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Ed Kniolek, of South Norwood, addresses the Planning Board and thespecial project permit applicant regarding the largely undevelopedproperty located at 84 Morse St.

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The proposed registered marijuana dispensary for Middlesex Integrative Medicine, Inc is located at 76Astor Ave. in the Vanderbilt district of Town on the East side of Route 1.


ZBA hears medical marijuanadispensary case

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Beth Goldman (wearing the black sweater) chats with her fellow reading enthusiasts about this year’sLiterary Luncheon novel, “The War That Saved My Life” by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley.


Morse St. Planninghearing opens


Coakley MS hosts20th AnnualLiterary Luncheon


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On Thursday, June 7, theCoakley Middle School(CMS) hosted what has be-come one of its major annualevents, as well as an eagerlyant ic ipated occasion forthose participating.

The Literary Luncheon,which celebrated its 20th an-niversary this year, was heldin the CMS library, wheretwo classes of sixth gradersand 12 members of the

Morri l l Library’s SeniorBook Club gathered togetherat round tables that had beengrouped in the room’s opencenter area and decoratedwith centerpieces and smallUnion Jack flags.

And with that, the stagewas set for the latest editionof the Literary Luncheon.

The basic idea of thisevent is that each year, oneof the three sixth grade En-

The Zoning Board of Appeal(ZBA) met on Tuesday night,June 19 in the Community Roomof the Police and Fire Station (137Nahatan St.). Approximately 25residents and officials werepresent.

The meeting was moved fromits usual venue in Room 12 ofTown Hall in anticipation of po-tentially accommodating a largeraudience for the 7:15 p.m. hear-ing concerning Middlesex Inte-grative Medicine (MIM), Inc.

Proponents of MIM camebefore the Board to apply for aspecial permit in order to obtain alicense to operate a registeredmarijuana dispensary that it hasproposed for 76 Astor Ave.

The proposed site falls withinone of the two medical marijuanaoverlay districts in the Town, thisone located in the Vanderbilt dis-trict, located in the area of theVanderbilt Club, the Feisty Greekrestaurant and the Children ofAmerica Norwood Building.

Attorney Richard Staiti rep-resented MIM before the ZBAand – having gone through hisintroductory remarks and having

presented background informa-tion on MIM and its application –addressed what he called “theelephant in the room” – the prox-imity of the proposed dispensaryin relation to two local businesses:the Goldfish Swim School (128Carnegie Row) and VelocitySports Performance (11 MorganDr.)

According to Town bylaw,marijuana dispensaries cannot bewithin 200 feet of a residential dis-trict and cannot be within 500 feetof a school, recreation area,church or area where children

The Planning Board met onMonday evening, June 18 in theCommunity Room of the Police& Fire Station (137 NahatanSt.) for three appointments andtwo public hearings.

The main hearing of theevening – and the reason whythe night’s meeting had beenmoved from Room 12 in TownHall to the larger venue – con-cerned the property located at84 Morse St. and the undevel-

oped land across the NeponsetRiver from it.

The land – owned by BruceComenitz (under the aegis ofRound Calf LLC) – is currentlyunder purchase agreement withBoch Automotive (under theaegis of DCD Realty), which isproposing to use the land asopen lot storage for 858 cars(reduced from 863).

For this reason, the applicant– represented by attorney David

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HI GUYS HE WAS DEVOTEDTO OUR TOWN Joe Kinosian passed away

in April. You might not know himby name but you probably sawJoe walking around Norwoodfor his daily exercise for manyyears. He touched many livesin Our Town. He first openedLUSTRA, his dry-cleaningbusiness, in the Star Plaza in1962. In 1998 Joe moved thebusiness to Central Street whichwas, and still is, a much moreconvenient location. His threechildren continue to run the busi-ness along with many employ-ees. We thank Joe and his fam-ily for their support through theirextremely generous donationsfor Our Town’s special eventson a yearly basis. Some of hisvery generous gifting was do-nated to…Concerts on theCommon, July 4th Extrava-ganza, Norwood Day, St.Catherine’s Church, etc. Whenin the store, take a look at theframed ‘feelings’ that hisgrandchildren wrote. It willtouch your heart as to what reallove is! Joe’s wife Esther passedaway last year. He leaves sixgrandchildren, two great-grand-children and three terrific ‘kids’

that continue to run the verybusy business. Thank you to thefamily for their incredible sup-port of Our Town! We send ourcondolences to the entireKinosian family. Memory Eter-nal.

IT IS HERE AGAINIt is that time of year when

most everything is awash incolor with a beautiful newnessand splendor that we seem totake in for the very first time.Every June I remember the in-credibly successful ‘raising’ ofone of God’s little creatures. Iwas on my bike leaving MissMoore’s 4th grade class at theJr. High elementary, (Guild) onthe last day of school. Duringmy short ride down WinslowAve., two robin’s eggs fell di-rectly into my bike’s basket.They were cracked and cer-tainly didn’t resemble birds. Ibrought them home to my mom.She called the Audubon societyand said to feed them rolled uphamburg in the shape of aworm, and water with an eye-dropper. Overnight, one of themdied. The other, whom wedubbed, ‘Robbie,’ thrived. Dadbuilt a large screened sanctu-ary in the kitchen for Robbiekeeping him safe from our cat.

Each day dad would take himout to the porch, place him onhis pointer finger slowly raisinghim up and down until Robbiecaught on that he could use hiswings to his advantage. In a fewweeks he began to fly. Hewould come right back to dad’shand after each trip. Robbierode around the neighborhoodon the handlebars of my sister’sbike and sat on dad’s head ashe washed the car. Robbiewould now fly to the tallest treein the yard screeching loudly all

the time. He always came backto dad’s hand. It was the end ofAugust and the circus was inTown at Elk’s field. We weregetting ready to go there whendad said that Robbie had to goout before we left. Dad took himto the porch and he flew to thetop of the tree and began toscreech and screech and itseemed to go on forever untilRobbie flew away into the habi-tat that was meant to be for him.He said his goodbyes and thanksto all of us saying that he wouldbe fine. Robbie was handsome,tall, and sported an incrediblydeep red breast. Of course, thecircus wasn’t fun that night formy sister and me, but what awonderful experience to haveraised a wild creature!

SHE IS AMAZING Janelle Kelleher is a new

graduate of NHS ready to stepinto the future which awaits her.While a student at NHS, Janelleearned a 4.0 average for the fouryears she was a student there.WOW! She played four years ofvarsity softball at first base, threeyears of ice hockey as a goalieand one year of field hockey.Never missing an inning in the fouryears of softball, she went to thestate tournament all four years.Janelle was captain of both thehockey and softball teams atNHS, and a starter for the firstthree years of hockey. In her se-nior year she played JuniorHockey, traveling the East Coastand Canada. The move wasmade to play against top compe-

tition while improving her gameand gaining exposure to collegecoaches. This September, Janellewill enter the University of RhodeIsland as a member of theirhockey team while studying bio-medical engineering. It takes aspecial person to do all that shehas accomplished in such a shorttime. Best of luck in your futureJanelle, you certainly have earnedit! Janelle’s proud parents areJerry and Nanci Kelleher.

NORWOODSENIOR CENTER Many thanks to Kerri

McCarthy, Director of the NSC,her staff and members of theCenter for dedicating the café inthe name of ‘Johnny’s Café.’ Itwas a beautiful program and anincredible honor for my dad. Heloved you guys at the Center!Thank You!

JUST SAYIN’ The graduates of the Blue

Hills Regional School were notgoing to be allowed to wear theirmilitary sashes on the outside oftheir grad gowns. But…the stu-dents won in the end…and rightlyso! The government thinks it cancontrol everything. Don’t let themcontrol nursing staff ratios in hos-pitals. Really guys, mind your ownbusiness! You have no idea whatyou are doing in this medical area!We have allowed you to controltoo much of our lives! Enough isenough. Hands off! BYEGUYS

“There never was a goodwar or a bad peace”

- Benjamin Franklin

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CPC reviews CPA needs assessmentand project application


The Community Preserva-tion Committee (CPC) met onWednesday afternoon, June 13in Room 24 of Town Hall for itsfirst post-Town Meeting ses-sion.

The main items on theagenda were discussion of thestructure of the CommunityPreservation Act (CPA) appli-cation and the needs assess-ment, both of which are beingput together by the CPC as itprepares to go fully operationalnext spring.

As described in its latestversion handed out at the meet-ing, the needs assessment is asummary of the CPC’s work indeveloping community preser-vation goals for the Town interms of enhancing open space,recreation, historic resources,and community housing.

As project applications toenhance these four areas begincoming in at the end of this cal-endar year, the criteria spelledout in the needs assessment willbe what these proposals will beheld against in determining theireligibility for CPA funds.

The needs assessment, cur-rently still in draft form, wasreviewed at the meeting witheditorial and content changessuggested. This will continue atthe next meeting in July.

Additionally, a rough sched-ule was set to hold a commu-nity workshop at which both theneeds assessment would bepresented and the applicationprocess would be described.

This workshop is planned forthis fall in order to give poten-tial applicants time to preparebefore the application periodopens in November.

The discussion regarding theCPA project application re-volved around two components:applicant requirements andmethods to track project finan-cial activity.

“What if the applicant doesnot know the cost of whateverthey’re suggesting?” askedMember Judith Howard. “They

don’t know exactly how muchthey’re going to need fromCommunity Preservation.”

