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N orwood Record The www.norwoodrecord.com FREE Volume 13, Issue 38 Sept Sept Sept Sept September 1 ember 1 ember 1 ember 1 ember 17, 2020 7, 2020 7, 2020 7, 2020 7, 2020 The Willett will start Extended Day on Sept. 28 this year. COURTRESY PHOTO School Committee approves Extended Day rate increase Mar Mar Mar Mar Mary Ellen Gambon y Ellen Gambon y Ellen Gambon y Ellen Gambon y Ellen Gambon Staff Reporter The School Committee voted 5-0 to add a $10.25 per day fee for a remote learning day program at the Savage Center and a $6.50 fee for the Extended Day program to cover the costs of per- sonal protective equipment (PPE) at its meeting on Wed. Sept. 9. The Extended Day program will be- gin operating at all elementary schools and the Willett Early Childhood Cen- ter on Mon. Sept. 28, program director Kristin Capezio announced. The board learned about the program’s new struc- ture and also discussed some confusion about Extended Day’s relationship with the School Committee in the commu- nity because, although it is indepen- dently funded, its rates have to be voted upon by the School Committee. Capezio said that since she ap- peared before the committee the last time, she has met with almost all the elementary school principals and dis- cussed implementation of the Extended Day program in each school. It will take place for hybrid students only from 3 to 5 p.m. on each weekday ex- cept for Wednesday. “The design and the layout are re- ally specific to the school and our col- laboration with the school leaders,” she explained. This includes how students will enter and exit the building and which rooms to which they will have access. Although students will mainly have access to the cafeterias, they may also be able to utilize a gym, music room or library, depending upon the site. All students and parents will be ex- pected to wear masks, and parents will be dropping off and picking up students outside to prevent foot traffic inside the building. Because each site will now require a custodian, Capezio explained in her presentation that the fees would need to be raised to $5.75 per hour, plus a $2.75 per day fee for personal protec- Ext Ext Ext Ext Extended Da ended Da ended Da ended Da ended Day Continued on page 7 The Zoning Board of Appeals met on Tuesday and discussed 600 Nichols St. as well as a project at the 973 University Ave. gravel site. COURTESY PHOTO ZBA continues 973 University Ave. proposal ZBA ZBA ZBA ZBA ZBA Continued on page 12 The Norwood Zoning Board of Ap- peals (ZBA) met virtually on Tuesday, Sept. 15 to discuss four items pro- posed by property owners. Two of the proposals, 115 Garfield Ave. and 28 Cedar St., were proposed additions on single-family homes that were in line with zoning regulations but needed approval because parts of the properties were already noncon- forming. For 973 University Ave., the pro- ponent, UAVE LLC, asked for a con- tinuance of its proposal of gravel re- moval from the site through attorney Brian Almeida, of Connor & Hilliard. According to a recent Consent Decree resolving a complaint between the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and UAVE LLC, UAVE will not be able to commence any operations at 973 University Ave. until all requirements of the decree are carried out. The com- plaint stems from an incident in Feb- ruary of 2020 that the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office contends saw contaminated industrial stormwater (pollutants and sediment) going into Norwood’s storm drain sys- tem that discharged into Purgatory Brook, a tributary of the Neponset River. The decree requires a payment of $50,000 to the Neponset River Water- shed Association, $25,000 to the Mas- sachusetts Attorney General’s Office and build new stormwater detention systems that would be able to handle water up to the amount generated by a 100-year storm event. ZBA Chair Tom Brady expressed his concern about this recent request to continue the hearing until October. “There’s several issues going on with this case that need to be addressed and frankly I’m not sure a date in Oc- Appr Appr Appr Appr Approves 600 Nichols Lo es 600 Nichols Lo es 600 Nichols Lo es 600 Nichols Lo es 600 Nichols Lot 5 t 5 t 5 t 5 t 5 Jef Jef Jef Jef Jeff Sulliv f Sulliv f Sulliv f Sulliv f Sullivan an an an an Staff Reporter

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The Willett will start Extended Day on Sept. 28 this year.COURTRESY PHOTO

School Committee approvesExtended Day rate increase

MarMarMarMarMary Ellen Gambony Ellen Gambony Ellen Gambony Ellen Gambony Ellen GambonStaff Reporter

The School Committee voted 5-0 toadd a $10.25 per day fee for a remotelearning day program at the SavageCenter and a $6.50 fee for the ExtendedDay program to cover the costs of per-sonal protective equipment (PPE) at itsmeeting on Wed. Sept. 9.

The Extended Day program will be-gin operating at all elementary schoolsand the Willett Early Childhood Cen-ter on Mon. Sept. 28, program directorKristin Capezio announced. The boardlearned about the program’s new struc-ture and also discussed some confusionabout Extended Day’s relationship withthe School Committee in the commu-nity because, although it is indepen-dently funded, its rates have to be votedupon by the School Committee.

Capezio said that since she ap-peared before the committee the lasttime, she has met with almost all theelementary school principals and dis-cussed implementation of the Extended

Day program in each school. It willtake place for hybrid students onlyfrom 3 to 5 p.m. on each weekday ex-cept for Wednesday.

“The design and the layout are re-ally specific to the school and our col-laboration with the school leaders,” sheexplained. This includes how studentswill enter and exit the building andwhich rooms to which they will haveaccess. Although students will mainlyhave access to the cafeterias, they mayalso be able to utilize a gym, musicroom or library, depending upon thesite.

All students and parents will be ex-pected to wear masks, and parents willbe dropping off and picking up studentsoutside to prevent foot traffic inside thebuilding.

Because each site will now requirea custodian, Capezio explained in herpresentation that the fees would needto be raised to $5.75 per hour, plus a$2.75 per day fee for personal protec-

ExtExtExtExtExtended Daended Daended Daended Daended DayyyyyContinued on page 7

The Zoning Board of Appeals met on Tuesday and discussed 600 Nichols St. as well as aproject at the 973 University Ave. gravel site.

COURTESY PHOTO

ZBA continues973 University Ave. proposal

ZBAZBAZBAZBAZBAContinued on page 12

The Norwood Zoning Board of Ap-peals (ZBA) met virtually on Tuesday,Sept. 15 to discuss four items pro-posed by property owners.

Two of the proposals, 115 GarfieldAve. and 28 Cedar St., were proposedadditions on single-family homes thatwere in line with zoning regulationsbut needed approval because parts ofthe properties were already noncon-forming.

For 973 University Ave., the pro-ponent, UAVE LLC, asked for a con-tinuance of its proposal of gravel re-moval from the site through attorneyBrian Almeida, of Connor & Hilliard.According to a recent Consent Decreeresolving a complaint between theCommonwealth of Massachusetts andUAVE LLC, UAVE will not be ableto commence any operations at 973University Ave. until all requirementsof the decree are carried out. The com-

plaint stems from an incident in Feb-ruary of 2020 that the MassachusettsAttorney General’s Office contendssaw contaminated industrialstormwater (pollutants and sediment)going into Norwood’s storm drain sys-tem that discharged into PurgatoryBrook, a tributary of the NeponsetRiver.

The decree requires a payment of$50,000 to the Neponset River Water-shed Association, $25,000 to the Mas-sachusetts Attorney General’s Officeand build new stormwater detentionsystems that would be able to handlewater up to the amount generated by a100-year storm event.

ZBA Chair Tom Brady expressedhis concern about this recent requestto continue the hearing until October.

“There’s several issues going onwith this case that need to be addressedand frankly I’m not sure a date in Oc-

ApprApprApprApprApprooooovvvvves 600 Nichols Loes 600 Nichols Loes 600 Nichols Loes 600 Nichols Loes 600 Nichols Lot 5t 5t 5t 5t 5JefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

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Board of Health discusses fluseason, Hazardous Waste DayJefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

BOHBOHBOHBOHBOHContinued on page 6

The Norwood Board ofHealth (BOH) met on Sept. 8and discussed the upcomingflu season and the Town’s or-der of flu vaccines, as well asthe upcoming Household Haz-ardous Waste Day scheduledfor Sept. 26 from 8 a.m. to 11a.m. at the Recycling Facilityon 370 Winter St.

Public Health NurseNicholas Crowninshield gavehis monthly report. He saidthe big topic right now is theseasonal flu and that the Townshould have received theirfirst round of 180 flu vaccinedoses already, and that theyshould receive their secondshipment of the same amountlater next month.

“Right now we’re planningon doing smaller clinics first,with first responders and thensenior housing a priority.

Then we’ll start to plan onhow to handle the main clinicbecause we’re not going to beable to do the same style ofclinic we have in the past,” hesaid, due to the COVID-19pandemic and necessary so-cial distancing required.“Once we get that secondshipment we’re going to startcoming up with a solid planon how we’re going to dothat.”

Assistant Health Depart-ment Director Stacey Lanesaid they are expecting a to-tal of 700 doses, but addedthey don’t know how manyshipments that comprises. Shesaid they’re still waiting onthe number for the third ship-ment.

“We don’t know and theydon’t know,” she said. “Itcomes in batches, and whatwe’ve done in the past is savebatches to do a large clinic.We want to get that vaccine

to people as soon as it comesin. We don’t want to hold ontoit, especially this year with theCovid.”

“We’ll have people regis-ter, fill out the form, come inwith the form and then we’llknow what time we have andspread them out, instead ofhaving one big clinic whereeverybody shows up.”

Lane said they would pre-fer to have people pre-regis-ter.

