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Hundreds came out for a soldout show inNorwood for the Circle of Hope. Picturedto the right, the 2019 Champion of Danc-ing with the Norwood Stars, MichelleSheehan. COURTESY PHOTOS

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First Girls troop inNorwood registered

From left to right, the new Girls Troop of St. Catherine Siena Troop 49: Trinity B., Eve O.,Allie M., Grace O., Lauren W.

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The 2019 Dancing with theNorwood Stars went off without a hitchlast week at the Four Points Sheratonin Norwood.

The celebration of what Norwoodhas to offer was a fundraiser set up bythe Norwood Circle of Hope (COH)and brings in hundreds of thousandsof dollars for local Norwood families.It sold out this year once again withmore than 600 tickets sold. OrganizerKathy St. Cyr said she thought of theidea 11 years ago, and never thought itwould be as big as it has become.

“I’ve been involved with the COHfor 21 years, since the day it wasformed,” she said. “It’s been an amaz-ing roller coaster.”

The group was founded in 1998 in

memory of co-founder Lee Kennedy’sdaughter Michelle. Kennedy saidMichelle was diagnosed with leuke-mia and battled fiercely. Kennedy saidshe saw the community come out andsupport her daughter. She saidMichelle wanted to continue that tra-dition when her treatment was over,but she lost her battle with cancer. Leeand several of her friends and neigh-bors, like St. Cyr, continued the tradi-tion by forming the COH.

“She got different people from dif-

The Norwood Boy Scouts ofAmerica (BSA) Troop 49 St. Catherineof Siena signed its charter last Wednes-day night on April 3 to register the firstGirls Troop in the Town.

Scoutmaster for the new troopBeverly Murphy said the ceremony wasa great experience, both for her and forthe five new troop members. The cer-emony included the presentation ofMurphy’s Scoutmaster Patch for Troop49G, as it is now called, and the pre-sentation of Founders Patches for allfive scouts.

Murphy said it all started with herdaughter Allie, her only daughter offour children. She said her daughterand her twin brother started scoutingtogether in Cub Scouts.

“In Cub Scouts, she was able to tagalong, because it was family campingtrips so that was allowed,” she said.

“But she always wanted to join the BoyScouts. When we crossed over to thetroops, there wasn’t an option for herto participate.”

Murphy said last year’s announce-ment from the Boy Scouts of Americanational organization to allow girls intothe Scouts built up a lot of anticipationfor her daughter Allie.

“She’s been basically waiting untilthe Feb. 1 deadline to be able to join,”she said. “We needed to have five girlsto be able to create a troop and shestarted asking her friends and tried torecruit girls who were interested injoining. We were very happy with thefive girls who were interested in mov-ing forward in scouting. It’s a greatgroup and they get along really well.”

The troop first registered in Febru-ary and has already undertaken severaltrips to test their mettle. First up was a

The Norwood Planning Board met onWednesday to finalize the DowntownMixed-Use Overlay District ZoningPlan, which will be up for a vote at theupcoming Norwood Special Town Meet-ing.

The final touches on the plan werebrought about after the Board met withlocal property owners in the district. The

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DEATHS

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CALDICOTTRuth M. (Bibbey) Of Norwood,passed away peacefully sur-rounded by her family, on April1, 2019. Beloved and devotedwife of 51 years to RogerCaldicott of Norwood. Lovingmother of Debra A. Caldicott ofWeymouth. Born in Boston andraised in Dorchester, Ruth wasthe daughter of the late GeorgeJ. and Mary (Bowen) Bibbey. Shewas educated in St. GregoryGrammar School and NotreDame Academy, graduated fromBoston State with a teaching de-gree and then earned her Master’sin Education at Boston College.In the 60s, Ruth taught for theCity of Boston in the Boston Pub-lic School System, where sheeducated elementary students inthe Ahearn, Condon, Tynan andPerry Elementary Schools. Ruthwas a devout catholic and parish-ioner in St. Catherine of SienaChurch who volunteered her timeboth in the parish and school ac-tivities. In her spare time, she en-joyed sewing, knitting, reading,and getting together regularlywith her friends. Funeral from theGillooly Funeral Home, 126Walpole Street (Rt. 1A),NORWOOD. Interment in St.Joseph’s Cemetery, WestRoxbury. Memorial contributionsin memory of Ruth M. Caldicottmay be made to St. Catherine ofSiena Church, 547 WashingtonStreet, Norwood, MA 02062.Gillooly Funeral Home Norwood7 8 1 - 7 6 2 - 0 1 7 4www.gilloolyfuneralhome.com

CARAFONEClara (Salbucci) Of

Norwood, passed peacefully onApril 2, surrounded by her lov-ing family at the age of 95. Be-loved wife of the late Ferdinando.Devoted mother of GraceAndreassi and her husband An-tonio of Norwood, Guy and hiswife Deborah of Sudbury and An-

thony of California. Cherishedsister of the late Francesca, Sisto,and Cicillo Salbucci. Loving“Nonno” of eight grandchildren,four great-grandchildren, andalso survived by many lovingnieces, nephews, in-laws andfriends. Funeral from theAlexander F. Thomas & Sons Fu-neral Home, 45 Common St.,WALPOLE. Interment at St.Michael’s Cemetery, Roslindale.For directions and guestbookplease visitthomasfuneralhomes.com

CENTAUROGrace E. (Giusti) Of

Braintree, passed away on March28, 2019, at the age of 68. Belovedwife of the late Michael AndrewCentauro. Devoted mother of An-thony Centauro of Braintree andstepson Michael Centauro Jr. ofFramingham. Sister of Gerald H.Giusti and his wife Joanne(Mirisola) of Mashpee, SusanBarron and her late husbandLawrence of Merrimac, MA, andthe late James G. Giusti and his sur-viving wife Jacquelyn (Hanley) ofNorwood. Grace is also survived byher grandson Michael AnthonyCentauro and his mother KirstenParson of Plymouth, and manynieces and nephews. Daughter ofthe late Silvio and Grace (DeSantis)Giusti. Funeral from the Kraw -Kornack Funeral Home, 1248Washington St., NORWOOD.Burial will be at the Mass NationalCemetery in Bourne, MA. In lieuof flowers, donations in her namemay be made to Disabled Ameri-can Veterans, 788 Liberty St.,Braintree, MA 02184. Kraw-Kornackfuneralhome.com. FamilyOwned and Operated. 781-762-0482.

CIANCALena (Gazzero) Of Norwood,

formerly of Westwood, passedaway on March 31, 2019. Be-loved wife of the late OscarCianca. Loving mother of JamesCianca and his wife Sherri ofLewiston, NY and the late RitaCianca. Cherished grandmotherof James, Tony, Peter, Micahand Jennifer Cianca. She isa lso survived by 12 great-grandchildren. Funeral fromthe Gillooly Funeral Home,126 Walpo l e St r ee t ,NORWOOD. For additionalinformation about Lena andonline guestbook, please visit:g i l l o o l y f u n e r a l h o m e . c o mGi l loo ly Fune ra l Home .Norwood 781-762-0174.

