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PBCC addresses continueddisconnect with Board of Selectmen

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In an about-face, Bochscales back 84 Morse plans

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School Committeereports ready for

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Tech Director Joe Kidd, left, and Facilities Director Paul Riccardi,middle prepare to give presentations at the School Committee.

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The PBCC met last week and discussed window replacements at theSt. Gabriel's.

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Boch VP Mike Clemmey shows the area he just crossed out that he intends to leave alone (for the timebeing) at 84 Morse St.

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The Norwood School Committee met last Wednesday to dis-cuss several issues facing the district, but also reported that theschools are ready for the start of the school year.

Norwood Schools Director of Buildings and Grounds PaulRiccardi said his department has been working to improve theelectrical components of each of the schools. He said one of themain things they’re working on is to reduce the electrical load, asmost of Norwood’s school buildings are between 50 to 100 yearsold. He said the buildings, though retrofitted, still don’t have theelectrical infrastructure to handle peak loads.

“They’re not up for the amounts of electricity we use today,so the more wattage we take off of them on a daily basis, thebetter off we are,” he said.

Riccardi also pointed out the Norwood Light Company’s

The Permanent Build-ing Construction Commit-tee (PBCC) met Thursdayevening, Aug. 9 to discussthe window res tora t ionproject a t St . Gabrie l ’sChapel as well as the cur-rent pause of renovationsat Town Hall.

In a t tendance of themeeting were Board of Se-lectmen Chairman ThomasMaloney and SelectmanWilliam Plasko.

The window restoration

After meeting with thepublic last Thursday, VicePresident of Boch AutomotiveMichael Clemmey announcedthat they will no longer be in-cluding a large section ofgreenspace in his plans for aparking lot at 84 Morse St.

Clemmey announced thisintention on Monday night atthe Norwood Planning Boardmeeting by holding up themap of the project and cross-ing out the section of the par-cel – known colloquially asthe Saints Lot as it abuts sev-eral streets bearing saints’names. That section of the par-

cel would have required theconstruction of a bridge overthe Hawes Brook from the cur-rent school bus lot still beingproposed as a parking lot.

Clemmey said he made thedecision to exclude that part ofthe property over the weekend.Clemmey’s attorney DavidHern said he found out about itat 5 p.m. on the day of the Plan-ning Board meeting, for whichabout 50 residents came. ThePlanning Board ended up vot-ing unanimously for a conti-nence on the proposal, askingfor more detailed plans on theexclusion of the Saints piece.

“That’s what you asked meto do, right?” Clemmey said,

addressing the crowd as hecrossed the section off themap.

Clemmey said this will re-duce the proposal by 270spaces, going from 863spaces to 593.

“Hallelujah, that’s all Ihave to say,” said PlanningBoard member JosephSheehan.

Clemmey said in an ear-lier meeting with the commu-nity he held at 95 Morse St.that the building on the par-cel, which is currently beingused to store tractor trailertrucks, will be used for parts

project at the chapel was thefirst of the two topics on theshort agenda.

According to the projectmanager, John Racine ofRGB Architects, the abate-ment p rocess began onWednesday, Aug. 8.

“We ant icipate that i twill be pretty close to com-pleted and we’ll be able tostart removing the actualglazing shortly,” he said.

“Roughly ha l f o f thewindows are a l ready re-moved and at the shop andare in the process of beingrestored,” said project de-

s igner Dale Gienapp, ofGienapp Design. “Some ofthe windows have asbestoscontent around the caulkingso those will now start,” hecontinued.

Rac ine presen ted achange order in the amountof $2,700.00 to the commit-tee. Gienapp explained thatthe change order was for re-placement stained glass fortwo lancet windows.

Gienapp sa id tha t hedoes not foresee any more

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Oktoberfest backfor Circle of Hope


Norwood’s own Circle ofHope (COH) charity is onceagain hosting its thirdOktoberfest fundraiser and cel-ebration this September.

The Old Colonial Cafe willhost the event from 7 p.m. to10 p.m. on Sept. 15 and willalso be bringing back theOberlaender Hofrau Band.

Resident, organizer andNorwood Firefighter PaulRonco said the event wasstarted in 2014, but missed afew years in between. He saidthey brought it back simply be-

cause so many people were ask-ing for it.

“The COH has been doingour major fundraiser for yearsnow in Dancing with theNorwood Stars, but in years’past we did a smaller fundraiserright about the September, Oc-tober or November timeframe,”he said. “We came up with theOktoberfest four years ago and,we weren’t looking to makehuge money, but we were try-ing to pull out the former danc-ers from the Stars fundraiserand give them some recognitionand to the COH.”

Ronco said the event hasbeen well attended in the past,

and they hope to raise severalthousand dollars this year forresidents of Norwood battlingcancer.

“This year, we’re expectingmore than 300 people andwe’ve got The OberlaenderHofrau Band. They’ve werewith us the two years we didthe fundraiser and they’re go-ing to be here this year as well;they’re awesome.

“We’re going to have thebig German pretzels as well,”Ronco said. “And, of course,we’re going to have beer, whichhas been donated by Sam


About 50 residents came to the Planning Board meeting on Monday to hear how Boch Auto is now asking forpermission to allow car carriers at its 95 Morse St. lot.

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About 50 residents cameout on Monday for theNorwood Planning Boardmeeting regarding a requestfrom Boch Automotive to al-low car carriers to drop offvehicles at the lot on 95 MorseSt.

Two years ago, Boch Au-tomotive agreed not to allowcar carriers to park in the 95Morse St. lot, but is now re-questing the removal of thatGeneral Condition 12 fromthe property. Attorney DavidHern, representing the organi-zation, said since the purchaseof three car dealerships fromClay Auto, they have a needfor more auto storage space.

“At the time the 95 MorseSt. plan was before you, myclient did not have a need todrop cars off at that site, butsince they have acquired threeof the former Clay dealershipsand there have been changes

in land... there is a need to use84 Morse St. for open lot stor-age,” Hern said. “To accessthat we need to be able to dropthe cars from the carriers at 95Morse St. which was a sug-gestion that came from vari-ous people and at least onemember of the Board.”

Originally, Hern said theprohibition of car carriers onthe 95 Morse St. property re-quires the car carrier unload-ing to take place at the 84Morse St. lot by way of Wash-ington and Short Streets. But,if the 95 Morse St. prohibitionis lifted, Boch would be ableto direct the car carriers fromRoute 1 to 95 Morse St. anddistribute them to 84 MorseSt. individually.

James Susie of UnitedConsultants went over theproposed changes to the lot at95 Morse St. that would allowfor the unloading of cars.

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Letters to the Editor

NFD says farewell to Lt. ButtersThe Norwood Fire De-

partment would like to con-gratulate Lieutenant PaulButters on his recent retire-ment. Lt. Butters served thepeop le o f Norwood fo rmore than 40 years. Paulwas known a s a “ha rd -nosed” firefighter who ex-celled on the fire ground.Paul became Norwood FireDepartments first fire pre-vention officer when theposition was newly created.Paul was the first to imple-ment & enforce 527.1 CMRthe Massachusetts Compre-hensive Fire Safety Codemaking the town a muchsafer place to l ive. Paulalso served many years ondifferent crews as a l ineLieutenant. Always true tohis convictions Paul put thesa fe ty o f t he peop le o fNorwood first.

CITIZENS OFNORWOOD VS. BOCHENTERPRISES ANDSUBARU OFNEW ENGLAND

To the Editor:It started with a snowstorm

and, hopefully, ended with aheat wave!!

Ernie Boch and Boch Enter-prises want to move theAutoMile closer to WashingtonStreet, to a side street(Morse)with 15+ acres. Of the15 acres, 8 acres border the“Saint” Streets, 7 acres of whichare wetland. His company is try-ing to develop this land into amega car storage facility, thebiggest in Norwood by far.

As we prepared to meet thispast Monday, August 13 at7:00-pm at the Police Station)for a third public hearing con-cerning the proposed giganticmega parking lot (at 84 MorseStreet), there have been somenew developments.