Answering her questionbased on his prior experience inother towns, Town PlannerPaul Halkiotis said that the ap-plication would be rejected onthose grounds.

“This is all about going toTown Meeting and asking formoney to do projects,” Halkiotissaid. “If the applicant hasn’tdone the due diligence to getlegitimate cost estimates, thenthey won’t have an applicationthat’s complete.”

He went on to state that itwould be important for the CPCto make clear that this would bea requirement for applicants, aswell as the CPC itself clearlypicking out a project, and get-ting real, live cost estimates inwriting from legitimate vendors.

Beyond this, Halkiotis saidthat applicants would also haveto anticipate the long-termmaintenance costs of theirprojects (which, he added, typi-cally take a couple of years tophase in) in order to make surethat any Town departments –such as the Department of Pub-lic Works – will be able to takecare of what is built.

“We have to be patient withthis process,” he counseled.“We don’t want to go in withballpark estimates to TownMeeting and then have to goback again because we didn’tget it right.”

Halkiotis, having said that,also said that he anticipates thatthe CPC would be helping outapplicants either itself or by re-ferring them to other Town de-partments, adding that “we’llwork with them, but we can’tdo it for them.”

Howard followed by sug-gesting that given the situation,a detailed requirement guidelinemight be prepared for applicantsto better understand what isexpected of them.

“We definitely don’t want toscare people away,” Chair Jo-seph Greeley added.

The other aspect of theproject application discussion

concerned tracking projects,with Treasurer Robert Thorntonsuggesting utilizing Town re-sources to assist with this.

In response to this, Greeleyrecommended that a sub-com-mittee investigate these optionsand “combine together enoughdetail to come back to thisgroup” and report.

The CPC’s goal is to havethe needs assessment andproject application (and guide-lines) finalized by September inorder to make them available tothe community in early fall.

Town Meeting Articles 12,13, and 14 were also recapped,with Thornton expressing hisdisappointment at not beingpresent because he had notbeen informed that the Articleshad been taken out of order andmoved to front of the Warrantat the last minute.

“Is it something that’s theworst thing that could have hap-pened? Of course not,”Thornton said. “It’s not a bigdeal. But, I just say that, goingforward, there’s got to be a bet-ter way of planning and com-munication.”

Thornton also added thatfrom a strategic standpoint, hewas glad that the Articles hadbeen moved to the top of thelist.

“It’s something that, if it wasat the end it could have beentotally different,” he said. “Sothat’s the good news. It was awin.”

The next Community Pres-ervation Committee meeting isscheduled for July 11.


Morse Street proposalis insulting

Letters to the Editor

OPINION

Planning Board has AssociateMember opening

Saving the local environmentwith baby steps

Remember the great lineuttered so often by BillMurray and his psychologistportrayed by RichardDrefuss in the New Hamp-shire-based 1991 movie“What About Bob?”

The two-word line was,“Baby steps.” Perhapsthese are the steps that wewho don’t affect the envi-ronment on a large scale byfracking in North Dakota ordrilling for oil in the Arcticcan take to minimize pollu-tion and other environmen-tal damage.

Isn’t it great that some-one thought up legislationthat prohibits vehicles fromidling hour after hour? It’sso reassuring to see at somelocations signage address-ing this needless waste offuel. Perhaps there areother reasonable steps thatcould be taken to slow thedeterioration of our atmo-sphere.

Why can’t the lights atfenced-in construction sitesbe turned off at night if no-body is working? (Note theword “fenced-in;” this pre-vents lawsuits if kids wan-der in.)

Why does bar soap andnon-liquid detergent have tobe placed in their own plas-

tic bag by supermarkets? Thereason for isolating liquidsoap is obvious, but...

Why do three- and four-way stop signs still exist in somany locations when theFeds have specifically saidthat stop signs cannot beused to slowdown traffic?How’s about a speed-bump?

Why can’t neighborsdouble or triple up with their96-gallon recycle bins? Thiswould save the recycle truckfrom having to make all theextra stops when so manyresidents barely fill theirshalf-way?

Why can’t more presentsbe wrapped with the colorfulcomic sections of a newspa-per or be given in reusablegift bags?

Why do both EMS and firetrucks respond if someonemerely breaks a leg?

Why do snowplows/sand-ers make passes again andagain on the same streets?

Why do commuter trainson the Fairmount Line run sofrequently on Saturdays ifonly a handful of people areriding in off-hours?

Why does CVS continueto scroll 5 feet of couponsevery time many of us put ourCVS card below their scan-ner? (I know the answer:

tracking our previous pur-chases; it wants toincentivize us to purchasethem again.)

When a crosswalk ispainted, why does a vehiclestop-line have to be paintedtwo or three feet before it?Most motorists are not goingto stop on the crosswalk it-self.

But please remember ev-ery time you see a confusingnew bike lane painted on abusy street with a cautiousbiker zigzagging in and out oftraffic regardless of lanes, itmeans one less (fewer?) caron the road.

My Kindof Town/Joe Galeota

THANKS FOR A GREAT FARMERS’MARKET KICKOFF

To the Editor:The Friends of Norwood Center want to thank

the many people who attended our Farmers’Market Kickoff Comedy Night on June 2 at theNorwood Space Center making it a great suc-cess. Our comedy lineup featured Norwood’sPatrick Collins, Mike Koutrobis, KellyMacFarland and headliner, Paul D’Angelo. Wewould especially like to thank our sponsors BlueHills Bank, Norwood Bank, John & Jean Hall,Bank of Canton, Moderna, Analog Devices,Avalon Bay Communities Norwood, CharlesRiver Running, Chestnut Hill Realty, Common-

wealth Fireplace, Norwood Theater, DedhamSavings, Four Points by Sheraton, King,McNamara & Moriarty CPA’s, NorwoodSpace Center, Collins Comedy Events, NeponsetValley Chamber of Commerce, Norwood Hos-pital, Regal Press and Norwood Printing &Graphics. The Norwood Farmers’ Marketopened on this past Tuesday, June 12 and will beon the Town Common every Tuesday from noonto 5:30 p.m. through October. Stop by becauseFarm Fresh is the best, Norwood Farmers’ Mar-ket, Eat Healthy and Buy Local!

Peter McFarland, John Carbone, CarrieShea & Kim Weineck Friends of Norwood

Center Fundraising Committee

The Norwood Planning Board has anopening for an Associate Planning Boardmember. This is a new position that was cre-ated by a vote at Town Meeting. The Asso-ciate Planning Board member will participateon Special Permit applications on an asneeded basis. The Associate Planning Boardmember will attend all Planning Board meet-ings and participate but will only be involvedwith voting on certain Special Permits whenan elected Board member cannot participatebecause they are on vacation, out sick orhave a conflict of interest. The PlanningBoard meets twice a month on Monday eve-

nings. This is an opportunity to serve yourcommunity and participate in the operationof Town government. If you are interestedin becoming an Associate Planning Boardmember, send a letter of interest and resumeto the Norwood Planning Department byJuly 5, 2018, Mr. Joseph Sheehan, Chairman,P.O. Box 40, 566 Washington St. NorwoodMA 02062. If you have questions about theAssociate Planning Board member position,contact Mr. Paul Halkiotis, Director of Com-munity Planning & Economic Development,(781) 762-1240 ext . 164 or a [email protected].

In last month’s May 10 edition, we wrote an opinion on the sub-ject of the proposed Morse Street parking lot, and how we under-stood the fury felt by neighbors relative to the plan. We also statedthat the owner of the property wasn’t a villain in wanting to maximizethe value of the property he has owned and paid taxes on for de-cades.

We also think Town Meeting got it right in voting down a WarrantArticle placed by concerned residents to rezone the property. It wasthe wrong way to go about addressing the issue, and TM understoodthat you can’t just go around devaluing a resident’s property simplybecause some don’t like the plans he has for it.

Attorney for the applicant, David Hern, made it clear to everyonethat voting down the rezoning plan at TM was not a carte blanche forhis clients to go ahead and start asphalting wherever they wanted to;that they had to go before other regulatory boards to receive approv-als and that the plans for the parking lot would be properly vettedthrough this process.

So, now that we have arrived at this point, we feel free to prop-erly voice an opinion on the proposal, and we think it stinks. Stinksisn’t even a strong enough word, but Emily Post prohibits us fromusing stronger language. The plan is an insult not only to the residentsof South Norwood, but to every public official who has to waste theirtime listening to choreographed nonsense about how a project likethis will have little to no detrimental effects on the neighborhood. Thiswill have massive negative consequences to residents who live there,both on the quality of their lives and the safety of their families.

At Monday evening’s Planning Board meeting, PB member ErniePaciorkowski began to just scratch the surface of all the problemswith the proposal, including questioning how trucks will be able tomake the turn from Washington Street without crossing into the on-coming traffic lane. The applicant thinks it’s perfectly fine for huge18-wheelers to make that turn 14-16 times a day. We think it’s in-sane. This newspaper recently brought to readers’ attention that therewere six pedestrian fatalities in Norwood in the last year, and thatthere were only eight in the whole city of Boston during that sametime, so Norwood already has a serious traffic and safety issue on itshands. Is approving this plan moving in the right direction?

The applicant also thinks it’s okay to send dozens and dozens ofcars down the small “Saint” side streets daily, no doubt occupied byconscientious, unfailingly-lawful drivers, if it doesn’t get approval fora bridge it wants to build. According to Attorney Hern, “if we don’tget the bridge, then how would we access this site? I guess throughthe ‘Saint’ streets, which we have the legal right to do as far as theautomobiles.” They want to be “good neighbors”, but they think it’sokay to make it safer for kids to play street hockey on WashingtonStreet instead of in front of their own homes. Yeah, these applicantsare real humanitarians.