CROWLEYPAUL M. of Norfolk for-

ma l ly o f Norwood pas sedaway on April 3, 2019 at theage of 73. Beloved husband ofCarol A. (Foley) Crowley. De-voted fa ther of Michael J .C rowley and h i s w i f eMichel le of Norwood andStephen P. Crowley and hiswi f e Me l i s sa o f Nor fo lk .Brother of Mary Jane Kemperof Lexington, Martha Denneyof Ponca C i ty, OK, Ru thConnolly of Foxboro and thelate Robert Crowley. Paul isalso survived by his 2 grand-children and many nieces andnephews . Son o f t he l a t eMichael J. and Margaret (Th-ompson) Crowley. Funera lfrom the Kraw – Kornack Fu-neral Home, 1248 WashingtonSt., Norwood. Burial with Armymilitary honors will be at NorfolkCemetery, Main St., Norfolk MA.US Army Vietnam Veteran.

GILBOY

Kenneth C. Gilboy ofNorwood, age 60, passed awayon March 19, 2019. Loving fa-ther of Christine Gilboy and Car-rie Gilboy of Blacksburg, VA. Heis survived by ex-wife ElizabethGilboy of Blacksburg, VA, hissister Anne Amoroso of Portland,ME, by nieces Heather Vergaraand Kimberly Wilson both ofNorwood, and by numerouscousins. He was the son of thelate Charles and Nora (King)Gilboy, both of Norwood, and ispredeceased by Marie King, alsoof Norwood, to whom he was atrusted nephew and caregiver. Healso leaves behind numerousfriends and colleagues from hislong career in the copier serviceindustry. Ken grew up inNorwood and was involved withthe Boy Scouts earning the rankof Eagle Scout and later becom-ing a Scoutmaster. As a youth heplayed the violin and, for a pe-riod of time, played with theGreater Boston Youth SymphonyOrchestra. He graduated fromNorwood High School with theclass of 1977 and soon thereaf-ter, began his long career in the

copier service industry. Ken wasa self-described tech nerd with asense of humor who was simply“celebrating his twentieth birth-day… for the third time.” He pos-sessed an outgoing nature andloved chatting to such an extentthat if someone were in need of afilibuster in the Senate, he couldhave easily spoken for twelve orthirteen hours straight. Rightnow, he’s likely up in Heaventalking the ear off of relatives hehasn’t seen in awhile about howhis daughters are doing and tell-ing stories about the many dogshe’d had through the years. Kenalways had a soft spot for dogs,especially his favorite breed, theGerman Shepherd. He also lovedthe color green and ate the mostvolcanic of hot sauces like therest of us eat ketchup. A privatefamily ceremony will be held inBlacksburg, VA – the place heconsidered to be his home.

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Ada “Dusty” Of Norwood,MA, formerly of New London,NH died peacefully on April 1,2019 surrounded by her children.A life long artist and textile con-servation expert, Dusty foundmany ways to share her enthusi-asm and talents including docentwork at the Winterthur Museum;teaching Textile Arts at PineManor College; and serving asActing Conservator of Textiles atthe Isabella Stuart Gardener Mu-seum where she spent 15 yrs. ofher professional life. In “retire-

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Selectmen discuss overridenumber and hear Earth Day plans

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The Norwood Board ofSelectmen received an updateon the town’s Earth Weekplans at their Tuesday, April9 meeting. John Aprea andthe Norwood High SchoolEnvironmental Youth Coali-tion provided an overview ofevents scheduled for April22-26 at Norwood HighSchool (NHS), with week-end activities organized forother parts of the city.

The goal of the initiativeis to spread awareness aboutthe environment. To that end,NHS is focusing on repairingand reusing items that mightotherwise end up in the trashheap. They will offer a bikeswap that will allow swap-ping a current kid’s bicyclefor a larger one and bike re-pair services. A fix-it stationwill check laptops for optimi-zation. Help will be availableto repair small householditems like lamps to empha-size repairing rather thantrashing. Selectman AlanHoward stressed the impor-tance of students educatingtheir families on recycling.

On Sunday, April 28,Norwood’s Earth Day activi-ties include free yoga instruc-tion, a town-wide Earth Dayclean-up with a free piece ofpizza for those who help.Last year, volunteers col-lected 276 bags of trash.“We’ll be cleaning up all theplaygrounds in town,” saidAprea. Music, kids’ activitiesand crafts will be available inthe Town square.

For more information,citizens are directed to go to

www.progressnorwood.orgfor registration to participate.“I think it will be a great suc-cess because it was last year,“said Selectman ThomasMaloney.

Other business included aspontaneous discussion aboutthe current dollar amount af-fixed to the tax override, cur-rently set at $5.9 million.Howard stated that he hadheard from quite a few peoplewho wondered if the numberon the override might betweaked to reduce it evenmore. He noted that there area lot of people on the fenceto approve the override.“They want to be sure it isn’tany more excessive than ittruly needs to be,” he said.

Selectman William Plaskonoted that the town needed tomaintain a stable free cashbalance. “I don’t really seeany leeway or room for re-ducing this number at thist ime.” Selectman DavidHajjar said, “Collaborationamong numerous committeeshas been going on since May,2018 to arrive at the currentnumber. To revisit this wouldignore the work that has beendone by many people. I thinkit’s unfair or unwise.”Howard asked Town Man-ager Tony Muzzucco if hesees any “rocks” that couldbe turned over to find moresavings. Muzzucco said no.

Chairman Paul Bishopnoted that two-thirds of thecities and towns in Massa-chusetts are going for over-rides. “We are not going tosolve the problem,” he said,adding that the state has tostep up efforts to providemore assistance. Hajjar said

the state has to stop puttingunfunded mandates on theshoulders of the towns. “It’sa price tag we can’t fund,” hesaid. Selectmen approved thecreation of the ballot for thetown override vote as submit-ted.

The override continued tobe discussed in relationshipto a Memo of Understanding(MOU). The Finance Com-mission, School Committee,and Board of Selectmen meton Saturday, April 6 to dis-cuss an MOU that wouldstate that if voters pass theoverride, the MOU wouldpledge to work on how finan-cial matters will be handledfor the next five years. Theselectmen approved the adop-tion of the MOU.

Other business includedAbdul Shuman’s applicationfor a used car license to buyand sell used cars. He wouldoperate the business from hishome via a computer, with nocars on the property. Hajjarasked if his neighbors knewabout this proposed business.“I don’t intend to have anycars on the property,” saidShuman. Public notice of hisintent has been placed in thenewspaper. Selectmen indi-cated that there can be no de-viation from his no-carpledge on the property. Hislicense was approved.

