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(L to R): Jerome Issa, Brenna Clark, Max Issa, and Ada Issa search for trash to bag in the woods behind the Oldham School. Clean upsoccurred over 11 different parks and school grounds throughout the Town on Sunday morning in honor of Earth Day.

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Attorney David Hern (writing on a notepad) and Vice President Michael Clemmey of Boch Automotive (sitting next to Hern) wait withthe rest of the audience for the Planning Board decision on the Town Meeting zoning change article for undeveloped land on MorseStreet.


The Planning Board met on Mondayevening, April 23 in the Willet Room ofthe Civic Center (165 Nahatan St). Itsmain agenda item was the deliberationof a proposed zoning map amendmentsubmitted as an article on this May’sSpecial Town Meeting warrant.

The article – already on the warrantper an earlier Board of Selectmen vote –concerns a proposed zoning map amend-ment for seven acres of undeveloped land(except for a fenced school bus lot) bor-dered on four sides by Morse Street, theNeponset River, the ball field behind the

Balch School, and the dead ends of SaintJohn, Saint Joseph, and Saint Paul Av-enues.

The amendment, petitioned by SouthNorwood residents led by Michael Saad,seeks to change the zoning of the land –which is owned by Bruce Comenitz – frommanufacturing to residential.

The article came about as an attemptto prevent Boch Automotive from pur-chasing the land – for which it has a pend-ing agreement – and potentially turning itinto a car storage lot.

Although the article had already beenvoted onto the warrant by the Selectmen,state law requires that the Planning Boardmake a report to Town Meeting regard-

ing any proposed changes to the zon-ing bylaw, once a public hearing hasbeen held on the issue.

This hearing – stretching over thebetter part of two meetings and sev-eral hours, during which many speak-ers voiced their largely favorable opin-ions regarding the article – was closedduring the April 9 meeting. Board,however, did not vote on it, leading tothis past Monday night.

Although there were not as manypeople present in the audience as therehad been during the packed hearing,nearly 50 people did crowd into the

The Forbes Hill Task Force gath-ered in the Willet Room of the CivicCenter (165 Nahatan St.) for its bi-weekly meeting on Thursday, April 19.It drew an audience of approximately15 people for a session that stretchedout to an hour and three quarters.

As at the prior Task Force meeting,a guest expert was invited to speak.This time, it was Norwood Bank Presi-dent and CEO John Galvani, asked –as Chairman William Plasko put it inhis introduction – to share his insightand perspective on the financial mar-ket in relation to residential and com-mercial construction in the area.

In an informal presentation/ques-tion and answer session, Galvanishared some of what he has experi-enced financing different develop-ments and related them to the Forbesproperty.

“What we’ve been seeing – prob-ably in the last 10 years – is more of amixed use, especially with a projectthis big, with 20 something acres,”Galvani started off, before giving acouple of comparable examples, inwhich uses of the land included – forone – an over 55 and assisted livingcombination and – for the other – as-sisted living, combined with indepen-dent living, and a critical careAlzheimer’s unit, as well as 17 singlefamily homes.

This past Sunday morning, in 11 dif-ferent playgrounds throughout the Town,there was some heavy cleaning going onin honor of Earth Day.

The Playground and Park Clean Up,put on by Progress Norwood – in coop-eration with Subaru of New England (whodid their work along a stretch of Route 1)– drew more than 100 volunteers to thegrounds of every school in Norwood and

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Forbes Hill continued from page 1Referring to the Forbes prop-erty in relation to these com-parable examples, Galvanisaid that “something that’s laidout like this might make sensefor a builder to come in and doa couple of different things.”

An option that Galvani keptreturning to was 55 and olderhousing. This type of housing– saturating the market 10years ago – has more or lessdried up as inventory has fi-nally been consumed after theeconomic downturn “so, all ofa sudden, age restriction is thehot thing. Banks are financingit, people are buying it, so Ithink – as a component of thisproject – over 55 would makesense and would be attractiveto a bank to be able to finance,”although he cautioned againsttoo large a single use develop-ment, which would create ad-ditional risk on the investment.

Throughout Galvani’s 20minute talk, members of theTask Force had a steady streamof questions and comments forhim, with many of his re-sponses rounding back to thefinancial benefits of mixedresidential use for the Forbesland.

After Galvani’s talk, Plaskohanded out a copy of a 2015appraisal of the Forbes siteprepared for Davis Marcus thatfocuses on potential commer-

cial and residential develop-ments for it.

While acknowledging thatit was an old appraisal and that– as it was done to get a taxabatement – “you can probablyadd at least 20 percent to allof the numbers that are inhere,” Plasko still consideredit worthwhile from the per-spective of the different devel-opment possibilities outlined,although he acknowledged that– with market changes – thosenumbers may also be off.

The Task Force spent abouta half an hour discussing andfine tuning the survey to besent out to Town residents re-garding the Forbes property. Ifthe surveys are to be sent outwith the next Norwood Lightbill, the deadline to have themready would be by May 4.

At the conclusion of thediscussion, the motion wasmade and approved to turn thesurvey over to the PlanningDepartment in order to makethe final preparations to sendit out.

Town Planner PaulHalkiotis also updated the TaskForce on the easement situa-tion for the property. Aftermeeting with Assistant TownEngineer Andy Murphy, it wasdetermined that the Town wouldneed water and electric ease-ments, and possibly a drainage

one from the owner of the Mer-cer property. Murphy is re-searching exactly where the util-ity lines in question run.

Halkiotis also informed thegroup that the owner of the Mer-cer property will likely also needsome easements from the Townand that he had, in fact, gottenin contact with the owner to talkabout them and about access is-sues for the property, particu-larly having to do with the prop-erty line running down themiddle of the road leading up tothe Mansion from InvestorsWay.

“He said that he was willingto work with the Town,”Halkiotis reported. “We’re go-ing to have to work out the lo-gistics: he’s in New York City.But he said that they’re willingto talk and eventually they’llprobably have to get their attor-neys involved, but it was a good,positive conversation. The doorhas now been opened. They saidthey’d be willing to discuss allof these issues with us.”

There was also some discus-sion regarding opening the Es-tate to a public tour, although adate for this was not determinedat the meeting.

The next Forbes Hill TaskForce meeting is scheduled for7 p.m. on Thursday, May 3 inthe community room of the Po-lice and Fire Station.

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Selectmen vote toincrease building fees


The Board of Selectmengathered in Room 34 of TownHall on Tuesday evening for itsweekly meeting, which fea-tured two appointments and athird guest for a matter of newbusiness.

Building Inspector MarkChubet appeared before theBoard regarding new businessbrought by Town ManagerTony Mazzucco regarding anincrease in proposed buildingfees.

As the Board had requested,Mazzucco and Chubet prepareda proposal to increase fees withMazzucco commenting that ithad been more than 10 yearssince building fees had gone up“so we’re a little behind thetimes on it.” He added that,even with the proposed in-creases taking effect,Norwood’s would still be inline with other comparabletowns’ fees.

“All we’re proposing, thebulk of the fee is the new resi-dential construction fee wouldgo from $10 per $1,000 to $11per $1,000. The commercialfee, currently $15 per $1,000,would go to $16 per $1,000.”