The applicant is also requesting a waiver reducing the 50-footbuffer zone required between the subject property and the “Saint”streets that it borders on one side. We ask why any board would everconsider granting this – to think it is okay to impinge on the residentsof South Norwood more than they already have over the years.

Boch Automotive Vice President of Purchasing Michael Clemmeysummed up his position: “We’re doing everything we can to appeaseeverybody here. We can’t just go away. We need the space. Webought additional dealerships and we need the space for parking. It’szoned for that. We’d like to work with the Board and do the best wecan.”

As far as we can tell, Clemmey, Boch and everyone associatedwith this proposal are doing nothing for anyone in South Norwoodother than making their lives miserable. And yes, Mr. Clemmey, youcan just go away if public officials do what’s right by its townspeopleand deny this affront to a South Norwood neighborhood deserving ofso much more.

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Town Hall renovationschematics proposed to PBCC


The Permanent BuildingConstruction Committee(PBCC) met on Thursday, June7 for which a dozen Commit-tee members, contractors, andTown Hall Building ManagerCathy Carney crowded aroundthe conference table in acramped Room 11 to discussthe Town Hall renovationproject.

Vice-Chair Robert Silkhelmed the meeting as ChairFrancis Hopcroft was absent.Much of the discussion cen-tered around a lengthyPowerPoint update on theproject’s progress.

David Pereira andDominick Puniello of Garcia,Galuska, DeSousa ConsultingEngineers (GGD), working inwith project designer WendallKalsow of McGinley Kalsow& Associates (MK&A) andunder the oversight of Owner’sProject Manager Jon Lemieuxof Vertex, reviewed their MEP(mechanical, engineering,plumbing) and FP (fire protec-tion) reports.

These reports and recom-mendations were the result of

a building study conducted byGGD and were intended forthe PBCC’s information as itconsiders options for theproject as it moves forwardwith it.

Presenting first, Pereira re-viewed Town Hall’s electricalsystem, recommending a build-ing-wide update of both theemergency lighting system andthe fire alarm system. He alsosuggested a renovation of thelighting system.

During Pereira’s presenta-tion, Carney commented thatTown Manager TonyMazzucco – who was notpresent – was in favor of look-ing over the electrical wiring forthe entire building.

Sharing a couple of reasonsfor this emphasis, Carney ref-erenced the original 1928knob-and-tube wiring still in usein parts of the building as wellas an electrical fire from eight

years earlier that had resultedin “several hundred thousand”in renovations.

Touching on Mazzucco’s in-teraction with both her andHopcroft regarding the matter,Carney went into more detailregarding the Town Manager’smindset regarding the project.

“He’s been focusing mostlyon the electrical, even if it hasto be a multi-phased kind ofthing eventually,” she said.“The electrical… if it goeswrong, it’s the biggest prob-lem.”

PBCC member ChrisEberly added to this, speakingof a prior meeting’s discussionin which “this Committee feltfairly uniformly that we neededto look at this from a wholebuilding perspective, in terms ofmaking the decisions of wherebest to put the money, with the

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Hern – was before the Boardrequesting a major project spe-cial permit that would enablethis to happen.

The applicant is also request-ing a waiver reducing the 50 footbuffer zone required betweenthe subject property – which iszoned manufacturing – and thedead ends of the residentiallyzoned “Saint” streets that it bor-ders on one side.

This request is due to thefact that the undeveloped sec-tion of the property is partiallyframed by the Neponset River

and Hawes Brook and – in or-der to keep any construction themandated distance away fromthe two waterways’ riparianzones – the placing of the pro-posed parking lot encroachesinto the 50 foot manufacturing/residential buffer zone.

Though this marked the ini-tial public hearing regarding theapplicant’s submitted proposal,there was a familiarity to theproceedings; the property hadbeen the subject of a PlanningBoard Town Meeting Articlehearing a few months earlier

that had featured many of same50-60 people crowded into adifferent room, but with thesame concerns.

A major one had to do withthe delivery method and routeof the cars to be stored in theproposed lot. With car carriersunable to fit under the MorseStreet Bridge, the only way tothe property (the applicant hasthus far said that it would notuse any of the “Saint” streetsas vehicle delivery routes) is viaWashington Street and ShortStreet.

This drew a recommenda-tion from Ernie Paciorkowski:

“I’d like to get a traffic guyto come in and tell me that thatis a safe corner at Short andWashington Street, where 18wheelers can make that cornerand not cross the yellow line intooncoming traffic,” he said be-fore referring to the 5-7 dailycar deliveries proposed by theapplicant. “At least 16 times aday, they’re going to have tomake that corner: eight comingin and eight going out.”

Paciorkowski went on toexpress his concern with therest of the delivery route, whichwould utilize Union Street.

“Have any of you gentlemendriven Union Street from Route1 to Washington Street?”Paciorkowski asked before say-

ing that – from Pleasant toWashington – it’s a narrow 30mile per hour residential street.”

According to the applicant’sproposal, car carriers wouldunload behind the warehouse at84 Morse Street, drawing fur-ther commentary fromPaciorkowski as he consideredthe difficulty of trucks negoti-ating that bending section ofMorse Street, and the route asa whole. “The traffic pattern, tome, is just nuts.”

Responding to this, Hernbrought up the fact that tractortrailers are already in back ofthe warehouse in question, dem-onstrating – by their presencethere – their ability to get there.

Regarding Union Street,Hern stated that there were –in all likelihood – other trucksusing that route to get to Wash-ington Street “because how doyou make deliveries to anyplacealong there, except by comingalong Union Street? It’s the de-sign of the roads and there isn’tmuch we can do about it. Wehave a railroad getting in the way.If it weren’t there, it would be alot easier to deal with this.”

Later in the hearing, AlPorro – after asking if otheroptions for delivering the carsto the site had been explored –suggested that trailers unload atthe parking area located atPleasant and Morse and thatthe cars then be driven to theproposed site.

When informed that the un-loading of cars was prohibitedat that lot, but not at the NewTo You lot at Morse Street andRoute 1, Porro asked, “Thenwhy don’t we do the same thingthere? Park them at New ToYou and drive them up over thehill. That’s another hundredyards. And it eliminates the traf-fic in South Norwood, it elimi-nates the traffic in Walpole, andwe’re a good neighbor. Andyou’re not going anywhere.”

Boch Automotive VicePresident of PurchasingMichael Clemmey – in his re-sponse – cited the number ofcars that would be moving. “Itjust doesn’t work in our pro-cess,” he said, picking a roundnumber of 10 cars per carrierload multiplied by six deliveriesa day. “That’s 60 cars you’regoing to put on the road runningback and forth.”

Standing between the Boardand the audience, Clemmeysummed up his position:

“We’re doing everythingwe can to appease everybodyhere. We can’t just go away.We need the space. Webought additional dealershipsand we need the space forparking. It’s zoned for that.We’d like to work with theBoard and do the best wecan.”

The Morse Street hear-ing was continued to Mon-day, July 9 at 7:45 p.m.


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understanding that the electri-cal is one of the more deficientsystems in the building overall.”

Continuing with the secondhalf of the presentation,Puniello focused on thebuilding’s HVAC (heating, ven-tilation, air conditioning) sys-tem.

In his study, Puniello de-scribed a Town Hall specificcomputer simulation energymodel “of three different me-chanical systems we thoughtwere good potential fits for thebuilding.”

Those chosen for the studyincluded a heat pump systemsimilar to the one presently inoperation, a fan coil system,and a VRF (variable refrigera-tor flow) system.

When, at one point, Puniellocommented that Town Hall’ssteam and heat pump systemhave exceeded their useful ser-vice life, Carney interjected,bringing up the fact that theboiler had only been installedfour or five years earlier.

“I can understand whatyou’re saying but as a munici-pal employee, a purchasingagent, to think that you’re go-ing to take $130,000 that wasjust put in a few years ago,when you spend that kind ofmoney, we put it in thinking wewere going to get 20 years…Yeah, you can get efficiency,but there must be another way

that we can take care of whatwe have to do,” Carney said.

Puniello explained thatGGD’s proposed replacementof the entire HVAC system, ofwhich the largest part is theheating system, would best bedone all at once, rather thanhaving to “do the whole thingover again” in 10-15 years.

He also presented a costestimate as part of his argu-ment.

“We understand that the(boiler’s) $180,000, but we’retalking about a million dollarsfor an HVAC system,” he said.

At the conclusion ofPuniello’s HVAC presentation,Carney expressed some gen-eral frustration with the projectthus far as she perceived it.

“As a building manager, it’seasier to say, ‘Guess what?We’re picking up everyone andmoving them out and we’re do-ing a renovation.’ But to sellthat at Town Meeting… TownMeeting was told, ‘Here’s$900,000. You’re going to fixup some rooms.’ And then itchanges direction,” Puniellosaid.

Kalsow also previewedbuilding handicapped accessi-bility requirements, informingthe group that if project con-struction costs within any 36-month period are above 30 per-cent of a building’s assessedvalue, there is one set of ex-

tensive requirements and ifbelow 30 percent, there’s an-other, more modest set of re-quirements to be met.

