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Town Meeting members agree fine dodgersshould face liens if they refuse to pay

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Residents should start seeing more green in commercial parking lots, as well as more flowering plants on commercial propertiesafter Town Meeting voted to approve a measure to allow more landscaping be required for new properties.

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The Norwood School Committee attheir meeting on Wed. Feb. 10 heardfrom members of the Impact NorwoodPrevention Coalition about the stressesthat adolescent students – particularlygirls - are facing and how they nega-tively impact their mental health.

Program Director Aubrey Ciol led apresentation on the 2018 MetroWestAdolescent Health Survey, a 500-pagereport on the most recent data availableon mental health for students in this agerange. Its purpose was to monitor theirattitudes, trends and behaviors. A newsurvey will be implemented in Octoberin a collaboration with Impact Norwoodand the Norwood Public Schools (NPS).

Norwood has done some form ofmental health student survey since 2005,and in 2015, Norwood Hospital was ableto fund Impact Norwood’s implemen-tation of this type of study. Through aDrug Free Communities grant, ImpactNorwood was able to fund the majorityof the 2018 analysis. The survey willhelp to assess district needs for youthin Norwood for grades six through 12.

“It’s important, I think, for the com-mittee as well as the community at largeto point out that this data is from 2018,”said Impact Norwood member RyanQuigley. “I think we’re all well awarethat a number of factors along the wayhave prevented us as a group and as adistrict from really doing a thoroughdive into the data and presenting thisdata to you sooner.”

He added that he anticipates “the

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The Norwood Town Meeting metfor the last time this session onThursday, Feb. 11, and the biggestitem of the night was Article 21,which passed 137 to 10.

Article 21 allows the Town toplace liens on property owners whoelect not to pay fines levied on themfor local ordinance violations. TownManager Tony Mazzucco said thearticle is for certain select circum-stances where a property owner orviolator has little or no incentive topay a fine levied against them. Hesaid in those select instances, theTown’s only recourse would be togo to court to collect the fine, but

going to court is almost always moreexpensive than the fine itself.

Mazzucco said this article is froman extension of state law that allowsthe Town to appoint a municipal hear-ings officer so that the Town couldgo through a state process to put alien on a violator’s property if theyrefuse to pay the fine, and collect thefine through the lien.

“It’s only for the fire code, the statesanitation code, the building code anda snow and ice code, which we don’tdirectly use,” he said. “

Mazzucco was later asked howmuch those fines brought into theTown’s general fund in the last fiscalyear, to which he said he didn’t knowoff the top of his head.

“It’s probably in the tens of thou-

sands of dollars in total if you look allthe fines,” he said.

Mazzucco added that those unwill-ing to pay these fines are not numer-ous just a small percentage of thosewho are fined.

“Usually when you issue a fine oryou have a problem you have somesort of a permit to hold against it,” hesaid. “So sometimes with a buildingcode violation, it could be simple.You’re stopping a permit process un-til they correct the violation. But whenyou think of a sanitary issue, likesomeone having trash piled up in theirhome, we don’t necessarily havesomething we can hold that individualto when we issue a fine and the fine

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More than 20 residents and about a dozen canine residents came outfor the most recent Trails community walk.

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Trails planning nextcommunity walk

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The Norwood Trails Advi-sory Committee (NTAC) meton Feb. 9 and discussed pastand future walks its membershave taken, both for personalexercise and for communityoutings.

In terms of community out-ings, the group recently held awalk with about 25 people justsouth of the Boston SkatingClub on University Avenue.The NTAC is trying to raisecommunity awareness of thesite, as it is trying to submit forCommunity Preservation Act(CPA) funding and state grantfunding to develop the site as aTown-maintained trail. Mem-bers commented during themeeting that the area is flatenough for the possibility of atrail accessible for persons withphysical disabilities.

In terms of future commu-nity walks, the NTAC agreed toa community walk on Feb. 21at the Ellis Playground parking

area off of Codman Street tostart at 11 a.m. Member LeeLeach said he had previouslyhiked the area in snowshoes.

“Snowshoes are optional,”said NTAC Chair JosephGreeley with a laugh. “You justhave to let the people with thesnowshoes go first.”

Leach said without snow-shoes, it would be about an hour.

The group also considered aproposal from NTAC memberMarguerite Krupp, suggesting asort of scavenger hunt whereparticipants would find a par-ticular site or landmark and takephotos within a set period oftime to prove they were there.

“So, like the 20 people sub-mit photos that cover the entirescavenger hunt and you givethem a t-shirt or something likethat,” she said.

Greeley also briefly dis-cussed the Neponset River Wa-tershed Association’s recentrelease of the group’s waterquality analysis for the river

will simply go unpaid.”The next item with the

large discussion was Article17, which was a zoningamendment to change land-scaping requirements aroundcommercial properties andparking lots. Town PlannerPaul Halkiotis explained thatdue to an oversight, currentlythe only landscaping allowedin parking lots are evergreentrees, shrubs and bushes. Noflowering plants are allowed.The vote passed with a countof 150 to three.

Halkiotis said the article isdesigned to affect only newcommercial development, re-development, and commer-cial additions and change useissues that trigger special per-mits or site plan approvals.

“The amendment will helpto improve the appearance ofour commercial properties,require a wider variety oflandscape plantings, promoteseasonal flowers and peren-nials , reduce imperviouspaved surfaces and promoteecological diversity,” he said.“This will help reduce the ef-fects of climate change, re-duce the urban heat sink ef-fect, and help sequester car-bon, increase groundwaterrecharge and increase thevalue of our commercial prop-erties.”

The new amendment re-quires affected propertieshave a mix of trees, perenni-als and flowers and will in-crease the amount of landarea required for landscapingin parking lots from 2 percentto 5 percent. It would also in-crease the number of treesrequired in parking lots fromone tree every 40 feet to onetree every 30 feet. Halkiotiswas asked how these require-

ments would be enforced if aplant dies after initial plantingby Town Meeting MemberEdward Ferris. Halkiotis saidthe Town doesn’t have the re-sources to inspect each prop-erty and relies on the com-mercial property owner to“do the right thing.”

“We know that sometimesthey don’t and when we no-tice that we’ll pay a call onthem and ask them to replaceany dead plantings,” he said.

Article 18 was a petitionfor a retail liquor license forCravings on the GO at 69 Bos-ton Providence Turnpike. Thearticle was put forth by theproperty owner of Rojo’s atthe same location (JohnShalby Jr.). The license willnot be able to be sold to an-other holder, but only be re-turned back to the Town andthen given to another propertyowner at the same locationfor the same purpose. Mem-bers approved the article 135to 12.

Article 19 passed 148 to1. This measure asked mem-bers to appropriate $329,635from Free Cash and trans-ferred to the Overlay Re-serve Account. Finance Com-mission Chair RobertDonnelly said this measurecorrected a submittal to theMassachusetts Division ofLocal Services (DLS). In es-sence, state law requires thatthe budgeting process assumeprojections for hotel and mo-tel tax collections no greaterthan 100 percent of the pre-vious year’s actual intake.According to Donnelly, DLSofficials told the Town theyhad to reduce their estimateby $329,635 after TownMeeting, and this measurewould plug that hole with Free

Cash.Article 20 allowed the

adoption of State Law Chap-ter 59 allowing veterans orspouses of deceased veteransto work off no more than$1,500 of property taxesowed, much like the seniortax work-off program theTown currently has. The mo-tion passed 142 to 4.