Mazzucco went on to saythat they were looking to addtwo new categories, “and thatwould be for new residentialconstruction at three units orabove would be charged at thecommercial rate. Currently it’scharged at the residential rate,so that would go to the $16 per$1,000 rate.”

The second new categorywould be for residential alter-ations or additions, currentlycharged at a residential rate, butwhich would be charged at thecommercial rate at four units orabove.

“Therefore, if you had a500-unit apartment complex,that would mean that it’s overthose four units, that would getcharged at the commercial rate.A roof repair or a new roof overmultiple buildings over hun-dreds of units would end upcosting quite a bit of money andthe complexity for the inspec-tors would end up being higher,so we would peg that at fourunits or above paying the com-mercial rate.”

Other small increases wouldinclude occupancy permits, re-inspection rates, signs, sheetmetal, demolition, pools andwhen work is started without apermit.

Mazzucco plans on bringinga simplified price listing some-time in the near future.

The motion was approvedunanimously. Fees become ef-fective April 25, 2018.

Norwood Light Superinten-dent James Collins and Broad-band Division Manager DarrylHanson also went before theBoard to submit their monthly

reports.Collins – citing last year’s

relatively cool summer leadingto lower amounts collected,brought up the possibility of arate increase and requested ahearing to discuss this in moredetail.

He also recommended thatrate stabilization funds be re-tained in order to maintain thecurrent bond rating.

“Standard & Poor’s was notreal happy with the level of ourreserve. They’d to see a littlemore reserve…” Collins said.

There is currently $3.9 mil-lion in the account but Collinsestimated that the preferredamount for the ratings servicewould prefer somewhere in the$8 million to $10 million range.

The motion was approved toschedule the hearing for May22.

Hanson announced a post-ponement to previously-sched-uled Broadband maintenancework until May 24. As a resultof this maintenance work beingdone, if a customer does nothave a set top box for their TVset, they will have to auto-tunein order to restore their televi-sion channels.

DPW Director/Town Engi-neer Mark Ryan went before theSelectmen to submit hismonthly report for the Depart-ment of Public Works.

“This weekend, we workedwith the Earth Day eventpeople on the first Earth Dayevent in Norwood, and it was– in my opinion – a tremen-dous success. Shout out to tworepresentat ives fromProgress Norwood: KatieNeal-Rizzo and John Aprea –as well as Catherine Delaneyof Subaru New England –who put this all together.”

Ryan went on to say howinspiring it all was.

“They met early in themorning on Sunday and wentto 11 different sites in theTown of Norwood and startedcollecting trash. They had229 volunteers, they col-lected 168 bags of trashthroughout Town. It was re-ally cool to see that. Thenthey all came back to theCommon.”

Summing up Norwood’sfirst Earth Day, he had this tosay:

“It was a great success andwe look forward to next yearbeing even better.”

In response to this report,Paul Bishop thanked Ryanand the DPW for removingall of the Earth Day trash,while also recommendingthat Progress Norwood mem-bers Katie Neal-Rizzo andJohn Aprea be invited to“come before the Board, ex-plain how this all came aboutand what is their future, andwhat can we do – as theBoard of Selectmen – to helpthem.

The motion was made andunanimously approved to ex-tend invitations to Neal-Rizzo, Aprea, and Delaney togo before the Board of Se-lectmen for the purposeBishop described.

In other DPW news:Concrete was poured on

Tuesday for the base of thestatue donated by Bank ofNorwood and dedicated toformer General ManagerJohn Carroll. The statue –when it arrives and is placed– will be on the Town Halllawn at the corner of NahatanStreet and Central Street.

Construction on the Coun-cil on Aging/Norwood Com-munity Media van garage atthe Senior Center is ongoing,with the foundation dug andconcrete scheduled to bepoured next week.

Ryan also announced thatthe winter equipment has fi-nally been cleaned and putaway until October, with thefocus now to open the 24 ath-letic fields in Town for busi-ness.

The Engineering Depart-ment also completed surveywork on Tuesday for a sewerreplacement project happeningon Rock Street that is part of asewer lining project.

Responding to a question fromChairman Thomas Maloney,Ryan also announced that the OldParish Preservation Committeewill be at the Old Parish Cem-etery on Saturday, April 28 fix-ing and improving the graves inneed of attention.

The Board of Selectmen nextmeet on Tuesday May 1 at 7 p.m.


Earth Day continued from page 1

Planning Board continued from page 1Willet Room to hear PlanningBoard members deliberateamongst themselves regardingtheir thoughts on the article.

Chairman Joseph Sheehanstarted things off by addressingthe fact that this zoning changepetition had been taken up by athird party with no ownership in-terest in the property and withoutthe owner’s initial knowledge orapproval, a point that – along withthe concept of fairness – wouldgo on to center the Board’s delib-eration.

“As far as changing the zon-ing from manufacturing to gen-eral residence, in general I wouldnot have a problem with thatmyself if the owner of the prop-erty was onboard, and I find thatproblematic,” Sheehan stated. “Ithink there was a comment bysomeone who pointed out thatthey thought that it was very un-fair. Besides being unfair, theremay be legal repercussions thatthe parties who are preparing todo something down there – some-thing we don’t have a plan for yet– may also have legal recourse(for).”

Debbie Holmwood – re-sponding first to Sheehan’sopening remarks – arguedagainst his idea.

“I have a problem with ev-erybody saying it’s not fair. Idon’t think fair or unfair is theissue. I think it’s legal, and aboutwhat we’re allowed and not al-lowed to do.” She went into thespecifics of her position. “Thething that I’m having the prob-lem with is this: I think that what-ever the Board decides, it’s notour article… It’s an articlebrought by citizens who got it onthe warrant.”

Her concern, she went on toexplain, was that the PlanningBoard, in taking any position onthis article that wasn’t theirs,would still have “a certainamount of influence at TownMeeting.”

After confirming with TownPlanner Paul Halkiotis the optionof making no finding on the ar-ticle, Holmwood proposed thisto her colleagues as a way of re-moving the Board from the de-cision making process.

Paciorkowski, who spoke

next, disagreed with Holmwood.“It’s not our article, but we’re

asked to give a recommendation,and we’ve held public hearings.”He then spoke of fairness in adifferent context. “I think we, asa Board, owe it to the people whoelected us to make a decision – atough one or an easy one, eitherway – but I think we owe it tothe people who elected us tomake a decision.”

Paciorkowski spoke ofchanging outdated zoning – anargument presented more thanonce during the hearing in sup-port of the article – as it relatedto the Morse Street property.

“Should we look at parcelsthat maybe are zoned wrong bytoday’s uses? Yeah. Probably.And maybe this is one of thoseproperties. But we didn’t do it.And, to be fair, now that theowner has an opportunity to dosomething with it, do we want totake that away from him? I cer-tainly wouldn’t want that to hap-pen to me. I think it’s bad prac-tice to get into.”

Al Porro agreed. “One of thethings that concerns me about

this is the right of the person whoowns this. And by going aroundthat person, I see it as a mistreat-ment of this individual and I can’tsupport this article.”