After some discussion,only Kevin Shaughnessy andMartin E. Odstrchel were re-


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HAJJAR SAYSTHANK YOU

To the Editor:I want to thank the voters in

this great Town for giving methe opportunity to be a mem-ber of the Board of Selectmen.I am truly honored by your sup-port, hope and belief that I canand will make a difference. Iwill not take anything forgranted. You can count on meto work hard for you and withmy fellow Selectmen in chart-ing the right course forNorwood. There are many is-sues facing us and I will do mybest, and be as transparent aspossible, in dealing with them.Fortunately, there are manywonderful people serving thisTown in many capacities thatcan be counted on. This willnot be done in a short period oftime. However, we will dowhat needs to be done and workcollaboratively as a team in or-der to meet the needs of our citi-zens and to meet the needs inmoving Norwood to a betterplace. Whether you voted forme or not, I now serve every

resident of Norwood.Again, I thank you and hope

that you provide me with feed-back during my term that willhelp me make better decisionsfor the great Town of Norwood.

David E. HajjarBoard of Selectmen

[email protected]

AVOID CUTS, SUPPORTTHE OVERRIDE

To the Editor:I am grateful to live in a

community that values familiesand supports kids and seniors.We have a wonderful down-town, a diverse offering of rec-reation programs, dedicatedtown employees and a modernhigh school.

We face an urgent choicethis spring to invest in our townto ensure it remains a greatplace to call home. The town’sbeen using its savings (freecash) to balance the budget.This is not a sustainable wayto fund the town’s programsand services. If the towndoesn’t pass an override, manyof the school programs and

town services that make this aspecial place to live will belost, from closing the Willetand all after school activities,to reducing hours at WinterStreet Recycling and cuttingpositions in the police, fire, li-brary and DPW.

Approving an override willhelp us keep our schools com-petitive, maintain services andimprove the town’s financialstability. We won’t have to diginto savings for snow and iceremoval or road maintenance.

Today, Norwood’s averagetax is one of the lowest in thestate, and even with an over-ride the average tax bill wouldstill be lower than most nearbytowns and the state average.For all the taxes and unwel-come expenses I have (anyoneride the commuter rail?), mylocal taxes provide the mostdirect and continuous benefit tome and my neighbors. The timehas come. Please supportNorwood and vote yes on anoverride.

Sheri McLeishNorwood

HISTORICAL COMMISSIONTO HOLD WORKSHOP

The Massachusetts HistoricalCommission will be conducting aworkshop on Wednesday, May 1,from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm, at theMorrill Memorial Library. At the re-quest of the Norwood HistoricalCommission, Christopher C. Skelly,Director of Local Government Pro-grams, will provide an overview foridentifying, evaluating and protect-ing historic resources here inNorwood. The meeting is open to thepublic.

DAR ANNOUNCESGARAGE SALE

The Aaron Guild Chapter of theDaughters of the American Revolu-tion (DAR) will be holding theirAnnual Garage/Estate Sale on Sat-urday, April 27 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00p.m. on Barlow Lane in Westwood(First house on the right on BarlowLane just off Route 109). For salewill be household items, jewelry,kitchen utensils, bric-a-brac, toys,books, and small furniture. Comeearly for the best selection. CallSunny O’Malley for more informa-tion at 781-326-7799.

The proceeds will be used to sup-port DAR’s patriotic, historic, andeducational endeavors, such as theGood Citizen Award given to four de-serving high school seniors, whowere chosen as Good Citizens bytheir classmates and teachers. Atgraduation in June, each will receivea check from the Aaron Guild Chap-ter. The chapter also donates themagazine “American Spirit” to fourpublic libraries in the area: Westwood, Walpole, Canton andNorwood. The Aaron Guild Chapterwelcomes new members. Call Re-gent Terry Whetstone at 781-329-8463 for more information if you areinterested in joining.

GARDEN CLUB TO HOSTFRUIT TREE EXPERT

If you’re interested insustainability or just want to knowwhich fruit trees would do best onyour property, you won’t want to miss

“Fruit Trees: An Integral Part ofToday’s Edible Landscape” hostedby the Norwood Evening GardenClub on Tuesday, April 23, 6:45 p.m.at the Carriage House behind theFirst Baptist Church, 71 Bond Street,Norwood. The public is invited toattend for a small donation. Refresh-ments will be served. Dr. WesleyAutio, fruit tree expert, professor,and Director of the University ofMassachusetts’ Stockbridge Schoolof Agriculture will share his vastknowledge of the topic. While manyfruit trees (apple, pear, peach, plum,and cherry) can be included in ourNew England edible landscapes,some species are more suited thanothers. Dr. Autio will talk about howto determine whether or not your siteis suitable for growing fruit trees andhow the variety you select will makethe difference between success andfailure. He will discuss the mostimportant pests you need to knowabout and how to control them (orlive with them), and what you needto know about the basic physiologythat controls a fruit tree’s responseto management. He will also discusstechniques to reduce pruning andimprove fruiting, as well as basicpruning and training techniques thatcan help keep fruit trees in smallspaces. For information about theNorwood Evening Garden Club,v i s i twww.NorwoodEveningGardenClub.com.

EMMANUEL LUTHERANHOSTING RUMMAGE SALE

Emmanuel Lutheran Church,corner of Berwick Street andGardner Road, (just off Route1A) in Norwood, MA, is host-ing a Spring Rummage Sale. Thesale will be held on Friday, April26 and Saturday, April 27 from9am-1pm. In addition to gentlyworn clothing, small housewaresand books, we are having ourspecial collectibles and antiquestable again this spring. On Sat-urday, at 12:00pm (for the lasthour) we will have a bag sale.For $5.00 attendees can fill a bigtrash bag.

EATH DAY IS APPROACHINGJoin us for a Family fun day-long

celebration of Earth Day! The activi-ties on the Common are from 11:30-1:30, but there are opportunities tovolunteer/participate in the morning. Schedule of events: 8-8:45 a.m. FreeCommunity Yoga on the Commonwith Bethany Dupree. 9-10:30a.m. Plogging (picking up trash whilejogging) with Charles River Running(meet on the Common), 9:30-11a.m. Community Cleanup (registerat progressnorwood.org to choose aschool or other community location),11:30-1:30 p.m.

CELEBRATION on the NorwoodTown Common, Recycling stations,bike swaps (bring in your child’s out-grown gently used bike and get a largersize!), $5 bike helmets, fix-It stationwhere you can get help fixing smallhousehold items and laptops, plant aseed, learn about the importance ofbees, live music by The UnlikelyStrummers and Band Gig School ofMusic and more! Participating orga-nizations include Progress Norwood,Norwood DPW, Norwood Parks andRec., Morrill Memorial Library andmany others. For more informationemail [email protected] or [email protected]

HELP NORWOOD LETTERCARRIERS STAMP OUTHUNGER

The Letter Carriers’ food drive isheld annually on the second Saturdayin May in over 10,000 cities and townsin all 50 states, the District ofColumbia, Puerto Rico, the VirginIslands and Guam. It remains as im-portant as ever, with many people fac-ing economic struggles. Hunger af-fects about 50 million people aroundthe country, including millions of chil-dren, senior citizens and veterans. Letter carriers see these struggles inthe communities they serve, and be-lieve that it is important to do whatthey can to help. As in previous years,all food donated in the Norwood com-munity will be sorted and delivered tothe Norwood Ecumenical Food Pan-

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According to the NorwoodPolice Department (NPD),the end of a months-long in-vestigation into a local resi-dent has yielded an arrest.