Article 22 passed 142 to 5and will place a 3 percent sur-charge on short-term rentaltransactions. Properties avail-able for rent via sites likeAirBnb and VRBO will nowpay the current local optionhotels tax.

Article 23 creates a re-volving fund where fees andfines received from tobaccoviolations are only used tohelp prevent underage usageof tobacco and vape prod-ucts. The motion passed 145to 5.

Article 24 passed andamended the Town’s bylawsrelated to the PermanentBuilding Construction Com-mittee (PBCC) to modernizethe PBCC by recognizing andincluding the role of the newTown wide Facilities Depart-ment. The measure passed133 to 7.

Article 25 dealt with anunpaid bill of $12,063. Theamount will pay five unpaidbills from the previous fiscalyear. The motion passed 145to 0.

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The NAC also heard from FlightLevel about its new hangar going up, the progress of which is shown above.PHOTO BY RUSS MAGUIRE

NAC tells FlightLevel and BEHto work it out on fuel station

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The Norwood AirportCommission (NAC) met withrepresentatives fromFlightLevel at its most recentmeeting on Feb. 10 and wentover the two projects thecompany is undertaking atthe Norwood Municipal Air-port.

FlightLevel submitted aconcept plan for the installa-tion of a self-serve fuel cabi-net on the DC-3 Apron in theairport, which has just re-cently been leased to BostonExecutive Helicopters(BEH).

FlightLevel representativeNick Burlingham said thecompany wants to install aline from its current fuel farmto a self-serve terminal .Burlingham said the com-pany currently has the lease-holder rights to do that on theDC-3 Apron,

“The bottom line here isthis is something we can doat this time to dramaticallyincrease the dispatch reliabil-ity of the airport, and it’s al-ways been part of our plan todo that when we can,” hesaid. “Right now the airport

is missing a self-serve avia-tion gasoline facility and thisseems like a good time to doit.”

Burlingham said he isaware of BEH’s lease on theproperty, but said thatFlightLevel’s contract rightsallow them to build only thiskind of facility on the DC-3Apron and the West Apron.Burlingham said the pipeswould be underground andthere wouldn’t be any impactto any above-ground activi-ties, except that FlightLevelwould need to be able tomaintain those lines. He saidhowever that until the NACvotes to approve this project,they do not feel that BEH isrequired to be notified or con-sulted on the project.

“We feel that even if BEHsays no, we still have a con-tractual right to do this,” hesaid. “We don’t aim to be dis-ingenuous or obstructiveabout this; it’s conceivablethat we could pipe the fuelfrom our fuel farm along theline of the West Apron andalong the west edge DC-3Apron to a fuel cabinet on ourproperty. But that’s not whatour lease says we can do. Itsays we have a right to do that

on the DC-3 Apron, and that’swhat we’re boxed in with atthis time.”

NAC Chair Mark Ryanpointed out that the leasestates FlightLevel can do thisonly with the approval of theNAC, which controls the landthere.

“Which is leased out toBEH, and so any use of thatwould have to be approved byBEH I would think,” Ryansaid.

NAC Attorney MinasMakarious said he agreed thatit was not an absolute right tobe on the DC-3 Apron.


and said he wanted to make apoint of discussing the results atthe NTAC’s next meeting.

The group also discussed therecent community dog walk atthe Father Mac’s Playground tothe Willett School.

“We had somewhere in theneighborhood of eight dogs and15 to 18 people come,” said

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Greeley. “We had a couple offamilies, which was great.”

Greeley also informed theNTAC of last week’s NorwoodTown Meeting vote to approvefunding from a surcharge onrideshare services (Uber andLyft) to fund the creation of ahandicapped-accessible trailaround the Hawes Pool area.

This was originally a CPA ap-plication project from Krupp,but Town Manager TonyMazzucco was able to find an-other funding source so thatthose funds could be used else-where in the Town. Greeleyadded that the Norwood PublicSchools Cross Country teamsometimes runs there, and so itwill be getting a lot of use.

Member Vic Babel said hebelieves they are doing a goodjob advocating and raisingawareness around Norwood’strails. He said this is not be-cause of what people have beensaying to him on the street, butrather what they’re not sayinganymore.

“People aren’t saying‘there’s trails in Norwood?’ any-more, which I think is a goodsign,” he said.


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Norwood's historic places may be seeing signs like these in the near future detailing their significance tothe Town's past.

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CPC weighs new projects,approved project follow-through


The Norwood CommunityPreservation Committee(CPC) met on Wednesday,Feb. 10, to discuss the statusof projects, both approvedprojects and others on the ho-rizon.

The members seemedsomewhat taxed during theopening of the meeting, pre-sumably because of the two

sessions of Town Meeting thathad taken place the previousThursday and Monday. TheCPC portions of the meetingtook up the majority of thefirst night of the meeting onFeb. 4.

“Was it last Thursday? Itstill feels like we’re goingthrough that meeting,” saidCPC Chair Peter McFarland.

The CPC discussed severalnewly-submitted CPC appli-cations. Assistant Town Plan-

ner Patrick Deschenes saidthey currently have a projectsubmitted from the NorwoodFire Department (NFD) andits representative John Groveconcerning removing the firebell from the Town Hall.

Two other submittals camefrom the Norwood Trails Ad-visory Committee, of whichCPC member Joe Greeley isthe chair. Greeley said those


with that I would say is slimbecause of issues that wereraised during the TownManager’s review, so I don’tknow that for sure. I’d say it’sless than a 50/50 chance ofmoving forward and as soonas we know that for sure we’llprobably end up pulling theapplication. At least for thetime being.”

Greeley said ConservationAgent Holly Jones is workingon another plan for submittalfrom the Trails Committee tothe CPC, which is a study tolook into the feasibility ofplacing marked trails in thewooded area behind the Bos-ton Skating Club on Univer-sity Avenue. Greeley saidJones is working on gettinggrant funding for the projectinstead of using CommunityPreservation Act (CPA) funds.

Greeley said they hope tohave an answer about thegrant by March, butDeschenes pointed out thatthe Town applied for the samegrant last year for the Saints

CPC continued from page 5applications are now up in theair, at least as far as the CPCis concerned. He brought upa plan to submit a project toput a viewing platform on theformer landfill adjacent toHighland Cemetery, but saidthat has had to be put on hold.

“The feeling I got from(Town Manager) Tony(Mazzucco) is that he wouldlike to table it until further no-tice,” he said. “I don’t knowthat officially; we will try toget that resolved ASAP, butthe chance of us proceeding

Lot Path project and didn’treceive an answer until Au-gust, presumably because ofCOVID-19.

“Going forward with thisproject right now is the smartmove because it’s up in the airwhether or not you’ll get thegrant funding,” Deschenessaid.