The arguments presented(Robert Bamber was the only onewho chose not to comment), themotion was made byPaciorkowski for an unfavorablerecommendation on the article.

This motion was approved 4-1, with Bamber in opposition.

As the crowd filed out qui-etly but not silently, randomvoices rose from the murmurs.

“We’ll see you at Town Meet-ing.”

“Just remember who they arecome election time.”

“It’s not over.”“Shame on you! Shame on

you!”“It is what it is.”In the hallway where the

crowd lingered and becamelouder as the meeting continuedin the now empty Willet Room,Michael Saad sounded optimis-tic.

“We’re going to crush it atTown Meeting.”

several other municipal play-grounds.

According to ProgressNorwood volunteer/organizerKatie Neal-Rizzo, the ideabubbled up about six months agowith the notion of doing some-thing on Earth Day, and grewfrom there.

“We started with the idea ofcleaning up those different schoolsites and then decided to expandto the playgrounds, and then getin touch with the DPW andNorwood Recreation to see if theywanted to jump on board.”

Progress Norwood itself isrelatively new and is made up oflocals who are – as Neal-Rizzoput it – “interested in moving for-ward with certain social issues:the environment, and climatechange, and equality, regardlessof race or religion or sexuality orsocial status.”

At the Oldham Playgroundand in the woods around it, Neal-Rizzo and her family, as well as anumber of others, drag trash bagsalong as their kids traipse alongin front of them, seemingly hav-ing fun looking for things to pickup.

Jerome Issa is one of them,keeping an eye on his childrenAda and Max, and Brenna Clarkas they make a small circuitthrough the woods and back outto the playground.

“We definitely talked tothem,” he said about his and hiswife’s preparing of Ada and Maxfor the morning. “We like themto know what they’re doing, un-derstand why they’re doing it, notjust go out and do it. But, youknow, my daughter is 5 years old,so it can be hard to explain cer-tain concepts to them. But theyunderstand the basics, and we tryto tie it into not wasting water,food, electricity… Like, this iswhy our house is always cold.”He starts chuckling.

“I mean, I think they wouldhave been perfectly fine sittingat home and playing in the yard,too. But they had fun out hereand hopefully it pays dividendsin the future.”

Issa is standing on the Com-mon two hours after theOldham, and Ada, Max, andBrenna are coloring in ecologi-cally conscious pictures and tinypots at the RecreationDepartment’s table. Singer/gui-tarist Ed Jackowski of School ofRock does his thing on the band-stand.

On this mild spring day, hun-dreds will pass through, stop-ping in to chat with the peoplemanning the different environ-mentally-conscious tables thathave been set up around half ofthe Common.

Backyard beekeepers Janiceand Mike Barczys have a tablerepresenting the NorfolkCounty Beekeepers Associa-tion, Mark Ryan stands at oneon behalf of the DPW, and Neal-Rizzo and some fellow volun-teers at Progress Norwood’s.

“We had originally thoughtthat it might be too much to doa fair also,” Neal-Rizzo ex-plained. “But then we had suchgreat interest that we said, let’sroll with it. Let’s see how bigwe can get this.”

In total, 14 tables are set uparound the Common, and smallbicycles are spread out on thegrass as part of the BikeFreecycle program where out-grown bicycles are left for oth-ers to take for free.

The most popular table onthe Common had a scrum ofpeople around it well after mostof the others have folded up forthe day. Approaching, childrencan be seen at work makingthings, with adults looking onencouragingly.

At the Re-magination Sta-tion – arranged, according toWolf Den Leader SuzanneRandall, as Cub Scout Pack 42’scommunity service project –discarded items are repurposedinto vaguely Picassoesque prod-ucts of the imagination: a plas-tic cup with a smiley face fas-tened onto it; binoculars madeof paper towel rollers, ribbon,and keg cups; a cereal box ro-bot. At the table, adults aredrawn in almost as deeply astheir kids – building their cre-ations – were.

Neal-Rizzo and fellow volun-teer/organizer John Aprea standby a tree as the Common is al-most completely absent of anyevidence that a fair had been go-ing on there a half hour earlier.

“Everyone got together,”Aprea commented. “I was justimpressed with how much in-volvement there was, and howmuch people wanted to volunteerto help, you know.”

Thinking back on the day andeverything that led up to it, Neal-Rizzo added, “There are a lot ofgreat resources in Norwood thatjust need more exposure.”


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Case precedent complicatesZBA hearing


The Zoning Board of Ap-peals (ZBA) met in Rm. 12 ofTown Hall on Tuesday night,April 17.

The main hearing of theevening concerned the specialpermit application for the non-conforming residential prop-erty located at 212 Lenox St.

In this case, the applicants,Michael and Donna Fruci,were requesting to add an 18by 14-foot single story roomto the back of their house witha covered connecting passage-way to the second floor of thegarage, one side of which theyare also looking to dormer.

In describing the particularsof the application, ChairmanPhilip Riley also brought up aproposed deck – on one side ofwhich would be a mudroomand on the other stairs runningdown from it – and describedhis concerns based on theplans’ measurements.

He explained that if thebuilding inspector determinesthat there has been an increasein the non-conforming nature

of the property, then the matterwould go before the ZBA,which may allow the recon-struction, “so long as it deter-mines that the proposed modi-fications will not be substan-tially more detrimental than theexisting structure.”

Riley also brought up the2014 case of Sarah Deadrick vs.the Zoning Board of Appeals ofChatham as a possible compli-cation in what would be a rela-tively straightforward ruling; itsdecision determined that evenin the case of a one or two-fam-ily house, a variance as well asa special permit is required if anew non-conformity is created.

“Normally, that law onlyapplies to commercial struc-tures. It wasn’t supposed to ap-ply to one and two-familyhouses,” Riley added.

Going into specifics, theChairman referred to a projectdiagram showing the mudroomreducing the 15 feet of requiredside yard space to just over 8feet, and a corner of the pro-posed room that would reducethe side yard space to approxi-mately 11 or 12 feet as poten-tial variance triggers.

Before opening the floor toquestions and comments fromthe rest of the Board, Riley sug-gested the possibility of con-tinuing the hearing to May 1 inorder to give the ZBA time toconsult with the Building In-spector and possibly TownCounsel regarding their posi-tions on the matter.

“There may be a problemhere,” Riley finished. “I’mhopeful that it can be resolvedbut… it’s not the Board beingdifficult so much as it’s in yourinterest to get it right.”

When Michael Fruci, re-sponding to a question fromPatrick Mulvehill regardingwhether the Building Inspectorhad mentioned anything aboutzoning relief, said that he wastold that he would need eithera variance or a special permit,Riley asked if the Inspector hadused the word “variance.”

“Yes, sir.”“He did?”“Yes.”“Oh.”“That makes a difference if

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After explaining the more rigorous nature of granting a vari-ance, due to hardship having to do with its shape, soil, or to-pography specific to the property, Riley added some encour-agement.

“This may not be the death sentence to your project,” hesaid. “Because the odd shape of your house – the structure– may help you toward getting a variance, but you may needto get it, and that’s why I want to be sure that the thing getsdone right.”