The NPD reported that onApril 5, Detective BrendenGreene concluded his inves-tigation and was granted asearch warrant for the resi-dence at 46 Geraldine Dr. Thearrest of Andrew Origlio, 29,of 46 Geraldine Dr. resultedin 29 total charges, includingpossession of an assaultweapon, possession of a ma-chine gun, five counts of pos-session of a firearm withouta license, possession of an in-cendiary device, four countsof possession with intent todistribute of a Class D sub-stance and four counts of druglaw violations in a schoolzone.

According to NPD ChiefWilliam Brooks, the investi-gation started a couple ofmonths ago because of alle-gations from local residentsthat Origlio was illegally sell-ing marijuana.

“There’s a lot of misinfor-mation out there certainly, butpeople have to keep in mindresidents voted in favor ofmarijuana,” he said. “But youcan only have 10 ounces inyour home and one ounce inpublic and you can’t deal it. Ithink the weight here came inat a couple of pounds, andthat’s not an inordinateamount, but it’s well beyondwhat you can have in your

home and, of course, youcan’t sell at all.”

Brooks said Norwooddoesn’t usually see a largestash of firearms and explo-sives in its drug surveillance.

“There’s no indicationthat he used those firearmsfor drug trafficking,” Brookspointed out. “But I’d have tothink back to the last time wehad that many firearms inthat kind of a search. Wedon’t tend to see a lot of fire-arms in drug trafficking.”

The NPD reported seizingenough items to require theuse of the Police Wagon totransport it all. Those itemsinclude marijuana, hash oil,THC edibles, materials topackage and distribute mari-juana and THC oil, equip-ment to extract THC oil frommarijuana, four handguns,one assault rifle, parts tobuild a machine gun, .22caliber ammo, .45 caliberammo, .223 caliber ammo,5.56mm ammo, and a largesupply of fireworks alongwith materials that suggest hewas building his own fire-works.

Norwood worked with theNorfolk County Police Anti-Crime (NORPAC) Task Forcein this case. NORPAC’s mem-ber agencies are the towns ofCanton, Dedham,Foxborough, Medfield,Millis, Needham, Norfolk,Norwood, Plainville, Sharon,Stoughton, Walpole,Westwood, Wellesley,Wrentham and the Massachu-setts State Police. It has beenin existence since 1987.

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Saint Streets clock startsJefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

After more than half a yearsince the idea was first floated,it looks like now the Town ofNorwood can start negotiatingwith DCD Realty to purchasethe Saint Streets Lot near 84Morse St.

The lot was originally partof a parking lot proposal for useby Boch Automotive for ve-hicle storage, but Boch VicePresident Michael Clemmeysaid he was reducing the sizeof the lot and would negotiatewith the Town to sell the prop-erty to it.

At last week’s ConservationCommission meeting the Com-mission voted unanimously toaccept the final Order of Con-ditions with revisions as agreedupon. The Commission thenvoted to approve and issue theOrders of Conditions, alsounanimously.

This starts the clock on thenegotiating time, which is 18months. Attorney representingDCD, David Hern, said pub-licly at the previous Conserva-tion Commission meeting thatDCD is willing to sell the par-cel at the assessed value, beforethe Commission put together anOrder of Conditions that is nowthe last approval the projectneeded before it started work,which kicked off that 18-monthclock.

Because the warrants arecompleted for the upcomingApril Special Town meeting

and the regular May Townmeeting is already full (hencethe special Spring meeting) ifa sale is agreed upon by Townofficials, Town Meeting mem-bers will be able to vote to ap-prove said sale by a Fall TownMeeting.

Hern said last week he justhad a bit of legal language toclear up before he was comfort-able with the Order of Condi-tions.

Because the Saints Street lotis part of the whole property asit is defined now and has beenincluded in the plan, Hern saidthe current Order of Conditionswould require more approvalsfrom the Commission in orderfor DCD to be able to sell it tothe Town.

Hern said at some point theSaint Streets lot would have tobe separated into a differentparcel to legally sell it to theTown, and he has stated em-phatically is the plan.

“I’m concerned that we’reunnecessarily going to tieeverybody’s hands on this,” hesaid.

Hern said a workable solu-tion to this would be to changethe Order of Conditions to readthat no lots could be sold ortransferred until a certificate ofcompliance relative to such lotsor as issued by the Commission.

Member Cheryl Doyle sug-gested that the Commission justinsert language that would ex-clude the Saint Streets lot in theOrder of Conditions. Hern saidhe felt that the buyer’s counsel

would still want an approvedpartial Certificate of Compli-ance.

“I know you can’t commit todoing that,” Hern said.

Conservation Commissionmember Joseph DiMaria saidthe language should include adefinition of the Saints Street lotland within the Order of Condi-tions, which is all land north ofthe Neponset River and west ofthe Hawes Brook. DiMaria andHern agreed that since DCDdoesn’t control the boundarieson the other two sides of theparcels, the Balch School andSaints neighborhood itself, itshould be a direct reference tothe land they want to encap-sulate within the legal lan-guage.

“You basically got fourboundaries,” DiMaria said “Ifwe can come up with foursides of that lot it’s pretty welldefined.”

Conservation Agent AlGeotz said he will revise theOrder of Conditions to reflectthat definition.

For the actual start of con-struction on the lot, Hern saidthey have to wait at least twomonths from the approval ofthe Order of Conditions. Af-ter the final Order of Condi-tions is approved, Hern saidthey will have to wait an ad-ditional 60 days under theCommission’s by-law to al-low any appeal to be made. Hesaid they would want to startas soon as possible, whichright now is around June.


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Dancing continued from page 1ferent areas and just formed theCOH in memory of her daugh-ter,” St. Cyr said. “We’re allvolunteers and every penny weraise goes right back to thecommunity, the people here inNorwood.”

St. Cyr said the Dancingwith the Norwood Stars is thebiggest fundraiser for the groupyearly.

“We had a couple of smallerfundraisers at the beginning, acouple of thousand dollars ev-ery year, but I went to a meet-ing one year and asked if wecould do a Dancing with theStars fundraiser,” St. Cyr said.“They thought I was nuts, andthey said it can’t be done, no-body will do it. I walked out ofthat meeting and met withTommy Concannon, he used tohave the old hall in Norwoodand I asked him if he would do-nate the hall and he said ‘abso-lutely.’ I went to a local danc-ing studio and I got 60 dancelessons donated, Fred Astair’s in

Norwood, but they’re no longerin Norwood.”

She said she then went to lo-cal people in the Town to getthem dancing lessons for thenight, and every year since it’sgotten bigger and bigger.

“Just amongst the dancersthey sell the tickets and youcan’t get a ticket to the showtonight, it’s incredible,” shesaid.

Beverly and Brian Sr.Boudreau said they came out towatch their son Brian Jr. com-pete.

“They had asked Brian todance and we said we’d dowhatever we could do to help,”Beverly said. “It’s kind of scarybut it’s good; it’s super excit-ing.”