While Ernie Boch Jr. spokeat the recent 25 year Anniver-sary of Concerts on the Com-mon about his love for ourTown, Mr. Clemmey and Attor-ney Mr. Hern (our Town Mod-erator) made modifications forthe monstrous project. Theirlatest submission is to ask theTown to remove a 2016 restric-tion so their car carriers canunload the cars at 95 MorseStreet to then be delivered oneat a time to 84 Morse St.

To gain needed relief fortheir 95 Morse St. project backin 2016, Mr. Clemmey said hewould not unload trucks at thatsite. Yet, according to this newsubmission, his “circum-stances” have changed, and thatthe purchases of 3 newdealerships makes this requestnecessary.

News flash Mr. Clemmey,your prior business decisions

and poor planning are not theTown’s problems to resolve.Why not, as suggested by thisnewspaper, just helicopter themin? They claim to be a “GoodNeighbor”, but are asking theTown again to make all the con-cessions they need to destroy ourcommunity.

Mr. Clemmey, through hislawyer Mr. Hern, has shown nohesitation to use the law to asserthis “rights”, nor has he shownany hesitation to continuallybreak the law when it suits him.

We, the Citizens of Norwood,are asking the Planning Board toprotect the quality of life for allits citizens. Our town, known asthe Crown of the Common-wealth, will soon be changed ifthis parking facility is approved!

Maybe Ernie Boch and histeam can come up with a VegasLive Name! His dream is to havethe Route 1 Strip like the VegasStrip!

IT’S TIME TO SAY NO!!!Michael Saad

Norwood

NARROW STREETSARE NO BENEFIT

To the Editor: I’d like to give you a few

updates to my posting last weekalerting the Town to the narrow-ing of Plimpton Ave. This shoddywork has been done by the re-quest of our DPW director to thecontractor. Because there isn’t astraight berm the whole length ofthe street, this narrowing varies.At the worst points, it is now afull 4 ½’ narrower. At one pointit measures 21’ 8”. That is only 3inches wider than the narrowMorse Street railroad bridge. Theone way Day Street measuresover 35’ at the public parking lot.

Why would a Town want tonarrow any street on purpose?Mark Ryan explained that this isdue to his plan to have “street

uniformity”. He also said thiswill take place with all futureroad repaves throughout Town.Get ready for our new Town’snickname of “Narrowood”.Perhaps we should correct thelack of uniformity on NicholsStreet, and pave it the 18’3”width that begins off ofNahatan Street the wholelength. I see we are doing bermwork right now across from theHigh School. Shouldn’t theTown get on this and make ituniform for the kids beforeschool starts?

Any street here in Townshould never be narrowed onpurpose. How many streetshave already been narrowed bythis policy? I have submittedpictures of parked vehicles thatclearly show you can no longerget an ambulance, fire truck, oreven a police cruiser throughPlimpton Ave. to our Town’sofficials. Perhaps a Town- wideparking ban would be in orderto complete this plan of “streetuniformity”. If this continuesthroughout Norwood, it willsurely be needed. One of thelargest potholes in Town hasbeen right in front of my housefor nearly a year without asingle complaint from me. I’dprefer to have it back alongwith the safer street it once was.Fire up your minivans and takea cruise on the new un- spa-cious Plimpton Ave. “ Come ondown ! “ Bring the kids!

I feel we should apply aname to this new DPW streetnarrowing policy, and think“Narrowood” is the perfectchoice. It describes not only theissue being caused, but alsothe narrow thought processthat would create an initiativesuch as this.

Kevin PentowskiDistrict 7 Town Meeting

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PBCC continued from page 1windows that would be in need of the replacement stainedglass.

Committee member Will O’Connor stated that he wasin favor of purchasing the new window glass.

“In my opinion, to spend a couple grand more to getreplacement glass that matches the era instead of somenew glass that really doesn’t fit- for a couple of grandmakes sense,” he said.

The committee unanimously approved the change or-der for the stained glass.

Following a somewhat brief executive session, themeeting resumed, and discussion was then turned over toTown Hall renovations.

Selectmen Maloney and Plasko were seeking clarifica-tion after Tuesday’s Board of Selectmen meeting wherethe PBCC met with the Selectmen regarding the pause onrenovations to Town Hall.

O’Connor asked the selectmen if they were clear onwhat they thought the PBCC’s ideas on how to move for-ward are, to which both Maloney and Plasko responded,“no”.

“In my opinion, I thought maybe there were too manypeople, too many speakers, too much information,” saidO’Connor in reference of Tuesday’s Selectmen meeting.

“My opinion was, a project like this and a building likethis, understand what has to be done in the long run sothat you can decide what’s Phase One, what’s Phase Twoand how far you want to go with it,” said O’Connor. “Soby continuing with the architect that we have, to developkind of a whole kind of game plan,” he continued.

O’Connor said that, in his opinion, the committee’spoint during the Selectmen’s meeting was to convey thatit would be beneficial to obtain a kind of schematics to beable to move forward with the renovations for Town Hall.

“Once you have that with a ballpark estimate of howmany dollars it’s going to be, then you can sit down andmake the decision what to do first,” he said.

Plasko also asked for clarification on the amount spenton the architectural contract for the Town Hall project.

PBCC member Francis Hopcroft was able to break downthe expenses for Plasko.

“We started out with $900,000; we obligated $123,000for design,” stated Hopcroft. “Of that $123,000 we’veactually spent $51,000,” he said.

“What we’re trying to get to is an understanding of whatthe various loads are going to be,” said Hopcroft.

“All those things we need to understand so that we cango back to you and say, ‘There’s the big problem, here’swhat we can do in terms of staging it. What do you wantus to do?’, and that was the end point of our objective,”said Hopcroft.

The committee agreed that it would be beneficial toappoint one member to act as a liaison between the PBCCand the Board of Selectmen; the liaison would go backand forth between the two groups to relay information inhopes of avoiding miscommunications and to also act as asource of information for both parties.

Hopcroft volunteered to act as the liaison.The next PBCC meeting has not yet been scheduled.


95 Morse St.continued from page 3“We’re giving up one row ofparking,” he said.

Susie said the proposed re-duction would allow forenough space for six trucks tobe unloading at one time.

“I don’t think that’s goingto happen very often, but thereis room to do it,” he said.

Susie said they are alsowant to move a traffic islandthere currently to allow for carcarriers to navigate the turnonto Morse Street. The planfor entry into the lot wouldhave car carriers come upMorse St., turn left onto Pleas-ant St. and then turn left intothe far entrance. The truckswould go around the building,unload, and then exit the prop-erty directly onto MorseStreet.

Norwood Planning andEconomic Development Di-rector Paul Halkiotis pointedout that on the plan presentedthere was no yellow linemarking the lanes of travel onMorse Street, and said he wasconcerned that a truck leavingthe lot may have to turn intooncoming traffic because itcould not negotiate the turn.

“If you’re forcing an on-coming car to have to stop tolet the truck make its turn,then I’m a little concerned,”said Board Vice Chair ErniePaciorkowski. “Somebody,

God forbid, they’re playingwith the radio and they don’tsee the truck coming over.”

Hern pointed out that thestreet itself has enough spacefor two car carriers to passeach other and that largetrucks have to make wideturns to negotiate the streetsof the town all over. Halkiotissaid that while this is a fact,the plan itself still does notmark where the yellow line inthe street is and that makes ita problem for the Board toapprove.

“The plan cannot allow foror create a public safety haz-ard,” he said. “The questionis whether or not we under-stand that, all of us here to-day, and agree that that’s ac-ceptable and we want to allowthat to happen in thefuture.. .The plan doesn’tshow the center line for a rea-son, because it will show thatthe trucks will swing into on-coming traffic... This can bedesigned to work and it hasn’tbeen.”