Greeley said he agreed, butasked that the applicationhave the stipulation that if thegrant provides those funds orif they come from elsewherethat the funds be redirectedback to the CPA account.

“It’s always better forsomeone else to pay for it,” hesaid.

Deschenes also discussedthe project of constructing in-terpretive signs for historicsites in Norwood. He said cur-rently, it’s mostly the Wash-ington Street corridor fromthe Old Parish Cemetery tothe Morse House.

These signs would basi-cally be placards you wouldfind at a museum.

“They would certainlycatch the eye,” Deschenessaid. “If you’re a pedestrianwalking by, it would certainlyresonate with being in a placeof importance.”

The idea is to put up a his-tory of the site, possibly a his-toric photo of what was therein the past. Deschenes saidNorwood Historian and Presi-dent of the Old Parish Preser-vation Volunteers organiza-tion Patti Fanning has every-thing on the sites he has inmind for signs.

“She pretty much has allthis, not to say she has all theinformation, but she has a lotof the research already andhas written a lot of booksabout the Town,” he said.“Putting together this infor-mation in this layout is defi-nitely feasible. With me leav-ing on Friday, it kind of putsa hold on who in the Towncan take the reins, but I’vebeen talking to one of the in-terns in Tony’s office, agentleman named ChrisWelch, and talked about hav-ing a conversation with my-self and Patti Fanning andseeing what we can do fromthe Town side.”

Deschenes said howeverthis leaves the project some-what up in the air.

On the approved projects,everything’s not quite done.The CPC has elected to as-sign Community Preserva-tion Act Town liaisons toeach approved project not putforth by Town entities. High-land Cemetery Foreman PaulRanalli was put out as a po-tential pick for the masterplan of the Old Parish Cem-etery, as recommended toDeschenes by Department ofPublic Works Director MarkRyan.

For the Old Morse House,Deschenes said the CPCshould consider putting up anOwner’s Project Manager(OPM) for considerationsince the proponent of theproject is a non profit (theNorwood Historical Commis-sion) and not a Town entity.He said the other threeprojects, the Carillon, theMurphy Field court renova-tion and the Town Pool as-sessment are a l l beingheaded by Town PurchasingAgent Cathy Carney andParks and Recreation Super-intendent Travis Farley, re-spectively.

“Regarding the MorseHouse project, we’ll defi-nitely have to have a projectmanager and if it has to bepaid for it should be recom-mended at Town Meeting,”said McFarland. “We’ll defi-nitely need someone onsitewho knows construction.”

McFarland said, however,he does not believe theywould need one for the plan-ning phase.

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you have an objection to thatfrom BEH, I don’t know thatit makes sense for the Airportto grant that approval,” hesaid. “You’re still entitled to,but I’m not sure that it makessense to allow one tenant togo under land of the otherwhere the airport has a say toit... This is not an area whereFlightLevel has an absoluteright to do this.”

Makarious said both BEHand FlightLevel do not agreewith each other’s use of theirrespective properties andagreed with Ryan’s suggestedcourse of action to have bothtenants work out the issue ontheir own. Makarious said hebelieves they would have tocome to an understanding onthe properties before any plancould be approved by theNAC.

Also discussed was thecurrent status of FlightLevel’snew hangar installation, whichLaurence said is nearing its fi-nal construction phases.

“The civil site work is com-plete, the underground utilitiesinstallation is all complete, thelarge foundations, footing, pe-rimeter interior and the anchorbolts are all in place,” he said.“The building steel erection isstill ongoing. The building is

coming out of the ground forthe 7,200-square-foot hangar.”

Laurence said after theexterior construction is com-pleted, hopefully by midMarch, they will get to workon the interior of the hangar.

“Doing the mechanical,electrical, plumbing and firesprinkler system,” he said.“For a total completion date,we’re shooting for late Aprilor early May.”

Laurence added hewanted to thank both theNorwood Light Departmentfor providing power on a tem-porary meter and the own-ers of the Norwood AirportBusiness Park, who allowedFlightLevel to access thehangar site on the airportgrounds from their property.

“That really paid divi-dends for the efficiency ofthe project and minimized theimpact to the businesses ofthe aviation community thereand the transients bringingtheir business to the airport,”he said. “The heavy trafficis all done because all theheavy site work is all done.It’s just some light trafficnow coming and going.”

Makarious also gave anupdate on the July 2019settlement agreement be-tween the NAC, the Town of

Norwood and BEH regard-ing the company’s com-plaints around trying to be-come a fixed-base operator(FBO) at the a i rpor t .Makar ious sa id theagreement’s sticking points,the West Apron and the DC-3 Apron, have been resolved,but not everything in this de-cades-long saga has beencompleted.

“BEH is appealing a dis-trict court’s decision denying(BEH’s) motion to enforcethe settlement, so obviouslythere is some dispute aboutthat,” Makarious said. “Butfrom my perspective andbased on the court’s deci-sion, we believe everythinghas been complied with.”

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The committee also discussed recent surveys sent out to students asking how they feel about their schools and how they're treated at saidschools.

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numbers changing largely, inpart due to the pandemic,around the mental health ofour students.”

This data allows for devel-opment of not only curriculumbut also socioemotional andhealth programs for studentsthroughout the district.

Cigarette use was virtuallynonexistent in the middleschool grades, declining fromfive percent reported in 2007to zero to about one percent in2018. The trend was nearly thesame for marijuana. For alco-hol use, in 2007, usage wasabout 10 percent and fell by 50percent by 2018.

The biggest trend was inthe use of electronic vaporproducts, or vaping. When us-age started in 2015, the middleschool rate was about five per-cent. Within three years, therate went up to about 13 per-cent.

“Another concerning pointagain in high school is aroundelectronic vapor use,” Cioladded. “That went from about23 percent to about 31 percent.As Ryan mentioned, we’re alittle concerned that because ofthe pandemic that we may seethese numbers increase –hopefully not too much.”

In high school, however,there were decreases in allother areas, particularly incigarette usage, which alsodropped to about zero as well.

At the middle school level,both in Norwood and at theregional level, 20 percent ofstudents reported that theirlives were very stressful. Morethan 40 percent said that theirstress was caused by schoolissues in Norwood, followedby appearance issues at about20 percent.

Adding school adjustmentcounselors at all levels throughthe override money has helpedto make a difference since thattime, said Project Norwoodmember Lori Cimeno.

At the high school level,

there was a dramatic differencebetween the sexes, the datashowed. Life was reported to bevery stressful for nearly half ofNorwood’s female students, butonly about 22 percent of theirmale counterparts.

“One of the things that Iwant to point out for bothmiddle school and high schoolis that our females are signifi-cantly more stressed than ourmales,” Cimeno said, notingthat family, safety, emotionaland appearance issues are allfactors that come into play. “Ifour students are not availableto learn, then anything we’representing them academicallyis sort of secondary to thembeing available to learn.”

She added that she would“absolutely anticipate” this be-coming a bigger issue once the2021 survey is completed.