Health Department Super-intendent Sigalle Reiss alsogave details of the upcomingHousehold Hazardous WasteDay for Norwood on Sept. 26.The day will allow residentsto bring household items nototherwise acceptable. Proof ofresidency is required, and fora full list of fees and condi-tions go to https://bit.ly/2Rsnkre.

Norwood resident Steven Armstrong trudged through four laps aroundNorwood on Sunday for a full 26.2 miles.

PHOTO BY JEFF SULLIVAN

Norwood vet runsmarathon for

military charityJefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

This past weekend, youmight have seen one or twopeople dressed in full militarygear walking around the neigh-borhood.

What you might not knowis why anyone would subjectthemselves to running 26.2miles wearing anywhere from60 to 100 pounds on their back,

but Norwood resident StevenArmstrong said it was all tohelp those who have servedand their families.

“I haven’t run any mara-thons before,” Armstrong saidbefore the event.

The run was to raise moneyfor the Military Friends Foun-dation, which has hosted itsTough Ruck to honor fallen

Marathon RMarathon RMarathon RMarathon RMarathon RunununununContinued on page 6

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.

—A.F.

Novena to St. JudeOh Holy St. Jude Apostle and Mar-tyr, great in virtue and rich inmiracles, near Kinsman of JesusChrist faithful intercessor of all whoinvoke your special patronage in timeof need, to you I have recourse fromthe depths of my heart and humblybeg to whom God has given suchgreat power to come to my assistance.Help me in my present and urgent pe-tition. In return I promise to makeyour name known and cause you tobe invoked. Say three Our Fathers,three Hail Marys and three Glorias.Publication must be promised. St.Jude pray for us and all who invokeyour aid. Amen. This must be said fornine consecutive days. This Novena hasnever been known to fail.

—A.F.

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Selectmen hear update on NorwoodHospital, other Town projects

The Board of Selectmen re-ceived an update at its Sept. 15meeting from General ManagerTony Mazzucco on the state ofNorwood Hospital, whichclosed after suffering substantialflood damage on June 28, afterhe was questioned by SelectmanHelen Abdallah Donahue.

“Relationships are goingwell,” Mazzucco said. “Theycontinue to work with the chal-lenges they’re facing.”

He noted that the InspectionsDepartment and area fire chiefsmeet with the hospital’s admin-istration a couple of times aweek, while the Town’s HealthDepartment calls twice a week.Mazzucco said he talks with thehospital president “two to threetimes a week if not daily.”

Mazzucco also referencedthe flooding video that wasposted a few weeks ago on so-cial media that showed the mas-sive extent of the damage.

Donahue asked if the hospi-tal administrators could comebefore the board, or if somemembers could go to the site.

“I don’t see any work goingon here whatsoever toward re-opening the emergency room,”she said. “And the hospital isdoing planning and is doing zon-ing changes and is proposinghuge changes in the use of theprocess.

“We want the hospital,”Donahue stressed. “We need thehospital desperately. And per-sonally I want to help the hospi-tal.”

Chairman William Plaskosaid that he and other boardchairs, along with Mazzucco,have met with hospital admin-istrators to see how they can beof assistance in getting the emer-gency room up and running. Itwas hoped that it would be ableto be functional sometime inSeptember, but the extent of thegray water damage to the elec-trical, air and heating systemshas made that goal impossibleto fulfill.

“They are looking at the pos-sibility of a satellite site now ifthey could set something upfaster than they could get backto this site,” Plasko added. “Butall that’s up in the air. It doesn’tdo us any good to say it out loudwhen next week it may all fallapart.”

“The big challenge thatthey’re facing is that the me-chanical, electrical and plumb-ing systems for the whole build-ing aren’t functional,”Mazzucco stressed. “So I knowit’s tough for us to say, ‘Hey, thebuilding looks fine. Can’t theyjust flip the light switches on andget it up and running?’ The

MarMarMarMarMary Ellen Gambony Ellen Gambony Ellen Gambony Ellen Gambony Ellen GambonStaff Reporter

amount of work that the build-ing needs is substantial.”

He described the issues oftrying to get a temporary oxy-gen supply, gas supply and othersystems as a “terrible mess”where “the pieces just aren’t fit-ting in the puzzle.”

Donahue said she wantedverification of the amount offloodwater that entered the twoold buildings, where she be-lieved the 60 beds in each couldbe used for a temporary emer-gency room.

“But Mrs. Donahue, I don’tthink you’re getting the pointthat it’s not just the fact that alittle bit of water went in if it’stouched certain parts of thebuilding,” Mazzucco explained.“This isn’t just me as the Man-ager saying this. “If any graywater is left in the building, thereis the potential for mold growth,which is detrimental to both pa-tients’ and staff members’health, particularly in theCOVID-19 era.

“It’s an honest question,” shetold Mazzucco. “They are theones who said they would havean emergency room open.”

“Nobody thinks they’re nottrying to get open as quicklyas they can,” he said.

In other news, the boardvoted 5-0 to allow a rent reduc-tion for the Old Colonial Caféand Norwood Printing retroac-tively for July, August andSeptember as well as for Oc-tober, November and Decem-ber because of the effects ofthe COVID-19 pandemic. Thetwo business received rentalrelief for April through June.

Mazzuco explained thatboth businesses are large rev-enue generators for the Town.The restaurant has earned $4.7million over 20 years forNorwood and also pays rentand taxes while maintainingthe building. They also aid theTown by paying water, sewerand electric bills.

Norwood Printing is thethird-largest revenue streamfor Norwood after two telecomcompanies, he added.

“Given the impact COVIDhas had on the rental market,given the impact that it’s hadon businesses, I’m trying tolook at how to we preserve thelong-term value of thoseleases,” Mazzucco said. “Ithink it would be prudent tocontinue with rent relief hereso that we can hopefully keepthose properties occupied forthe long-term.”

“These are tough times foreverybody, so oftentimes thegovernment has to step in tosupport those in need,” Se-lectman David Hajjar said. Hedid caution that this is a nine-month commitment, and the

Town itself is feeling the im-pact of COVID-19.

A new restaurant will becoming to Norwood.Norwood Spice manager JalGhimire applied for a com-mon victualler license as wellas a wine and malt license forhis new venue at 655 Wash-ington St. A native of Nepal,he previously ran a similarestablishment in SouthWeymouth from 2010 until2017 before moving toNorwood.

“I just think this restaurantwill be a terrific addition tothe food and beverage and en-tertainment mix of our Town,”said Selectman ThomasMaloney.

Mazzucco also announcedthat the Town Common willhave its new sound system in-stalled by the end of thisweek. It is the culmination ofa project he has been workingon for nearly two years. It willplay easy listening music andmay be ex tended fur therdowntown in the future.

T h e D e a n S t r e e tproject is on schedule andwill be completed within twoweeks. Another renovationproject is the parking lots atTown Hall, which is on target.They haven’t been redone inmore than four decades, sothis allowed drainage to be in-stalled. The first coat of black-top is ready to be applied.

The board tabled a motionon auctioning tax title prop-erties to consider severaljointly.

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Letters to the EditorTHE GAPNEEDN’T WIDEN

To the Editor:I am writing to answer Mr.

Jordan’s letter of 9/10/20, andperhaps lead him to anepiphany he seems on the preci-pice of reaching.

It is worth saying first thatMr. Jordan’s demonization ofthose with whom he disagreeson the School Committee as“left-wing radical social justicewarriors,” and his secondhandretelling of his wife’s experi-ence in order to generalize allunions nationwide for all of his-tory, are neither relevant to hispoint nor fair assessments. With all due respect, his incen-diary language on both topicsis best ignored.

There are two key issuesthat Mr. Jordan brings up. Thefirst is that there is an attain-ment gap between private andpublic schools. On this, weagree. Mr. Jordan states that“Norwood schools are not pro-viding anything close to a levelplaying field for its studentscompared to the neighboringprivate schools.” When weexpand this assessment to coun-ties, states, and the nation as awhole, we find that this is ac-curate. Our disagreement is onthe reason.

I am an alumnus of all threemajor American forms of edu-cation: public, private, and pa-rochial. I agree that the educa-tion I received in my publicschooling was the least effec-tive. What I have come to re-alize, however, is that the edu-cators are not playing on a levelplaying field in the first place. I submit that, if our public edu-cation system was funded, sup-plied, enrolled, and staffed onpar with private and parochialschools, the quality of educa-tion would be on par as well. There is no clear, objective rea-son why a public-school edu-cator should be any less com-petent than a private-schooleducator. Private schools typi-cally have a monetary advan-tage, which then secures furtheradvantages. We must level thisplaying field first before layingdeficiencies at the feet of theeducators themselves, who de-serve our respect for perform-ing an enormous and necessarytask.

The second issue Mr. Jordanbrings up is whether an “infe-rior” education is being givento students with a hybrid model. There is no way to know theimpact of 2020’s educationaldisruption until many yearsfrom now; thus, describing it as“inferior” is dramatically jump-ing the gun. Mr. Jordan dealsin absolutes, in a year whensuch things have proven un-wise, by saying that remoteeducation “will never equal”classroom education. He then

forecasts a dire scenario of“missed opportunities” as a re-sult of his assumption. This isspeculative fear-mongering totry to prove a point that he quiteliterally cannot. Hundreds ofcolleges conduct educationonline, and enormous numbersof working professionals honetheir skills and obtain new onesthrough online education. Thepreponderance of evidence isthat online learning can be ef-fective in an environment thathas been duly prepared for it.