Hern said they are open towidening the exit on MorseSt. so that trucks would nego-tiate the turn without the dan-ger of pulling into the otherlane. He suggested that in-stead of going back and forthwith the Planning Board, theyshould agree to the plan with

the condition that Halkiotisand Town Engineer MarkRyan approve of any futuremodifications.

Selectman Helen AbdullahDonohue and Board SecretaryDebbie Holmwood said thereare currently issues with carcarriers parking on MorseStreet near Route 1 along thestreet adjacent to the BochNew To You dealership, butthe Board stated that those is-sues are not of concern to 95Morse specifically.

The Planning Board de-cided to grant a continuanceto the request since Boch Au-tomotive VP MichaelClemmey made clear it wouldbe intricately tied with thegroup’s proposal for a parkinglot at 84 Morse St.

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Adams. They’ve helped us in thepast and they’re more than gener-ous when it comes to donationsto 501c3 charities.”

Ronco said in years pastthey’ve been able to raise about$5,000 to $6,000. This yearthey’re hoping for a bit more,since businesses in the Town andbeyond have donated a lot of theevent’s overhead.

“A lot of the costs involved inthe event are covered as of now,”he said. “Gillooly’s Funeral Homeis picking up the cost of the band,DiffeRentals is doing all the tentsand the chairs and the tables and,of course, Sam Adams is takingcare of the beer.”

Ronco said everyone who hasparticipated in the event reallyseems to enjoy themselves.

“Everyone who’s gone inyears past have loved it, and wehad a lot of people last year whowere really bummed out when wedidn’t have it, and honestly that’sthe reason we brought it back,”he said.

Tickets are $25 as a donationto the COH, and can be purchasedat the Norwood Recreation De-partment or at the Norwood Pub-lic Safety Building. Ronco said tojust ask for him at the Fire De-partment, and added that any otherboard members of the COH willhave tickets as well.

storage and will have aboutfour to five small parts trucksgoing in and out in the latemorning to early evening. Hesaid, combined with the fact thatthere will no longer be anyschool buses going in and outof the old parking lot he is buy-ing, this proposal would actuallyreduce traffic.

Clemmey said they plan onhaving car carriers going upMorse Street from Route 1South, to 95 Morse St., wherethey have another lot. He saidthe cars will then be distributedindividually either to the deal-ership lots, directly to custom-ers for a sale or to 84 MorseStreet. He said they plan on hav-ing an average of three to fourcarriers go to 95 Morse St. perday, but said his worst case sce-nario would be about seven toeight. He said even in the worst-case scenario, there would fiveparts truck trips and about 56 to74 car trips, which would be lessthan the 97 trips the school busestake going up Morse to ShortStreet to Washington Street.

“There will be less traffic onthat street than there is today,”he said.

In the Thursday meetingprior to Monday night’s Plan-ning Board meeting, residentswere concerned about the envi-ronmental impact the Saints Lotparking would have on the localwildlife. In the Monday meeting,residents said they were gladBoch is not pursuing that lot, butwere still opposed to the other lot.Residents said they were con-cerned about drainage and stormwater issues currently impactingthe town from overflow of the

Neponset River.Residents said they were also

concerned that Clemmey andBoch may come back later witha plan to develop that parcel.Planning Board memberspointed out that since the SaintsLot is no longer a part of the dis-cussion, they cannot have issuesregarding potential future usesdiscussed during the hearing,specifically for the 84 Morse St.lot and the special permit it re-quires.

“Everyone knows this is go-ing to come up again,” said resi-dent Joe Greeley Jr. “It’s good tohear that at least the portion be-tween the Saints Streets and theriver has been at least temporarilycarved out, but I would cautionthe Board when you’re makingyour decision... I’ve lost track ofhow many times we heard ‘at thistime.’”

Selectman Helen AbdullahDonohue said at the Board meet-ing and at the Thursday meetingthat she and a number of residentsare trying to get funds togetherin conjunction possibly with theNorwood Community Preserva-tion Committee (CPC) to splitup that parcel and buy the SaintsLot. During the Planning Boardmeeting, Donohue said shespoke with Clemmey privatelyand asked outright to buy theproperty, with no clear resultforthcoming.

Donohue went on to say thatfor this property, she believesthe Board should deny the spe-cial permit required for the lot,her rationale being to allow theTown to buy it from the currentowner, as Clemmey currentlyhas an agreement to buy theland if the proposal for the park-ing lot gains approval from theTown which will expire overthe course of time.

“We’ll get the Town to buy

it for what it should be, conser-vation land for the generationsto come,” Donohue said.

Clemmey said that if anyonepresent had a crystal ball to seethe future, he would be first inline.

“I don’t know what I’m go-ing to do with that lot,” he said.“I don’t see why we would stopworking with the Town... We dowhat we’re supposed to do. Allwe’re trying to do is buy a pieceof property with a (purchaseand sales agreement) and timeis running out... Maybe in twoor three months I could tell you,but I need to go ahead and fig-ure out what I have there if weget approved from the Board.Then we’ll go back and figureout what we’re going to do withthat land.”

Planning Board memberAlfred Porro Jr. said he wasconcerned about the buildingon the property, whichClemmey said would be usedfor parts storage. Porro saidthere is a trend among devel-opers to go through the plan-ning process and then changethe proposal after approval andgo through the Zoning Board ofAppeals.

“We’ve seen people grantedpermission for items and thenthey don’t come back to us,they go around us and go to theBoard of Appeals,” he said.“You could probably put 350spaces in that building and thatbumps back up again when youfind you don’t need that for(parts) storage.”

Resident Charles Pizanosaid he felt that while the re-duction in the parking lot wasa good thing, it was not like itwas a gift to the Town.

“They’re not giving us any-thing here. If the original pro-posal had them dumping toxicwaste right into the river, byagreeing not to do that, it doesn’tgive us something,” he said.


School Committee continued from page 1policy on peak hours. The airconditioning requirements forthe Coakley Middle School inthe summer, for instance, in-crease electrical costs twofold.As the building needs more en-ergy to stay cool, so does therest of the Town and the peakincurs an additional chargefrom the Town’s Light Depart-ment.

“If you’re up there when thepeak is up there, it affects yourrate and you get charged,” hesaid.

Riccardi said they are look-ing to work with the Town onthat rate hike, but are also work-ing to reduce the overall costsof electricity in each of theschool buildings.

Riccardi said they are in theprocess of replacing many ofthe bulbs in the classrooms andhave installed motion sensors.He said they have also installedlight sensors, so when the lightcoming in from the windows isbright enough, the lights willshut off.

“We’ll get a fair amount ofenergy savings out of that,” hesaid.

Riccardi also said they havereplaced the gym lights at theCoakley Middle School and thebathroom lights in most of theelementary schools. He saidthrough the Mass Saves pro-gram, the gym lights were anespecially good deal.

“They cost $185 each witha $150 rebate,” he said. “Wepaid $35 for each of the lightsand it’s crazy... You alwayswant to have a payback (on en-ergy-saving procedures) that’sfive years or less when you’redoing this type of stuff, and thepayback here is really quick.”

Riccardi also said they arelooking to replace 315 lights inthe High School corridors withLED lights, but since they can’tshut down a corridor in the highschool during school hours, it’sgoing to be a touch-and-go pro-

cess.“We’ve got about 15 of

them in now and we’re justpricing our way through thatproject,” he said.

Educational TechnologyDirector Joseph Kidd also up-dated the committee on therollout of the district’s one-to-one Chromebook program,which he said is ready for allstudents in grades 6-12 thisyear. He said they will be readyfor about the start of the schoolyear, which is several monthsearlier than they originally an-ticipated.

“We want to immediatelystart communicating the programto parents,” he said.

Kidd then went into the nutsand bolts of the Chromebookprogram, and discussed with thecommittee on how best to insurethe Chromebooks. He said somemunicipalities charge a manda-tory fee to parents, but said thatmost schools offer optional insur-ance annually to help keep theChromebooks in working condi-tion.