Town Hall is currently as-sessed at $3,969,000, with the30 percent mark at approxi-mately $1.2 million. However,according to Carney, the Townwill be conducting its 10-yearreevaluation of buildings thisyear, with Town Hall scheduledfor a new assessment.

Architect Ferzin Engineer,also of MK&A, gave a briefoverview of her DepartmentHead interviews, drawing twoconclusions for all depart-ments: one being the need fora small private meeting room,and the other being the needfor additional storage.

Some results of this spacestudy were that the offices ofInspectional Services and theBoard of Appeal are both un-dersized, as is the Human Re-sources Department and that,when the position of TownClerk/Accountant is separated,another office will be requiredfor the new position.

In both the case of the ac-cessibility survey and the spacestudy, detailed presentationswill be made at a PBCC meet-ing next month.

In his post-presentation re-marks, Kalsow acknowledged

the fact that the recommenda-tions made by his group maynot be well received.

“I think it’s important, as aCommittee, to try to understandwhat the Town is going to sup-port,” Kalsow said. “It’s atough situation. It’s a challeng-ing one that you’re in. TheTown may not support a com-prehensive one for the entirebuilding which in the long termis probably the most efficientway of doing it... You have todecide if that’s the reality inTown.”

Eberly, commenting afterKalsow’s remarks, brought upthe meeting held on March 14at which the PBCC andMazzucco discussed a directionfor the schematic portion of theproject.

“I think we cast your firmwith coming up with an overallbuilding solution,” Eberly said.“We listened to the TownManager’s feelings. We tookthem very seriously at the time,and I believe we voted unani-mously on it… that we weregoing to pursue this from whatis the best solution for thisTown and – from that point –make some decisions about thebest way to achieve that…We’ve discussed this as anideas-based approach, not aresource-based approach, and

so we’re going to have to tryto fit the ideas to the resources,and not the other way around.”

The discussion moved to-ward the likelihood that if theproject were to happen as pro-posed, the $1.2 million con-struction cost – 33 percent ofTown Hall’s assessed value –that would trigger the installa-tion of a fire sprinkler systemwould almost certainly be sur-passed.

“There is a decision pointthat we’re going to reach,”Eberly said. “I st i l l feelstrongly that we’re not to thatdecision point yet. That weshould talk about ideas beforewe talk about hard choices,so that we’re working towardan ideal scenario, not a con-flicted scenario.”

In other PBCC business:The repairs for the leak-

ing windows in Town Hall willlikely need to go out to bid af-ter it was determined thatkeeping the project under$10,000 was unrealistic.

In reorganization, RobertSilk was elected Chairmanand Bill Kinsman was electedVice-Chairman. The termswill be for the next 12months.

The next PBCC meetingwill be on June 21 at 7:30 p.m.in Room 11 of Town Hall.


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Literary Luncheon continued from page 1

This was the 20th anniversary for the Literary Luncheon, and most of the senior citizens in attendance havebeen there for most of them, if not all of them.


glish teachers at the Coakleywill choose a novel to be readby not only her students, butalso by the Senior ReadingGroup at the Morrill Memo-rial Library.

At the end of the aca-demic year, the two groupswill meet to discuss the book,eat lunch, and play novel-themed board games createdby the students.

After brief opening re-marks by Literary Luncheonfounder and retired MorrillLibrary Outreach Depart-ment Head Beth Goldman,the discussion got underway.

The conversation is ca-sual and friendly and the li-brary, usually such a quietplace, is filled with even, lowintensity sounds.

Rebecca Spillane takesthis all in as she stands by thelunch buffet set up on a bookshelf.

She chose the novel be-ing discussed, The War ThatSaved My Life by KimberlyBrubaker Bradley, on therecommendation of a stu-dent. Reading it, she imme-diately wanted it for the Lun-cheon.

Set in London and the En-gl ish countryside duringWorld War II, the historicalnovel features a young girlwith a club foot who facesand overcomes many differ-ent challenges throughout thestory as she emerges em-powered at its conclusion.

Spillane, coordinating herfourth one of these events,explained her choice.

“I like to do historical fic-tion for the Luncheon, justbecause there are so manygenerations here,” she said.

In discussing The WarThat Saved My Life andother novels th is year,Spillane noted that her stu-dents were learning aboutmore advanced literary con-cepts, such as character de-velopment , confl ict , andtheme.

“Theme is such an ab-stract thing for the kids tofind,” she said. “It’s a skillthat they’re starting to de-velop in sixth grade.”

The novel’s themes –freedom, self-worth, andself-discovery among them –formed the basis of the boardgames each of the six groupscreated, all of which involveddice and pieces, with easy-to-follow instructions.

“They did a really greatjob with some of the cleverideas they used to incorporatethe characters, and some ofthe main events were reallyclever,” Spillane said.

After lunch, the center-pieces and Union Jacks arecleared, and the games are gin-gerly carried over to the dis-cussion groups.

Soon, players are leaning in,rolling dice, answering ques-tions, and moving pieces, andchatting a little more garru-lously than before.

Afterwards, retired CMS li-brary teacher MarianneMcGowan – back for the firsttime since the Luncheon’s 15thanniversary – noted the insightsof the board game as it per-tained to the book.

“The board game was fun,and they really knew thisbook,” McGowan said. “Thosegame cards were challengingfor me. They’re detail orientedand they just had wonderfulinsights.”

One of the dice rollers, 90-year-old Marilyn Groh, hasonly missed one of these in its20 years of existence (she wasin Virginia Beach visiting fam-ily two years ago).

“I love this. This is one ofthe highlights of the year forme,” she said as she sat at atable with her granddaughterAmanda Keith, up from Char-lotte, N.C. “I’ve met numerousyoung people that I just thinkare fantastic. It does so muchto give you faith in the nextgeneration that’s coming along.They’re bright and intelligentyoung people.”

Goldman, who helped tobring the Literary Luncheoninto existence those 20 yearsago, commented that, in someways, not much has changedabout it while, in another, it has.

“It’s evolved in the sensethat I think it’s now part of thestructure: if you’re luckyenough, you’re in one of thesixth-grade classes that gets todo this,” Goldman said. “Ican’t tell you how many timesa student has said to me –when I worked at the PublicLibrary – ‘I didn’t get to dothe Literary Lunch. Will I getto be able to do it next year?’And frankly, that’s where itwould be wonderful: if it couldevolve so that there are moreof them.”

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usually congregate.Both businesses fall within 500 feet of 76 Astor Ave.“Basically, our position is that we are certainly beyond 200 feet of

any kind of residential district and – based upon our examination ofcase law, statute, and other things that we’ll cite in the brief… wealso feel that we’re safe to say that we’re beyond 500 feet of anyschool, or daycare center, or church.”

Referring to Goldfish and Velocity, Staiti said that “we do feel thatneither one qualifies as a school, as applied by bylaws of the Town ofNorwood and applicable case law.”

Staiti – describing how he reached this conclusion – referred tobylaw, case law, and statute examples determining a school, and howneither Goldfish nor Velocity qualified.

Staiti also addressed whether or not Goldfish and Velocity quali-fied as recreational facilities, using the zoning bylaw to conclude thatthey did not – in terms of indoor commercial recreation – qualify. Hewent on to state that Velocity Sports qualified – as a right – as a fitnesscenter, but not a recreation facility.

Finally, Staiti referred to areas where children may concentrate inconcentrated numbers, including ball fields, parks, and libraries.

“The common denominator of this definition is that the ball fields,parks, and libraries are all public places. Neither Goldfish nor VelocitySports is located in a public place.”

Despite these arguments, Staiti also added that MIM would beseeking a dimensional variance of the ZBA if it, in fact, ruled thatGoldfish and Velocity qualified as educational facilities, putting MIMout of compliance. He explained his rationale by stating that MIM hadfiled its application before the other two businesses had moved in.

“To be denied the permit – if the Board found that they were aschool – I feel creates a hardship, both a financial hardship and other-wise, and it would be serious irreparable harm to not be able to goforward, since considerable time and effort has been spent.”

Chair Patrick Mulvehill – in his response – cited Town Counsel’sinterpretation of grandfathering MIM’s application as something that –he read from the opinion – “may be an equitable consideration, but isnot considered in the legal analysis.”

Mulvehill went on to reference the state buffer zone regulation as itrelated to municipalities’ ability to set control over RMDs in their com-munities, including having a 500-foot buffer zone between them andplaces where children commonly congregate.

“Here’s the crux of it,” Mulvehill said before continuing. “The De-partment interprets a facility where children commonly congregate toinclude facilities at which children are gathered for a particular purposein a structured and scheduled manner, or which are dedicated for theuse of children, such as playgrounds, youth services programs, daycare centers, youth sports facilities…It does not include other facilities,such as ice cream shops, where children may happen to congregate.”

When presented with this, Staiti referred back to his case law andcase statute argument.

With these lines drawn, the discussion went back and forth be-tween the Board and the applicant’s representatives, until associatemember Paul Eysie – filling in for Tom Brady – recommended eithersite visits to Goldfish and Velocity or an appearance by their represen-tatives before the Board in order to give their thoughts on MIM’s appli-cation.

He also raised another underlying question for the Board to con-sider regarding marijuana dispensaries and overlay zones:

“If you don’t want it in the two locations designated by the Town,where do you want it?”

The hearing was continued to July 17 at 7:45 p.m.


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Post 70 loses at home to Walpolein first loss of the summer

Softball team went italone in the tournament

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Bryn Garczynski still has one year left of softball at Norwood High, where she'll continue to wreak havocon the basepaths and play great defense behind the plate -- or, perhaps, move to center field.