Mr. Jordan makes passingmention of the pandemic(which is, of course, the reasonfor all of this in the first place)and says he “[does] not want tohear how schools will closeagain when there is a ‘spike’”. It is an easy task to win an ar-gument in which you dismissout of hand your opponent’sentire reason for arguing. I amnot sure that the more than190,000 Americans who havedied of COVID-19, or the morethan 6,300,000 who have beendiagnosed with it, would agreethat it should be dismissed, butI digress. The reason thatschools are limiting classroomtime is that they have alreadybeen proven by other, less cau-tious states to be excellenttransmission grounds for thevirus. Limiting exposure lim-its transmission. It’s thatsimple.

Mr. Jordan suggests that pri-vate schools have full class-room education because theyhave “paying family’s [sic] toanswer to.” He is correct, butthis is a double-edged sword. As they are dependent on thefunds of their customers, so tospeak, they are induced to obeythose customers’ whims. I amnot certain how many parentsof local private schoolchildrenare epidemiologists, virolo-gists, or infectious disease spe-cialists, but I would venture tosay that they form the minorityof those who are clamoring fora full return to classroom edu-cation. Public school policy,meanwhile, is beholden to thestate’s assessment of medicalrisk as part of its covenant tosafeguard the lives of itspeople. The interests of thestate are best served by the few-est people sickening and dyingas a result of the pandemic. Itspublic school policy is based onthat.

In contrast, I submit thatchildren are resilient, and arelikely to make up most or all ofany pandemic-driven gap ineducation in their future yearsof schooling. I do not think itwould be quite so easy for achild to rebound from thetrauma of a situation in whichthey contracted the virus, forwhich there is no cure and novaccine, and potentially ex-posed their entire family to a

deadly risk that could otherwisehave been avoided.

The short-term, risk-avoid-ance measure of limiting class-room education is intended toyield a larger long-term gain inthe health and well-being of thecommunity. Until there is aneffective, safe vaccine, this isthe primary duty incumbentupon all of us.

Patrick GriffinNorwood

LOVE AND ANNOYANCEOF THE LIBRARY

To the Editor:I read my new email and it

notified me that the Library hadthe book I requested monthsago. I was extremely excited. Imagine the book shelves as atremendous buffet with all thefood dishes that exist. With thelibrary closed it’s been like apeanut butter and jelly (a stapleof life).

I have two phone numbersfor the Norwood Library. Andwhile I’m in this sentence Iwish to state how incrediblybeautiful the building is. Weare rich with architecture in thisTown. Thanks to all the staffinvolved. I remembered to dialthe two numbers. Each num-ber was a duplicate saying thelibrary would be open August5th. It is now September 10 andit really annoys me to get avoicemail with the wrong infor-mation. To me it says “we arenot paying attention,” and we“don’t care.”

The recording (both identi-cal) stated choices of phoneextensions, 5 or 6. I gave upafter 10 minutes. Why not putthe extension of the main deskonly - ONE extension. Iwanted to read and decided I’ddrive down to the library. Thedoors are wide open and, ofcourse, there is a C19 Gestapoat the check-in desk. I said mybusiness and proceeded to thereserved area.

On my way an elderlygentleman with a newspaperin his hands offered me aseat. I said thanks, just pick-ing up a book. Just then astaff person told him he couldsit and read for 20 min-utes!!!! These details of asimple trip to the library re-volves around a mystery vi-rus!!

I personally think folksshould put on those thin whiteplastic gloves as I’m surenone of the books have beenwiped down with Lysol orother disinfectant. On myway out a person was walk-ing in and she almost hurt her-self as she swerved back to thedoor so I would not be nearher! Talk about dramatics!

P.S. I did get my book anda few others…. Be well.

Madeline EysieNorwood

TEACHERS NEEDTO TEACH

To the Editor:I was reading the article in this

week’s Record, in regard to thesituation that going on with theNorwood Public Schools.

Where would this country beif anyone acted like the teachersin going back to work? If the firstresponders, doctors, nurses super-market workers, firefighters, po-lice and construction workers –who all work very close to people– did not go back to work? Wherewould this country be? I can tellyou where we would be, the coun-try would be out of business. Allthese people do not get paid un-less they go to work, a much dif-ferent situation with the teachers.

I hope everyone everyonetook the time to read the article bya gentleman concerned on whatsgoing on in our public schools:The teachers are worried aboutventilation (for goodness sakeopen the damn windows ).

St. Catherine’s is back fulltime, and they open the windows.Leave it to the Catholic Schools

to show the way during this try-ing time. They also have a lot lessmoney to work with than the Pub-lic schools. The parents are ac-cepting less these days, either theyare too busy, or they just do not care. Happen to read whats go-ing on in the Louisville Catholicschool system, here is what theyare doing to get their childrenback in school.

1. They are setting up tents onschool grounds and teachingclasses there. 2. Every student istested before entering the school.3.Cafeterias are being used toteach classes, to separate students.4.Plexiglas is being used in classrooms , when they cannot be sixfeet apart.

If the Catholic Schools canfigure it out I am sure the PublicSchools, with a lot more moneyto work with can make it happen.

On top of it all, the NorwoodPublic School system is in theprocess of hiring 20 to 25 addi-tional teachers. Money is no prob-lem, when the taxpayer is paying (it’s a sad salutation).

Peter F O'BrienNorwood

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The 2020 Norwood Woman’s Club scholarship of $1200 was awardedTo Norwood High School graduate Priscilla Zhang by Club PresidentPhyllis Spiro. The Norwood Woman’s Club is a non-profit organiza-tion that sponsors and supports matters to benefit the town ofNorwood. The club was organized in 1900 and incorporated in 1908.There are currently more than 90 members and still growing. Mem-bers have left funds to this group in their wills, helping to build up theendowment and allowing their work to continue. One of the centralactivities of the club is contributing money to various events, facilitiesand to the people of Norwood. Each year, a graduating senior goingon to higher education is nominated by Norwood High School to re-ceive a gift of a $1,200 scholarship. In addition the club collects for theNorwood Food Pantry, donates money to the Norwood Fourth of Julycelebration, Norwood Concerts on the Common, Norwood VeteransServices, Norwood Senior Center, Norwood Winter Concerts and theFriends of the Morrill Library programs. New members are alwayswelcome. For more information, call Trina at 781-762-8173.

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NAC compromises with FlightLevelJefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

The Norwood Airport Com-mission (NAC) approved oneand denied two requests fromFlightLevel on a new hangar.

The Board voted unani-mously to deny a variance to al-low FlightLevel to increase theheight of its new hangar abovethe 28 feet set forth in theproject’s original Request forProposal (RFP). The second wasto build a narrower than allowedhangar door.

According to NAC ChairMark Ryan, the max height al-lowed for the hangar is 28 feet,and FlightLevel was seeking abuilding of 35 feet. FlightLevel’srequest to have a narrower doorwas to reduce the necessary steelrequired to reinforce it. That steelcould be put to use in other areasof the building, saving themmoney.

Nick Burlingham, generalcounsel for FlightLevel Aviation,came again before the NAC togo over the company’s requestsas it pertains to the new hangar.During a special meeting lastmonth, Burlingham advocatedfor a building taller than 28 feet,though offered no concrete de-signs at that point. He said theidea was to provide as muchload-bearing strength as possibleto accommodate both the hangardoor and the proposed solar pan-els.

According to Burlingham, thedoor could accommodateFlightLevel’s incoming traffic

and did not need the airport’s re-quired 96’. He said thatFlightLevel recently did ananalysis, which was submitted tothe NAC on Sept. 4, of theairport’s other buildings, andfoudn the height was in linewith those buildings. He addedthe narrower door would increaseheating efficiency and resourceefficiency for their practices.

Airport Manager RussMaguire added that the originalRFP gives the NAC latitude towork on the door width.

“And I think some of the ar-guments made by FligthLevel onreducing the width are viable,”he added.

The NAC also discussed al-lowing Southern Airways and itspartner organization that handlesits local flights to Nantucket, tode-ice planes at the airport andto allow customers to park ve-hicles in the Norwood MemorialAirport’s main lot.

Chief Communications Of-ficer for Southern Airways MarkCestari and the company’s Direc-tor of Stations Ryan Dach spokefor the airline. Dach said most oftheir flights would take place inthe early morning, and the planeswould be in the heated hangar andwould not need chemical de-ic-ing. He said, however, if they hadplanes flying during the day com-ing into the hangar and were go-ing to be sent out again, they mightwant to use chemical de-icing.

“We do have a de-ice unit wecan take up there, it runs off oftype-2 fluid,” he said.

He said that would be 10 to

15 gallons of a psudoplastic fluidgoing on the ground in the ramparea.

Maguire said he did some fur-ther research on the matter andfound that because of its indus-trial classification the airport isrequired by the EnvironmentalProtection Agency (EPA) to havea multi-sector general permit forstormwater discharges and havea stormwater prevention plan onfile to mitigate any problematicfluid getting into the nearby wa-ter system, which includes theNeponset River. Regardless ofteh method, even if it's just heat,he said Southern would have tofile a conditional permit.

“What complicates this is thatSouthern Airways is not even atenant business technically as acommercial permit holder on theairport, it's actually operating as atransient charter operator,” hesaid.

Cestari said they weren't surethey wanted to continue to oper-ate year-round on offering ser-vices to Nantucket from Norwoodand was concerned for the turn-around time for the exclusion per-mit. He said they would have tostart de-icing on Oct. 15, but that'sonly if they don't use a hanger first.DThe NAC agreed they wouldcontinue discussion after more re-quirements have been met.