“That covers accident dam-age, theft and loss,” he said. “Youknow, if you cracked it that cov-ers it for the first time and thenthe second time there’s a deduct-ible of $30 and if it keeps hap-pening it becomes the family’sresponsibility to pay for the en-tire repair.”

The committee agreed thatthe insurance should be optional.Members pointed out that thereare some mandatory fees for ac-tivities like sports, but the activi-ties themselves are not manda-tory, whereas the Chromebookprogram is itself mandatory.

He said the total annual costfor the insurance for a parentwould be around $30 to $40 ifthe district decides to insure theChromebooks. He said some dis-tricts in the area have tried out-side, third party insurance, butthat hasn’t always worked out.

“In the school districts I’ve

look at the preferred method isto do the insurance in-house asfar as repairs and replacementsare concerned because the out-side companies takes a lot of timeto work through claims and we’djust rather handle it in house ifpossible,” he said.

Kidd said it is less expensiveto insure the Chromebooks them-selves and though a third partymay have more manpower andresources, the in-house insurancewould be cheaper long term.Kidd said they would most likelyneed to create a revolving fundfor the insurance, and that theywill have to go through theTown’s Financial Committee toopen that account. School Com-mittee members agreed.


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the cleaners children walking around.

Tuesday, August 7, 20180156 Initiated - Well Being Chk No

Action Required Location/Address:[NOD 2100] Gazebo - Town Com-mon - Washington St Party on gazebowas run and identified as homelessand moved along.

0222 Phone - Assist Citizen AssistedParty Location/Address: [Nod 2537]P J Mulvehill Realty - Washington StCaller reports a vehicle was hit by atow truck driver and the driver is at-tempting to leave. Officers respondedand spoke with the driver. AAA driverwas dropping off a vehicle as directed.

0240 Initiated - Susp Vehicle Spoken ToLocation/Address: Hampden Dr MaReg 3lw357 Operator Was Presentand moved along.

0836 Walk-In - Animal ComplaintNACO/WACO notified Location/Address: Gay St Narrative: Femalereports that a dog jumped on her.

1137 Phone - Animal ComplaintNACO/WACO notified Location/Address: Walpole St Narrative:Doginside a parked vehicle. NACO spokewith the owner.

´1430 Phone - Larceny *Report FiledLocation/Address: Hill St Narrative:Past larceny of a pocketbook.

1451 Phone - Susp Activity *ReportFiled Location/Address: Elkway StNarrative:Under investigation.

1636 Walk-In - Assist Citizen SpokenTo Location/Address: Lopez Land-scaping - Washington St

Narrative:Party in the lobby was con-cerned about some phone calls shehas been receiving. N666 advised thatparty.

1723 Initiated - Motor Vehicle Stop Ver-bal Warning Location/Address:[NOD 188] Certainteed - Pleasant StNarrative:MA PC 6MND30. Erraticoperation. N666 reports party was try-ing to get home to Walpole becausehis son was making Q5 statements.Walpole PD was notified.

1838 Initiated - Traffic EnforcementWritten Warning Location/Address:Dean St + Bos-Prov HwyNarrative:N665 reports 5 writtenwarnings for texting.

2031 Phone - Animal ComplaintNACO/WACO notified Location/Address: Dean St Narrative: Caller re-ports an injured dog. NACO notifiedand responded. N666 reports dog wasnot injured he was just old, NACOhas the dog.

2120 Phone - Unwanted Party Fire DeptNotified/Respo Location/Address:Lewis Restaurant & Grille - CentralSt Narrative:Caller reports a party isfalling asleep at a table. NFD noti-fied. N662 reports that party waschecked by NFD and he was clearedand sent on his way.

2141 Phone - Mischief (Kids) Gone OnArrival Location/Address: Lincoln StNarrative:Caller reports two youngindividuals knocked on her door andthen ran away.

Wednesday, August 8, 20180146 Phone - Animal Complaint Could

Not Locate Location/Address:Vernon St Narrative:Caller reports abat in her apartment. Unable to reachthe Animal Control Officer.N664,N678 responded and checkedthe house for the bat but was unableto locate. Resident will call an exter-minator in the morning and shut thedoor to her room for the night.

0257 Initiated - Susp Person AssistedParty Location/Address: Neponset St+ Westview Dr Narrative:Officer re-ports male party sitting on sidewalkyelling. After speaking with party,N669 gave party a courtesy transportto Canton to stay with a friend.

0715 911 - Susp Activity Electic/LightDpt Notifi Location/Address: AzaleaDr Narrative:Caller states she hearda loud bang like a gunshot or possi-bly a transformer. N669 responded,checked the area for blowntransformer.Located on RidgewoodDr. (Squirrel) ELD on scene.

0750 Phone - Animal ComplaintNACO/WACO notified Location/Address: Westover PkwyNarrative:Caller reports an injuredhawk across the street on side of road.N666 responded to confirm. NACOnotified, responded and handledsame.

1058 Phone - Susp Vehicle ServicesRendered Location/Address: UplandRd Narrative: Party checks out.

1241 Phone - WARRANT Of Appre-hension UNSUCCESSFUL SER-VICE Location/Address: Elliot StNarrative:Party was not home.

1835 Phone - Susp Person Spoken ToLocation/Address: Adam And Eve -Bos-Prov Hwy Narrative:Party pos-sibly sleeping in vehicle. Party wasalert, employees satisfied.

2011 Phone - Motor Vehicle Accident*Arrest(S)Made Location/Address:Bos-Prov Hwy + University AveNarrative:NFD notified and re-sponded. Don´ and Wally’s towedMA PC 3HY113 and MA PC6XN617. N665 placed one party un-der arrest and transported him to thestation. Arrest: Aprille, Michael C Ad-dress: 3109 Highland Glen Rd Apt.#109 Westwood, Ma Age: 53Charges: Warrant Arrest

2049 Phone - Motor Vehicle Accident*Report Filed Location/Address:Morse St Narrative:Reports that a boxtruck collided with the Morse Streetbridge. Center Autobody towed MACO S70599. Citation issued. CSX in-spector to respond and assess bridge.

2222 Phone - Disturbance Spoken ToLocation/Address: Dean St + PondAve Narrative:Report of two maleparties yelling somewhere in the area.All parties spoken to, checked OK.Citation issued to operator of MA PC

6RSP94.2334 Walk-In - Stolen Lic Plate *Re-

port Filed Location/Address: Moun-tain Ave Narrative:MA MO 2D4735lost or stolen. Registration enteredinto NCIC.

Thursday, August 9 20180750 Phone - Susp Activity Area Search

Negative Location/Address: PleasantSt + Dean St Narrative:Caller reportsa white male is walking in and out oftraffic at intersection Of Dean St. &Pleasant. and appears to be walkingon Pleasant St. towards Morse.N678,N665 responded.

0859 Phone - Warrant Of Apprehension*Arrest(S)Made Location/Address:Elliot St Narrative:N679 places sub-ject under arrest and then using N663transports her directly to DedhamDistrict Court S/M 80137 0912 Hrs,E/m 80142 0924 Hrs.

0933 Walk-In - Assist Citizen ServicesRendered Location/Address: BrooksBrothers Aluminum - Access Rd ID:Patrol Kevin M JosephNarrative:Party advised on a civil mat-ter. N666 spoke to all parties and thematter was resolved.

1112 Phone - Assist Citizen ServicesRendered Location/Address: Room-ing House - Nahatan StNarrative:Caller believed she foundshotgun shells in her son’s bedroom.N664 reports that they are batteries,all is well.

1524 911 - Lockout Fire Dept Notified/Respo Location/Address: Elliot StNarrative:Child in bathroom.

1627 Phone - Assist Other Agency NoAction Required Location/Address:Norwood Hospital - Washington StNarrative:Combative patient. Matterresolved prior to arrival.