Males also feel a greatersense of connection to theirschool beginning in middleschool, the survey demon-strated. This is true with otherstudents, teachers and overallsafety.

“I think those two sets ofdata points go hand in hand,”Quigley said. “I know it’s ab-solutely our hope to see these

numbers increase.”In order to achieve positive

results, teachers are currentlyworking on creating more per-sonalized learning strategies.Norwood High’s health path-ways program has been ex-panded and has been widelysupported. For staff, there hasbeen a lot of work on culturalproficiency, diversity and inclu-sion.

“This is one more piece ofdata, one more way we are allworking toward the strategicplan of the district,” Cimenosaid. “It allows us to look at thewhole child. It allows us to lookat the student who is coming tous every day and the factorsthey are bringing with them thatimpede their learning. But italso allows us to look at whatare the programs we need tohave in place to support our stu-dents.”

She added the mental healthpiece will look very differenttoday, and the FY 22 budgetwill reflect those changingneeds because of the pandemic.

“These are challengingtimes,” Quigley said, “and thiscommunity has proven onceagain that we really endorse andsupport that community ap-

proach.”In other news, Coakley

Middle School Principal Dr.Margo Fraczek and Superinten-dent Dr. David Thomson pre-sented the first draft of themiddle school educational plan.It focuses on improving writingacross the curriculum as well asenhancing the use of technol-ogy. It also leaves open the pos-sibility of either a grades five-through eighth-grade or sixth-through eighth grade newschool building.

“What’s in our school im-provement plan as well as thestrategic plan is really chang-ing what school looks and feelslike for kids so it’s more rel-evant, so it’s more engaging, soit’s more tied to where they seethemselves in the future,”Fraczek said.

Developing more commu-nity partnerships and makingsure that all cultures are hon-ored are also key factors, sheadded.

“I really look at the educa-tional plan as us articulating allthe work we’ve done around thestrategic plan and the visioningfor our district and how a newschool would help that come toreality,” Thomson said.

If the new Coakley were tohave four grades, there wouldbe a lower school for fifth andsixth grades and an upperschool for seventh and eighthgrades to recognize the differ-ences in maturity levels. Thefifth grade would use the two-teacher model, while the othergrades would use the standardfour-teacher model. Gradeswould spend most of their timewithin their “neighborhoods.”

Amenities would include ablack box theater, maker spacesfor STEM and STEAMprojects, virtual reality labs andspaces for both student collabo-ration and teacher collabora-tion.

“This goes along with howwe’re trying to improve instruc-tion and learning in our sys-tem,” Thomson said. “It re-ally is talking about project-based working in collabora-tion, both for students and forteachers, and really trying togive our students some expe-rience at an early age with thekinds of learning and workand problem solving that theymight choose and look at asthey design their academiccareers leading to their ca-reers.”


DeathsHAMLIN

Barbara E. (Hall) ofNorwood, Feb 15. Beloved wifeof the late Donald G. Hamlin, Sr.,and dear mother of the lateDonald G., Jr., and his wife Lori,Nancy E. Jones, and her husbandEric, and Sandra J. Savage, andher husband Andrew. Proudgrandmother of Jessica L. Sav-age, Dorothy E. Cook, and Mel-issa A. Savage. Due to the Covidpandemic, services and inter-ment in Highland Cemetery willbe private. In lieu of flowers, thefamily is asking that donationsin Barbara’s name be made to theNorwood Circle of Hope, POBox 421, Norwood, MA 02026.For obituary and guestbook,please visit funeral homewebsite. Folsom Funeral Homewww.folsomfuneral.com

HAWLEY

Marguerite C.(McDonough), 95, died peace-fully at home with her daughterand son-in-law on Sunday, Feb-ruary 7. Marguerite or Peggywas a lifelong resident ofNorwood and active member ofSaint Timothy’s Parish. She waspredeceased by her beloved hus-band James J. and son TimothyN., and siblings Joseph P.McDonough of Norwood, MaryE. Turner and her husbandArthur of Westwood, JohnMcDonough and his wife Adeleof Middletown, CT, and Rev.Timothy T. McDonough of theSpiritans. She is survived by herloving children James J. Hawleyand his wife Lauris of Windham,ME, Christopher P. Hawley ofBarnstable and Marguerite A.Hawley and her husband Eric S.Iida of Newton. She was the de-voted grandmother of TimothyHawley of Maine, Timothy J.Hawley and his wife Nikki ofWalpole, Michael Hawley of FallRiver and Paul Hawley ofFoxborough. She also has threegreat grandchildren and manynieces and nephews. She will beremembered as a very lovingwoman with a kind heart andgenerous spirit. A private funeralMass of Christian burial washeld on Thursday, February 11,at Saint Timothy’s Church inNorwood. In lieu of flowers,memorial contributions may bemade in her honor to the UnitedCerebral Palsy of metro Boston:ucpboston.org/ways-to-give/Gillooly Funeral Home,N o r w o o d ,GilloolyFuneralHome.com

HOLLANDDAVID Robert of Falmouth,

MA and Venice, Florida formallyof Norwood, Ma passed awayFriday, February 12, 2021 at theage of 80. He was the belovedhusband of Terry (Alighieri)Holland. Devoted father of LauraLiddy, her husband James of

Sarasota, FL, Heidi Pasquale, herhusband Mark of Sellersville,PA, Diane Ferrari, her husbandJohn of Sarasota, FL, David Hol-land, his wife Jeannette ofPlainville, MA, and MatthewHolland, his wife Alicia ofBradenton, FL. As well as AvaMartin and her husband Michaelof Walpole and Michael Noe alsoof Walpole. Cherished grandfa-ther to 14 grandchildren; Brian,James, Maura Liddy, Daniel &Matthew Pasquale, Jack Jeffrey,& Julia Ferrari, David &Courtney Holland, Catherine,Nicole & Joseph Martin andDante Noe DelPico. He was thebrother of the late Lt John AHolland and Sgt James H. Hol-land. He leaves behind manynieces, nephews and friends.Born in Boston, the son of thelate David and Henrietta(Macleod) Holland, Dave grewup in Dedham and graduatedfrom Dedham High School in1958. He went on to graduatefrom Boston University and wascommissioned in the UnitedStates Air Force during the Viet-nam War. He served for 28 yearsretiring as a Lt. Colonel. Uponretirement, Dave continued as acivilian employee for another 20years with a defense contractorat Hanscom Air Force Base.Among his many activities, Davewas a devoted member of theGrand Lodge of Masons in Mas-sachusetts where he was installeda District Deputy Grand Master.He was also Grand Steward andPast Master of the RabboniLodge, Past Master of theWinslow Lewis Lodge and mem-ber of the Marine Lodge inFalmouth. Dave loved spendingsummers on the Cape, so muchso that eventually it became hispermanent home. He also spentmany winters in Venice, Floridawith his family. While living onthe Cape, Dave became very ac-tive with the “Newcomers”, anassociation to welcome new resi-dents to the Cape. Visiting hoursand funeral services are sched-uled for Friday, February 19thfrom 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM atthe Kraw-Kornack FuneralHome 1248 Washington St.,Norwood. Burial will be in High-land Cemetery in Norwood im-mediately following the service.Donations may be made in hisname to: Juvenile Diabetes Re-search Foundation(www.jdrf.org) or Juvenile Dia-betes Research Foundation Inter-national, 120 Wall St., New York,NY 10005 or to the veteran’scharity of your choice. KRAW-KORNACK FUNERAL HOMENORWOOD, MA 781-762-0482 WWW.KRAW-KORNACKFUNERALHOME.COM