Brian Sr. said he was excitedto see Brian Jr. get out there.

“I’m looking forward to seehim dance,” he said. “It’s a greatshow and it’s a good thing forNorwood too.”

Boudreau Jr. works forNorwood Community Media asa camera man and is usually theone out of the center of atten-tion. His fellow cameramen atNCM followed his progress dur-ing the night, and he said he wasa little concerned about gettingon the other side of the lens.

“It’s definitely an adrenalinerush that I usually don’t get,” hesaid. “It’s a different experience,I’ll tell you that, and it’s alsokind of cool because I thoughtat first I knew what I was do-ing, but it’s definitely really dif-ferent when you’re on the otherside.”

Cutting Loose Salon ownerJennifer Murphy-Connolly saidshe’s been donating her time tohelp prepare many of the danc-ers before the show, but thisyear, she stepped up and dancedherself.

“I just wanted to give back,”she said.

Zoning Board of Appealsmember Jack Perry wasn’t danc-ing this year, he said winningonce was enough, but he wasstill out there to support theCOH.

“At the time I was thinking,‘what’s wrong with thesepeople? What do you mean Iwon?’” he said laughing. “But Idid, and that was great... I’vebeen a member of the COH forquite a while, and it’s the mostamazing thing. No one’s paid,it’s all volunteer and every centstays in the Town of Norwood.”

Resident Tom Folan, at age73, was the oldest dancer by far.

“It’s a lot of work but it’svery rewarding,” he said. “I hada lot of fun doing it. A lot of our

friends came in together andmeeting those guys again wasamazing and I got a lot of sup-port from my family. I woulddefinitely do it again next year.”

Folan said he was lookingfor the “sympathy vote” fromthe dance judges.

“I’m the oldest by far, I thinkthe next oldest guy is like 40 or30 or something,” he said.

Emcees George Usevich andTim McDonough said they gotinvolved years ago throughMcDonough’s involvementwith the organization.

“They asked me to dance thefirst year and I said ‘absolutelynot,’” he said with a laugh. “Ijust could not do it, and they saidif Tim and you emceed, wouldyou do that? And we did it andit’s our 11th year. It’s a lot offun certainly,” said Usevich.

Usevich, a former principalat the Norwood High Schooland former Selectman, andMcDonough, a former select-man, have had their share of ex-perience with the Town.McDonough also works atNCM as an announcer and an-chor, and he said doing theNorwood Stars show was some-what of a relief.

“This is definitely more re-laxed,” he said. “So George andI have been friends going back35 or 40 years.”

“He was president of theclass of 1983 for four years,”Usevich said. “He would comeinto my office and was liter-ally my assistant in the officeand our relationship startedliterally in high school.”

Residents Nancy, Sam andDon Cerulo came out to sup-port Sam’s girlfriend KathyCurran in the competition.

“This is our first t imecoming and I think i t ’s apretty cool concept,” Samsaid.

Out of Town res identsLinda Uber t in i and PaulWagner said they’ve beencoming for a long while, andthey said there’s not reallyanyth ing l ike i t in o thertowns.

“This is my fourth yearand it’s a great cause, I havea lo t o f f r i ends f romNorwood, and I’m not fromNorwood I ’m f rom theCape,” she said. “I just loveit, the whole vibe in here isgreat.”

The Judge’s Choice dualwinners for the night wereJen Murphy-Connolly andKathy Curran. Curran alsodid not compete in the dancebefore.

“I did not know what Iwas in store for,” she said.“It’s a lot of work but it’s fora great cause. It’s just some-thing we can do to give backand it’s an amazing thing.”

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“Mother Nature celebratedthe trip with them by giftingus a polar vortex and it dippedto 2 degrees overnight,”Murphy said. “Some troopsdecide to do it and some don’t,but it’s a great way to intro-duce them to winter campingand to teach them how to pre-pare properly for the weather...Lots of layers, and we wentover what to do as far as stay-ing warm, like making sureyou stay hydrated with warmdrinks as well, and we hadhand and foot warmers if theyneeded them.”

The Derby is an optionalovernight camping trip withrounds of competitive activi-ties afterwards involving theconstruction and utilization ofwhat Murphy said was essen-tially dog sleds.

“Think of it as the sleds thedogs pull in Alaska,” she said.“These sleds are used to carrytheir gear and they pull andpush the sled, similar to howthe huskies would do it. Theyneed to work together and co-operate to get moving.”

Murphy said they wentthrough several different sta-tions throughout the derby totest their skills in scouting. Shesaid each station only hadplacings for first, second and

third.“There was a station for

knots, a station where they hadto work together to lift the sledover an obstacle and one wherethey threw mallets,” she said.“It’s called a tomahawk throw,but it’s rubber mallets theythrow to try to hit a target. It’smeant to be fun for them andteach them to work as a team.”

Murphy said it was theirfirst time competing, so it wasmore of a situation of compet-ing against themselves.

“I said to them they need togo there with the idea thatyou’re going to have fun anddo better than you’ve done inthe past,” she said. “Thesescouts had no prior scoutingexperience and they were go-ing against boys who had beenin the program, in some cases,since they were in kindergar-ten and first grade. They didn’twalk away with any ribbons,but I was told they would haveplaced fourth in one event. Ithink for their first time that’spretty remarkable.”

Murphy said the kids aremost excited about the prospectof now being able to reach therank of Eagle Scout.

“If you ask them, they’ll tellyou that’s the goal,” she said.“I think this is a wonderful op-portunity for them, and this isthe first time that girls would

even have a possibility of work-ing towards Eagle Scout.”

Murphy said she’s been inthe Boy Scouts for years, some-times as a Den Mother or aScoutmaster, but she’s proud tobe able to help these girls de-velop their skills in a new en-vironment.

“I’m certainly not the first,but there were never a ton ofus,” she said. “It’s going to bea great challenge, but I’m look-ing forward to working with thegirls and I’ve been working withthe boys troops for a number ofyears... We have a great team ofpeople, which I think is awesome. It’sa great group of leaders and we haveto help these girls launch on their trails,where ever their goals might leadthem.”

For more information on how tosign up, shoot Troop 49 ScoutmasterSimon Thomas [email protected]

appointed to the Airport Com-mission, after Hajjar asked fora two-week delay in reap-pointing others. As the new-est board member, Hajjar felthe needed time to talk with allthose seeking to be reap-pointed to city positions. Hisrequest was approved.

Other appointments ap-proved were Mark P. Ryan,Graves Custodian (Veterans);Matthew Walsh, Sealer ofWeights and Measures;Edmund W. Mulvehill, Jr. Sol-

diers Relief Agent; and HenryCerqueira, Animal ControlOfficer.

It was reported that ChiefWilliam G. Brooks, NorwoodPolice Department, has sub-mitted a copy of a letter sentto Ernie Boch, Jr., regardinga generous donation to refur-bish the gym at the publicsafety building. It was be-lieved that the donation ex-ceeded $30,000. The donationwas approved, and a letter ofthanks will be sent.