Mulvehill suggested that if a variance was determinednecessary, the application could be withdrawn withoutprejudice at the May 1 continuation, although associatemember Paul Eysie was of a more immediate mindset.

“In my opinion, I don’t know how they can move for-ward without a variance,” Eysie said, suggesting that theywithdraw their application without prejudice then and there,get proper advice, and reapply accordingly.

“How do we find out who does what?” Donna Fruciasked. “You just hear so many different things, it’s just like,which way do you go, you know? Who do you ask?”

After Riley’s initial suggestion of consulting with Build-ing Inspector Mark Chubet, associate member Mary Ander-son suggested they hire a lawyer, which was met withgeneral consensus.

Following the Board’s advice, the application waswithdrawn without prejudice.

In additional business, Town Planner Paul Halkiotissent a copy of the Planning Board’s Town Meeting Ar-ticles, which Riley briefly went over and the Boardbriefly discussed.

Among them was its Open Lot Vehicle Storage Ar-ticle. Eysie expressed concern about why this parkingmatter had gone before the Planning Board rather thanthe ZBA and, after some discussion, asked that a mo-tion be made to send a letter regarding the issue toHalkiotis.

“This matter ’s going to be discussed at Town Meet-ing, and I feel that Town Meeting members should knowthe history: that this Board has had jurisdiction over thisissue for the last 40 or 50 years,” Eysie said before Rileyadded, “Or more. Probably since zoning began.”

Although no vote was taken, Riley agreed to write andsend the letter to Halkiotis.

The next ZBA meeting is scheduled for May 1. Three hear-ings are scheduled, including the continuation of the hear-ing for the proposed development at 862-878 Washington St.

Steven Ayoub and his fellow boy scouts – of Troop 49 out of St. Catherine’s – got to work touching up theWorld War I German howitzer in front of Town Hall last week. The project – upon completion – will serveas Ayoub’s final step to becoming an Eagle Scout. PHOTO BY MATT MACDONALD

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Love your tree? Give it a mulch ring for Arbor DayMatt MacDonaldMatt MacDonaldMatt MacDonaldMatt MacDonaldMatt MacDonald

Staff Reporter

With winter officially in thebooks, the spring ever so gradu-ally making its appearance, andfolks getting used to being out-side again for longer stretches,the time has come for peopleto head into their backyards andassess the situation with their

trees and shrubs.Daniel Cohen, a certified

arborist with HartneyGreymont, took some time totalk about some things thatpeople should be aware of astheir outdoor spring cleaninggets underway.

Dead and broken branches,partially uprooted trees – a par-ticular problem this year with

those late storms and heavyrains – and overhanging limbsin need of pruning are all fairlyobvious concerns that a for-mally certified arborist may bebrought in to deal with, theknowledge and expertise interms of arboriculture (the cul-tivation, management, andstudy of trees, shrubs, vines,and other woody plants) goes

much deeper.Part of this involves track-

ing potential infestations andhistorical weather patterns. Asan example, Cohen referred tothe drought that ran from 2015-2016 here in Massachusetts.

“Trees typically don’t reactin a season,” he said. “If youhave a bad drought, you don’toften see the tree dying that

year, unless the tree’s alreadybeen weakened. It’s multiplestresses, multiple years of –whether it’s insect infestation,disease, drought, soil compac-tion – it’s multiple seasons ofstress that really put the treeover the edge.”

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Certified arborist Daniel Cohen inspects a tree in a local park to demonstrate what to look out for in deter-mining a tree’s condition.



Tree Love continued from page 8Cohen went on to say that

in many cases, trees downed inthis winter’s storms had alreadybeen weakened by the multi-year drought although, lookingforward, he saw “nothing in thegreater Boston area to be con-cerned about; the gypsy mothis more of an epidemic downin the southwest, in the 495belt.”

Cohen, while recommend-ing the services of a certifiedarborist for comprehensivearboricultural planning and anywork going up into the trees,did share some suggestions formore down to earth shrub careto keep in mind when prepar-ing for next winter.

“A number of differenttypes of shrubs – particularlyevergreen shrubs – proactivelycan be tied together,” he said.“A lot of times just tying themtogether can just help with theheavy snow load; even if it’s nota particularly bad winter, heavysnow can kind of splay themopen.”

He also offered as a sugges-tion wrapping evergreens inburlap to protect them fromsalt.

“That’s just another addedthing that we don’t consider: allthe de-icing slats on the streetor any impervious surface,”Cohen said, adding that itmixes in with the snow andeventually makes its way tolawns.

“If you have a nice tree or

ornamental tree that could beclose to a street – if we don’thave a wet spring – we oftenrecommend some additionalsupplemental watering that canhelp to dilute some of the saltcontent in the soil,” Cohensaid.

As for other ways to takecare of your trees, Cohen men-tioned a major one as diggingmulch rings around them to cutdown on competition betweenthe roots and the grass for nu-trients. Additionally, the mulchbreaks down over time, addingto the nutrient layer around thetree and also protecting it fromcompacted earth, weedwhackers, and lawn movers.

The basic idea is to care-fully remove the grass fromaround the base of the treewithout damaging any of itsroots; the larger the ring, thebetter. The most importantthing, according to Cohen, isto not pile the mulch up againstthe tree and form a “mulchvolcano,” which can trap mois-ture against the tree trunk anddo damage to it.

He also mentioned an easy

way to check for telltale signsof your trees’ health: the eye-ball test.

“I think the most obvious isonce the next few months rollaround and the leaves comeout, and you look up in the treeand there are portions that aredead, there are portions of thetree that just look real thin anddon’t look right, those are thereal obvious ones,” Cohensaid.

Cohen spoke of the strongarboriculture practice through-out New England.

“There are a lot of reallyreputable companies in thearea that would be morethan happy just to stop byyour property, review it, andgive you their thoughts ,concerns, and potential rec-ommendations,” he said.“Tree care is an investmentbut , looking a t the longterm, if you’d like to keepthe trees you have, it mightbe something that’s worthinvesting in.”

Danie l Cohen can bereached at 781-444-1227 [email protected].

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Norwood's leading goal scorer, Allie McDonough, is only a sophomore. In eight games, she's racked up 24goals, good enough for three per game. The Mustangs are 5-3 through games played on Tuesday.

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In her last three starts, Norwood pitcher Amanda Olbrys has racked up 29 strikeouts over 19 innings. Inrelated news, the Mustangs are unbeaten since losing their season opener and now stand at 3-1 overall.

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Girls Lax continues promising trend, withsecond-half gauntlet set to begin

Behind dominant showing from Olbrys, Softballdusts off rust vs. Wellesley

Not even halfway through theseason, the Norwood High girls’lacrosse team has surpassed itswin total from a season ago.

Standing at 5-3 with 10games left, the Mustangs are onthe fast track to making the tour-nament for the first time since the2014-15 season. Many factorsare at play in the resurgence, froman infusion of youth viaNorwood’s youth program, to up-perclassmen taking the next stepin their progression, to second-year head coach Chuck Allenfeeling more comfortable alongthe sideline.