PHOTO BY JAKE LEVIN

Danny Quinn did his job on Sunday night vs. Walpole, giving up only one earned run in 4 2/3 innings ofwork. He took a tough loss thanks to three unearned runs while he was on the hill, coupled with Norwood'sdormant bats. PHOTO BY JAKE LEVIN

One inning gone wrongmade all of the difference inthe world for the NorwoodPost 70 American Legionbaseball team on Sundaynight.

Facing off againstarchnemesis Walpole Post104 for the first of threemeetings this summer,Norwood’s bats went silent ina 5-0 loss, the first of the sea-son for the team (2-1).

Norwood had only fourhits but also left 10 runnerson bases, including loadedbases in the bottom of thefirst, second and seventh atBalch Elementary School.

“We played six out ofseven innings,” Post 70 man-ager Paul Samargedlis said.“They’re a good team andwe’re a good team.”

It was the fateful top ofthe fifth which Samargedlisalluded to, where Walpole (2-0) batted around to the tuneof four runs – all of whichcame with two outs in the in-ning and three of which were

unearned against Norwoodstarter Danny Quinn.

After Dylan Hanifinreached on an error to beginthe inning and CharlieAuditore doubled, Quinnbattled back to strike outChristopher McLean andBryan Kraus. Tyler Pageknocked in both Hanifin andAuditore with a two-outsingle, giving Walpole all ofthe offense it would need, butthe team grabbed two moreoff of two Norwood errors totake a 4-0 lead.

Aidan Murray scored on apass ball in the seventh to fur-ther pad Walpole’s lead.

Norwood threatened againin the last of the seventh onlyto waste Michael Dooley’sleadoff triple to right to beginthe frame and see its offenseblanked for the first time thissummer.

“This game could’ve been0-0 heading into the seventh,”Samargedlis said. “You can’tplay baseball like that becausethese guys didn’t make mis-

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Only one team qualified for itsrespective postseason tournamentthis spring at Norwood High, andthat was the girls’ softball team.

Norwood made it for the ninthtime in as many seasons underhead coach Carol Savino, whoseteam outscored its opponents byan impressive 136-58 margin thisspring. The Mustangs shut outseven teams over the course ofthe season – three times via the10-run slaughter rule after five in-nings – while being shut out threetimes themselves, just once via the10-run slaughter rule. Norwoodhad a 2-1 record in one-run games,its lone loss coming in thepostseason.

“When they were in it, theywere really in it,” Savino said.“They certainly came a longway.”

The Mustangs finished 13-7,good enough to earn the No. 15seed in the Division 2 South tour-

nament. They won a tournamentgame against No. 18 Sandwich,9-0, before bowing out in the sec-ond round against No. 2 PlymouthSouth, 3-2. South went on to beatNo. 23 Foxboro, 3-0, in thequarterfinals before losing to No.3 Middleboro, 1-0, in the sectionalsemifinals.

It’s the sixth straight seasonNorwood won a tournament soft-ball game, a streak Savino hopesto keep going in the new stompinggrounds next year.

Seven out of 11 Bay StateConference (BSC) teams quali-fied for the Division 1 South tour-nament this spring in softball, whileNorwood’s tournament berth inDivision 2 made it eight out of 11BSC teams overall. Seven out of11 Tri-Valley League (TVL)teams made the postseason,spread out over three divisions:Hopkinton in Division 1; Norton,Holliston, Medway and Medfieldin Division 2; and Bellingham andMillis in Division 3.

The Mustangs played only one

TVL opponent this season inDedham, keeping the rivalry be-tween the schools alive during itsone-season hiatus from being aleague rivalry. Norwood crushed

the Marauders, 10-2, way back onApril 13.

The Mustangs won all five oftheir regular season games againstnonleague opponents, sweeping

Sharon in its two meetings by acombined 28-1 and sweepingBrockton in its two meetings by acombined 16-8. In a scheduling


Post 70 Notebook:June 21, 2018

Michael James, seen above in center field on Sunday, is hoping toparlay a big summer with Post 70 into a spot on the varsity baseballteam at Quinnipiac University next spring. PHOTO BY JAKE LEVIN

Welcome back to theNorwood Post 70 notebook,a weekly feature during sum-mer baseball season over thelast several years that exam-ines the comings and goingsaround the clubhouse ofNorwood’s American LegionBaseball team.

To kick-off the 2018 note-book? Roster construction.One of Legion baseball’smany quirks is the diverseway in which rosters are as-sembled in compared to thelocal high school team.

Norwood Post 70, for ex-ample, is far more than justa cont inuat ion of theNorwood High basebal lteam, though it does gener-

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Cam Flahive, seen above in Norwood's game vs. Walpole on Sunday, is one of four returning 19-year-oldsplaying for the team this summer. PHOTO BY JAKE LEVIN

takes.”Dooley had one of

Norwood’s other hits, a singleto leadoff the second inning.Just like in the seventh, he ad-vanced to third base beforebeing stranded 90 feet fromhome.

Michael James went 2 for4 to account for the other twohits Norwood had. He led thegame off with a single to leftand legged out an infield hitin the fifth.

James ran into bad luck inthe bottom of the second,when he laced a ground balldown the third base line thatseemed destined to roll aroundthe outfield and plate at leasttwo runs. Walpole thirdbaseman Matthew Donatowas guarding the line, how-ever, and stepped on thirdbase while fielding the ballbefore firing to first in timeeven to get the speedy Jamesto get out of the inning.

Walpole ace Cam

Schlitter, who carried theWalpole High team to theSuper 8 this spring season,lasted 6 2/3 innings againstNorwood. In addition to thefour hits, Schlitter walkedfour but struck out eight.

Quinn went 4 2/3 inningsfor Norwood, charged withfour runs – only one earned– on four hits while walkingfive and striking out four. Hewas relieved by Mat Rice,who pitched a full inning with-out being charged an earnedrun – though Walpole didplate two of the base runnersRice inherited – before JayWladkowski worked the final1 1/3 innings, walking twostriking out two and giving upan unearned run.

Auditore, a 19-year-oldwho just completed his fresh-man season playing baseballat Bentley University, went 2for 3 with three walks – twoof the intentional variety –and three stolen bases.

Each of Auditore’s freepasses came with first basevacant, making the decision ano-brainer for Samargedlis.

“I’ll walk Auditore everytime [in that si tuation],”Samargedlis said. “I’m notgoing to let him hurt us. He’sa very good hitter – nothingagainst our pitchers, butthat’s why we walked him.”

Norwood will try to getback to its winning ways onThursday night, when it hostsNeedham Post 14 at 7:30 p.m.back at Balch – with one con-tingency.

The Needham High base-ball team won the MIAA Di-vision 1 South title and is play-ing in a state semifinal gameon Wednesday night. Shouldthe Rockets win, the Post 14game against Norwood willbe postponed. If that’s thecase, Norwood’s next gameis Friday at 5:45 p.m. when ittravels to Medfield to take onPost 110.

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ally make up the bulk of theroster.

In addition to the Mus-tangs players , however,there’s the Norwood Highalums – provided they’re 19years old or younger – andother high school-aged play-ers in Norwood who may at-tend a school outside ofNorwood (Xaverian, BlueHills, Nobles, etc.) In somecases, the player not be fromNorwood at all, but from atown across the District 6area – such as the last two

summers, when MedfieldHigh’s Will Bento joined Post70.

This summer is no differ-ent, of course. In Sunday’sstarting lineup vs. WalpolePost 104, Norwood boasteda quar te t of 19-year-oldalumni (Michael James,Chris Petracca, Cam Flahiveand Charlie Gover); fourmembers of the NorwoodHigh team from this pastspr ing (Jay and RobbieWladkowski, Jason Denehyand Danny Quinn); a mem-ber of the Xaverian baseballteam (Paul Manning); and aNorwood High student whoopted to take the spring offin Michael Dooley.

James just completed hisfreshman year at QuinnipiacUniversity, where he still

hopes to become a memberof its varsity baseball teamnext spring.

This year, he competedfor the Hamden Braves –Quinnipiac’s c lub team,where he hit .480 for theseason – as he continued tohone the skills he flashed asa member of Norwood Highand Post 70 over the last sev-eral springs and summers.

“[I] did alright,” Jamessaid of his spring season.

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Savino ishangin' around

Softball continued from page 9

Janelle Kelleher, seen above at first base, is one of only three seniors set to depart from the softball teamthis season. Fellow captain Erin Murphy, as well as Delia Bartucca, are also off to college.

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Norwood High softball coach Carol Savino, 74, has said all along that as long as she has her health, she'llcontinue to coach softball. PHOTO BY JAKE LEVIN

quirk, the Mustangs played theBoxers back-to-back, on May 25and May 29.

Norwood’s loss in the tour-nament to Plymouth South wasthe first time since 2014 that theMustangs didn’t ultimately bowout against a Hockomock Leagueschool. South, representing thePatriot League, broke up a stringof defeats against Milford in 2017and King Philip in both 2015 and’16. Already looking ahead toTVL next spring, with a promis-

Notebook continued from page 10“Working on seeing the ball,smarter at-bats, looking atpitches, seeing pitches out ofthe hand, and getting betterjumps in the outfield.”

He hit leadoff and playedcenter field on Sunday, fin-ishing 2 for 4 for half ofNorwood’s hits. He made anumber of remarkable play-ers in the outfield, includinga diving catch in the top ofthe second inning thatshowed he sti l l has eli terange.