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PRESCOTT SCHOOL GRADUATE AWARDThe C. J. Prescott School P.T.O. will present two

special achievement awards in June at the Fifth GradeMusical. The awards will be given to an outstandinggirl and boy who attended the Prescott School in fifthgrade, are presently residing in Norwood, and aregraduating from high school in June, 2019. Theawards will consist of a $500 check presented to eachwinner. Application forms are available at the PrescottSchool and at the Norwood High School GuidanceOffice. Applications must be returned to the PrescottSchool by Friday, May 3rd.

BALCH SCHOOL PTO GRADUATE AWARDThe Balch School is currently accepting applica-

tions for the Balch School PTO Graduate Award. Thisaward is presented to two deserving high school se-niors who graduated from the Balch ElementarySchool. Application forms are available at theNorwood High School Guidance Department and atthe Balch School Office. The application deadline is3:00pm May 10. Please call the school office at 781-762-0694 with any questions.

COMPLIMENTARY EVENTS AT EPOCHBridges® by EPOCH at Westwood, a memory care

assisted living community located at 140 UniversityAvenue, will host the following complimentary eventsin April. Easter Egg Hunt Celebration: April 13from 2 – 4 p.m. — Families are invited to hop over toBridges® by EPOCH at Westwood for an Easter eggs-travaganza. Kids of all ages will enjoy an Easter egghunt, festive refreshments, photos with the EasterBunny and the opportunity to pet some furry friends.(Call 781-251-6630 to RSVP). Norwood MemoryCafé: April 18 from 1:30 – 3:30 p.m.; Event Loca-tion: Norwood Council on Aging, 275 Prospect Streetin Norwood; with Maria Skinner, Certified AgelessGrace® Educator & Trainer — People with demen-tia and their caregivers are invited to attend an inter-active Memory Café featuring Ageless Grace®, a cut-ting-edge brain fitness program that activates all five

functions of the brain and addresses the physical skillsneeded for lifelong optimal function. (Call 781-251-6630 to RSVP).

DIVINE MERCY SUNDAYSt. Catherine of Siena Church, 547 Washington

St. A Solemn celebration for Divine Mercy will beheld on Sunday, April 28th. The Sacrament of Rec-onciliation (Confession) will be available from 1-2:30pm in the chapel and the school gym. The recitationof the Most Holy Rosary will begin at 2:10pm fol-lowed by the Divine Mercy Chaplet in the Church. Celebration of Holy Mass in honor of the Solemnitywill be celebrated at 3 pm and will include venera-tion of the Divine Mercy Image. The presider andhomilist will be Rev. John Gavin, S.J. with Rev.Stephen Donohoe, Rev. Thomas Sullivan and Rev.Anthony Medairos as concelebrants.

NORWOOD ART ASSOCIATIONARTIST DEMONSTRATION

The Norwood Art Association holds their monthlyARTIST DEMONSTRATION on the 3rd Thursday ofeach month at 6:30 p.m. in the Simoni Room of theNorwood Morrill Memorial Library, located at 33Walpole Street in Norwood. These demonstrations areFREE and the public are welcome and encouraged toattend! Light refreshments are served and there is araffle of a piece of art donated by the attending artist.

On Thursday, April 18th, the NAA’s featured demoartist will be Emily Passman. Emily began her cre-ative journey at a very young age and has been an artteacher and painter ever since. She lives in a suburbof Boston with her husband and son and can often befound in her studio or in some beautiful outdoor set-ting creating her magic. For additional informationor to become a member, please contact the NorwoodArt Association at [email protected] visit them on Facebook.

3rd ANNUAL WALK/RUNThe Society of St. Vincent de Paul of Walpole will

hold their 3rd annual Walk/Run on Saturday, May 4.Hosted by Mick Morgan’s Irish Pub and Restaurantlocated at the junction of Routes 1A and 27 on theWalpole-Sharon line. Registration will begin at 9amwith the race starting at 10am. If you sign up inMarch, you can save $5.00 off the registration fee!All proceeds will be used to support individuals andfamilies in our community in need of food, utilities,rent and other emergency needs. For further infor-mation and to register go towehelppeople.racewire.com.


Deaths continued from page 2ment” Dusty developed andtaught courses in textile designand conservation at Colby Saw-yer College and the Institute forLife Long Learning at DartmouthCollege, where she also served involunteer leadership. Addition-ally, she crafted and taught oth-ers to craft Nantucket baskets andtufted Turkish rugs. In the com-munity Dusty was active in bookgroups and knitting circles, gar-den clubs and fund raisers. Dustyis survived by 3 children, 5grandchildren and will be missedby all who have known her. Fam-ily Services will be private; inlieu of flowers, donations of timeand/or funds may be made to theFells Historic Estate & Gardensin Newbury, NH. Gillooly Fu-neral Home Norwood 781-762-0 1 7 4www.gilloolyfuneralhome.com

MILLINFrederick R. Jr. Of Norwood,

passed away unexpectedly, April6, 2019. Beloved and devotedhusband of 29 years to MaryEllen (Conley) Millin ofNorwood. Loving and cherishedfather of Kelly R. Millin ofNorwood. Adored brother ofAnnemarie Kougias and her hus-band William of Brockton, JohnA. Millin, M.D. of Louisville,KY, Robert F. Millin and his wifeDiane of Norwood and the latePeter J. Millin and his survivingwife Carol Saitas and her hus-band Andrew of Plainville. Fredwill be dearly missed by manyloving nieces, nephews, cousinsand friends. Fred was the son ofthe late Frederick R. and Mary T.(Kelly) Millin. He was a gradu-ate of Norwood High, Class of1974 and earned his B.S. degreefrom Northeastern University in1986. Fred will be forever re-membered as a coach of varioussports programs in Norwood. Heloved teaching the fundamentalgame of baseball, softball andhockey to the players in theNorwood Little League, BabeRuth and Softball teams as wellas the Norwood “Nuggets” YouthHockey. Fred had a passion forall sports but was an avid fan ofthe Boston Red Sox and the Bos-ton Bruins. Funeral from theGillooly Funeral Home,126Walpole Street (Rt. 1A),NORWOOD. Interment in High-land Cemetery. Memorial contri-butions may be made in memoryof Fred to the Dana-Farber Can-cer Institute or the Jimmy Fund,PO Box 849168, Boston, MA02284. Gillooly Funeral HomeNorwood 781-762-0174www.gilloolyfuneralhome.com

MOWRY

Larry T. age 74, died earlymorning of Saturday, February23, 2019 at his home inNorwood, MA. He was called tobe with his Heavenly Father andfamily. He was born January 27,1945 to Thomas E. Mowry andthe late Regina (Powell) Mowry-