Cestari also introduced a re-quest to reserve 10 parking spotsin the main lot for their custom-ers. The NAC voted to haveMaguire work with Southern Air-ways and FlightLevel to work outa layout for those spaces.

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Reiss said she believesmost if not all interactionswith the public during the daycould take place behind cardoor windows, including resi-dency proof.

“Just put the informationup against the window,” shesaid. “We’re going to have toremind people becausethey’re used to a different sys-tem. Everything takes longerduring Covid, and this mighttake a little longer to getthrough.”

Cash or checks would beaccepted during the recyclingday. Reiss said workers willbe wearing masks and/orshields depending on theirlevel of interactions with resi-dents. She said there wouldalso be break areas and sani-tizer stations during the event.

Norwood SanitarianAngelo De Luca also gave hismonthly health report. Hestarted with a yearly item, anupdate on the seven publicly-available pools in the Town.He said there were noCOVID-19-related issues atany of these pools, which in-clude Norwood’s two Town-owned pools.

“Since our last board meet-

ing we had about a dozen non-food establishment com-plaints regarding COVID-19,including a barbershop, hairsalons, auto service establish-ments, several car dealershipsand the majority of these com-plaints included face cover-ings and social distancing re-quirements.”

De Luca added thatNorwood Spice is taking overVictoria’s Cafe on Washing-ton Street, and it will be In-dian cuisine.

De Luca also said he did awalk-through on Aug. 28 ofthe new Skating Club of Bos-ton facility on University Av-enue. He said he wanted toorient himself with the facil-ity and will do a full inspec-tion of the food service areasbefore they open at the end ofSeptember.

The Board also votedunanimously to confirm theappointment of Katie Pellandas a public health nurse for theTown.

BOH continued from page 2service members, police,firefighters and EMTs whileraising money to support mili-tary families in times of need.Armstrong said he found outabout the event through hiswork at the Army NationalGuard.

“My day job is in humanresources for the military fu-neral honors program, and a lotof time we work with the Mili-tary Friends Foundation. Theyhelp service members and pub-lic servants, mostly providingfinancial help. Like if there’sa family of a deceased servicemember or public servant, theyreach out to help and assistwith any of the funeral ex-penses, as an example.They’ll also help service mem-bers and their families if a ser-vice member is deployed over-seas and something happens,perhaps if a family needs a newwater heater or something likethat, they can reach out andrequest financial help thatway.”

Armstrong ran four lapsstarting on Route 1A, goingthrough Norwood Center toPatriot Tavern, up to St.Timothy’s, past the HighSchool and back down

Nahatan Street. He said he washappy with his time, consider-ing he had to stop so manytimes.

“I did it in just a bit over10 hours,” he said. “I’m goodwith the time, basically, doingit the way I did it took melonger than I had originallyplanned, but going along therewere at least a half dozenpeople who stopped me at dif-ferent points to ask me what Iwas doing and to say thankyou. So there were a couple oftimes where I stopped for 10or 15 minutes.”

Armstrong said he felt goodafterwards, but he wants tostay off his feet for a couple ofdays.

“I am sore, yeah, but it’smostly my feet from the blis-ters,” he said. “I’m just tryingto do as little walking as pos-sible, and definitely no run-ning.”

The Tough Ruck runnersused to run alongside partici-pants in the Boston Marathon,but 2013 changed that.

“After the events of theMarathon Bombing in ’13, ba-sically, the Boston Athletic As-sociation changed the rulesand stopped allowing bags in

and along the marathon route,”he said. “The organizationwanted to keep it going, andworked it out with the U.S.Parks Service and, up until thisyear, they’ve been doing italong the battle road of Lexing-ton and Concord (the route ofthe Battle of Bunker Hill). Butdue to COVID-19 and every-thing going on with social dis-tancing, the park service didn’twant that many people in closeproximity to each other.”

So now participants ran theRuck on their own with an appinstalled on their phones tomeasure distance and time andsend it to the Friends.Armstrong said while he wasglad to have done the ToughRuck, he doesn’t think he willtry again, at least not any timesoon.

“To tell you the truth? Prob-ably not,” he said. “It wassomething I always wanted todo and I went and did it. I’malso 40 years old, so I had tothink about that too. I can’t ex-actly recover like someone intheir 20s can.”

To donate to the MilitaryFriends Foundation, go tomilitaryfriends.org/ and hit thedonate button.

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tive equipment (PPE).“We realized with the

amount of new fees relating tothe amount of really kind ofextensive cleaning require-ments for our program that theonly way to operate would beto increase the hourly rate 75cents,” she said. The custodi-ans would be employed forthree hours to sanitize the areaand clean up any spills.

If 143 studentsenroll, therewould be $7,616in estimatedweekly revenue,with $7198.26 inexpected expendi-tures. The ex-pected profit mar-gin is slim, at only$417.74.

Supe r in t en -dent Dr. DavidThomson ex-plained that theoriginal price in-crease would havebeen $1.25 perhour. However, hereached out toGeneral Manager TonyMazzucco, who agreed that theTown could cover half of thecustodial costs. That moneywill be provided until the endof December, at which point theneed for COVID-19 sanitationfunding will be reassessed.There may be federal fundingavailable by that time.

“There’s no way to plan forthe year here in the conditionswe’re operating under atpresent,” added Capezio. InDecember, the program can beevaluated, as well as the situa-tion with the pandemic, to seehow it should continue to oper-ate.

On Sept. 21, the remotelearning support services willbegin. The program will oper-ate from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.daily at the Savage Center. Allschool students will be groupedtogether, so there will be no in-termingling. The site can onlyaccommodate 46 students be-cause, with social distancing,some rooms can only hold be-tween four and eight students.The cafeteria can hold a maxi-mum of 22.

As with the Extended Dayprogram, the remote learningsupport service program willcost $5.75 per hour. There will

be a $5 PPE fee per day. A typi-cal day will involve a period toprepare for the day’s activities,a literacy block, a science orsocial studies block, an outdoorbreak, lunch, a math block, aperiod for special activitiesonline, another outdoor block,and a time before dismissal toclean up and prepare their tech-nology to leave the SavageCenter.

The estimatedweekly revenuefor this program is$8,326, but theexpenses are$8,739.80 ap-proximately, sothe program willbe operating at aloss of about$413.80. But,combining thetwo programs,Capezio said,would make theprograms self-sustaining.

Capezio addedthat she is verify-ing health proto-

cols with Board of Health Di-rector Sigalle Reiss to ensurethe safety of all involved. Sheis also firming up the staff forall sites and registering andverifying all student enrollmentand information. The site hasto be registered with the Mas-sachusetts Department of EarlyEducation and Care (EEC), an-other advisory agency.

The Savage Center alsoneeds to be reorganized so thatthe tables can accommodatedifferent age levels and be sepa-rated by grade.

Dr. Joan Giblin asked whythe PPE rate had to be a sepa-rate cost from a fee increasebecause it is related to COVID-19. She said she would like to

see the tuition rate separatedfrom the COVID-19 fee.

“It’s a semantics issue,” shesaid. “For me, it doesn’t feelright to approve a rate increasewhen all of that extra moneyisn’t going toward the rate.”

Capezio said she was agree-able to making the change inwording. This is what broughtthe vote on the fees to $6.50 forExtended Day and $10.25, re-spectively.

Myev Bodenhofer wantedto take the opportunity to ex-plain the unique structure of theprogram to the community be-cause of letters received by theSchool Committee and com-ments on social media.

“I feel like there’s a lot ofconfusion about what theSchool Committee’s role is andwhat the relationship is be-tween Extended Day andNorwood Public Schools,” shesaid. “The Extended Day pro-gram is a stand-alone programthat is self-funding. It has al-ways been self-funding.”

The only exception wasthat, in the spring, Town Meet-ing voted to provide the Ex-tended Day program withmoney “to bail the ExtendedDay program out a little bit be-cause of the absolutely unfore-seen and unprecedented ex-penses related to the global pan-demic,” Bodenhofer continued.

She explained that it is notup to the School Committee toset the program’s calendar, suchas to extend the summer pro-gram. The board’s only func-tion in regard to Extended Dayis to vote on the rate of the fees.

“We are not deciding if theprogram is safe to run,” shestressed. “That is most defi-nitely not our role.”

The presentations given byCapezio are meant to be infor-

mative to the public – not tohelp the School Committeemake a determination about theprogram itself.

“Because of making safetythe number-one priority we arenot really able to meet all theneeds we used to meet prior tohaving to meet social distanc-ing,” Thomson added. “And Ithink the community needs tounderstand that.

“And I am sorry we are inthat situation,” he stressed.“But I’m not sorry in that I’mnot willing to undermine thesafety of our students, the staffand ultimately this entire com-munity.”

“I don’t think any of us wantto increase fees, but the situa-tion is what it is and we are ad-vocating for additional fund-ing,” Chair Teresa Stewart said.

In other news, Thomson an-nounced that most of the staff-ing positions for the hybrid

model have been filled.Also, there was a staff mem-

ber who tested positive forCOVID-19 at the ExtendedDay program, he said. There isa protocol in place for what todo when that occurs that isposted on the Norwood PublicSchools website atnorwood.k12.ma.us. The Boardof Health was notified, therewas an investigation, and thecase was discovered on the Fri-day before Labor Day. How-ever it was determined thatthere was no close contact in-volved.