MASONMichael R., age 57, a retired

Boston Firefighter, of Norton,formerly of Norwood, Mansfieldand Dorchester. February 10,2021. Father of Luke Mason andSean Mason, both of Norwood.Brother of CatherineConnaughton of Mansfield,Rosemarie Loesher ofMansfield, Barbara Manley ofMansfield and Lisa Maffie ofCanton. Funeral from theSherman & Jackson FuneralHome, 55 North Main St.,MANSFIELD. His Funeral Masswas celebrated on Tuesday, Feb-ruary 16. Burial will be private.Donations in his memory may bemade to the Mansfield Animal

Shelter, P.O. Box 25, Mansfield,MA 02048. For complete obitu-ary, please visitwww.shermanjackson.com

O’BRIEN

STEPHEN J. of Norwood,formerly of Hyde Park passedaway on February 13, 2021 at theage of 86. Beloved husband ofthe late Eileen F. (Leary)O’Brien. Devoted father ofStephen J. O’Brien of Mansfield,Monica O’Brien of Foxboro,Matthew W. O’Brien ofFoxboro, Barbara J. O’Brien ofFL and the late Margaret T.Tsebetzis. Brother of the lateHugh, George, Jimmy andGerald. Cherished grandfather ofMatthew and Jessica Tsebetzis.Also survived by many niecesand nephews. Stephen was a re-tired Capital Police Officer forthe Commonwealth of MAworking for 27 years before hisretirement. He was a very activeparishioner at St. Timothy’sChurch of Norwood and was aUS Army Veteran. Funeral fromthe Kraw-Kornack FuneralHome 1248 Washington St.Norwood, MA 02062. A funeralmass will be held on Thursday,February 18, 2021 at 10:30am atSt. Timothy’s Church, Norwood,MA. Burial will be at HighlandCemetery Norwood. In lieu offlowers donations may be madein his name to the MSPCA 350S Huntington Ave, Boston, MA02130 www.mspca.org or toCatholic TV, PO Box 9196, 34Chestnut Street Watertown, MA02471 www.catholictv.org/do-nate

O’TOOLEJOHN of Norwood passed

away on February 11, 2021 at theage of 84. Born in Inverin, Co.Galway Ireland, he was the be-loved husband of Helena(McInerney) O’Toole. Devotedfather of John C. O’Toole and hiswife Sarah of Wellesley, MichaelO’Toole and Lisa Russell ofStoughton, Stephen P. O’Tooleand his wife Jennifer of Foxboro,Patrick T. O’Toole and his wifeSusan of Mansfield, DannyO’Toole and his wife LaurieLabrie of Andover, JamesO’Toole and his wife Jeannie ofNorwood, Timothy O’Toole andhis wife Dionne of Kennebunk,ME, Coley A. O’Toole and hiswife Barbara of Andover and thelate Kevin O’Toole. Brother ofBridie O’Toole and the lateMichael O’Toole, PatrickO’Toole, and Maureen (Conroy)O’Toole. Son of the lateColeman and Delia (Folan)O’Toole. Cherished grandfatherof 26 grandchildren. Also sur-vived by many nieces and neph-ews. John was a retired machineoperator, working nearly 40years for Plymouth Rubber Com-pany in Canton. A funeral masswas held on Tuesday, February16, 2021. Burial followed thefuneral mass at Highland Cem-etery, Norwood, MA. Arrange-ments by the Kraw-Kornack Fu-neral Home Norwood, MA. w w w . k r a w -kornack fune ra lhome .comNorwood, MA 781-762-0482.

VIGNAUX

Mary Ann (Mulkern), passedaway on February 5, 2021 fromcancer. She was born on May 6,1956 to Mary (McDonagh)Mulkern and Michael Mulkernin Norwood Massachusetts. Shewas the oldest of 10 children

and, after the death of her fatherwhen she was 12 years old,Mary Ann helped her mother inthe care of her 9 brothers andsisters. She graduated fromNorwood High School and At-tended the Pondville LicensedPractical Nursing program. Asan LPN she started employmentat the then West Roxbury V.A.Hospital in 1977 and transferredto the then Dallas V.A. Hospi-tal in 1996. For over 42 yearsshe lovingly cared for Veteranswith Spinal Cord Injuries, Mul-tiple Sclerosis and AmyotrophicLateral Sclerosis. She retired in2019. Mary loved vacationing(most always with all of herfamily that she could round up)at Loyd Park in Grand PrairieTX, Jellystone Park in BurlesonTX, Turner Falls Oklahoma,Nantasket Beach in Massachu-setts and Lake Sunapee in NewHampshire. She loved cookingbig fabulous meals and majorholidays in Texas were attendedby a full house of family andclose friends. She was loved andwill be missed by many. She ispreceded in death by her fatherMichael Mulkern and herbrother John Mulkern. She issurvived by Richard Vignaux:her husband of 43 years. Herchildren Michael, Maureen,Patricia Vignaux (and KeithWard), and Catherine Vignaux(and Brandon Curry), all ofMidlothian TX , her Grandchil-dren Eamon, Keiran, and FinnVignaux-Curry; Kessler Jones-Kenny, and Jolie Vignaux, all ofMidlothian TX, her siblingsEileen Zoppo (and Robert) ofLondonderry New Hampshire,Patricia Morris (and Louis) ofEast Machias, Maine, Sister—in—law Johanna Mulkern ofNorwood, Michael Mulkern(and Beth Ann Knowles) ofMilford Massachusetts, TheresaMulkern of Norwood, CatherineLaFrazia of Norwood, NancyDittmeier (and Terrance) ofNorwood, Kevin Mulkern (andKeri Jewkes) of Mansfield andChristine (Tina) Long (andCharles) of Norwood. MaryAnn is also survived by manynephews, nieces, great nieces,and great nephews. There willbe no service, In lieu of flowersplease send contributions to theAmerican Cancer Society.


PolicePolicePolicePolicePoliceLogsLogsLogsLogsLogs

Monday, February 80954 Phone - Larceny *Report

Filed Location/Address: AceCoin Laundry - Washington StBusiness owner reports linensbeing cleaned were stolen atthe laundry.

1607 Phone - Susp Person AreaSearch Negative Location/Address: Victoria Cir Report ofa male party with no shirt onwho appeared confused. Of-ficers report no one matchingthe description in the area.

1635 Initiated - Animal ComplaintServices Rendered Location/Address: Nichols St +Minihan Ln N668 flaggeddown by a party reporting anunattended German Sheppardhad chased him nearby. Ownerwas located and took posses-sion of animal. NACO notified.