“I think there’s pretty goodteam chemistry, and me having ayear under my belt, I’m not go-ing in brand new,” Allen said.“That’s kind of helped.”

As the season takes the turn

down the back nine of the sched-ule, the competition ratchets upnoticeably. Aside from “scoringmore goals than the opponent,”as Allen astutely pointed out,there’s plenty more for the Mus-tangs to work on en route to – atleast – a ninth win.

“We know these teams thatwe’re playing now are reallygood,” Allen said. “We’ve got tocapitalize on our free shots andscore on those. We’ve got to playreal disciplined on defense.”

Controlling the draw, alwaysa key, has been an advantageNorwood has possessed for themajority of the season’s firstmonth. Freshman MaggieCurran, when healthy, has wonnearly 75 percent of her openingdraws for the Mustangs.

Control the draw, and Currancan either take the ball to the

Thirteen strikeouts forNo. 13 were more thanenough for the NorwoodHigh girls’ softball team inMonday afternoon’s 4-0 winover the Wellesley Raiders.

Pitching for the first timein 10 days, Amanda Olbrysstarted strong and finishedstronger against a Wellesleylineup that mustered onlyfour hits on the afternoon atCleve land ElementarySchool. Every out recordedby Olbrys in the first two in-nings came by way of the K,while the final five battersshe faced whiffed to giveher a new season-high instrikeouts.

“They’re not going to hither fastball,” Norwood headcoach Savino sa id o fOlbrys. “She’s keeping us ingames.”

Olbrys demons t ra tedgreat control on the moundas well, issuing just a singlewalk in the second inning.She faced one pseudo-jamin the third, when the Raid-ers strung together back-to-back singles – one of which

never left the field.Olbrys proceeded to re-

tire the next three batters forWellesley, one on a fielder’schoice she kept herself andthrew on to first – allowingthe base runners to secondand third in the process –one on a strikeout and oneon a popup back to themound.

The Raiders had only onebase runner for the remain-der of the af te rnoon, asOlbrys remained dialed in.The velocity on her fastballnever seemed to waver overthe course of the game.

“At times, depends howmad she gets, she can hit 62mph,” Savino said. “Today,she was probably at about56-57. She’s got great corestrength, that’s what makesthe difference for her.”

For good measure ,Olbyrs reached base threetimes hitting out of the No.5 spot in Norwood’s lineup.She walked twice andreached on an infield single,stealing a base each timeshe got on for a total ofthree.

The positives at the plates ta r ted and ended wi th

Olbrys, however. She wasthe only Mustang to reachbase more than once, and asa whole, the team collectedjust three hits on the after-noon. Bryn Garczynski, whofinished 1 for 3, providedthe only hit on a ball that ac-tually left the infield for

Norwood.Savino was less than

pleased with her team’s ap-proach at the plate, and letthem know it after the game.

“They know I ’m nothappy,” she said as she in-structed the team – sansOlbrys – to line up along the

left field line for sprints.Norwood scratched and

clawed three runs in the bot-tom of the fourth inning onan Emma Maturo infieldsingle – the first hit of thegame for the Mustangs –


Mat Rice saved the day for the Mustangs last Wednesday vs. Canton, racking up seven strikeouts over fiveinnings of work in Norwood's first win of the season. Six games in, the team stands at 2-4.

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Norwood's youngsters making bighits at the plate against Canton

Maggie Curran, a freshman, is winning nearly 75 percent of her draw controls for Norwood. Consequently,the Mustangs are able to possess the ball longer than their opponents - a big reason for the team's 5-3 start.

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crease herself – she’s one of fourplayers in double figures in goalscoring for Norwood already,with 10 – or she can dish off tothe most polished scorers on theMustangs in sophomore AllieMcDonough (team-leading 24goals) or senior Julia Higgins(19).

“If a ball is loose on AllieMcDonough’s side, she’s soquick she can go get it,” Allensaid of Curran.

Freshman Caroline Daveyhas 11 goals for Norwood, whilesophomore Erinn Wagner isknocking on the door to doubledigits with nine.

Of the five wins already onthe Mustangs’ résumé, four arenonleague wins. Norwood haswon all four of its contestsagainst future Tri-Valley Leagueopponents in the BellinghamBlackhawks (twice), DedhamMarauders and Norton Lancers.

The Mustangs face onlyNorton again, while its lone BayState Conference win against theWeymouth Wildcats is against ateam Norwood won’t be facing

again.The Mustangs have losses

against the Wellesley Raiders,Framingham Flyers and UrsulineAcademy Bears; they’ll set a sec-ond crack at Ursuline in May, arematch of a game Allen feels asthough Norwood didn’t play itsbest lacrosse in.

This week could serve as agreat barometer of just howpostseason ready the Mustangsare, with battles against theNatick Redhawks and NeedhamRockets.

“Two real good teams,” Allensaid. “Even though we’ve gotfive wins, we’ve got a tough road.“It’s going to take us beatingsomeone good. We are where weare right now.”

Norwood faced Natick onTuesday night, in an event heldafter the Record’s deadline. Theteam’s final game of the monthis this afternoon againstNeedham at home at 4 p.m.

Once the calendar flips toMay, only two of the final eightgames for the Mustangs are athome.

Playing catch up after somany rainouts is never easy,but it’s the task that standsbefore the Norwood Highbaseball team.

The Mustangs (2-4) be-gan their week with an im-portant first win of the sea-son over the Canton Bull-dogs and closed it with animportant second win of theseason over the WellesleyRaiders. Sandwiched be-tween the games were a pairof losses to heavyweights inthe Braintree Wamps andXaverian Hawks – the latterof which was a see-saw 11-10 affair – but it’s clear thathead coach Kevin Igoeknew what he was saying atthe beginning of the season:his team would hit.

“We’re gonna hi t thisyear, and we’re proud of re-sponding to being down, butwe kind of want to flip theswitch and get a lead early,”Igoe said after the win overCanton, a 9-7 decision atBalch Elementary Schoollas t Wednesday. “Butthey’re battling for me.”

The win was of thecome-from-behind variety,as the Mustangs faced anearly 4-0 hole vs. the Bull-dogs before they’d evencome to bat.

While not as gargantuanas the 7-0 hole it faced in itsprevious game against the

Dedham Marauders, it wasonce again part of an uneasytrend for the Mustangs. Im-media te ly, however, theteam began to work its wayback.

Tim Denehy led off thehome half of the first with adouble, followed by whatwould be considered a “loudout” as Jay Wladkowskiflew out to left field.

Robbie Wladkowski gotDenehy home with a doubleof his own, and he laterscored on a Sean Frenchsingle to cut Canton’s leadin half after an inning.

French, who started thegame for Norwood on themound, settled down nicelyafter the Bulldogs battedaround in the first. He setCanton down in order in thesecond, including a pair ofstrikeouts. But after issuinga walk – his third of thegame – to begin the top ofthe third, Igoe turned to MatRice, whom he’d planned onstarting against Xaveriantwo days later.

Rice proceeded to retirethe next three batters hefaced, ext inguishing thethreat before it ever peaked.