“I do not want anyone tothink that we cut a corner, thatwe cut any of the protocols thatwe worked so hard to estab-lish,” Thomson said, noting thatthe facility was deep cleanedover the long weekend. Thiswas not a close case because theprotocols of masks and socialdistancing had been observed.

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“I don’t thinkany of uswant to in-crease fees,but the situa-tion is what itis and we areadvocatingfor additionalfunding.”

School ChairTeresa Stewart

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DeathsCAPASSO

Margaret J. “Jean”(Coughlin) of Norwood, passedaway on September 5, 2020 atthe age of 96. Beloved wife ofthe late Robert C. Capasso. De-voted mother of Peg Delaney andher husband Daniel, Jr. of FL,Paul J. Capasso and his wifeDebbie of Norwood, Annette M.Diauto and her husband Charlieof FL and the late Robert“Bobby” C. Capasso, Jr. Sisterof the late Millie Del Tufo, JamesCoughlin and Edward Coughlin.Cherished grandmother of 7grandchildren and 7 great-grand-children. Daughter of the lateJames A. and Mary Ruth(McSweeney) Coughlin. Alsosurvived by many nieces andnephews. Jean was a longtimevolunteer at Norwood Hospital.The family of Jean would like tothank all the caregivers at theCharlwell House in Norwood fortheir many years of loving care.Funeral from the Kraw-KornackFuneral Home, 1248 WashingtonSt., NORWOOD, MA 02062. AGraveside Service will was heldat Highland Cemetery, 320 Win-ter St., Norwood, MA. In lieu offlowers, please make donationsin her name to the Arc of SouthNorfolk, 789 Clapboardtree St.,Westwood, MA 02090,www.arcsouthnorfolk.org Kraw-Kornack Funeral Home. kraw-kornackfuneralhome.com Fam-ily Owned and Operated 781-762-0482.

JENSEN

GARY R. “Rusty” ofNorwood passed away on Sep-tember 11, 2020 at the age of 63.Beloved son of Margaret C.(Coyne) Jensen of Norwood. Husband of the late Rosanne(Lynch) Jensen. Loving brother

of Maryellen Conway ofNorwood. Devoted father of EricL. Jensen of RI. Stepfather ofScott Cherry of Wrentham andMatt Cherry of Norwood. Cher-ished grandfather of NatalieConway, Brayden Cherry, GageCherry and Bailey Cherry. Uncleof Sean Conway of Norwood,Ryan Conway of NC, Erin Cadyof Franklin, Benjamin Cady ofFranklin and Nicholas Cady ofFranklin. Gary was a 1977graduate of Norwood HighSchool. Funeral from the Kraw-Kornack Funeral Home 1248Washington St. Norwood, MA.Due to Church Restrictions fromCovid-19 the family will hold aprivate funeral mass at St.Timothy’s Church Norwood.Burial will be at Highland Cem-etery Norwood, MA. In lieu offlowers donations may be madein his name to Dana-Farber Can-cer Institute, P.O. Box 849168,Boston, MA 02284-9168.www.danafarber.org

JOHNSON

ALMA L. (Fisher) ofNorwood formerly of Walpolepassed away on September 5,2020 at the age of 102. Belovedwife of the late Clifford T.Johnson. Devoted mother ofMarie L. Maxon and her hus-band Robert of TN, BeverlyAnn Higgins and her husbandEd of Medway, Richard C.Johnson and his wife Carolyn ofCanton and Robert Johnson andhis late wife Priscilla of FL. Sis-ter of Charles Fisher ofNorwood, Judy Lukacewicz ofNorfolk and the late Robert,Leon Jr., Oliver, Helen and Wil-liam. Cherished grandmother of9 grandchildren and 15 greatgrandchildren. Daughter of thelate Leon F. and Helen (Smith)

Fisher. Alma was a graduate ofWalpole High School and thenwent on to graduate from theSturdy Memorial Hospitalschool of nursing. She spentmany years delivering babies atthe Norwood Hospital workingthe night shift. After working atNorwood Hospital she workedfor Dr. Mason, Dr. Kenney, Dr.Gannem and Dr. Perkins. Almaenjoyed gardening, bird watch-ing and knitting especiallyafghans. All services will beheld at a later date. Arrange-ments by the Kraw-KornackFuneral Home Norwood, MA.

LOUIEWilliam Kai-Kwong of

Norwood passed away on Sep-tember 11, 2020 at the age of 84.Beloved husband of the lateRuby Y. (Yip) Louie for 49years. Devoted father of CarolLouie of Norwood, Carey andVivian of Fremont, CA, RogerLouie of Santa Clara, CA, andDerek Louie of Santa Clara,CA. He loved being a grandfa-ther to Lance, Eugene, andNoele. Son of the late Charlesand Leong Ai (Hee) Louie. Hewas a brother to the late BikSuey Huie, the late Mamie Lee,the late Frank Louie, and HelenLouie Keller. William servedduring the Korean War andgraduated from NortheasternUniversity with Honors. Heworked for State Street Bankand Trust Company for 35 years.During his retirement, he en-joyed playing bocce with theNorwood Retired Men’s Cluband attending the Julia RuthHouse Adult Day Social Center.In lieu of flowers, his familykindly asks that you donate toAlzheimer’s Association, P.O.Box 96011, Washington, DC20090-6011. Visiting hours willbe held on Friday, September18,2020 5-8pm at the Kraw-Kornack Funeral Home 1248Washington Street Norwood,MA 02062 www.kraw-kornackfuneralhome.com . Agraveside service will be held onSaturday, September 19, 202010am at Highland Cemetery 320Winter St. Norwood, MA02062.

ROGOWSKI

Olga Jane (Iwaszko) ofNorwood, passed away on Sep-tember 6, 2020 at the age of 98.Beloved wife of the late JosephM. Rogowski. Devoted motherof Peter J. Rogowski ofNorwood and Patricia A.Buckley of Melrose. Mother-in-law of John Buckley of Malden.Sister of the late Joseph Iwaszko,Sophie Karolyshyn and AnnaChaharyn. Sister-in-law of JuliaSabo. Cherished grandmother ofCraig Lennox and ColinBuckley. Daughter of the lateAnthony and Maria (Nychay)Iwaszko. Olga was a member ofthe Norwood Senior Center anda member of the Ukranian Or-thodox Church in Forest Hills.All Services will be private anda Memorial Service will be helda later date. Arrangements by theKraw-Kornack Funeral Home,NORWOOD, MA. In lieu offlowers, donations may be madein her name to The SalvationArmy National Headquarters,615 Slaters Lane, Alexandria, VA22314. Kraw-Kornack FuneralHome Norwood, MA 781-762-0482 kraw-kornackfuneralhome.com

TURNERMarion L. (McCall) of

Norwood, passed away on Sep-tember 5, 2020 at the age of 91.Beloved wife of William R.Turner, Sr. of Norwood. Devotedmother of William R. Turner, Jr.and his wife Janet of Walpole,Julie Shea and her husbandJames of Salem, James Turnerand his wife Danita ofChelmsford, Carol Camile andher significant other Mark Molloof Cumberland, RI and DavidTurner and his wife Kim ofMedway. Sister of the late JamesMcCall, Phillip McCall andBetty Honeywell. Cherishedgrandmother of 10 grandchildrenand 9 great-grandchildren.Daughter of the late Peter andTheresa (Coakley) McCall. AllServices will be private. Ar-rangements by the Kraw-Kornack Funeral Home,NORWOOD, MA. Kraw-Kornack Funeral HomeNorwood, MA 781-762-0482kraw-kornackfuneralhome.com

WALSH

Isabelle F. (Hurley) ofNorwood, passed away on Sep-

tember 10, 2020 at the age of95. Beloved wife of the lateJoseph L. Walsh. Devotedmother of Patricia A. Clarkand her husband Morris of CT,Elizabeth J. Hayes and herhusband Robert of GA, JoanneRoof and her husband Michaelof Norwood, Michael F. Walshof Norwood and the lateStephen J. Walsh. Sister ofEileen Walsh of Brookline andthe late Paul Hurley. Cherishedgrandmother of 11 grandchil-dren and 22 great-grandchil-dren. Also survived by manynieces and nephews. Daughterof the late Francis X. andIsabel (Choate) Hurley.Isabelle worked for Texaco formany years. She was active atthe Norwood Senior Centerand enjoyed bowling for manyyears in Norwood. She lovedto travel and loved spendingtime with her family. Funeralfrom the Kraw-Kornack Fu-neral Home, 1248 WashingtonSt., NORWOOD, MA.. Burialat St. Joseph Cemetery, WestRoxbury, MA. In lieu of flow-ers, donations may be made inher name to the Norwood Se-nior Center, 275 Prospect St.,Norwood, MA 02062. Kraw-Kornack Funeral HomeNorwood, MA 781-762-0482k r a w -kornackfuneralhome.com

WOODSGeoffrey A. “Jeff” of Lex-

ington, entered into eternalrest unexpectedly, Sept. 3. Hewas 67 years old. Jeff, affec-tionately known by his familyand friends, was a graduate ofHampshire College andworked as an accountant for atrucking company. Jeff en-joyed boating, playing guitar,and spending time with fam-ily. Some of Jeff ’s fondestmemories were sailing up anddown the coast and playing inhis old band. Jeff’s true pas-sion was his family and rais-ing his children. That passiongrew with the birth of hisgrandson, Charlie. His uncon-ditional love and wisdom lefta lasting impression which hisfamily will carry with them for-ever. Jeff was always consid-ered as a very smart, curious,and kind-hearted person. Aselfless man who would dropanything to help a loved one.Jeff was loved and respected bymany and he will be sorelymissed. Beloved son of the lateMarilyn (Atwell) and WilliamArneil Woods. Dear and de-voted father of Brian W. Woodsand his wife, Chelsey ofNorwood and Jessica Conley ofWoburn. Dear brother of Will-iam A. Woods, Jr. of Bedfordand Bradley D. Woods and hiswife, Laura of Alton Bay, NH.Loving and cherished grandfa-ther of Charlie Woods. He isalso survived by his nieces. Fu-neral from the Short,Williamson & Diamond Fu-neral Home, 52 Trapelo Rd.,BELMONT. Interment at theMt. Auburn Cemetery, 580 Mt.Auburn St., Cambridge at11:30 a.m. In lieu of flowers,contributions in Jeff’s memoryto St. Jude Children’s ResearchHospital, 501 St. Jude Place,Memphis, TN 38105, https://www.stjude.org would be sin-cerely appreciated.Swdfuneralhome.com Short,Williamson & DiamondBelmont 617.484.6900.