1638 Phone - Well Being Chk Ser-vices Rendered Location/Ad-dress: Highview St Dad re-quested a well being on hisdaughter. Subject not homeCaller advsied by the Officer.

2105 Phone - SHOPLIFTING *RE-PORT FILED Location/Ad-dress: WALGREENS - BOS-PROV HWY Employee reportsthree females shoplifted, twoleft in a Chevrolet Malibu andone on foot. BOLO to the carsand surrounding cities andtowns.

Tuesday, February 90054 Phone - Susp Activity No

Action Required Location/Address: Boch Toyota Scion- Bos-Prov Hwy Security net-work reports a suspicious ve-hicle in the lot. N680 reportshe was the vehicle in the lot.

0210 Initiated - Parking ViolationParking Ticket Issued Loca-tion/Address: Jefferson Dr 2violations

0236 Initiated - Assist CitizenAssisted Party Location/Ad-dress: Mobil Gas - Rte 1/Dean- Bos-Prov Hwy Courtesytransport of female to Hamp-ton Inn.

0904 Walk-In - Fraud ServicesRendered Location/Address:Summit Ave Unemploymentscam, 1099 form sent out. N679referred resident to State’swebsite that is handling theseincidents.

0930 Phone - Citizens ComplaintNo Action required Location/Address: Rosemary St Femalereports a large number of nailsin her driveway. She did notwish to speak to an officer.

0942 Phone - Susp Vehicle Spo-ken To Location/Address:Westover Pkwy + Leyton RdReport 2 vehicles for past 2weeks have been parking infront of her home. N665 re-ports they are residents of #24,which has moving truck indriveway so they parked here.

1042 Phone - Phone HarassmentSpoken To Location/Address:Jaguar And Landrover OfNorwood - Neponset St Some-one calling dealership sayingthey are going to hack intotheir computer. N677 spoke tocaller, no crime, advised.

1141 Cellular - Well Being ChkServices Rendered Location/Address: Walpole St + WilsonSt Report W/M, no shirt ,shorts, MMA gloves standingin street. Units spoke with himand there are no issues.

1918 Phone - Parking Violation

Services Rendered Location/Address: Elks Pkwy Complaintabout cars on the street dur-ing snow removal. Officercan’t reach anyone at thehouse and midnight night shiftwill check back on violations.

1930 Phone - Road Hazard Spo-ken To Location/Address:Walpole St Plow driver andresident advised over thesnow being in the street.

1951 Phone - Hit And Run *Re-port Filed Location/Address:Washington St Caller reportsa DPW truck hit his vehicle.

Wednesday, February 100153 Phone - Susp Person Area

Search Negative Location/Address: Boch Honda - Bos-Prov Hwy Net watch securityreports a male party walkingaround the lot of the business.

0817 Phone - Assist Citizen Ser-vices Rendered Location/Ad-dress: Mill Pond Ln Party ad-vised on an issue with heradult son.

0943 Phone - Larceny *ReportFiled Location/Address: Bos-ton Window And Safety, Inc -Access Rd catalytic conver-tors stolen from a few vehicleslast night.

1222 Phone - Civil Dispute Spo-ken To Location/Address:Central Chrysler Jeep &Dodge Of Norwood - Bos-Prov Hwy Dispute resolved.

1346 Phone - Unwanted Party NoAction Required Location/Address: Access Rd Caller re-ports a loud customer insidethe business. He called backto report that he had left anddid not need to speak to anofficer.

432 Phone - Mischief (Kids)Spoken To Location/Address:Dairy Fine - Fulton St Storeowner reports finding nails inhis parking lot. Officer ad-vised and caller will follow upit continues.

1437 Phone - Civil Dispute CivilMatter Location/Address:Lenox St Party advised on acivil matter.

1816 Phone - Well Being ChkSpoken To Location/Address:Nahatan St Citizens Bank cus-tomer assistance requests wellbeing check on one of theircustomers. No issues and ad-vised bank customer assis-tance.

1824 Phone - Traffic Light Prob-lem Electic/Light Dpt NotifiedLocation/Address: RailroadAve + Washington St Trafficlights checked on. Red cycledoes hold 4 ways for 2 min-utes. ELD advised and awareof the issue and working onit.

Thursday, February 110039 Phone - Assist Citizen As-

sisted Party Location/Ad-dress: Tremont St Caller re-ports the upstairs tenant isblocking his vehicle in thedriveway. Stated things hadescalated between them in thepast and wants an officer torespond. N661 and N669 re-sponded. 3rd Floor tenant fi-nally moved her vehicle. callerwill notify the landlord aboutthe incident in the morning.

0155 Phone - Assaults *ReportFiled Location/Address:Norwest Dr Caller asked tospeak to an officer to report a

past assault that occurred inNorwood. N667 made contactand took her statement.

1010 Walk-In - Assist Citizen Ser-vices Rendered Location/Ad-dress: Bahama Dr N661 stoodby while male party receivedpersonal belongings.

1215 Phone - Well Being ChkSpoken To Location/Address:St Joseph Ave Caller requestsa well-being check on a familymember as they have not beenable to make contact with theparty for the past severaldays. N663 and N665 re-sponded.

1446 Phone - Assist Citizen Ser-vices Rendered Location/Ad-dress: Lenox St Party advisedon a parking issue.

1557 911 - Assist Citizen SpokenTo Location/Address: WilsonSt Advice given to party whoreported past erratic operationwhile he was in a crosswalk.

1943 Walk-In - Threats *ReportFiled Location/Address:Nichols St Party in the lobbyreports threatening messagessent from a roommate.

2011 Phone - Susp Vehicle Spo-ken To Location/Address:Norwood Airport Inc - AccessRd Caller reports suspiciousoccupied vehicle in the airportparking lot. Vehicle was lo-cated and the parties insidewere eating dinner and watch-ing Netflix. They were movedalong and the caller was ad-vised of the findings.

2204 Initiated - Susp VehicleSpoken To Location/Address:Coakley Middle School (Acct# 1378d) - Washington StParty checked OK, movedalong.

Friday, February 120532 911 - Drunk Person Services

Rendered Location/Address:United Parcel Service (Secu-rity) - University Ave Caller re-ports an employee arrived towork intoxicated. N669 pro-vided a courtesy transport toSaint Paul Avenue to stay witha family member.

0653 Phone - Larceny *ReportFiled Location/Address:Washington St Store owner re-ports that his newspaper de-livery is missing from outsidethe store.

0724 Phone - Susp Activity Ser-vices Rendered Location/Ad-dress: Winfield St Male partyreports seeing SP lights in thesky.

21-3125 1445 Phone - CitizensComplaint Taken/Referred ToOther Agency Location/Ad-dress: Dunkin Donuts - Wash-ington St Report overcrowd-ing with kids. Westwood PDnotified.

1648 Phone - Be On The LookoutGone On Arrival MSP reportsa stolen vehicle last seen exit-ing Route 95 toward NeponsetStreet. BOLO for MA PC6KNK90.

1658 Walk-In - Larceny *ReportFiled Location/Address: Route1 Auto Service - Bos-Prov HwyTheft of a catalytic converter.

1707 Initiated - Assist Citizen As-sisted Party Location/Ad-

dress: Norwood High School -Nichols St Officer helps dogowner retrieve loose dog.