James will also continueto work on his pitching thissummer for Norwood, with afastball that can pop as highas 82-83 miles per hour. Heclosed out Post 70’s gameagainst Norfolk Post 335 lastweek, striking out the side.

ing crop of 8th graders on their wayto Norwood High, Savino put the13-7 record of the Mustangs thisspring into context.

“That’s not a bad year,” Savinosaid. “Am I expecting them to bea little bit better next year? Yes.”

Norwood graduated threeplayers: first baseman JanelleKelleher, a Bay State ConferenceAll-Star; second baseman ErinMurphy, and utility player DeliaBartucca. Kelleher started all fouryears of her career for the Mus-

tangs, while Murphy joinedher as a starter in each of thelast two to form a rock-solidcore on the right side of theinfield.

“The right side was strongbetween the two of them,”Savino said.

Junior catcher BrynGarczynski was also a BSCAll-Star, while junior pitcherAmanda Olbrys earned anhonorable mention.

“I’m definitely feelinggood,” James said. “It feelsgood to get back out therewith my teammates and beable to run around and flyaround.”

James is the last memberof the 2015 MIAA Division1 State Championship base-ball team at Norwood Highstill donning a Post 70 uni-form, though several playerson the roster were on thefreshman or junior varsityteams in the spring of 2015.James was primarily used asa pinch runner that springbefore morphing into afeared hitter near the top ofthe lineup for the Mustangsas one of the best all-aroundplayers in the Bay State Con-ference in 2016 and ’17.

Carol Savino isn’t going any-where.

The coach of the NorwoodHigh girls’ softball team for thelast nine seasons may be 74years old, but she confirmed af-ter the Mustangs fell to Ply-mouth South in the Division 2South tournament on June 9 thatas long as she has her health,she’d be around to overseeNorwood’s move from the BayState Conference to the Tri-Val-ley League and beyond.

And why wouldn’t she, witha passion for the game that’snever been stronger.

“When I can’t do it anymoreis when I’ll stop,” Savino said.“The bottom line for me is thatI happen to love the game. I loveteaching the game, but the lifelessons are a lot more impor-tant than the game itself. You’redealing with young ladies thatyou want to have a direction andsucceed.”

Coaching the game at vari-ous levels for over half a cen-tury – her previous high schoolstops include places such asBridgewater-Raynham andDuxbury – Savino’s attachmentto Norwood in the later stagesof her career is such that whenrehabbing an injury to her fe-mur a few years back, her goalwas much more than simply re-turning to walking normallyagain.

Asked by her doctor whatshe hoped to accomplish withher rehab, Savino said sheneeded to “get out of the wayof a ball,” referring to her du-ties coaching third base whenthe Mustangs are at bat.

“I coach,” she said. “I’vegot to be able to jump back and

have balance. It wasn’t goingto stop me from what I loved todo.”

Savino’s Norwood teamshave qualified for thepostseason in each and everyseason she’s been in the dug-out and have won multiple play-off games six seasons running.She’s said countless times sheknows she’s not easy to play for,but the results speak for them-selves.

“You always want to gear thekids to want to win,” Savino said.“Winning takes a lot of work. Thosekids practiced six days a week, twoand a half to three hours. They’resuccessful because they workedhard.”

Just because the high schoolseason is over doesn’t meanSavino is about to take a vacation– at least not for leisure. She staysfirmly entrenched in the dugout,overseeing the various levels ofcompetition within her Mass Drift-ers Softball program. There’s 10teams within the Drifters, ranging inage groups from 12 to 18.

Savino coaches the 18-and-un-der college showcase team, whichtravels around the Northeast play-ing in tournaments all summer long.She just got back from a tournamentin Pennsbury, Pa. this past week-end and is prepping for the next onein Fort Devens, Mass. this comingweekend. Other events in Massa-chusetts include tournaments inSwansea and Plainville later in thesummer.

Add it all up, and it’s no days offfor Savino.

Years ago, when Savino’s grand-mother saw her coaching for the firsttime, Savino said her grandmothermade a prediction.

“My grandmother, the first timeshe saw me coaching, told me I’d becoaching with grey hair and a cane,”Savino said. “She was pretty close.”



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1010 Phone - susp person underinvestigation Location/Address:Norwood Airport Inc - Access RdNarrative: Also see Call#18-11413-048 Hrs 6/10. Report male thatwas on property yesterday re-turned 5 minutes ago, ap-proached building, then left in aSubaru, Hatchback, grey, W/M,tall, bald, white t-shirt, jeans.BOLO to cars and South District.Airport notified to check cam-eras.

1119 Other - Serve Summons LegalService Made Location/Address:Plymouth Dr

1218 Other - Message Delivery Le-gal Service Made Location/Ad-dress: E Cross St Narrative: At-tempts service of a Letter of Li-cense Suspension. N661 reportsserved in-hand.

1509 911 - Report Of Fire Police &Fire Notified/R Location/Ad-dress: Plymouth Dr Narrative:Contractor reports fire between2 plywood roofs.

1528 911 - Well Being Chk SpokenTo Location/Address: Dean StNarrative:S.P. 9-1-1 receives callfrom female reporting a small boyat her door stating “mommy isasleep and won’t wake up” thencaller got disconnected. N661 re-ports all ok, child was with afriend of mother.

1559 Phone - Unwanted Party NoAction Required Location/Ad-dress: Boch New To YouSuperstore (Dcdnty Inc) - Bos-Prov Hwy Narrative: Customerupset over payment, managementwould like him removed fromshowroom. That party left priorto officer’s arrival.

1606 911 - Auto Theft *Report FiledLocation/Address: BroadwayNarrative:Employee reports MAPC 4DA341 stolen from rear lotwithin last thirty minutes. BOLOto the cars and surrounding cit-ies and towns. Vehicle enteredinto NCIC.Refer To Incident: 18-823-OF

1613 Phone - Susp Activity AreaSearch Negative Location/Ad-dress: Beacon AveNarrative:Caller reports partypacing back and forth. N662 re-ports no party pacing, only indi-viduals out walking.

1831 Phone - Neighbor DisturbanceCivil Matter Location/Address:Engamore Ln Narrative: Callerreports a neighbor dispute. Nar-rative: Civil in nature, referred tohousing.

1905 Phone - Recovered Mv*Arrest(S)Made Location/Ad-dress: Jefferson Dr Narrative:Caller reports party revving en-gine in her driveway. Upon arrival,officers state that vehicle is MAPC 4DA341 which was reportedstolen three hours earlier. N664placed one party under arrest andtransported him to the station.Refer To Arrest: 18-225-AR Ar-rest: Watt, Ryan R Address:Homeless Age: 26 Charges: Mo-tor Veh, Receive Stolen Oui Li-quor, 2nd Offense License Sus-pended, Op MV With Alcohol InMV, Possess Open Container Of

2128 Phone - Noise Complaint Spo-ken To Location/Address:FERRARI OF NEW ENGLAND(DBA) / BOCH LUXE INC - BOS-PROV HWY Narrative:Caller re-ports loud engines. N662 reportsthere is a car show and will beending shortly.

2240 Phone - Susp Activity AreaSearch Negative Location/Ad-dress: HAMPDEN DRNarrative:Caller reports twopeople smoking marijuana next tothe dumpster.

2337 911 - MOTOR VEHICLE AC-CIDENT *ARREST(S)MADELocation/Address: Bos-ProvHwy + Dean St Narrative: NFDnotified and responded. BostonProvidence north bound closedat Dean Street. Quincy PD track-ing canine requested for possibleinjured passenger who may haveleft the scene. N666 placed oneparty under arrest, N669 trans-ported him back to the station.Negoshian’s towed MA PC8RN273. Refer To Accident: 18-193-AC Refer To Arrest: 18-226-AR Arrest: Mara, Ryan Address:22 Hitchcock Rd Worcester, MaAge: 23 Charges: OUI LiquorNegligent Operation Of MotorVehicle Speeding

TUESDAY, JUNE 120546 Initiated - Well Being Chk Spo-

ken To Location/Address: Pros-pect St + Lydon St Narrative:Caller reports female known tonpd is walking down the streetyelling and causing a distur-bance. Officers advised and partywas sent on her way.

0639 Phone - Auto Theft *ReportFiled Location/Address: MapleSt Narrative:Caller reports hewent out to his car and it wasgone over night. N664 re-sponded Bolo over Bapern 3 forStop & Hold. No vehicle descrip-tion on registration, only platenumber. Vehicle is a 2005 BrownJeep Liberty. ( Ma. Reg# 9XM411)

0715 Phone - Larceny *Report FiledLocation/Address: MHK LawnCare - Downey St Narrative:Callerstates their lawn care equipmenthas been stolen over night. N666responded. Report filed.

.0830 Phone - Community PoliceServices Rendered Location/Ad-dress: Oldham School - ProspectSt Narrative:N667 transports win-ner of “A Ride to School in Po-lice Car”.

0921 Phone - Sex Offenses *ReportFiled Location/Address: Dean St+ Industrial Way Narrative:Afteran investigation Det. Ryan willfile a report.

1016 Phone - Missing Person *Re-port Filed Location/Address:Norwood High School - NicholsSt Narrative:N430, as S.R.O., re-ports student left. BOLO tors,MBTA Bus. N430 then reportshe went to family home NorwestDr.. N667 confirmed he is thereand will be allowed to stay there,units awaited arrival of an adult.