Hedberg in Tupelo, MS. At thetime of his birth, his father wasserving in the U.S.Army, inWWII in Europe. His motherwent to be with family in Tupelo,MS at that time. He grew up inChicago, IL and Streamwood, IL,attending school in Elgin, IL,graduating from Elgin HighSchool in 1963 where he enjoyedparticipating in Track and Field.Larry proudly served his countrywith the U.S.Navy during theVietnam War. He had a strongand deep Faith in God, familyand country. He had an unyield-ing positive attitude toward Life,and loved and adored all animals.He was talented in wood craftingand many other crafts and hob-bies. He enjoyed detailing cars aswell. Larry met and married theLove of his life, Mary SusanMowry, together they loved,laughed and enjoyed life, family,and friends, she preceded him indeath. He is survived by his fa-ther, Thomas E. Mowry, his sis-ter Karen Gorts, both live in Nevada, his two sons Larry T.Mowry Jr. and Eric Mowry bothof Providence, RI, his adoptedchildren, Karen, Kathy, andKevin Mowry of Providence, RI, his dear step-daughter MelissaDeGroff of Connecticut, twonephews, Chad Mowry and Tho-mas C. Mowry-Casias, greatniece and great nephew, andmany loved grandchildren andgreat grandchildren.He was pre-ceded in death by his motherRegina (Powell) Mowry-Hedberg, his sister GwendolynMowry-Casias, and wife andfriend, Mary Susan Mowry,adopted daughter Keri Mowry,great-niece Regina Mowry-Casias, Grandparents from bothsides of the family, as well asmany Aunts, Uncles and cousins.May you remember him with joyevery time something remindsyou of him, along with his greatsmile and love for life. Larry willbe missed dearly by those whoknew him and loved him. Kindlyconsider donations in Larry’smemory, to St. Timothy CatholicChurch, Norwood, MA or localAnimal Shelter of your choice. At the requests of the family allservices were private.

MURPHY

Terrance P. passed away un-expectedly on March 18, 2019.Loving, quick witted and pas-sionate husband of Lori (Roche)Murphy of Norwood. Dear sonof John J. and Elaine M.(Mackin) Murphy of Plymouth. Cherished, one of a kind and cre-ative father of Autumn andWasaya Murphy both ofBraintree. Trusted, loving and lifelong friend as well as ex-husbandof Kerri Garvin of Braintree. Dearand brother in law of LisaJohnston of Atlanta, GA and ScottRoche of Middleboro. Adored andsilly uncle of Rebecca, Brady,Kaylee, Kyle and Trinity. Loving

and kind hearted son-in law ofRich and Phyllis Roche ofNorwood. He is also lovingly sur-vived by many family and friends.His loved ones are so incrediblygrateful and blessed to have hadsuch a passionate, loving, cre-ative, honest, kind and free spir-ited soul that made such a pro-found impact on so many lives. Hewas someone that would give theshirt off his back for a loved oneand would drop everything with-out hesitation to help someone inneed. He would give love andkindness freely to those whoearned his respect. Hisempathetic and understandingviews of the world, society, men-tal illness, social media, holisticliving, fatherhood, nature, history,art, poetry, marriage, music, fam-ily, life lessons, space, findingyour purpose, the ocean, travel-ling, people and useless facts, ashe liked to say, and how every per-son is connected to each other,nature, earth and everythingaround us. This is only the tip ofthe iceberg of reasons why thisphenomenal human being was andwill continue to live on withineach of us all while inspiring, up-lifting, helping each other grieve,bringing joy to the world, sharingstories, videos, pictures, memo-ries, creating art, poetry, laughter,love, compassion, beauty, and somany more words come to mindwhen we think of him. He imme-diately made people feel at easeto speak openly and freely with-out being judged for being whoyou are. He lit up every room hewalked into within seconds withhis exuberant and spontaneouspersonality, hilarious faces, con-tagious laugh, gorgeous smile, awit and charm like no other, dancemoves that would crush MickJagger’s and all the while he’sbeen waiting to do his version ofdrop it like it’s hot. “Music givesa Soul to the Universe, Wings tothe Mind, Flight to the Imagina-tion and Life to Everything”. Atthe request of Terrance’s family,all services were private.

VALERI

ROBERT ANTHONY ofNorwood formally of Readville-Hyde Park passed away on April4, 2019 at the age of 84. Belovedhusband of Rose M. (Brandolo)Valeri. Devoted father of MichaelValeri of Walpole, Dawn Valeri-Vrabel and her husband Michaelof Canton and the late LauraMercier. Brother of the late SylviaHarman. Robert is also survivedby his grandchildren Eric Mercier,Nicholas Valeri, Amanda Vrabeland Samantha Vrabel. Son of thelate Antonio and Domenica(DiGiambattista) Valeri. Robertworked 35 years as a foreman forthe Construction Laborers UnionLocal 135. Funeral from the Kraw– Kornack Funeral Home, 1248Washington St., Norwood, MA.Burial at Fairview Cemetery inHyde Park MA. Donations in hisname may be made to a charity ofyour choice.

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Library EventsANNUAL ESSAY CONTEST

Spring is around the corner and so is theMorrill Memorial Library’s 8th annual essaycontest. It’s time to get out your pen and paper,iPads, or laptops. This year the three levels areas follows: Level 1 (3rd and 4th grade), Level2 (5th - 8th grade), and Level 3 (9th grade -adult). The prompt is the same for all levels:“What Character Would You Choose to Be YourBFF (Best Friend Forever) and Why?” Eachsubmission MUST include the entry form andbe 1,000 words or fewer. The contest is open toNorwood residents only for Levels 1 and 2, andNorwood residents and surrounding towns forLevel 3. Anyone interested in entering the con-test may stop by the library for the details andthe entry form or find them online atwww.norwoodlibrary.org. To qualify, the essaysmust be submitted by Monday, April 15 by

email to [email protected] or dropped off at thelibrary’s Outreach Department. Three prizes willbe awarded in each category. The first, second,and third prizes are $35, $25, and $10 gift cardsto Barnes & Noble, in that order. A celebrationwill be held in the Simoni Room on Monday,June 3rd from 7-9 pm. Any questions, please callthe Outreach Department at (781) 769-0200x228.

LUNCH & LEARNTECH WORKSHOPS ARE BACK!

The Morrill Memorial Library will resumeits popular Lunch & Learn technology work-shops beginning Wednesday, April 17 from12:00-1:00 p.m. Technology Librarian BrianDeFelice will present “Spring Clean Your Gmail

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Library continued from page 10Inbox,” which will explore ways to getrid of those unwanted emails and orga-nize your Gmail account. Feel free tobring your lunch or just come to learn.Beverages and dessert will be provided.Registration is preferred but walk-insare also welcome. To sign up, please call781-769-0200, x110 or 222, go tonorwoodlibrary.org/morrillcalendar, orstop by the Reference or InformationDesk.

TURN THE PAGE BOOK GROUP:“MAGPIE MURDERS”

The Morrill Memorial Library’sTurn the Page Book Group will delveinto the mystery genre at its next meet-ing on Wednesday, April 17 and discuss“Magpie Murders” by New York Timesbestselling author Anthony Horowitz.Fans of Agatha Christie and the BBC’sMidsomer Murders and Foyle’s War,both of which were written by Horowitz,are sure to enjoy this “fiendishly bril-liant, riveting” double mystery. To reg-ister for either the 10 am or the 7 pmsession, led by Patty Bailey and guesthost Nancy Ling, go tonorwoodlibrary.org/morrillcalendar, call781-769-0200 x110, or stop by the li-brary Reference or Information Desk.