1642 Phone - Hit And Run*Arrest(S)Made Location/Address:Shaws Supermarket - Nahatan StNarrative:Caller reports witnessing ahit and run in the parking lot.Narrative:N679 located the suspectvehicle at 210 Pleasant Street andplaced that party under arrest. N661transported her back to the station. S/M 45453 at at 1710, E/M 45453 at1712. Center Autobody towed MAPC 4MS117. Arrest: Clarke-Hughes,Lynne Claire Address: 11 Lenox AveApt. #2 Norwood, Ma Age: 56Charges: Oui Liquor, 3rd OffenseLeave Scene Of Property Damage

1647 Phone - Well Being Chk SpokenTo Location/Address: Launch Tram-poline Park - Bos-Prov HwyNarrative:Employee believes that amale party in the business is DK.Narrative:Party not intoxicated, has amedical condition that effects his bal-ance.

1918 911 - Susp Person Spoken To Lo-cation/Address: The Dollar Tree Store- Walpole StNarrative:Misunderstanding by thecaller. All parties check out okay.

2035 Phone - Disturbance Services Ren-dered Location/Address: NorwoodHospital - Washington StNarrative:Out of control patient. Of-ficers assisted getting that individualsettled in.

Friday, August 10, 20180000 911 - Assaults *Arrest(S)Made

Location/Address: NEW GROUPHOME - ROXANA STNarrative:Caller reports a new resi-dent out of control at group home andassaulted other residents.N665,N664,NFD responded. Secondcall for an employee with possiblebroken leg. N668,N679 and secondambulance responded. NFD trans-ported female with N664 following.Section 12 faxed over. Second am-bulance transported employee withleg injury.

1129 Walk-In - Found Syringe ServicesRendered Location/Address:Norwood Central Station Building -Broadway St Narrative:N662 prop-erly disposed of same.

1420 Walk-In - Assist Citizen CivilMatter Location/Address: Rock CtNarrative:Resident in lobby wantsson out of the home. N422 assistedN661 with language translation.N422 reports 4 year old issue, bothparties are on the deed, civil matter.

1914 Phone - Animal Complaint Spo-ken To Location/Address: SaundersRd Narrative:Calller reports two dogsare wandering the street and theowner does not have any control ofthem. Both parties were spoken to and

satisfied.1927 Walk-In - Lost And Found Services

Rendered Location/Address: CoakleyMiddle School - Washington StNarrative:Walk in found a set of housekeys in the parking lot.

2155 911 - Susp Activity Spoken ToLocation/Address: Sumner StNarrative:Caller reports kids hangingaround being loud. N661 reports kidswere just walking by.

2209 Phone - Noise Complaint SpokenTo Location/Address: Nichols StNarrative:Caller reports loud partycoming from this residence. N661 re-ports kids were swimming and play-ing music.

2224 Initiated - Assist Citizen SpokenTo Location/Address: Nichols St +Vernon St Narrative:N679 reportsparty at the residence left their trunkopen. N679 spoke to the owner.

2252 Phone - Susp Person TransportedTo Hospital Location/Address: Uni-versity Ave Narrative:Caller reportsa male party laying on the sidewalk.NFD notified.

Saturday, August 11, 20180431 911 - Susp Activity *Report Filed

Location/Address: Dean St +Edgehill Rd Narrative:Resident fromEdgehill Rd. reports a road rage inci-dent. Bolo on S. District for Ma. Reg#6EC319. Area searched byN664,N667,N668,N662,N669. Seereport

0842 Phone - Report Of Gas Leak Po-lice & Fire Notified/R Location/Ad-dress: Central St Narrative:Insidebuilding. Express Pizza notified asthey need to check this building forgas leak also. NFD and gas companyhandled incident.

1439 Phone - Assist Citizen ServicesRendered Call Taker: Dispatcher Jo-seph C Sampson Location/Address:Melville Ave Narrative:Report auntwill not give her her child back afteran overnight visit. N665 reports mis-understanding and child has been re-turned.

2223 Phone - Neighbor DisturbanceSpoken To Location/Address: AvonRd Narrative:Caller reports a neigh-bor was swearing at her because sheasked him to bring his barking dog inthe house. N662 advised that party.

2259 Phone - Assist Citizen ServicesRendered Location/Address: St PaulAve Narrative:Caller reports familymember with dementia, N663 reportsthey are back home all is well.

Sunday, August 120042 911 - Susp Vehicle

*Arrest(S)Made Location/Address:Broadway St Narrative:Caller reportserratic operator hit a light pole andkept driven. N668 locates that vehicleon Broadway Street. N667 returnswith one in custody. NLD and DPWnotified. Vehicle was towed by Cen-ter Auto Body. Arrest: Shuff, MosesAddress: 5 Glover Pl Dorchester, MaAge: 25 Charges: OUI Liquor Negli-gent Operation Of Motor VehicleLeave Scene Of Property DamageMarked Lanes Violation License Sus-pended, Op MV With Drug, PossessClass C, Destruction Of Property+$1200, Wanton C266 §127,OpenContainer Marijuana In Vehicle C94g§13(D)

0148 Phone - Susp Person Spoken ToLocation/Address: Talbot AveNarrative:Caller reports three indi-viduals dressed in black possible wav-ing sparklers around. N665 reportsthat party lives in the neighborhoodjust out for a walk.

0224 911 - Motor Vehicle Accident*Arrest(S)Made Location/Address:Ellis Ave Narrative:MA PC 672BF3.Caller reports party hit a parked ve-hicle and is sleeping behind the wheel.N667 returns with one in custody.Vehicle was towed by Don andWallys. Arrest: Louis, Patrick Ad-dress: 55 David Ter Apt. #16Norwood, Ma Age: 31 Charges: OUILiquor Negligent Operation Of Mo-tor Vehicle

0320 Phone - Animal Complaint Spo-ken To Location/Address:Buckminster Dr Narrative:Caller re-ports a dog has been barking for thelast couple hours. N662 reports spoketo that resident he was just arrivinghome and will address the issue.

0655 911 - Report Of Gas Leak Ser-

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SENIOR NEWS

DEGRAZIOSophie Marie (DiIorio) of Norwood, passed away peacefully sur-

rounded by her loving family on August 11, 2018. Beloved wife of thelate Michael DeGrazio. Lovingmother of Janet DeGrazio and herhusband Joseph Barbara ofMetairie LA, Elaine McGee andher husband Daniel of Sandwichand Michele DeGrazio ofNorwood. Dear sister of EdwardDiIorio of Dedham and the lateLillian DiIorio, Claire Mantovaniand Louis Balboni.

Sophie was a graduate ofRoslindale High School. She was adevout Catholic as a proud com-municant, a member of Sodality andthe Catholic Woman’s Club of St.Catherine of Siena Church. In herspare time, she enjoyed bowling,reading, travelling, crocheting and,especially, spending time with herfamily and friends. Sophie is also

survived by 6 loving grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren as well asmany in-laws, nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. A Visitation willbe held on Thursday from 9:00-10:30 AM in the Gillooly Funeral Home,126 Walpole Street, Norwood, followed by a Mass of Christian Burialat 11:00AM in St. Catherine of Siena Church, 547 Washington Street, Norwood. Interment will follow in Highland Cemetery, Norwood.

In lieu of flowers, Sophie’s family kindly requests donations to bemade in her memory to Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation ”JDRF”,26 Broadway, 14th Floor, New York, NY 10004 or jdrf.org.

