Thomas, Averil, Dave C., Dave A.,and Elizabeth. Also survived bynine great grandchildren, and asUncle Johnny to many nieces andnephews. John was a retired super-

visor at the VA West Roxbury formany years and was known asJohnny the Painter at Jordan Marshand Macy’s in Framingham wherehe worked for over 20 years. Johnand his wife Dorothy formed 2square dance clubs, the Do Si Do-ers and Scrambled Eights. He alsovolunteered at the Medfield Ani-mal Shelter and the Charles RiverWatershed Assoc. John was aWWII US Army Air Force Veteranand was part of the Liberation ofthe Philippines. He then went onto serve in the US Air Force dur-ing the Korean War as a drill in-structor. Visiting hours were heldat the Kraw-Kornack FuneralHome, 1248 Washington St.,NORWOOD. A funeral home ser-vice was also held. A gravesideservice was at the Mass. National

Cemetery Bourne, Mass. In lieu offlowers, donations may be made inhis name to the CWRA, CharlesRiver Watershed Assoc. 190 ParkRoad Weston, MA 02493www.crwa.org

MILLINFrederick R. “Russ” Longtime

Norwood resident, passed away onMay 1, 2018. He was 96. Russ wasa graduate of St. Catherine of SienaSchool and Norwood High School.He was a World War II Veteran,serving in the Army Air Corps.Russ was a Norwood Firefighterfor 37 years, retiring in 1987. Hewas a former member of the Eaglesand VFW in Norwood. Belovedhusband of Mary T. (Kelly) Millin.Loving father of AnnemarieKougias and her husband Williamof Brockton, Frederick R. “Fred”Millin, Jr. and his wife Mary Ellenof Norwood, John A. Millin, M.D.of Louisville, Ky., Robert F. Millinand his wife Diane of Norwood andthe late Peter J. Millin and his wifeCarol Saitas of Plainville, whomsurvives. Cherished grandfather ofChris, Ryan and his wife Kayleigh,Daniel, Elizabeth, Kelly,Katherine, William, Marisa, An-drew, Patrick, Matthew and thelate Peter. Proud great-grandfa-ther of Everly. Son of the lateJohn A. and Mary J. (King)Millin. Brother of the late JohnA. Millin, Jr. and Thomas J.Millin. Funeral Services werefrom the Gillooly Funeral Home,126 Walpole Street (Rte. 1A),NORWOOD, followed by a Massof Christian Burial in St .Catherine of Siena Church, 547Washington Street, Norwood. In-terment was with military honorsfollowed the Mass in HighlandCemetery, Norwood. Memorialcontributions in memory of Russmay be made to NorwoodFirefighter’s Relief Association,135 Nahatan Street, Norwood,MA 02062. Gillooly FuneralHome

SCOLLINSCAROL ANN (Travers) of

Norwood passed away on May 3,2018 at the age of 76. Belovedwife of Edward J. Scollins. De-voted mother of Paula F. Curley

and her husband Charles ofNorwood, Kristin A. Gillette andher husband Michael of Norwoodand Jay Scollins and his wife Lisaof Wrentham. Sister of the lateBlanche Moran and Ethel Riley.Cherished grandmother ofCaroline Curley, Brian Curley,Michael Curley, Kaitlin Gillette,Danielle Gillette, Ryan Scollinsand Abigail Scollins. Daughter ofthe late Francis and Blanche(Molloy) Travers. Also survivedby many nieces and nephews.Carol was an active member ofSt. Timothy’s Church for manyyears and a former member of theWomen’s Guild at the church. Fu-neral from the Kraw-Kornack Fu-neral Home 1248 Washington St.Norwood, Friday May 11, 2018at 9 a.m. followed by a funeralmass at 10am in St. Timothy’sChurch Norwood. Visiting hourswill be held on Thursday, May10, 2018 from 4-8 p.m. Burialwill be at St. Joseph Cemetery W.Roxbury. In lieu of flowers do-nations may be made in her nameto the Rett Syndrome Associationof Massachusetts 217 SouthStreet Waltham, Ma 02453www.rettsyndromemass.org

SWAINShirley I. 84, longtime resi-

dent of Norwood, Massachusettsand native of Lowell, belovedwife of Philip C. Swain, and de-voted mother and grandmother,passed away peacefully atNorwood Hospital on April 30,2018, surrounded by her family.Shirley graduated from LowellHigh School in 1950 and fromLowell State Teachers College in1954, where she met Philip, ofMarblehead, Massachusetts, whowas attending Lowell TechnicalInstitute; they were married inLowell in 1955. Shirley beganher long career as a public schoolteacher and educator in Arling-ton, left the profession to raiseher children, then returned toschool to earn her special educa-tion credential. Shirley’s guidingstar was her love for and devo-tion to children: first and fore-most, to raising her two sons anda daughter and doting on her fourgrandchildren, and then to her“kids”–the many hundreds of stu-dents she patiently nurtured in hercareer as a special educationteacher at elementary schools inNorwood for over 22 years. Hergreatest joys were reveling in theefforts and accomplishments,great and small, of her children,grandchildren and the pupils whowere fortunate enough to haveMrs. Swain as their teacher.Shirley cherished the homemadegifts and mementos given to herby her charges and their families.Shirley is survived by her hus-band, Philip C. Swain; herbrother, Ernest A. (Sally) Tessier,Jr.; her children, Philip C.(Roseanne) Swain, Jr., of Con-cord, Massachusetts; David A.(Linda LaMond) Swain of SanRafael, California; Carol A.Swain of Alexandria, Virginia;and her grandchildren Daniel,Kimberly, Jennifer and William.Burial will be at a private cer-emony at Highland Cemetery inNorwood. Donations may bemade in Shirley’s name to the Ecu-menical Community Food Pantryof Norwood (norwoodpantry.org).Shirley was a voracious readerand a favored bridge partner, pos-sessed a razor-sharp wit, and awonderful sense of humor. Ex-tremely generous, she gave her alland received in kind. Belovedwife, mother, grandmother, friendand teacher, she will be sorelymissed by everyone whose livesshe touched.


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