Norwood got a run backin the bottom of the third ona Sean Munro sac f ly toright field that plated PaulMurphy to make it 4-3 Can-ton, but the Bulldogs scoredtheir first run off Rice in thetop of the fifth to reestab-lish a two-run cushion.

Jay and RobbieWladkowski led off the bot-tom of the fifth by gettingon base, Jay on an error andRobbie on h i s seconddouble of the game. Murphybrought Jay home on a

f ie lder ’s cho ice , whi leFrench plated Robbie on adouble to tie the game at 5-ap iece head ing in to thesixth.

Finally, Norwood’s of-fense got the explosion it

was look ing fo r. JasonDenehy led off the framewith a single, and later stolesecond whi le Timmy


Erin Murphy's sacrifice bunt may have only traveled a few feet, but it wasresponsible for bringing in half of Norwood's four runs on Monday.

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Jay Wladkowski takes a pitch during last Wednesday's game vs. the Canton Bulldogs. Still only a junior,Wladkowski is one of the scarier bats in Norwood's lineup.

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Baseball continued from page 11Denehy fol lowed wi th asingle back at the top of theorder.

Jay Wladkowski’s fly outto cen te r f ie ld gave theMustangs their first lead ofthe game at 6-5, and threestraight hits for Murphy,French and Munro extendedthe Norwood cushion to acomfortable 9-5.

Those extra runs woundup mattering after Cantongrabbed two back in the sev-enth, but Rice induced aground ball to third base toend the game as the Bull-dogs stranded runners onsecond and third.

“The plan was Rice onFriday for Xaverian, but weneeded him today,” Igoeconfirmed. “He’s getting hisgroove on and we’re luckyto have him. The kid’s gotguts.”

Norwood went on to loseto Braintree later in the af-ternoon, the game moved up

a day due to rain in the fore-cast. Though the Mustangslost 12-4 to the Wamps, Igoehas no qualms with playingBraintree as often as pos-sible. The plan is to con-tinue the rivalry even afterNorwood departs for theTri-Valley League next year.

“We love playing them,they’re a good litmus testfor where we are ,” Igoesaid. “They’re in the SuperEight every year. We’d playthree against Braintree if wecould.”

Norwood wi l l p layBraintree again on May 21.

The win on Monday af-ternoon for the Mustangsover Wellesley was its firstroad win of the season.

N o r w o o d h o s t e d t h eFramingham Flyers yester-day, in an event held afterthe Record’s deadline. Theteam is next in action onFriday afternoon againstthe Walpole Rebels at BirdMiddle School in Walpole,with first pitch set for 3:45p.m. It’s the beginning ofa three-game road swingfor the Mustangs, as theirnext home game isn’t untilMay 7.

fo l lowed by Jane l leKelleher reaching on an er-ror, a walk for Olbrys and asacr i f i ce bunt fo r Er inMurphy.

The Mustangs grabbedone more run in the fifth onGarczynski’s single, as shelater came around to scoreon a ball put in play by JennaMazzola that resulted in aWellesley error.

Defensively, Savino hadno gripes with Norwood’sperformance. The teamplayed a clean game, makingplays on all eight fieldableballs.

“We’ve had more outfieldpractice, but there weren’t alot of balls to the outfieldthat were catchable,” Savino


Norwood spiked by NewtonNorth in return from break

said , not ing Welles ley’slackluster day at the dish,too.

The Mustangs traveled toFramingham High on Wednes-day, in an event held after theRecord’s deadline. They kickoff a three-game homestand onFriday afternoon againstWalpole High at 3:45 p.m., ina rematch of last season’s Di-vision 1 South second roundbattle.

After being swept by theRebels in the regular season,losing out on the Bay StateConference – Herget Divisiontitle in the process, the Mus-tangs were able to uncork thesweetest means of revenge bybouncing Walpole from thetournament in a 13-10 slugfest.

Seven matches in, the Mustangs are halfway to last season's win total at 2-5. But they'll need to win seven more in order to make a postseason run.

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A strong second set wasn’tenough to spark a comeback bidby the Norwood High boys’ vol-leyball team against the NewtonNorth Tigers on Monday after-noon, as the team fell in straightsets (25-16, 26-24, 25-9).

The Mustangs (2-5) wereplaying their first match sinceprior to April vacation week, alayoff of 10 days overall. The rustdidn’t show initially, not afterNorwood took an 8-6 lead on thepowerful Newton North and hadthe set tied as late as 13-13.

Even after giving up 12 of thefinal 15 points in the set,Norwood appeared unfazed. TheMustangs matched the Tigers vir-tually point for point in the sec-ond set, never falling behind bymore than two – until two wasthe fatal number.

“We regrouped and cameout really strong in Set 2, takingan early lead,” Norwood headcoach Paul Nimblett said after thematch. “It was an absolute battleeach point… it came down to asmall margin of error, and New-ton North made a strong play towin it.”

Nimblett lauded the net frontplay of Jake Fleming, Norwood’ssenior Swiss Army Knife who’scapable of playing setter, outsidehitter or opposite hitter. Flemingled the Mustangs in myriad cat-egories once again, includingkills with 15, service points with

10 and digs with eight.The 26-24 loss in the second

set was not only physically tax-ing, but emotionally draining too,for Norwood.

“I could tell we were prettydeflated going into that third setand couldn’t bring the energyback,” Nimblett said. “Overall,the match showed huge improve-ment on our part. To play a topteam like Newton North toothand nail in Set 2 showed whatwe are capable of.”

Sophomore libero BasamAwde had seven service pointsfor the Mustangs. Senior middlehitter Ryan Garczynski had eightservice points and three blocks,

while junior middle hitter BrianTerrell had six service points andthree blocks for Norwood.

The Mustangs hosted theBrookline Warriors on Wednes-day, in an event held after theRecord’s deadline. The team isright back in action this afternoonagainst the Weymouth Wildcats,with first serve and NorwoodHigh School set for 4 p.m.

By the conclusion of thematch vs. Weymouth, Norwoodwill have played exactly half ofits schedule. The second half be-gins on Monday afternoon on theroad at Framingham High Schoolagainst the Flyers, with first serveset for 4 p.m.


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For the 65th year, the Women’sCommunity Committee (WCC) willsponsor a free babysitting course forNorwood students in grades 6, 7 &8. The course will be held from2:45-4 p.m. at the Coakley MiddleSchool on May 7-11. Applicationsfor registration will be available atthe Coakley Middle School, MorrillMemorial Library and the WCCThrift Shop, 1091 Washington St.,Norwood, during shop hours. Ap-plication deadline is April 30. Uponcompletion of the course, WCCEducation Committee Chairman,Ruth Martowska will present eachstudent with a certificate. For addi-tional information, please call theThrift Shop at 781-762- 2991.

THE NATIONAL ALLIANCEFOR MENTAL ILLNESSMEETING

The National Alliance for Men-tal Illness – South Norfolk affiliatewill hold its monthly meeting inCafeteria B of the Lorusso Build-ing at Norwood Hospital at 7 p.m.on Thursday, May 3.