IRVINGJoseph E., longtime resident of Norwood, passed away peacefully

on August 4, 2018. He was 90. Raised in Canton, he married the love ofhis life, the late Rita (Kelly) Irving, in 1951. After serving in the KoreanWar, he returned to Norwood where he and Rita raised three daughtersin their boisterous, warmth-filled home on Pleasant St. A deeply lovingand compassionate husband, father, grandfather and friend, he was knownfor his kindness, and ability to host one heck of a poker game. He willbe remembered by his family and friends as a gentleman and a rolemodel. He is survived by his daughters Donna Nolfi and her husbandPhilip of Canton, Denise DeStefano and her husband Joseph of Attleboro,and Dianne Dickson of Attleboro. He is also survived by his grandchil-dren Joseph Dickson and his husband John Livingston, Kevin Dicksonand his wife Megan, David DeStefano and his wife Kristy, DianneDeStefano and Joseph DeStefano. In his final days, he often remem-bered his sisters the late Margaret Anderson and Marion Keelan, andhis in-laws Gerard Anderson and the late John Kelly, Sister Irene Kelly,and William Kelly. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 9:00 a.m.on Thursday, August 9 at St. Catherine of Siena Church, 547 Washing-ton Street, Norwood. All guests, please go directly to the church. Inter-ment will follow at Highland Cemetery, Norwood. Funeral services byGillooly Funeral Home, 126 Walpole Street, NORWOOD. In lieu offlowers, memorial contributions may be made to Hope Hospice, 1085North Main St., Providence, RI 02904 or online atwww.hopehealthco.org

KIRBY Stephen, 54, of Norwood, formerly of Westwood, died unexpect-

edly, from diabetes complications, in his home, July 30, 2018. “Stevie”was born February 25, 1964 in Brighton MA to Dorothy and “Butchie”

Kirby. He was the devoted brotherof the late Diane Kirby, the latePatrick Kirby, and survived by Pauland Roger Kirby. “Stevie’s” earlyyears were spent in Brighton MAwhere Stephen was a member ofthe St. Columbkille Parish. In theearly seventies, his family movedto High Street in Westwood. Overthe years, his family enjoyed va-cationing in York Beach Maine. When at home in Westwood“Stevie” enjoyed many summerdays and nights at the reservoirwhere he was surrounded byfriends and family. “Stevie”graduated from Westwood High

School in 1982. After graduation he worked as a cook at Bergson’swhere his mother worked as a waitress. He and his father started abusiness together known as “We Do Windows”. “Stevie continued asowner and operator of “We Do Windows” until complications from dia-betes made it impossible for him to do so any longer. “Steve’s interestsincluded family, cooking, cars and music. He always looked forwardto the car shows at Bass Outlet in Wrentham. He would walk across theentire lot, often times on crutches, hoping to catch a peek at the GTO hedreamed of. In the kitchen, “Stevie” could whip up a four course mealeven when the cabinets were bare. He was known best for his home-made french-fries. He would listen to any kind of music, but Rock-n-Roll was in his heart. His favorite bands included Pink Floyd, Led Zep-pelin and Bad Company to name a few. But when he cooked he liked tolisten to Bob Marley. Funeral by the Gillooly Funeral Home, Norwood.

SUSTAINABILITY SERIESTO FOCUS ON CLIMATE Change The fall 2018 Sustainability Series at theMorrill Memorial Library, presented by Together Yes,will explore the all-important topic of climate change.The four-part series will begin on Wednesday, Sep-tember 12 at 6:30 p.m. with a program on ClimateChange and Pollution. Volunteers from ProgressNorwood will share their accomplishments andplanned initiatives to make our community sustain-able and to reverse some of the harmful effects hu-man activities have had on the planet. To sign up forthis discussion, please call 781-769-0200, x110,email [email protected], or stop by the libraryReference or Information Desk.

GENTLE CHAIR YOGAHow does yoga work? Spend a relaxing, fun, and

informative hour with physician yogi Dr. Hari Kirinas she presents, “Calm, with Energy: How YogaWorks,” on Wednesday August 29 at 7:00 pm. Learn

how we are actually more “wired” for relaxation thanfor stress, and experience “chair yoga” and medita-tion tools for everyday use. This low key class is foranyone. No mats or pretzel postures, just learning,breathing, moving, (and a few laughs) in a chair. Wearcomfortable clothing and bring a bottle of water ifyou’d like; space is limited. Please register by call-ing 781-769-0200 x110, [email protected], or visiting the Referenceor Information Desk.

AUTHOR VISIT ANDRAKHI CRAFT PROGRAM

New England author Nandini Bajpai will visit theMorrill Memorial Library for a book talk, story time,craft program on Tuesday August 21 at 3:30 pm inthe library’s Simoni Room. Nandini Bajpai is an au-thor of books for children and teens such as “RedTurban White Horse,” “Starcursed,” “Rishi and theKarmic Cat,” and “Let’s Make Some Juice.” Origi-

ARTS & CRAFTS: Offeredevery first Thursday of eachmonth at 11:00 AM.

BINGO: Every Wednesday,from 12:45 PM to 3:00 PM,$5.00 to get started. We havebegun a new game, for $1.00,with a winner take all prize! Youmust be here by 12:45 PM to playthe new game!

BLOOD PRESSURECLINIC: Walpole VNA will beavailable for blood pressurescreening on the first Wednesdayof each month. Ellis NursingHome will offer blood pressurescreening on the 2nd Wednesdayof each month. The WalpoleVNA will provide blood pressurescreening on the third Wednesdayof each month at 11:30 AM.

BOOK CLUB: Our nextBook Club will be meeting onAug. 20, at the senior center.

BRIDGE: Our Bridge Clubmeets on Thursdays at 9:00 AM,in the Library.

CRIBBAGE:Our seniorsmeet every Monday at 12:45 PMto play cribbage. New Class on

Fridays at 12:45 (except the 4thFriday)

FOOT DOCTOR: Dr.Michael Mitri is scheduled to behere on Aug. 10,. $35.00 charge-call to schedule an appointment.

FRIENDS EVENINGDANCE: August 17, 7:00 PM -10:00 PM The DB Band.

H A N D C R A F T E R S :Handcrafters meet every Mondayfrom 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM.

LEARN TO PLAY MAHJONG -Thursdays and Fridays at12:30 PM.

LINE DANCE Classes areheld each Tuesday. Class will beheld from 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM.

MAH JONG:Mah Jongplayers meet Monday, Wednes-day, and Friday 10:00 AM -Noon.

MANICURES: August 24,9:00 AM - 1:00 PM.

MASSAGE THERAPIST:Karen Tracy is here on the firstMonday of each month. Pleasesign up at front desk. Massagesare $30.00 for half an hour. Willresume in Sept.

NORWOOD RETIREDMEN’S CLUB: The Board ofDirectors meets on the 1st Tues-day of each month at 10:30 AM,at the Senior Center. The ClubMembership meets the 2ndTuesday of each month at theNorwood Elks Lodge, at 10:00AM.

SCRABBLE: Thursday af-ternoons at 1:00 PM. Come andjoin us for a game.

SHINE: We have two SHINECounselors. Carole is here to helpyou with your medical insuranceneeds on Tuesdays from 10:00AM. - 2:00 PM. Jill will be hereon Fridays from 10:00 AM - 2:00PM Please call 781-762-1201 foran appointment.

TAP DANCE-Thursdays at11:15 AM. All levels are wel-come and encouraged to join thefun.

WHIST: Whist players meeton Tuesdays at 12:45 PM, in thelibrary.

WHIST PARTY: Whist par-ties will be held on the 4th Fridayof each month 12:45 PM - 3:00 PM.


The Record Book

Prayer to the Blessed Virgin(Never known to fail!)

Oh, most beautiful flower of Mt.Carmel, fruitful vine, splendor ofHeaven, Blessed Mother of the Sonof God, Immaculate Virgin, assist mein this necessity. Oh Star of the Sea,help me and show me herein you aremy mother. Oh Holy Mary, Motherof God, Queen of Heaven and Earth,I humbly beseech thee from thebottom of my heart to succor me inmy necessity (make request). Thereare none that can withstand yourpower. Oh Mary, conceived withoutsin, pray for us who have recourse tothee (three times). Holy Mary, I placethis cause in your hands (threetimes). Say this prayer for threeconsecutive days and then you mustpublish and it will be granted to you.

Grateful thanks. —A.C.C.

Prayer to the Blessed Virgin(Never known to fail!)