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ZOOM INTO FALL FITNESS WITH EILEENPopular fitness instructor Eileen Smith will transition into fall with

another session of fun, full-body exercise classes via Zoom on Mondaysand Wednesdays through Sept. 23, from 12:15-1:00 pm. Eileen will leadyou in an overall workout set to energizing music while you stand, sit, ordo a combination of both. Please have a sturdy, straight-back chair avail-able.

Get ready to walk, tap, and stretch! Walking with added toe-tappingis good for cardio and balance, while stretching helps strengthen the backand arms. We will conclude with restorative breathing and a relaxingexercise. Classes are open to those of all fitness levels, and rubber-soledshoes or sneakers are recommended.

Registration is required for each class. To sign up and receive anemail reminder, go to our online events page at norwoodlibrary.org/morrillcalendar. An email with the Zoom link will be sent out the daybefore and again shortly before the beginning of each class.

FREE AND CHEAP IN AND AROUND BOSTONBoston tour guide Jay Bazzinotti is back with another illustrated pre-

sentation about fun things to see and do that are either free or nearly freein a city not generally known for bargains. Join Jay via Zoom for “Freeand Cheap In and Around Boston” on Tuesday, September 29 at 7:00p.m. He’ll tell us about more than 25 inexpensive activities and placesthat can be enjoyed practically in our own backyard. To sign up and alsoreceive an email reminder, please visit our events page atnorwoodlibrary.org/morrillcalendar. An email with the Zoom link will besent to you the day before the program and again shortly before it begins.

THE JASON FAIRBANKS SCANDAL:A MASSACHUSETTS MURDER MYSTERY

Join Allison Neff, former program director of the Fairbanks House inDedham, Mass. on Thurs. October 8 at 6:30 pm as she tells the intriguingstory over Zoom of a murder that rocked the nation in 1801. When beau-tiful young Elizabeth Fales met with a violent death in Dedham, her boy-friend, Jason Fairbanks, was tried, convicted, and hanged for her murder.But was he, in fact, guilty? Was this a case of star-crossed lovers or abrutal murder by a scorned suitor? And was Jason even physically ca-pable of committing the crime? A dramatic court case led to a prisonbreak and a nationwide bounty hunt, ending with one of the most widelyattended executions in the country. The question of what actually hap-pened echoes to this day.

Registration is required. To sign up, please go to our online eventspage at norwoodlibrary.org/morrillcalendar. An email with the Zoom linkwill be sent to you the day before the event and again shortly beforehand.

SEWSTAINABILITY 2020: MAKING MASKSFOR THE HOMELESS…FROM HOME

For this year’s charitable work project, Together Yes has decided onceagain to make warm fleece scarves for the homeless in collaboration withMaking Masks in Norwood. Between September and November, any-one interested can sew scarves from home to be delivered in Decemberto nearby shelters. Some fleece is available, but donations of additionalfleece are needed. Pickup and delivery of materials as well as the finishedscarves will be arranged.

You can participate by sewing scarves, donating fleece, or givingadvice and encouragement on the Facebook page below. For more infor-mation, instructions, or questions, please email [email protected] or goto Making Masks in Norwood on Facebook. For instructions on makingscarves, click on Patterns and Instructions on the right of the Facebookpage. Any help you can offer to our neighbors in need is most welcome.

LIBRARY AWARDED FEDERAL GRANTThe Morrill Memorial Library was recently awarded a federal Li-

brary Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant for $7500 fromthe Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners (MBLC). “Weare proud to deliver grant funding to libraries for projects that fillunique needs of libraries across Massachusetts,” said Rob Favini,Head of Library Advisory and Development at the MBLC. “Librar-ies continue to be a vital resource to the communities they serve.Programs funded through LSTA grants illustrate the diverse rangeof topics and audiences served by Massachusetts libraries.”

The Morrill Memorial Library plans to work with local organi-zations and the Town of Norwood on a year-long project, Norwood’sCivic Hub. This project will create spaces both virtual and in-per-son, as health and safety guidelines allow, for our residents to en-gage with topics facing our community on local to global levels.Thanks to our community partners TogetherYes, Progress Norwood,and Norwood Conversations for helping us secure this vital grantfunding, as well as to other partner organizations already hostingtimely discussion events. We have plans in the works for the com-ing year but we’re always looking for suggestions: if you have anycomments or questions about the project or suggestions for topicswe might cover, please contact Adult Services Librarian Liz Reed [email protected].

LIBRARY OFFERING PHONE CALL HELPLibrarians at the Morrill Memorial Library are now offering phone

call help to our patrons. While the chat feature on our website,norwoodlibrary.org, provides a good way to ask us questions 24/7, insome cases you may rather talk on the phone for help. To reach us byphone, please call our Reference line and leave a message: 781-769-0200 x110. Please leave your name, phone number, preferred call backtime, and a brief message about what you’d like help with and a librarianwill return your call. We are checking this voicemail several times daily,so please reach out with any questions.

Library News The Record BookMENTAL ILLNESSSUPPORT GROUP MEETING

The South Norfolk MentalIllness Family and Friends Sup-port Group will hold its monthlymeeting at The Grange, 28Rockwood Road (Route 115) inNorfolk, MA from 7-9 pm onThursday, October 1.

Mental illness is a label for avariety of diseases of the brain.Often it strikes in late adoles-cence, devastating the afflictedperson and the family. TheSouth Norfolk Mental IllnessFamily and Friends SupportGroup is composed of such fami-lies who find mutual support andjoin together to advocate for theirloved ones.

We welcome all families inthe South Norfolk Area who aredealing with mental illness andtheir loved ones. In case of in-clement weather, we will alignwith the Norfolk schools. If theyclose, the meeting will be can-celled.

For further information callRay at 508-668-2941.

FAIRY FUN AT BIRD PARK(SELF GUIDED)

Bird Park is a magical place!The woodlands, meadows, andponds are perfect places formagical fairies, gnomes, elves,and pixies to dwell. Don yourwings, grab your crowns, andcome visit the park’s Fairy Lanewhere some of our local spriteslive! On your way to the lane,collect natural treasures to buildyour own fairy house andwand. As you walk down FairyLane, make sure to look for littledecorated doors at the base oftrees where fairies have alreadymoved in. Once you’ve found agood spot, use the sticks, bark,leaves, stones, and other naturaltreasure you found to on yourway to build your own fairyhome and wand. Like pixie dust,a few waves of your woodlandwand make your diminutive do-micile truly magical. Take your

wand home with you, but leaveyour little house for the park’ssprites to enjoy and others to seeas the park’s fairy villagegrows. This is a self-guided pro-gram every dayfrom Saturday, September 19 to Sunday, October 18; dawn-dusk. The guide is presented bythe Trustees. The Francis Will-iam Bird Park, East Walpole.Largest parking lot is on PolleyLane (use “135 Polley Lane,Walpole, MA 02032” for GPS). Register online to receive adownloadable DIY Fairy FunActivity Kit.

Visit www.thetrustees.org/events and enter “Francis Will-iam Bird Park” or “02032”. Forupdates and announcements,please follow Bird Park pro-grams on Facebook@friendsofbirdpark. Questions?Membership? Contact Maura (508-668-6136;[email protected]). Price: $5/Member Family; $10/NonmemberFamily for online DIY Fairy FunActivity Kit

ASSOCIATE PLANNINGBOARD MEMBEROPENING

The Norwood PlanningBoard has an opening for an As-

sociate Planning Board member.The Associate Planning Boardmember will participate on Spe-cial Permit applications on an asneeded basis. The AssociatePlanning Board member will at-tend all Planning Board meetingsand participate but will only beinvolved with voting on certainSpecial Permits when an electedBoard member cannot partici-pate because they are on vaca-tion, out sick, or have a conflictof interest. The Planning Boardmeets twice a month on Mondayevenings. This is an opportunityto serve your community andparticipate in the operation ofTown government. If you are in-terested in becoming an Associ-ate Planning Board member,send a letter of interest and re-sume to the Norwood PlanningBoard by September 25, 2020.Please address your cover letterand resume to Mr. Alfred PorroJr., Chairman of the NorwoodPlanning Board, 566 WashingtonSt., P.O. Box 40, Norwood, MA02062. If you have questionsabout the Associate PlanningBoard member position, contact

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Police LogsMonday, September 70337 Phone - Animal Complaint

Services Rendered Location/Ad-dress: Elks - Winslow Ave Bark-ing dog moved inside.