1034 Phone - Auto Theft *ReportFiled Location/Address: AnalogDevices Inc - Technology WayNarrative:Report MA CO R46830stolen overnight. BOLO to carsand

1039 Phone - Citizens ComplaintServices Rendered Location/Ad-dress: [HYD] Hyde Park Ave +Prescott Narrative:Boston got acall from witness reportingNorwood Public Schools’ Bus,MA 101101,no student on board,driver exited liquor store anddrank a beer. Norwood SchoolAdministration notified and willfollow up. Boston Operationsgave out a BOLO.

1304 Phone - Susp Person SpokenTo Location/Address: Washing-ton St + Guild St Narrative: Sub-ject screaming sitting on thebench. Subject showing baselinebehavior and known to the Of-ficers .

1544 911 - Well Being Chk Gone OnArrival Location/Address: 1095- Washington St Narrative:Reportfemale on sidewalk near hair-dresser shop, crying, stating shecannot get up. NFD sent. Bothagencies checked area-GOA.

1639 Phone - Assist Citizen CivilMatter Location/Address:SUNNYSIDE RD Narrative: Partyreports seeing a male party in hisbackyard, possibly a neighbor.Officer spoke to all parties in-volved, advised neighbor.

1815 Initiated - Drug Law Violation*Complaint/Summons Location/Address: Railroad Ave

1905 911 - Susp Person*Arrest(S)Made Location/Ad-dress: Norwood Theatre - Cen-tral St Narrative:Party yelling attraffic. N667 placed that partyunder arrest and transported himto the station. Refer To Arrest:18-227-AR Arrest: Zapata,Nelson Address: 15 Chestnut StWalpole, Ma Age: 55 Charges:Disorderly Conduct MunicipalBy-Law Or Ordinance Violation

18-11604 2145 Phone - Trespassing*Arrest(S)Made Location/Ad-dress: Washington StNarrative:Caller reports his neigh-bor is not home but hears activ-ity in the apartment. As a result,N661 placed two parties in cus-tody and transported one backto the station. N663 transportedthe second party to the station.Arrest: Spinola, Nigel Lee Ad-dress: Homeless Homeless, MaAge: 20 Charges: Trespass B&EFor Misdemeanor Arrest: Walker,Amy Lynn Address: HomelessHomeless, Ma Age: 37 Charges:Trespass B&E For Misdemeanor

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 131051 Phone - Susp Activity Services

Rendered Location/Address:David Ter Narrative:Report oftwo males entering the woods.Units spoke with them, all is well.

1506 Phone - Unwanted Party Ser-vices Rendered Location/Ad-dress: Mcdonalds - Broadway StNarrative:Group of teenage boysmoved along.

18-11653 1546 Walk-In - Assist Citi-zen *Report Filed Location/Ad-dress: Boch Honda - Bos-ProvHwy Narrative:Employee termi-nated and damaged property af-ter.

1710 911-Animal Complaint SpokenTo Location/Address: Rock StNarrative:Caller reports a dog onthe roof. N663 reports spoke tothe homeowner, the dog is in thehouse and the window is secure.

1840 Phone - Noise Complaint Spo-ken To Location/Address: OldeDerby Rd Narrative:Caller reportsupstairs neighbor being loud.N661 reports it was a young childjumping around and they wereadvised.

1858 Phone - Mischief (Kids) Spo-ken To Location/Address:Sumner St Narrative:Property linedispute resolved involving adirtbike.

THURSDAY, JUNE 140136 Initiated - Traffic Enforcement

*Arrest(S)Made Location/Ad-dress: U.T.I. Universal TechnicalInstitute - Upland RdNarrative:Center towed PC MA3MSA10. One under arrest. Re-fer To Arrest: 18-230-AR Arrest:Priebe, Christopher Address: 364Railroad Ave Norwood, Ma Age:39 Charges: Oui Liquor, 2nd Of-fense Speeding

0753 Phone - Susp Activity ServicesRendered Location/Address:Cameron Rd Narrative:Caller re-ported female screaming. Uponarrival, units determined that thenoise was coming from an upsetchild who didn’t wish to go toschool. Matter was resolved.

1209 Phone - Assist Citizen SpokenTo Location/Address: WestoverPkwy Narrative:Advised aboutguests of her family coming tothe house.

1334 Phone - Citizens ComplaintSpoken To Location/Address:Concord Ave Narrative: Amazondriver having trouble outsidewith a resident. Dispute resolvedand a misunderstanding.

1552 Phone - Susp Activity ServicesRendered Location/Address:Roosevelt Ave Narrative:Callersomeone was breaking into . Of-ficer confirms he was known toowners and all is in order.

1727 911 - Missing Person ServicesRendered Location/Address:Yarmouth Rd Narrative:Caller re-ports her husband who hasalzheimers went out for a walk andhas not returned.N661 reports he

was home sleeping and as notmissing.

1800 Phone - ANIMAL COM-PLAINT NACO/WACO NotifiedLocation/Address: Rock StNarrative:Caller reports a two footsnake in his backyard. WACOnotified and responded.

1935 Phone - Animal Complaint Ser-vices Rendered Location/Ad-dress: Walpole St + Endicott StNarrative:Caller reports injuredsnake, NACO notified and re-sponded.

2042 Phone - Noise Complaint AreaSearch Negative Location/Ad-dress: Pleasant St + Sumner StNarrative: Caller reports hearingloud explosions. N664 reports theoperating plant is still open andactive.

FRIDAY, JUNE 150922 911 - Citizens Complaint Fire

Dept Notified/Respo Location/Address: Hill St Narrative:Reportcellar flooding and cannot get toshutoff.

1404 Cellular - Complaint Of MvGone On Arrival Location/Ad-dress: Neponset St + PendergastCir Narrative:Report of a blackcar and a black SUV in some typeof road rage incident, then W/Mexited car and was approachingthe SUV.

1510 Phone - Susp Person ServicesRendered Location/Address:Williams St + Clark StNarrative:Caller reports a partygoing door to door. Advised toregister at the station.

1522 Phone - Susp Person ServicesRendered Location/Address:Garfield Ave Narrative:Door todoor salesman advised to checkin at station.

1556 Phone - Disturbance ServicesRendered Location/Address:Mcdonalds - Broadway StNarrative:Caller reports two maleparties having a verbal disagree-ment. Matter was resolved.

1905 Phone - Motor Vehicle Acci-dent *Arrest(S)Made Location/Address: Dean St Narrative:NFDnotified and responded. N667placed one party under arrest andtransported him to the station.Negoshian’s towed FL PC366PNT. Arrest: Feltmate, AlanAddress: 27065 Dolphin Rd Ram-rod Key, Fl Age: 62 Charges: OUILiquor, 4th Offense NegligentOperation Of Motor Vehicle

2145 Phone - Noise Complaint Spo-ken To Location/Address:Franklin St Loud music.Narrative:Party advised.

SATURDAY, JUNE 160321 Phone - Disturbance *Report

Filed Location/Address:Norwood Hospital/ LarussoBlding - Washington StNarrative:ER Nurse reports a maleparty in the Larusso Vestibule outof control and asking for assis-tance. N673,N661,N669 re-sponded. As a result, male partyaccepted voluntary evaluation.

0938 Phone - Animal Complaint Ser-vices Rendered Location/Ad-dress: Atwood AveNarrative:Report dog tied toAmerican Veteran’s dedicationpole is tangled in leash. N663 lo-cated owner and they are on theirway.

1014 Walk-In - B & E Of Motor Ve-hicle *Report Filed Location/Address: Rock StNarrative:Report truck side win-dow broken sometime overnight.

1025 Phone - Animal ComplaintNACO/WACO notified Loca-tion/Address: Walpole St + Wil-son St Narrative:Report dog run-ning loose back/forth betweenBig Y and Shell Gas.

1029 Walk-In - Found Syringe Ser-vices Rendered Location/Ad-dress: Washington St Narrative:2syringes to left of front door.N663 properly disposed of 1, restwere lollipop sticks.

1143 Phone - Larceny *Report FiledLocation/Address: NorwoodHealthcare - Washington St

Narrative:Director of Social Ser-vices states a resident reported140 dollars stolen.

1824 Phone - Motor Vehicle Acci-dent *Report Filed Location/Ad-dress: Mr. Franks Food Mart -MEB INC. - Washington StNarrative:Truck hung up onpump island. Norwood Fire re-sponded. Narrative:Vehicle re-moved from island. See report.

2136 Phone - Fireworks ServicesRendered Location/Address:Concord Ave Narrative:Possiblefireworks. Parties were advisedand moved along.

SUNDAY, JUNE 17 0306 911 - Unwanted Party *Re-

port Filed Location/Address:Nahatan St Narrative:Callerstates she asked her neighbor toleave her apartment and he re-fuses. N661,N664,N666 re-sponded. Both parties advised.Neighbor returned to his apart-ment.

0544 911 - Malicious Damage*Arrest(S)Made Location/Ad-dress: Nahatan StNarrative:Caller states she justcame home and there is damageto her car and her home.N661,N667 responded. As a re-sult N667 returns with 1 maleunder arrest for malicious dam-age. Arrest: Rodriguez, Luis MAddress: 402 Nahatan St Apt.#Unit1 Norwood, Ma Age: 35Charges: Motor Veh, MaliciousDamage To

1030 Cellular - Animal ComplaintNACO/WACO notified Loca-tion/Address: Subway - Lenox StNarrative:Report blue car in frontof business, windows open, doginside.