Oh, most beautiful flower of Mt.Carmel, fruitful vine, splendor ofHeaven, Blessed Mother of the Sonof God, Immaculate Virgin, assist mein this necessity. Oh Star of the Sea,help me and show me herein you aremy mother. Oh Holy Mary, Motherof God, Queen of Heaven and Earth,I humbly beseech thee from thebottom of my heart to succor me inmy necessity (make request). Thereare none that can withstand yourpower. Oh Mary, conceived withoutsin, pray for us who have recourse tothee (three times). Holy Mary, I placethis cause in your hands (threetimes). Say this prayer for threeconsecutive days and then you mustpublish and it will be granted to you.

Grateful thanks. —B.T.F.

Miracle PrayerDear Heart of Jesus, in the pastI have asked You for manyfavours. This time, I ask youthis very special one (mentionfavour). Take it, dear Heart ofJesus, and place it within Yourown broken heart where YourFather sees it. Then, in Hismerciful eyes, it will becomeYour favour, not mine. Amen.Say for three days, promisepublication and favour will begranted.

Grateful thanks. —B.T.F.

Prayer to St. AnthonyO Holy St. Anthony, gentlest of

Saints, your love for God and charityfor His creatures, made you worthy,when on earth, to possess miraculouspowers,

Miracles waited on your word,which you were ever ready to speak forthose in trouble or anxiety. Encouragedby this thought, I implore you to obtainfor me (request). The answer to myprayer may require a miracle. Even so,you are the Saint of Miracles.

O gentle and loving St. Anthony,whose heart was ever full of humansympathy, whisper my petition into theears of the Sweet Infant Jesus who lovedto be folded in your arms; and thegratitude of my heart will ever be yours.Amen.

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be.—B.T.F.

SUMMER TEA PARTYThe United Church of Norwood women’s group

is hosting a Summer Tea Party to benefit “Bloom—APlace for Girls in Crisis” a program for girls age 12-17. A division of “Teen Challenge”, all are invited toattend this event on Saturday, August 18, at 11:00 amin the church fellowship hall. Cost is $10.00 per per-son, cash payable at the door. While enjoying tea, re-freshments and fellowship, you will hear inspiring tes-timonies from girls in the program.

HELP FOR GIRLS AT BLOOMA 3-5 month faith-based residential program,

BLOOM is a place where girls can receive help, hopeand freedom in a safe environment through Biblicalcounseling, a Christian curriculum and compassion-ate 24/7 care.

The church is located in Norwood center at thecorner of Washington and Nahatan Streets. Enter thehall via Nahatan Street. Please RSVP the church of-fice if you would like to attend at 781-762-2589.

HOSPICE VOLUNTEERS NEEDEDSalmon VNA and Hospice is looking for caring,

compassionate individuals to join our volunteer team.You will touch lives in extraordinary ways throughthis community service opportunity. We are lookingfor volunteers to visit hospice patients living in Cen-tral and Metro West cities and towns and also ourNursing Facilities in Northbridge, Northborough,Worcester, Westborough, Natick and Sharon. Individu-als of all ages and backgrounds are welcome, and noprevious hospice or health care experience is needed.As a hospice volunteer, you’ll spend a couple of hourseach week providing friendly companionship to oneof our patients in their home. Time spent reading abook, writing a letter, hand massaging, relievingcaregivers or sitting bedside during vigil visits en-hances the quality of life of hospice patients. Your visitcan touch the lives of others and offer a caregiver amuch-needed break. Donations of flower arrange-ments, blankets, music, or other sensory items are alsowelcome.

If you would like more information about this topic,please contact Sydney Champoux at 508-422-1837 oremail at [email protected].

PARKWAY CONCERTORCHESTRA OPENINGS

Parkway Concert Orchestra is a 50 piece commu-nity orchestra under the musical direction ofGeneviève Leclair which performs classical and popsselections six times per year in multiple locationsaround the southwest suburbs of Boston. The orchestrarehearses on Mondays from 7:30 to 9:30 at First Con-gregational Church, 100 Winter Street, Norwood. Thefall season begins on September 10, preparing for con-certs on October 28 and December 2 and 9. Possibil-ity of soloist opportunities for members who are soinclined. There are openings for all positions withemphasis on violin, viola, string bass, oboe, bassoon,trumpet and piano. Experienced volunteer musiciansare invited to contact us to attend open rehearsals onSeptember 10 and 17. Please call 781-444-5041 oremail [email protected].

NORWOOD FAMILY FLICKThe next Norwood Family Flick will be Thursday

Aug. 16 at Father Mac Pool Bring chairs, blanketsand a picnic dinner or snacks and enjoy a great familymovie night under the stars. Movie will be familyfriendly and start at dusk. To be respectful to our neigh-bors, please park your vehicle at the Savage Center.FREE! Time: Sundown.

CONCERTS ON THE COMMONFAVORITES CONTINUES

August brings the return of several favorites Aug.20 is Oberlaendler Hofbrau Band and ending the sea-son on Aug. 26 is Dan Gabel and the Abletones. Formore information please call the Norwood Town Hallat 781.762.1240 or visit http://www.norwoodma.gov/.

LITTLE MUSTANGS PRESCHOOLACADEMY OPENINGS FOR SEPTEMBER

Four-year-old children that will be turning 5 in Sep-tember, October, November, December, four-and-a-half days per-week Openings on Monday, Tuesday,Thursday, Friday 8:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. and Wednes-day 8:30-11 a.m. If your child missed the kindergar-ten cut-off this is the program for you! 4-year-old chil-dren four afternoons a week Openings Monday, Tues-day, Thursday, Friday noon-2:30 p.m. This scheduleis perfect for the child that loves to do local activitiesin the morning and preschool in the afternoon! 3-year-old children openings two or three days per-week 8:30-11 a.m., this is a good way to introduce preschool funto your 3-year-old child.

(781) 769-1725To advertise, call


Police Logs continued from page 8Library continued from page 9nally from New Delhi, most ofNandini’s books have been pub-lished in India, but her next book,“A Match Made in Mehendi,”willbe published by Little, Brown &Co next Spring.

Nandini’s program will takeplace before one of her favoritefestivals: RakshaBandhan.RakshaBandhan is the festival ofsibling love celebrated across In-dia, and in 2018 it falls on Sun-day August 26. Nandini will helpus celebrate by leading a craftwhere we make Rakhi bracelets togive as gifts. And, if the attendeesare interested, Nandini will evengive us a storytime!

All materials will be providedfor the Rakhi craft and all ages arewelcome. Registration is required.To sign up, please call 781-769-0200 x225, email

[email protected], or visit thelibrary.

THE ANCIENT ARTOF NORTHERN INDIA

The Morrill Memorial Libraryin Norwood is excited to an-nounce a presentation and work-shop with New England artist andart instructor, Sunanda Sahay onThursday August 23 at 6:30 pm.Sunanda will be leading us on ajourney through the history andcreation of Mithila art. Mithila, orMadhubani, art is the ancient andtraditional art form of NorthernIndia, originally practiced bywomen and transferred to theirdaughters as a closely guardedsecret, depicting mainly mytho-logical stories and rites and ritu-als of daily life. The main themeis densely surrounded by nature

and birds, making them integralmotifs to the style. The eveningwill start with a presentation aboutMadhubani art and then Sunandawill lead the class in creating theirown samples to take home.

All materials will be pro-vided and space is limited. Reg-istration is required and all agesare welcome. To sign up, pleasecall the library at 781-769-0200x110, [email protected], orvisit the Reference or Informa-tion Desk.

“The Ancient Art of North-ern India” is brought to you withfederal funds provided by the In-stitute of Museum and LibraryServices and administered by theMassachusetts Board of LibraryCommissioners. This program ispart of Norwood’s Global Vil-lage, a grant being funded by theLibrary Services and TechnologyAct.

vices Rendered Location/Address: Maple St Narrative:Caller re-ports strong odor of gas. NFD notified.

1052 Cellular - Complaint Of MV Spoken To Location/Address:Pleasant St Narrative:Report MA PC 6ZE254 swerving, almosthit caller driving them off road,throwing trash. N666 spoke to allparties, no contact was made between vehicles, parties advised.