0617 Phone - Well Being Chk Ser-vices Rendered Location/Ad-dress: Washington St N679moved a male party off sidewalkbench.

1317 Phone - Assist Other AgencyArea Search Negative Location/Address: Walpole St MBTA re-ports 3 males walking on the R/Rtracks.

2106 Phone - Noise Complaint Spo-ken To Location/Address:Elkway Caller reports loud partythat has been going on all day athis neighbor’s residence. N669and N678 responded.

Tuesday, September 80617 Phone - Well Being Chk Ser-

vices Rendered Location/Ad-dress: Pleasant St + Lenox AveParty sleeping on a park benchmoved along.

0724 Phone - Assist Citizen No Ac-tion Required Location/Address:Grace Episcopal Church - ChapelSt Party reports possible damageto rear door. Upon speaking withN666, he does not believe therewas any foul play.

1020 Phone - Disturbance ServicesRendered Location/Address:Concord Ave Landlord reports forlast 2 days, male in house acrossstreet keeps yelling at him, un-known reason. N663 reports nei-ther party is on scene now, willcheck back in afternoon.

1315 Phone - Disturbance ServicesRendered Location/Address:Rock St Verbal argument withconstruction crew and male party.1413 Walk-In - Assist Citizen Ser-vices Rendered Location/Ad-dress: Morse St Advise given onWarrant of Apprehension.

1445 Phone - Unwanted Party Ser-vices Rendered Location/Ad-dress: Sally Beauty Supply -Lenox St Male party escorted outof business. Letter of Disinvite tofollow.

2106 Phone - Assist Citizen *ReportFiled Location/Address: Cedar StCaller reports papers movedwithin her home, believe herexhusband was in the house. Of-ficers checked the area with nega-tive results.

Wednesday, September 90911 Phone - Assist Other Agency

Services Rendered Location/Ad-dress: Prospect St N678 assistedN.A.C.O. in freeing a raccoonfrom a net.

0920 Walk-In - Harassment SpokenTo Location/Address: WinslowAve Party in lobby reports whilewalking on public way with hischild, a male from Winslow Avewas staring at them, banged ontrash bin, and made a statementto them. N666 reports nothingcriminal at this time, spoke to themale.

1042 Phone - Unwanted Party Ser-vices Rendered Location/Ad-dress: Mr. Franks Food Mart -Meb Inc. - Washington St Report2 H/M’s swearing at clerk. Unitsstop them Walpole/Walnut and

I.D. same for Letter ofDisinvite. N678 reports theyare on their way and 1 givenverbal warning that he is notwelcome back at the store.

1050 Phone - Assist Citizen SpokenTo Location/Address: Nichols StReport concerns about neighbor.N666 advised her to call when in-cidents are occurring.

1304 Phone - Susp Person ServicesRendered Location/Address: De-von Rd Report Trash Picker. NoOfficer Sent, Trash Is Out OnCurb for weekly pick-up, nocrime.

1440 Phone - Well Being Chk Ser-vices Rendered Location/Ad-dress: Norwood Central StationBuilding - Broadway St Caller re-ports female party yelling in theparking lot. Officers spoke withher, she checks out and was senton her way. N664 following up.

1626 Walk-In - Missing Person *Re-port Filed Location/Address:Bornwood Dr Party in the lobbyreports her daughter suffers fromnon medicated mental illness andhas not been seen since yesterdayafternoon. BOLO to the cars andsurrounding cities and towns.Party entered in NCIC. Party laterlocated in New York City at aHampton Inn. Family informed,party removed from NCIC.

1948 Phone - Well Being Chk Spo-ken To Location/Address: GuildSt Female party on foot by her-self and yelling. Officers spoke toher, she is lucid and refused anypolice assistance.

2347 911 - Assist Citizen SpokenTo Location/Address: Village RdE Caller unsure if his vehicle wastowed by management.

Thursday, September 100835 Phone - Susp Vehicle Spoken

To Location/Address: Anne RdReport Hyundai Sonata blackwith male in it, parked for 1/2hour, engine running. N679 re-ports MA PC 3RZH51 is contrac-tor working at this home.

0848 Phone - Lost And Found Ser-vices Rendered Location/Ad-dress: Nahatan St + Fulton StParty turns in tool box full of tools.Lost and Found Entry Form filledout. Dept. put out a notice on com-puter.

1322 Phone - Susp Activity *ReportFiled Location/Address:Norwood Hospital - WashingtonSt Report MA PC 4413SE slippeda note under one of the doorsaround 1140 Hrs.

1846 Phone - Well Being Chk *Re-port Filed Location/Address:Nahatan St + Pleasant St Multiplereports an unattended child run-ning in traffic. NFD notified andresponded.

1903 Phone - Neighbor DisturbanceSpoken To Location/Address:Cambridge Rd Caller states hisneighbor was verbally abusive.Parties spoken to, advised.

2304 Phone - B & E Residence*Report Filed Location/Address:Jefferson Dr Walk in reportssomeone broke into her house.

2338 Phone - Noise Complaint Spo-ken To Location/Address: LenoxSt Children running and jumpingdisturbing downstairs neighbor.Advised.

Friday, September 110658 Phone - Well Being Chk Spo-

ken To Location/Address BankOf America Atm - Bos-ProvCaller reports there is a femalesleeping in the Bank of BostonATM. N679,N667 responded.Female was fine and sent on herway.

0742 Other - Citizens Complaint*Report Filed Location/Address:Norwood High School - NicholsSt N423 receives information thatsome flyers were posted aroundthe school and neighborhood area.N423 reports nothing criminal incontent of flyer and officerschecked area for additional onesand removed them.

1053 Phone - Assist Citizen *ReportFiled Location/Address: OrchardLn Well being for the callers adultson . He was depressed and lefton foot. She is not interested inreporting him as missing at thistime.

1148 Walk-In - Found Syringe Ser-vices Rendered Location/Ad-dress: Mountain Ave Residentfound bag of syringes and pre-scription medication in her yard.N668 spoke to her and properlydisposed of all of the items.

1352 Phone - Susp Activity SpokenTo Location/Address: WinslowAve Daughter calls father whomcalls police to report noise in thehome, no one should be there.N664 reports interior checked, noone inside, nothing out of order.

1418 Walk-In - Assist Citizen Spo-ken To Location/Address: DeanSt Party in lobby reports his sis-ter, whom he lives with at thisaddress, will be served ProbateCourt paperwork on Monday andbrother feels she may become vio-lent towards him as a result. N669spoke to brother and advised him,he will call Monday if somethinggoes awry.

1440 Cellular - Citizens ComplaintGone On Arrival Location/Ad-dress: Chapel St Passing motor-ist reports at the bend in the road,up against stone wall, there was ablack either male or female, in asquatting position, pants down,that appeared to be defacating onsidewalk.

1456 Phone - Mischief (Kids) *Re-port Filed Location/Address:Morse St Property Manager of theSpace Center reports kids on theroof damaging windows. W/M allBlack clothing and the other W/M Red & Black They are on theladder at College Town. Both lo-cated and parents advised.

1504 911 - Well Being Chk SpokenTo Location/Address: RedwoodDr Request check of aunt. Hadfallen this morning but refusedhelp but now is not answeringphone. N665 spoke to her, shestates she is ok.

1510 Cellular - Citizens Complaint*Complaint/Summons Location/Address: Lansdowne Way Reportmale from apartment T-4 was out-side the building urinating.

1526 Phone - Assist Other AgencyServices Rendered Location/Ad-dress: Sturtevant Ave DCGchecking on a child.

1625 Phone - Citizens Complaint*Report Filed Location/Address:Fr Mac’s - Vernon St Offensivenotes found. Supplemental narra-tive to 20-1088-OF filed.

1626 Phone - Citizens ComplaintSpoken To Location/Address: ECottage St Party outside sellingflowers was putting trash downthe storm drain. N666 spoke tohim and witnesses who did notsee anything.

1811 Initiated - Warrant Service*Arrest(S)Made Location/Ad-dress: Endicott St Arrest:Jankauskas, Adam T Address: 66Graham St Apt. #10 Gardner, MaAge: 32 Charges: Warrant Arrest

2211 Phone - Noise Com-plaint Spoken To Location/Address: Shaws Supermarket- Nahatan St Caller reports atruck being loud in the back

of the plaza. N677 spoke to thedriver and he will be leavingshortly.

2356 Phone - Well Being Chk Spo-ken To Location/Address:Meadow St + Neponset St Callerreports a mlae party with no shirthunched over. N677 reports thatparty checks out and is goinghome for the night.

Saturday, September 120209 Phone - Noise Complaint No

Action Required Location/Ad-dress: Across The Street - LincolnSt Caller reports neighbor acrossstreet on second floor playing hisguitar that is keeping him up.N668 responded and reports allis quiet. Officer stood by for a fewmore minutes. No noise.

0213 Phone - Noise Complaint Spo-ken To Location/Address: Pros-pect St + Railroad Ave Caller re-ports group in back yard with loudmusic. N667,N666 responded.Spoken to and advised to call it anight.

0337 Initiated - Mischief (Kids)*Report Filed Location/Address:Norwood Pk S N677 reports asmall group of youths near theHoliday Inn fled in different di-rections when they saw him.N664,N666,N668 checked thearea and located several of them.N666 dropped off one male fromthe station to St.James Ave.St.mil:29979 @5:13 end.mil:29981 @ 5:18. One femalewas picked up by parent. One wasa section 12 and transported to thehospital. N677 to file report Ju-venile Arrest Age: 14 Charges:Section 12

0458 Phone - Noise Complaint Spo-ken To Location/Address: MillPond Ln Several calls for maleparty outside with using a chainsaw. N669,N667 responded. Spo-ken to and put it away for thenight.