THE NATIONAL DAYOF PRAYER

Come pray the beautiful Patri-otic Rosary for our Country. TheNational Day of Prayer is Thursday,May 3 at 1 p.m. Located at St.Catherine of Siena Church, 547Washington St., Rte. 1A, Norwood.For information please call 781-762-4391.

CPC PUBLICINPUT MEETING

The Norwood CommunityPreservation Committee (CPC) willbe holding a Public Hearing onMonday April 30, at 7:30 p.m. inThe Willett Room of the NorwoodCivic Center, 165 Nahatan St. Thefocus of the meeting will be togather the community’s input re-garding projects to be consideredfor funding. The CPC will also dis-cuss the application process andtimeline. Any questions or concernscan be directed to the Planning De-partment at Town Hall during nor-mal business hours.

The Community PreservationAct (CPA) is a state law whichNorwood voted to adopt in Novem-ber 2016 that allows the town toestablish a dedicated local fund toprotect, preserve, acquire or restorecommunity housing, historic assetsand open space / recreational usesof land.

RUMMAGE SALEEmmanuel Lutheran Church,

corner of Berwick Street andGardner Road (off Route 1A) inNorwood will hold its Spring Rum-mage Sale on Friday, April 27 andSaturday, April 28 from 9 a.m. to 1p.m. A $5.00 bag sale (bags will beprovided) will begin at 11:30 onSaturday. Clothing for all, smallhousehold items, toys, books, lin-ens, etc. will be available at reason-able prices. There will also be acollectables and antiques table.

OLD PARISH CEMETERYPRESERVATION BEGINS

The newly formed non-profitorganization, Old Parish Preserva-tion Volunteers (OPPV) will beholding their first cemetery workday on Saturday, April 28, atNorwood’s original burial groundestablished in 1741. Located offWashington Street near RailroadAvenue, The Old Parish Cemeteryis no longer in active use; the mostrecent burial on record took placethere in 1946. Since that time theTown of Norwood has maintainedthe colonial era cemetery and usedit on special occasions such as Me-morial Day, Veteran’s Day and In-dependence Day.

The OPPV hopes to properlyclean stone grave markers, researchthe graves and their locations, pre-

serve fallen markers and generallyimprove the appearance of this his-toric site. With care and attention,the cemetery can become a valuablehistorical and cultural resource forthe town. Anyone interested in help-ing preserve this site can join thegroup working in the cemetery, orlearn how they can help by drop-ping by on April 28, 8:30 to 10:30a.m. or visiting the group’s web site:https://rootiment.wixsite.com/oppv

FINE ARTS FESTIVAL The Norwood Public Schools’

will be hosting its 21st Annual FineArts Festival on Saturday, April 28from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the NorwoodHigh School. The festival is a cel-ebration of the award winning FineArts program in the Norwood Pub-lic Schools. Artwork from grades 1-12 will be on display reflecting thedistrict’s diverse visual arts pro-gram. There will be performancesby Norwood’s drama and musicalensembles. The Television programwill present student created publicservice announcements, videos, anddocumentaries. The artwork will bein the gymnasium while some per-formance groups will be in the gym-nasium and the auditorium. Thisfestival is free and open to the pub-lic at Norwood High School, 245Nichols St., Norwood.

NORWOOD BANKFOOD DRIVE

During the month of AprilNorwood Bank, and its employeeswill be collecting non-perishablefood items for the Ecumenical FoodPantry of Norwood. Over the pastthree decades the Food Pantry hasserved over 2,500 local families inNorwood and Westwood. For moreinformation about the wonderfulwork the food pantry does pleasevisit their website atwww.norwoodpantry.org. Just dropyour non-perishable food item in thebox provided in the lobby andNorwood Bank will deliver to thefood pantry. Some popularly re-quested items are listed below.

Cans of soup, canned fruits andvegetables, tuna, meat and stews,baked beans and chili, juice, babyfood, peanut butter and jelly, pastasauce, pasta macaroni and cheese,cold and hot cereals & cake andbrownie mixes.

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JOIN OR DONATE TO THENORWOOD FOOD PANTRY’SWALK FOR HUNGER TEAM

On Sunday, May 6, ProjectBread will host its 50th annual Walkfor Hunger. And the Norwood FoodPantry is currently organizing ateam to participate in this event,which is dedicated to helping the726,000 Massachusetts residentswho don’t always have enough toeat.

You can help by calling TeamCaptain Nick Campagna at 781-762-6866 – or logging on to http://support.projectbread.org/goto/NorwoodFoodPantry – and signingup to be part of this local team ormaking a donation to support thosewho are participating.

The 20-mile walk begins andends at the Boston Common. Withrolling starts between 8 and 9:30a.m., it will wind its way throughBoston, Brookline, Newton,Watertown, and Cambridge, withentertainment, water, free snacks,first aid, and toilet facilities alongthe way.

But if you’re not a long-distancewalker, you don’t have to pledge tocomplete the entire course. You canwalk 10 miles, 5 miles – or even

just one or two – and take advan-tage of the free transportation backto the Common that’s available atnine checkpoints located along theroute.

You can also sign up to raisedonations as a Virtual Walker. Or,if you prefer a faster pace, thereis also a Walk for Hunger 5K Run,which begins at 7 a.m.

Participants in both the Walkand the Run are encouraged to so-licit monetary pledges fromfriends, family, and co-workers.And youth, teens, and adults areall welcome to take part.

Last year the Norwood FoodPantry Walk for Hunger Teamraised $9,385 with just sevenwalkers. And with your help, we

can raise even more – and helpeven more neighbors in need – in2018.

MOTHER’S DAYSWEETHEARTS DANCE

For mothers and sons on April 27,6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Civic Center. Thecost is $15.00 per couple and $5.00per additional person.

FISHING DERBY ANDRUBBER DUCK RACE

Join us on Saturday, April 28 from3 – 5 p.m. at the Hawes Pool and EndeanPark. The cost for the fishing Derby is$5.00 and $5.00 for Rubber Duck Race.


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The David Bieber Archives at the Norwood Space Center presents

Norwood Space Center83 Morse Street, Norwood, MAFriday, April 27, 2018through Sunday, May 6, 2018

MUSIC, FILM, PHOTOGRAPHY,FOOD, CRAFT BEER, WINE, MARKETING,INTERIOR DECORATING,POP CULTURE, HIP-HOP,TECHNOLOGY, PAINTING,DESIGN, DRAWING, DANCE,COLLABORATION and MORE