1846 Phone - Well Being Chk *Re-port Filed Location/Address:Highview St Caller concernedabout a party who has sentconcerning text messages. Of-ficers spoke to her, no threatsof self-harm.

1934 Phone - Well Being Chk AreaSearch Negative Location/Ad-dress: Nichols St + Harrow RdMale party walking down themiddle of the street, appearedto be unsteady.

2246 Phone - Auto Theft *Com-plaint/Summons Location/Ad-dress: Walpole St Caller reportsher boyfriend took her vehiclewithout permission. BOLO tothe cars and surrounding cit-ies and towns for MA PC1ZXB81. Boston PD checkedaddress of boyfriend withnegative results.

Saturday, February 130619 Initiated - Animal Complaint

NACO/WACO notified Loca-tion/Address: Cottage St +Prospect St N661 finds a dog,no collar/tags etc. N661 bringsto station. N665 familiar withowner and took the dog backhome.

0639 Phone - Assist Citizen Spo-ken To Location/Address:Olde Derby Rd Caller would likepolice to accompany her to re-trieve personal belongings.N665 spoke to her, she is notin Norwood. Informed to cometo station before going to thehome, there are no orders keep-ing her from the home.

0915 Phone - Well Being Chk Spo-ken To Location/Address: 400Block - Bahama Dr Report ap-pears a female sleeping in backseat parked near path that goesto Callahan School. N677 re-ports she is ok, awaiting thedriver who is inside.

21-3173 0930 Walk-In - Assist Citi-zen Services Rendered Loca-tion/Address: Olde Derby RdN666 keeps peace while per-sonal property is retrieved.

0956 Phone - Animal ComplaintNACO/WACO notified Loca-tion/Address: Dedham Medi-cal Associates - Bos-Prov HwyReport dog inside MA PC7SH798 for 1/2 hour, front park-ing lot near HP spots.

1135 Phone - Fraud *Report FiledLocation/Address: Home De-pot - Bos-Prov Hwy Reportsomeone, in person, went intostore and tried to open a storecredit card in caller’s name.

1204 Phone - Parking ViolationServices Rendered Location/Address: Mcternan/RussellAttorney - Washington St Re-port neighbor keeps parkinghis car in parking lot, has beenasked and left notes not to parkhere. N667 left voice mails withpeople who park here not to doit anymore, advised buildingowner of his options.

1222 Phone - Larceny ServicesRendered Location/Address:Lenox St Report some-one took an original statue ofa woman crying from her bed-room and replaced it with a fakestatue depicting same.

1238 Phone - Neighbor DisturbanceAssisted Party Location/Ad-dress: Plimpton Ave Reportneighbor blaming caller for hit-ting his fence. Parties advised

on a civil issue.1539 Walk-In - Larceny *Report

Filed Location/Address:Tremont St Report packages de-livered to his mother’s homewere stolen.

1836 Phone - Assist Citizen Spo-ken To Location/Address:Washington St Party advised inregards to a friend bothering her/making annoying phone calls.

1853 911 - Noise Complaint Spo-ken To Location/Address: -Neponset St Party in apartmentusing electric saw.

2045 911 - Civil Dispute AssistedParty Location/Address: BurgerKing Restaurant - Bos-Prov HwyEmployee and manager dispute.Parties advised.

2111 Phone - Well Being Chk AreaSearch Negative Location/Ad-dress: Dean St Caller leaving thebuilding reports hearing yellingupstairs. Officers searched thebuilding and surrounding resi-dences, all quiet. Tenants deniedhearing any yelling.

Sunday, February 140059 Phone - Well Being Chk Area

Search Negative Location/Ad-dress: Buckminster DrFramingham PD request checkof the area for MA Reg 2AH132.Operator made Q5 statementsand her phone was pinged in thearea. Units N666 and N667checked the area, bolo put outto cars and Walpole PD

0530 Phone - Unwanted Party Spo-ken To Location/Address:Bubbles-Up Laundromat - Cen-tral St Caller reports party insidehas been sleeping there all nightand refuses to leave. N667 N678sent party spoken too and senton his way

0909 Walk-In - Assist Citizen CivilMatter Location/Address:Washington St Report roommatewho said she was moving outhas not moved out. N666 gaveher her options.

1124 Phone - Fraud Spoken To Lo-cation/Address: Monroe StDebit card compromised andcharges to UBer eats. N662 re-ports he will deal with his bankand the web app. and recall po-lice if needed.

1138 Phone - Phone HarassmentSpoken To Location/Address:Nichols St Report ex-girlfriendfrom 6 years ago is texting himand posting things on the web.N665 gave him his options andhis 209a/H.P.O. rights, he willrecall police if needed.

1317 Walk-In - Fraud *Report FiledLocation/Address: Hill StFraudulent charges to checkingaccount.

1502 911 - Assist Citizen Fire DeptNotified/Responded Location/Address: Main St Transferred toBrockton PD.

1545 Cellular - Complaint Of MvGone On Arrival Location/Ad-dress: Bos-Prov Hwy + Univer-sity Ave Report driver appears tobe smoking marijuana, last seenat red light. BOLO on South Dis-trict.

1625 Phone - Larceny *Report FiledLocation/Address: Five By Five -Buckminster Dr Items stolen fromapartment.

1633 Phone - Civil Dispute SpokenTo Location/Address: HillcrestRd Issue between parties overproperty at a residence. Ad-vised.

2058 Phone - Well Being Chk Spo-ken To Location/Address:Washington St

2131 Phone - Mischief (Kids)Gone On Arrival Location/Address: Union St Caller re-ports kids throwing snow-bal ls a t her house. N664searched the area with nega-tive results.


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F O O T L I G H T E R SOPEN THEIRVIRTUALPLAYHOUSE

The Walpole Footlighters,having pivoted to virtual theatresince the pandemic shutdown,will move back into the Play-house for a streamed produc-tion of The 39 Steps: A LiveRadio Play by Joe Landry. TheFootlighters motto of “QualityTheater, Close to Home” hasnever been more appropriate, asaudiences will be able to streamthe performance from the com-fort of their own living room.

The 39 Steps is a radio playadaptation of the AlfredHitchcock movie of the samename. The audience will betransported to a radio studio in1946 to see a live broadcast ofthe play. Director Sheila

Kelleher is working with theFootlighters for the first time onthe production, but she hasbeen involved in communitytheater on the south shore for20 years and has been direct-ing for 8 years. Despite havingseen the show dozens of timesin rehearsal, Ms. Kelleher says,“I never get tired of hearing thecast play this out. The quickBritish wit and the fun soundeffects amuse me every singletime. It never gets old. The ac-tors vary their accents and addwardrobe pieces to enhanceeach character. The Foley art-ists are so interesting to watch.It’s surprising sometimes to seewhat they use to create asound!”