0847 Phone - Assist Citizen ServicesRendered Location/Address: Ce-dar St N665 stood by while maleparty retrieved items

0937 Initiated - Citizens ComplaintServices Rendered Location/Ad-dress: Shattuck Pk Rd + NicholsSt Offensive sign removed.

0952 Phone - B & E Of Motor Ve-hicle Services Rendered Loca-tion/Address: Pilgrim Dr Party re-ports nothing was stolen or dam-aged in vehicle. Extra checks re-quested.

1132 Walk-In - Citizens ComplaintServices Rendered Location/Ad-dress: Home Pro - St George AveParty reports a verbal dispute ear-lier in the day.

1204 Phone - Assist Citizen ServicesRendered Location/Address:Concord Ave Party advised on anongoing issue with his neighbor.

1240 Phone - Noise Complaint Spo-ken To Location/Address: AccessRd Small car show advised aboutloud music.

1347 Phone - Well Being Chk *Re-port Filed Location/Address: Or-leans Rd Caller requests awellness check on her son who isDK. Party located and will be stay-ing with a neighbor.

1545 Phone - B & E Of Motor Ve-hicle Spoken To Location/Ad-dress: Ruggeri, Emilio - PilgrimDr car unlocked and entered lastnight. Nothing missing.

1546 Phone - Drunk Person *Pro-tective Custody Location/Ad-dress: Orleans Rd Resident is DK

and back at the house.See-1105-OF. As a result one transported asa PC.

1850 911 - Motor Vehicle Accident*Arrest(S)Made Location/Ad-dress: Nahatan St MA PC8EA889 towed by Negosians.N669 follows the ambulance tothe hospital, patient was acting up,N670 responds to the hospital aswell to back up N669. Arrest:Kaufman, Theodore B Address:352 Sprague St Dedham, MaAge: 22 Charges: Oui-Liquor Or.08% Negligent Operation OfMotor Vehicle Marked LanesViolation

1901 Phone - Noise Complaint Spo-ken To Location/Address: RockSt Group in the yard with loudmusic .Officer reports music be-ing turned down for the night.

1906 911 - Drunk Person *ReportFiled Location/Address: HillcrestRd Family member DK andwants to drive. One transportedto the station by N678. ST MI31805 @ 1951 HRS EN 1957HRS 31806.7

1927 Walk-In - Stolen Bicycle *Re-port Filed Location/Address: Cen-tral St Bike removed from Cen-tral ST near Nahatan ST.

2000 Phone - Well Being Chk Po-lice & Fire Notified/Respond Lo-cation/Address: High St VistingNurse concerned about the resi-dent who won’t speak when shecalls .She refused treatment.

2001 Phone - Report Of Fight AreaSearch Negative Location/Ad-dress: Balch School Acct# 1379d- Washington St Caller reports afight in progress between 10 in-dividuals. N677 reports no fightin progress only 4 people doing avideo shoot.

2224 911 - Citizens Complaint Spo-ken To Location/Address:Plimpton Ave + Broadway StCaller reports juveniles on bikesusing racial slurs towards him.N664 spoke to a few kids on bikesin the area they denied saying any-thing to him and said they weretalking on the phone to a friend.

Sunday, September 131107 Initiated - Susp Vehicle Ser-

vices Rendered Location/Ad-dress: Monroe St + Rock St Threepeople sleeping in a parked MV.Parties check out.

1349 911 - Well Being Chk Trans-ported To Hospital Location/Ad-dress: Neponset St Female partyhaving suicidal thoughts (noplans). Transported to hospital forvoluntary eval.

1652 Phone - Susp Activity SpokenTo Location/Address: Azalea DrFamily of the owner found emptycans and a backpack at the end ofwoods abutting the airport prop-erty. No identifying informationfound and the items put in thetrash.

1703 Phone - Noise Complaint Spo-ken To Location/Address:Tremont St Caller reports loudmusic, N679 reports there is agathering going on and the musicwas not that loud.

1912 Phone - Noise Complaint Spo-ken To Location/Address:Tremont St Loud music com-plaint. Officer reports the musicwas turned down and the gather-ing is ending within the hour.

2200 911 - Susp Activity Spoken ToLocation/Address: Norwest DrCaller reports someone shined alight in her window, when sheopened the curtains the subjecttook off. N668 noticed mainte-nance in the area. N670 spoke tothe caller and advised her to callif she notices anything suspicious.

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Mr. Paul Halkiotis, Director of Community Planning & EconomicDevelopment, (781) 915-4749 or at [email protected].

EMERGENCY RENTAL ANDMORTGAGE ASSISTANCE (ERMA)

The Town of Norwood in partnership with the South MiddlesexOpportunity Council (SMOC) is pleased to announce a new grantprogram, the Emergency Rental and Mortgage AssistanceProgram(ERMA). The new grant program has been established fromFederal funding made available from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief,and Economic Security Act (CARES Act). The grant program willprovide financial assistance to income qualified individuals thathave suffered financial hardship from the economic crisis causedby the pandemic. Grant funds can be used to help pay for rent,mortgage and utility payments. In order to qualify for this fund-ing, a household must meet the following criteria at the time ofapplication:

• Currently rent or own a house as a primary residence in Mas-sachusetts;

• Have income that is between 50-80% of the Area MedianIncome (AMI); and

• Have a housing emergency due to a financial hardship re-lated to or exacerbated by the COVID-19 crisis (as verified throughdocumentation or a written self-certification consistent with thisAdministrative Plan).

Up to $4,000 is available per household over a 12-month pe-riod which can be utilized to assist with rental and mortgage ar-rears for payments due no earlier than April 1, 2020, and rentaland mortgage stipends for payments due after the date of applica-tion. Individuals living in subsidized housing units where tenantrent is calculated and adjusted based on income are not eligiblefor rent stipends but are eligible for assistance with arrears whenable to demonstrate sufficient justification for non-payment of pastdue rent. For those seeking general/financial assistance pleasecomplete the online RAFT/ERMA Pre-Application at https://www.waitlistcheck.com/MA2977-1916 or call the Housing Con-sumer Education Center hotline at 508-872-0765 for more infor-mation. RAFT/ERMA online pre-applications are prioritized inthe order that they are received. All clients are contacted by aSMOC staff once the online pre-application is received. For home-less families seeking shelter please call HCEC Intake Specialist,Amandalee Deleon Campos at 508-872-4853 x 2171. For all otherquestions/concerns please email the HCEC Department [email protected]. For more information locally please contactPaul Halkiotis, Director of Community Planning and EconomicDevelopment, at [email protected] or (781) 915 - 4749.

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ZBA continued from page 1tober will allow them to ad-dress the issues they need toprior to that,” he said. “Fromwhat I’ve been briefed on,there’s an issue that needs tobe resolved with the Conser-vation Commission and an is-sue that needs to be resolvedwith the Planning Board.”

Brady also summarized aletter he received from TownPlanner Paul Halkiotis, whichpointed out that the originalpermit granted for this requesthad expired.

“We may need to do awhole application and hearingrather than just a continuanceon the matter,” Brady said.

Member Philip Riley saidthey could push the continu-ance back to Nov. 17 and if itis discovered after consulta-tion with the Town’s legal de-partment that a new publichearing and public notificationwould be required, they cantake care of it at that time andnot have a continued hearing,but a whole new hearing de-

pending on the time frame.The Board also voted

unanimously to allow the pro-posal for Lot 5 at 600 NicholsSt. to be situated 10 feet fromthe property line. Attorney rep-resenting property owner PaulEysie, David Hern, said theywould agree to withdraw theother variance they were look-ing for relief on – splitting theNichols Street-facing house onthe north side of the parcel intotwo different nonconforminglots, but he said he wanted tocontinue discussion on the Lot5 issue. The Board also votedto allow Hern to withdraw saidlot split.

Hern said the Lot 5 issue isa strange one. Basically, on thesouthernmost edge of the prop-erty, there is a parcel adjacentto the 600 Nichols St. propertyowned by the Town. The prop-erty was taken from the pre-vious property owner,Abraham Shagoury, in the60s by the County for theTown to build an extension of

Garden Parkway to LancelotCircle. The extension neverhappened, and Hern and theBoard agreed it probablynever would, since there arewetlands there that would re-quire a bridge to be built in-stead of a normal road.

Hern said they were ask-ing for five feet of frontagefrom the proposed buildingon Lot 5 to the property lineof the land owned by theTown. He pointed out thehouse itself would still be 55feet from the roadway. Hesaid they could not build thehouse too much further fromthe roadway as wetlands withno-build zones and no-dis-turb zones faced them on theother side.

Riley said he felt that thesituation was so unique to theparcel and not unreasonablethat he would be in favor ofit, providing that Eysie putthe building five feet furtherback for a total frontage of 10feet, mirroring the generalfeeling of the Board.

“I do think that whateverwe do with it, whether it’s fivefeet or 10 feet, assuming we dothat, that we ought to be clearthat this is a very unusual if notunique piece of property andthat decision should be consid-ered pretty much confined tothe facts of this case,” he said.“In other words, I would hopethat someone wouldn’t come inlater and point to this case andsay ‘it’s okay to put a structurefive feet from the street.’”