1643 Initiated - Noise Complaint Spoken To Location/Address:Tremont St + Hartford St Narrative:Caller reports loud music inthe area. N670 reports they are have a gathering but the noise istolerable.

1706 Phone - Noise Complaint Spoken To Location/Address: Up-land Woods Cir Narrative:Caller reports loud music coming fromthe building. N666 reports spoke to that party and they were ad-vised.

1952 Phone - Assist Citizen Spoken To Location/Address:COAKLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL - WASHINGTON STNarrative:DPW employee calls about people playing soccer onthe field and there should not be anyone on the fields due to pes-ticide application. N662 spoke to those individuals the are mov-ing on.

2001 Phone - Well Being Chk Spoken To Location/Address: WinslowAve Narrative:Caller reports party sitting on the sidewalk. N666and N667 spoke with that party she was sent on her way.

2016 Initiated - Warrant Service Services Rendered Location/Ad-dress: Cameron Rd Narrative:No one at that residence by that fitsthat individuals description.


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O’MARAMichael J. Greatly Loved 30,

of Amherst, NH, died suddenly onAugust 8, 2018. He was born inNorwood, MA on March 23, 1988,a beloved son of James M.O’Mara, Jr. and Patricia A. (Ralph)O’Mara of Amherst, NH. Michaelgraduated from Bishop GuertinHigh School, Class of 2007 andearned his degree in accountingfrom Suffolk University in 2011.Michael made his home in Amherstfor most of his life. He was cur-rently employed by the Taggart IceCompany, Nashua, NH and for-merly had worked for AmherstPaint, LLC, for many years. Heloved working on his truck, en-joyed hiking, kayaking and thesimple pleasure of being outdoors.He was a loyal son, brother, grand-son, nephew, cousin, and friend.He was the kind of friend that, ifyou asked for the time, he wouldgive you his watch. Michael waspredeceased by his paternal grand-parents, James and BarbaraO’Mara. In addition to his parents,family members include two sis-ters and a brother, Alyssa O’Mara,Shannon O’Mara and PatrickO’Mara, all of Amherst; his mater-nal grandparents, William andPatricia Ralph of Dedham, MA;and many aunts, uncles and cous-ins. Funeral by the Smith & HealdFuneral Home, 63 Elm Street,Milford. A mass of Christian burialwas held at St. John NeumannChurch, Merrimack, NH. Burialwill be private. In lieu of flowers,donations may be made to New Fu-

tures, 10 Ferry St., Concord, NH03301. To share a memory or of-fer a condolence, please go towww.smith-heald.com

RYANMary Jane Of Scottsdale, AZ,

formerly of Portsmouth, NH,passed away on July 30, 2018 inVancouver, WA after a courageousbattle with ALS. She was thedaughter of the late Edward andBarbara Ryan. She is survived byher children, Steven Ryan and hiswife Shannon of Norwood, Ohioand Katt Kennedy and her husbandKitty of Vancouver, WA. She isalso survived by her siblings, Bar-bara Timmons of Ipswich, MA,Edward and his wife Nancy ofKensington, NH, Robert and hiswife Joan of S. Yarmouth, MA,Catherine Olson and her husbandJames of Surfside Beach, SC andPaul of West Roxbury, MA. She isalso survived by her grandsonJames Ryan, nieces, nephews,grand nieces and grand nephews.Funeral services were private. Do-nations in her memory can be madeto the Ray Hickey House inVancouver, WA.

VALENTINASHenry Wells, ME - Henry

Reinhold Valentinas of Wells, ME,formerly of Wellesley, MA died onJuly 23rd at his home in Wells af-ter a brave battle with cancer withhis wife of 51 years, Pamela (néeRowell), and son Matthew EdwardRowell Valentinas by his side. Mr.Valentinas, aka Hank, was born onJanuary 27, 1938 to Andrius andAleksandra (nee Augys) Valentinas

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in Radviliskis, Lithuania. His fam-ily fled the Soviet occupation of1941 to avoid certain exile to Si-beria and further endured years inlabor camps for the duration ofWWII. They were liberated byBritish Forces in 1945. After wait-ing for American approval in Dis-placed Person camps for anothersix years, Henry finally immigratedwith his family from the port ofBremen, Germany to the US in1951. In Massachusetts, Hank dis-covered a lifelong love for hockeyand quickly became an avid Bos-ton Bruins fan. While playing forthe Norwood High Mustangs,Hank won the Bay State LeagueHigh Scorer Award in 1956 and co-captained the 1957 Bay StateLeague Championship team earn-ing him a chance to skate on theBoston Garden ice and meet hishero Milt Schmidt. Hank attendedNortheastern University on ahockey scholarship and laterearned a B.F.A. from the New En-gland College of Art. When he re-turned from 3 years of service inthe United States Army, he workedin advertising and publishing inBoston before opening his ownbusiness, Mediagraphics, in Cam-bridge and Newton, MA. Upon re-tirement he and his wife movedpermanently to their longtime sum-mer home in the Moody Point sec-tion of Wells. Beside his parents,he was predeceased by his sister,Leontina (Lily) ValentinasKuzmeskas and nephew AndrewKuzmeskas. He is survived by twonephews, Mark Kuzmeskas andwife Kim, and their 2 daughters ofWrentham, MA as well asTheodore Kuzmeskas of Milford,MA and his 2 sons; Cousins Irena,Victoria, and Regina Valentin of

Glendale, California; and cousinsOtto and Andreas Schaudin ofGera/Thur, Germany and JoachimSchaudin of Siegen, Germany. Ser-vices are private with a Celebra-tion of Life planned for the fall. Inlieu of flowers, the family requestsdonations in Henry’s name be sentto The York Hospice, 127 LongSands Road, York, ME 03909. Thefamily wishes to express their grati-tude for the compassionate caregiven by the staff of the York Hos-pice and Dr. Peter Georges of YorkOncology. Arrangements are byDirect Cremation of the Seacoast,Hampton, NH. Please visit www.DirectCremationSeacoast.com toexpress condolences and memo-ries.

WOODS MAUREEN A. (Cassidy)

“Moe”, 65, entered into eternal rest

o nMonday, July 30, 2018, at St.Elizabeth’s Hospital, Brighton,MA, after a long illness. She was

born September 29, 1952, and wasthe loving and much-loved daugh-ter of the late Thomas, Sr., andJeanne (Hanlon) Cassidy. She wasthe wife of Joseph Woods.Maureen was a life-long residentof Norwood, MA. Affectionatelyknown as ‘Moe’ to her family andclose friends, she worked for manyyears at Polaroid Corporation inNorwood and at Roche Brothersgrocery store in Westwood. Shewas baptized and attended churchat St. Catherine’s of Siena inNorwood and graduated from thePeabody School of Norwood HighSchool. A devoted mother andgrandmother, she loved her familyand doted on her granddaughterFaith, who resided with her.Maureen is survived by her daugh-ters, Justine Bernado of WestSpringfield, Heather Woods ofNorwood, Kelly Caso of NH, andher son Joseph Woods of NH; hergranddaughters, Faith Oaks,Addison Bernado, Holli Woodsand Bryana Motto; her grandsons,Zachary Woods and Joseph Caso;her sisters, Kathy Cassidy-Gerhardof PA, Margaret Hanlon ofFranklin, Jeanne Kraus of TX, andChristine (Cassidy) Silva ofTaunton; her brothers, ThomasCassidy, Jr. of Norfolk, MichaelCassidy of Edgartown, RobertCassidy of RI, James Cassidy ofCA and Stephen Cassidy ofTaunton, and her many nieces andnephews. The family entrustedKraw-Kornack Funeral Home,1248 Washington St., Norwood,with the funeral arrangements. Inlieu of flowers Donations may bemade in her name to the MuscularDystrophy Association may bemade in Maureen’s name @ https://mda.org/make-a-donation

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