Copies of the book as well as the dis-cussion questions are available at theCirculation Desk, and refreshments willbe served.

NICARAGUA: THEN AND NOWThe Morrill Memorial Library’s

Disastour series continues with the pre-sentation, “Nicaragua: Then and Now,”with Dr. David Gullette on Monday,April 22 at 6:30 p.m. Dr. Gullette isProfessor Emeritus, Simmons Collegeand President of the Newton/San JuanDel Sur Sister City Project. Gullette hastraveled to and worked with locals inNicaragua every year since 1988. Hewill discuss the history of the regionfrom the Contra/Sandinista war andIran-Contra scandal through the recentdeaths of protesters and criticism ofPresident Ortega, the former revolu-tionary turned quasi-dictator. BothGullette and Technical Services Librar-ian Lydia Sampson will share storiesof travel to Nicaragua over the yearsfor service work and tourism. To signup for this program, go to the library’scalendar page, norwoodlibrary.org/morrillcalendar, call 781-769-0200x110, or stop by the library Referenceor Information Desk.

MODEL RAILROAD EXPERTDESCRIBES SUCCESSFULBUSINESS

One of the most exciting and inter-esting programs Norwood’s NorfolkCounty Rail Road Club (NCRRC) haspresented during its 20 years atNorwood’s Morrill Memorial Library,will be a presentation by Stephan Lamb,founder of Lamb Associates, Lowell,MA, nationally- known custom design-ers and builders of model railroads ofall sizes and all descriptions.

The meeting is in the Simoni Roomof Norwood’s Morrill Memorial Library, Wednesday evening , 7 P.M., April24. It is free and open to the public. The multi-media presentationdescribes the unusual story of this inter-esting firm that since 2001 has special-ized in building professional “turnkey”model railroads. Through the years sincehis company’s founding, Stephan Lamb,a master modeller himself, has as-sembled a group of talented craftsmenincluding engineers, artists and mechani-cal and computer engineers who them-selves are master model railroaders. Tonight’s meeting also offers localmodel railroaders a chance to pick upnew ideas for their model railroad, re-gardless of size. Details, contact EdSweeney, NCRRC Program Organizer,781-762-5587.

MATT BROWNDISCUSSES HIS NEW BOOK

Former Norwood High Schoolhockey player Matt Brown will speakat the Morrill Memorial Library onMonday, May 13 at 7:00 p.m. to talkabout his new book, “Line Change: ATrue Story of Resilience in the Face ofAdversity,” co-authored by Todd Civin.

Matt Brown’s life changed immea-surably on January 23, 2010 when hestruck the boards during a NorwoodHigh hockey game. Left paralyzed, un-able to use his arms or legs, Matt de-cided to live life “differently” but nevergave up.

Matt’s injury and continued recov-ery have been well-documented in thelocal media. In his new book, readerscan gain an insight into the positive ap-proach Matt and his family have exhib-ited on his road to recovery. “LineChange,” which reached No. 1 onAmazon’s list of bestselling new re-leases, is not just a book about hockey.It is a love story, an inspiration, and astep-by-step manual of the rules neededto overcome any of life’s obstacles. Toregister for this event, please go tonorwoodlibrary.org/morrillcalendar, call781-769-0200, x110, or stop by the li-brary Reference or Information Desk.Copies of the book will be available topurchase after the program.


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Zoning continued from page 1mixed-use overlay would allowfor property owners in the dis-trict to add one or two additionalstories to a commercial buildingif they meet the right require-ments. Originally, the plan wasto allow 16 total units per acre ofland and up to 24 units of bonusdensity if the landowner providedadditional community benefits.However, since most buildings inthe district are on quarter-acrelots, Town Planner Paul Halkiotis

said problems arose.“There was discussion about

density and whether or not allow-ing 16 to 24 units per acre wasgoing to provide enough densityto make it profitable for a busi-ness or property owner to take therisk and do additions,” Halkiotissaid. “We want to find that bal-ance between what the towns-people would like to see and notasking for too much density tothe extent that the bylaw

wouldn’t get passed, and provid-ing enough density so an exist-ing property owner would be ableto see a return on investment.”

According to Halkiotis, thelandowners they met with did notbelieve the additional density of16 units per acre by right wouldallow them to make enough profitto justify any kind of additionalbuild. Recent Chair ErniePaciorkowski put it in plainwords.

“I know density is a scaryword to everybody, but they hon-estly said at 16 units per acre theywouldn’t even consider it,” hesaid.

The Board discussed estab-lishing the base density at 20units per acre with the option ofgoing up to 32 units per acre indensity bonus. The way it wouldgenerally work, according toPaciorkowski, would be four ex-tra units on each floor of a cur-rent quarter-acre building in thedistrict.

The next issue was height.

Halkiotis said currently the by-law allows for 40 feet in the Cen-tral Business district, which forpurely residential buildingswould allow for four stories. Buthe pointed out many of the build-ings there are designed for com-mercial use, which would see thefirst floor with higher ceilingsthan normal.

Paciorkowski introduced amotion to allow for 45 feet witha waiver.

“So we could go up to 45 feetif we thought the project requiredit or we thought it was a greatproject and the extra five feet wasokay,” he said. “I would go witha waiver, I think that’s a goodcompromise...If you’re giving 45feet to a developer he had betterhave a good reason.”

Member Debbie Holmwoodagreed, and said she thinks thewaiver allows the Board flexibil-ity.

“Because if we just start at 45feet, then they’re going to ask for47, for 49, for 50, so I would rather

start at 40 and this gives us lee-way,” she said.

Another portion of the bylawthey wanted to change was of ad-ditional story setback. The origi-nal plan was to have an additionalstory setback 10 feet from the bor-der of the previous story after 25feet of height was reached, andthen again at 35 feet. The idea wasto mitigate the creation of a can-yon-type feel for the district andallow more light into the street.

Friends of Norwood CenterKim Morin Weineck said she wasin favor of the proposal to mod-ernize the Downtown area, andshe said renovation would allowbusinesses to work in modernbuildings for modern purposes.

“What I’ve heard about someof the vacancies that have beenthat way for some time is thatthose buildings are not reflectiveof the needs of retail now,” shesaid. “There’s little incentive nowfor the building owners and land-lords to invest in the buildings sothis makes a huge difference. Imean no one is going to come inwith the objective to saveNorwood Center. It’s the heartof Norwood, but we need a cata-lyst and that’s what this can be.”

Town Meeting memberswere invited to the meeting sothey could get a preview of theproposal in the upcoming Spe-cial Town Meeting and manysupported the idea.

“Retail follows rooftops, re-member that,” said one resi-dent.

“I see this type of stuff go-ing up all over the place and it’samazing how it changes thearea, and so I’m definitely in fa-vor of it,” said another resident.

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