The Footlighters are build-ing a socially distanced radiostudio as the set of the produc-tion. Each actor will have theirown clear plastic “broadcastbooth,” keeping them separatedfrom their cast mates but stillable to see them. The offstagecrew, including the cameramen,will be masked and socially dis-tanced. The production plan hasbeen approved by the WalpoleBoard of Health.

A live performance of The39 Steps will be recorded withassistance from Walpole Me-dia, and will be available forstreaming three weekends ofFebruary 19, and 26. Tickets are$15, and must be purchasedonline at

www.footlighters.com. Oneticket must be purchased foreach device. Once purchased,the stream will be availableuntil 11:59 PM on the last dateof the weekend purchased (Feb-ruary 21, or 27). Note, the lastweekend ends on Saturday, notSunday, to comply with our li-censing rights. This produc-tion is sponsored in part by theWalpole Cultural Council, a lo-cal agency, which is supportedby the Massachusetts CulturalCouncil, a state agency.

DOG LICENSESNOW AVAILABLE

The Town Clerk’s Officewould like to inform the resi-

dents of the Town of Norwoodthat the 2021 Dog Licenses arenow available. All dogs threemonths old or over must be li-censed. Licenses are issued ona calendar basis, January 1stthrough December 31st.

Fees are $20 for both Maleand Female dogs, $15 forSpayed Female and NeuteredMale. Certificate showing thedog was spayed or neuteredmust be shown. Rabies Certifi-cate must also be shown.

Due to the Town Hall beingclosed all dog licenses have tobe registered through the mail.

For the Record

Conserve our resources.Recycle this newspaper.


Town and Country

Jackie Saber

HI GUYSANGER AND GREAT HURT

The American citizen hasbeen wrongly attacked by thecommunist gov’t of China…(notthe people who live under unduecruelty) It’s been more than oneyear and the Chinese gov’t hasnot yet been held responsible forthe murders of our friends andfamily. The rhetoric from TheWHO and the communist gov’t,through their statements, havelong since lost any validity andacceptance. Our gov’t MUSTdeal with this issue, as the attackon our American families is byNO means acceptable!

A VERY SAD GOODBYEThe unexpected loss of Our

Town’s Bernie Cooper is verysad for his family and also OurTown. Bernie was Mr.Norwood, after all the manyyears he helped us to achieve thesuper Town we live in! To fillhis shoes we will probably haveto wait at least 50 years. His in-credibly vast knowledge, kind-

ness and helpfulness to the in-dividual residents of Our Towngoes without saying, as his ca-maraderie was a gift of love toall! To his family we send oursincere condolences. Rest inPeace, dear friend. MemoryEternal, Bernie!

GOOD PEOPLEARE EVERYWHERE

A short time ago, the Centerwas cordoned off for outdoordining. On one of those days, Idrove there with my husband,hoping to find a handicappedparking space for his appoint-ment. I lucked out and began theritual to remove the wheelchairfrom the back and then was go-ing to get Nick out of the car. Iturned slightly when I sawhands lifting the wheelchairfrom me, opening it, and pro-ceeding to assist Nick from thecar, over the curb to the chair. Iwas so happy to have had thehelp. I thanked her very muchwith kindness in my heart. Shethen began to wheel the chair tohis appointment. I told her shecertainly didn’t have to do that.She very politely took no for ananswer and we gabbed as shehelped us to the building. I un-fortunately have forgotten hername. I remember her manytimes in my prayers and knowthat good people exist every-where. What an incredible feel-ing in such a horrific time in ourcountry! Thank you young lady,you are a shining example ofwhat a true American is, and agreat, Our Towner!

SIXTY MINUTESIf you didn’t get a chance to

watch the January 31st edition of‘60 Minutes,’ give it a try on ‘60Minutes’ Overtime. I think it isone of their very best. It had todo with the communist gov’t ofChina in relation to America, andyou and me. The speakers werebeyond outstanding!

LOST FOR JUST A WHILEOur market at Big Y’s Plaza

is now closed due to a razing andrenovation of the property. Wehope that the proposed couple ofyears will pass fast as BY is anincredible source of necessityand friendship for Our Town.The employees are second tonone and have been placed atother markets in the interim.Nothing takes the place of theNorwood Big Y. The customerand employee bond is an amaz-ing rarity. Come home soon, wemiss you all!

HAPPY BIRTHDAYMany more happy years to

Our Towner Jean Jennings, onthe occasion of your 39th? Birth-day. You deserve goodness andhealth always, as you are one ofmy super cousins!

VACCINES ATMEMORIAL HALL

Recently my husband and Iwent to our appointments at Me-morial Hall for the covid vac-cines. The set up was perfect! Inand out, no commotion, nocrowds. After listening to othertowns, Norwood deserves

myriad gold stars! Thank you tothe Board of Health, KerriMcCarthy, Senior Director, Se-nior Limo driver Ellen and allothers involved whose incrediblededication to Our Town pro-duced perfection. You did a greatjob guys! Also, thank you to ourvery nice police officer on dutythere who was beyond helpfuland extremely pleasant!! Hemade our PD proud!

WHAT’S THE SECRET?The large sign affixed to

Norwood Hospital basically saysthat good things are coming. IsSteward going to speak and tellthe residents of our communitywhat is going on after eightmonths, or continue to hold ushostage? C’mon Steward, youcertainly must know what yourbasic plans are by now. Let us inon the secret. It is inexcusableafter all this time. The originalbrick facade building will be 102years this year and still standing;must have been excellent con-struction. (Maybe not the lowestbid when the addition was builtquite a few years ago). Will thebuilding be razed and re-con-structed, sold for condos, or justsold as is? C’mon Steward, weneed a functioning hospital, anda facility that changes the presentvisual landscape, and one that isas good as the NH has alwaysbeen! If it is too difficult for youto handle, sell to another medi-cal group. The lack of an NH hascreated very difficult situationsfor many families in our commu-nity, including my own, and alsoput undue ‘tremendous pressure’

on our FD and PD. This is unac-ceptable and NOT the way OurTown expects a necessity to func-tion. Please come forward and letus know your decision, as ourresidents have been very faithfulto you over the years and deservethe respect of a decision aftereight long months; as do your ex-cellent employees who have losttheir positions at the NH.

BACK TO THE FUTURERemember when Our Town

had four small pharmacies (notchains)? One in the ‘FabulousFlats,” and three along Wash. St.in the Center. We are now fortu-nate to have Norwood Pharmacy,located at 54 Broadway in OurTown. Service is extremelyfriendly with a pharmacist onduty at all times to help youand answer your questions. Fluand other vaccine inoculationsare available; excellent servicewith prices that can’t be beat. Toforward your prescriptions ismade very simple by the pharma-cist doing the entire transfer.Give it a try, the change is aworld of difference!

WHAT’S UPThousands of illegals are be-

ing welcomed over our southernborder...NO COVID TESTNECESSARY! Not very smart!And...what caused the gasolineprices to jump sky high just inthe past few weeks? Also, theNational Anthem sung by two in-dividuals at the super bowl wasa national disgrace to our veter-ans, you, me, and our country.

BYE GUYS, STAY WELL “Going out of your way for

someone is still the straightestpath to friendship” - Steve Hartman

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