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Legals DEATHS HENRY

Charles Robert, died April 9,2018, just shy of his 95th birth-day. He was born in Norwood,June 7, 1923, the sixth of 11 chil-dren born to David Ezra andMarguerite Priscilla (Healy)Henry. After graduating fromNorwood High, where he wasawarded the Washington andFranklin Medal in History(1940), Charles headed west toattend the University of Califor-nia at Berkeley. He became alifelong Californian, forever af-ter called Chuck. Chuck’s stud-ies at Cal were interrupted byWorld War II. After training atFt. Benning, Ga. as a member ofthe Army Specialized TrainingProgram, Chuck was sent to the100th Infantry Division at Ft.Bragg, N.C., where he receivedadditional training as an “ExpertInfantryman,” the precursor tothe Ranger program that existstoday. Assigned to a rifle platoonin Company G, 398th Regimentand serving as First Scout, FirstPlatoon, Chuck fought in theVosges Mountains of France. Hewas wounded in action in No-vember 1944 and recuperated inmilitary hospitals in Dijon andMarseilles before shipping homein April 1945. Chuck was hon-ored with the Purple Heart and

the Bronze Star for his service.After returning to Berkeley,Chuck met fellow student VeraGarcia. They married at the cam-pus Newman Club, and in Janu-ary 2018 celebrated their 70thanniversary. Throughout theirlong marriage, Chuck and Veraregularly played host to boister-ous and festive family gatheringsof their nine children togetherwith partners, grandchildren, andfriends. In 1947 Chuck began acareer with the University ofCalifornia Lawrence NationalLaboratories that spanned nearly50 years - working initially at theLawrence Berkeley NationalLaboratory before moving to theLawrence Livermore NationalLaboratory (“The Lab”) when itopened its doors in 1952. A me-chanical engineer by training,Chuck worked in the field onprojects as far flung as theEniwetok and Bikini Atolls andheld managerial positions in lateryears. Chuck retired from full-time employment as AssistantAssociate Director, Physics, andcontinued working with The Labas a consultant until age 73.Chuck was a man of action wholoved to envision, plan, and con-struct. In early retirement, Chuckput his engineering skills to gooduse as a volunteer with Habitatfor Humanity, while perfectingthe art of bread baking at home.Installing a deck at each newhome was his first order of busi-ness - but there were also raised

beds to be built for Vera in thegarden, furniture to craft for hisdaughters, and a brick walkwayto construct and lay at nearly 90years of age. Chuck enjoyed avigorous and physically activelife; he never tired of being out-side in the California sunshineand was fiercely dedicated to hismorning walks and evening ex-ercise routine. He remained in-tellectually curious until the veryend, constantly reading — di-verse magazines, dense histories,books on culture, psychology,science, and politics, as well asfiction. He and Vera were avidgolfers and maintained close andlasting relationships with manyfriends, including a cherishedband from their Newman Clubdays, with whom they travelledwidely and gathered monthly,well into their 90s, for spiritedgames of bridge. Chuck was aman of character - generous,humble, loyal, principled, deter-mined, and capable. He lived a“wonderful life” and was pro-foundly grateful for it, rarelymissing an opportunity to im-prove the circumstances of thoseless fortunate. Chuck will also beremembered for his grit and re-silience, his lifelong dedicationto learning, and his commitmentto personal growth. Survivors in-clude Vera, all nine of their chil-dren, four grandchildren, and


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BRIDGE: Our Bridge Club meets on Thursdays at 9 a.m., in the Li-brary. The Tuesday group has been cancelled.

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two of his 10 siblings: RichardAllan Henry (Rena) of Norwoodand James Xavier Henry(Tammy) of Vero Beach, Fla.Chuck also leaves many niecesand nephews, some of whom re-side in the Norwood area.

MacaulayChristopher W. Macaulay

passed peacefully on March 28in San Dimas, Calif. He was theloving husband of the late OliviaFrangias Macaulay and devotedfather of Sean Macaulay of Colo-rado and Brett Macaulay of Cali-fornia. He was the cherished sonof the late Francis and Mary(Donovan) Macaulay, Belovedbrother of Francis and his wifeNancy, Robert and his late wifeAnn, Beth Vincent and her latehusband Jay and John and hiswife Beverly. Beloved son-in-law of Denis Frangias and hislate wife Mary of California andbrother-in-law of Larry Frangias.Chris also leaves several niecesand nephews and a multitude ofcousins and friends who willmiss him dearly. The Macaulayfamily wants to express their sin-cere thanks for the many act ofkindness form friends and rela-tives during our brother’s illnessand passing. A special thanks tothree of our brother’s bestfriends, Brian Conroy, PaulDoherty and Charlie King whojourneyed to California to visitChris recently. A Memorial Masswill be held followed by a Cel-ebration of our brother’s life inAugust when his children cometo visit. Memorial donations maybe made to the Pointe VincentInterpretive Center, 31501Paulo’s Verde Drive West,

Rancho Paulo’s Verdes, CA90275 where Chris and OliviaSpent many days watching thewhale migration and enjoyingthe beauty of the ocean.

ROCHERose (Farro) Of Mansfield,

formerly of Roslindale, passedaway on April 18, 2018 at the ageof 74. Beloved wife of James M.Roche. Devoted mother ofJoanne Cuddy and her husbandDavid of Walpole, Donna M.Deveney and her husband Stevenof Mansfield, Thomas Roche ofAttleboro, David J. Roche andhis wife Kristin of Mansfield andthe late Michael R. Roche. Sis-ter of Mary Mazzone of NewHampshire. Loving cousin ofJoanne Panzini of E. Boston andMaureen Nolan of Winthrop.Cherished grandmother of ninegrandchildren and one great-grandchild. Daughter of the lateMary (Sarro) Domegan. Funeralwas from the Kraw-Kornack Fu-neral Home, 1248 WashingtonSt., NORWOOD, followed by aFuneral Mass at St. Catherine ofSiena Church, Norwood. At thefamily’s request, burial was pri-vate. In lieu of flowers, donationsmay be made in her name toDana-Farber Cancer Institute,P.O. Box 849168, Boston. MA02284-9168.

VITOJason Christopher Age 38, of

Norwood. It is with great sadnesshis family announces Jason’ssudden passing on Wednesday,April 18, 2018. He was the lov-ing father of Jaxson King Vito(4-1/2 years old) of Weymouth.Son of Barbara Gillis of

Norwood and Joseph Vito ofWrentham. Jason was the young-est of nine children, leaving be-hind his eight siblings, JosephVito and his fiancée Tracey,Darla Leighton and her husbandJohn, Gina Vito, Jeffrey Vito andhis wife Laura, Darren Vito andhis wife Lori, Marisa Vito, Mat-thew Vito, Andrea Capodannoand her husband John, and hewas an uncle to 15 nieces andnephews. Jason was born andraised in Norwood and attendedNorwood High School. Headored his son Jaxson, who wasthe joy of his life. Loved takinghim on day trips with Jaxson’smother, Kathryn King, who weall loved and appreciated. Heloved the outdoors and camp-fires. He enjoyed vacationingwith his family to Hawaii,Florida, California and Las Ve-gas. Jason put a smile on the faceof everyone he met. Unfortu-nately, he lost his battle to drugaddiction after many years in re-covery programs and will begreatly missed. Visiting hourswere held at Kraw-Kornack Fu-neral Home, 1248 WashingtonSt., NORWOOD. A FuneralMass was at St. Mary’s Church,176 Washington St., E. Walpole,Mass. At the request of the fam-ily, burial was private. Relativesand friends are most kindly wel-come to attend a reception cel-ebrating Jason’s life to followthe Funeral Mass at NorwoodElks, 152 Winslow Ave.,Norwood. In lieu of flowers, hisfamily requests donations to bemade to a charity of your choice,preferably one in drug educa-tion. kraw-kornackfuneralhome.com

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