1100 Walk-In - Assist Citizen Spo-ken To Location/Address: IrvingSt Narrative:Mother does notwant daughter to visit home any-more. N664 advised her, will startwith Letter of Disinvite.

1311 Walk-In - Drug Law ViolationGone On Arrival Location/Ad-dress: Nahatan StNarrative:Resident in lobby re-ports 3 males, 20-30yoa,not resi-dents, sitting at picnic table inrear of building, due to the smellthey may be smoking marijuana.N667 reports no one at table uponarrival, multiple people outside incomplex did not observe the in-cident.

1420 Phone - Unwanted Party Spo-ken To Location/Address:Norwood Hospital - WashingtonSt Narrative:Subject GOA and Of-ficers spoke with security

1438 Phone - Susp Activity Spo-ken To Location/Address:Broadway Narrative:Customerconcerned about possible druguse in the bathroom and the maleis now outside. No evidencefound.

1451 Phone - Animal ComplaintNACO/WACO Notified Loca-tion/Address: Union StNarrative:Fox killed wildlife onthe tree line but left it behind .NACO will handle it.

1552 Phone - Mischief (Kids) Spo-ken To Location/Address:Melville Ave Narrative:Kidsthrowing rocks. Narrative:Youthsand parents advised.

MONDAY, JUNE 180900 Phone - Assist Citizen Spoken

To Location/Address: 1ST STNarrative:Family, retrieving prop-erty from home that is foreclosedon, finds a firearm. N664 reports itis just a BB gun and family mem-ber who owned it, took it.

1701 Initiated - Warrant Service*Arrest(S)Made Location/Ad-dress: Washington StNarrative:As a result, N664 placedone party under arrest and trans-ported him to the station. ReferTo Arrest: 18-234-AR Arrest:Keane, Robert Norman Press Ad-dress: Homeless Homeless, MaAge: 19 Charges: Warrant ArrestWarrant Arrest

1755 Phone - Larceny *Report FiledLocation/Address: Shady TreeLandscaping - Pleasant StNarrative:Caller reports someitems were taken from his shop.


LegalsDEATHSBROWN

Martha E. 67 passed awaysuddenly on March 23, 2018 atSt. Peter’s Hospital in Albany.Formerly of Norwood, Mass.she was daughter of the lateGeorge Brown and EmilyArlene Flanagan. She gradu-ated from The Henry O.Peabody school for girls in1969. During the early 1990sshe volunteered at Nassau Re-source Center. She had workedat Gertrudes Bakery inNorwood. She had been headcook at Guilderland CenterNursing Home and also workedas a cook at the Altamont Fair,The Eddy and St. Rose College.Martha was also employed atWalmart in Latham.

Mother to Eva (Kory)Hogan of Albany, N.Y.,Catherine “Kate” (Stephen)Brennan of Cohoes, N.Y. andEdward Pflueger IV of Nassau,N.Y. Sister to Stephen (Karen)Brown of Palm Bay, Fla. andformerly of Norwood, the lateMargery (Joseph) Finneran ofWalpole and Thomas Conroy ofNorwood. Aunt to the lateStephen Brown of Norwood,Joseph (Allison) Farrell ofSturbridge, Mass., RaymieFarrell of Wareham, Mass., andthe late Kara Farrell ofWareham Mass. Ya-ya toShyaira, Kendrik, Kyla,Alexandra, Kory and Lily. Alsosurvived by many cousins. Acommittal service will be heldon June 27, 2018 at 1 p.m. inthe East Walpole Cemetery inNorwood.

CONROYTeresa (Caroll) Of

Norwood, (formerly of Gort,Ireland) passed away peace-fully surrounded by her familyon June 17, 2018 in her 100thyear of life. Beloved wife ofthe late Joseph Conroy. Lov-ing mother of Kevin Conroyand his wife Janet ofWrentham, Brian Conroy andhis wife Kathleen of Canton,Gerard Conroy and his wifeLeslie of Santa Barbara, Ca-lif., Joseph Conroy of San Di-ego, Calif., John Conroy andhis husband Steven Monast ofProvidence, R.I., and PhilipConroy and his wife Diane ofNorwood. Cherished grand-mother of Timothy Conroy andhis wife Jennifer, Laurie Marrand her husband Patrick, BethConroy, Kristen Kennedy and

her husband Seamus, ErinConroy and fiancé MatthewSavastano, Joseph Conroy,Patrick Conroy, and JaredConroy. Beloved great-grand-mother of eleven. Teresa isalso survived by many lovingnieces, nephews, cousins andfriends. Funeral services will beheld on Wednesday, June 20 at8 a.m. from the Gillooly Fu-neral Home, 126 WalpoleStreet, NORWOOD, followedby a Mass of Christian Burialat 9 a.m. in St. Catherine ofSiena Church, 547 WashingtonSt., Norwood. Interment willfollow the Mass in HighlandCemetery, Norwood. Visitinghours will be held on Tuesdayfrom 4-8 p.m. in the funeralhome. In lieu of flowers me-morial contributions in memoryof Teresa may be made to theNorwood Food Pantry, 150Chapel Street, Norwood, MA02062. Gillooly Funeral HomeNorwood - 781-762-0174www.gilloolyfuneralhome.com

EGO

Jeanne F. (Quaglieri) OfTaunton formerly of Norwood,passed away peacefully athome on June 13, 2018 sur-rounded by her loving family.Beloved wife of 30 years toMichael Ego of Taunton.Daughter of the late Muriel(Franz) and Arthur Quaglieri.Loving mother of JessicaMarzuolo and Michelle Tovarboth of Taunton. Cherishedgrandmother of Britney, An-drew, Johnny, Gianna, Callieand Leo. Dear sister of JanetConsalvo and her husbandWillie of Middleboro, AlanQuaglieri and his wife Beth ofWalpole, Lois Webber and herhusband Billy of Maine, and thelate Arthur Quaglieri. Visitinghours were held in the GilloolyFuneral Home, 126 WalpoleSt., NORWOOD, followed bya Mass of Christian Burial inSt. Catherine of Siena Church,547 Washington St., Norwood.Memorial contributions inmemory of Jeanne may bemade to either Old ColonyHospice & Palliative Care, 321Manley Street, W.Bridgewater, MA 02379 orDana-Farber Cancer Institute,P.O. Box 849168, Boston, MA02284. Gillooly Funeral HomeNorwood 781-762-0174www.gilloolyfuneralhome.com

SCHAILLER

Mary B. (Kelliher) OfNorwood, passed away, unex-pectedly, on June 9, 2018. Marywas most proud of becoming aRegistered Nurse, lovingly caringfor so many for over 50 years.Beloved daughter of the late MaryM. (McDonough) and Daniel J.Kelliher. Loving mother of Ed-ward Schailler of Clearwater, Fla.and Robert Schailler and his wifeAllison of Louisiana. Loving sis-ter of Margaret Dixon and herhusband Robert of Plainville,Daniel Kelliher of Canton, andCatherine Kelliher of Nevada.Mary is lovingly survived by onegrandson and many loving niecesand nephews. Visiting in theGillooly Funeral Home, 126Walpole St., NORWOOD, fol-lowed by a Mass of ChristianBurial in St. Timothy CatholicChurch, 650 Nichols St.,Norwood. Interment followed theMass in Highland Cemetery,Norwood. Memorial contributionsin memory of Mary may bemade to either National KidneyFoundation, 209 West CentralStreet, Suite 220, Natick, MA01760 or Brigham and Women’sHospital, Brigham and Women’sHospital Development Office, 116Huntington Ave., 3rd Floor, Bos-ton, MA. Gillooly Funeral HomeNorwood - 781-762-0174www.gilloolyfuneralhome.com


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

Oh, most beautiful flower of Mt.Carmel, fruitful vine, splendor ofHeaven, Blessed Mother of the Sonof God, Immaculate Virgin, assist mein this necessity. Oh Star of the Sea,help me and show me herein youare my mother. Oh Holy Mary,Mother of God, Queen of Heavenand Earth, I humbly beseech theefrom the bottom of my heart to succorme in my necessity (make request).There are none that can withstandyour power. Oh Mary, conceivedwithout sin, pray for us who haverecourse to thee (three times). HolyMary, I place this cause in your hands(three times). Say this prayer for threeconsecutive days and then you mustpublish and it will be granted to you.

Grateful thanks. —A.M.

The Record Book PLANNING BOARD HAS ANOPENING FOR ANASSOCIATE MEMBER

The Norwood Planning Boardhas an opening for an AssociatePlanning Board member. This isa new position that was createdby a vote at Town Meeting. TheAssociate Planning Board mem-ber will participate on Special Per-mit applications on an as neededbasis. The Associate PlanningBoard member will attend allPlanning Board meetings and par-ticipate but will only be involvedwith voting on certain SpecialPermits when an elected Boardmember cannot participate be-cause they are on vacation, outsick or have a conflict of inter-est. The Planning Board meetstwice a month on Monday eve-nings. This is an opportunity toserve your community and par-ticipate in the operation of Towngovernment. If you are interestedin becoming an Associate Plan-ning Board member, send a let-ter of interest and resume to theNorwood Planning Departmentby July 5, 2018, Mr. JosephSheehan, Chairman, P.O. Box 40,566 Washington St. NorwoodMA 02062. If you have ques-tions about the Associate Plan-ning Board member position,contact Mr. Paul Halkiotis, Di-rector of Community Planning &Economic Development, (781)762-1240 ext. 164 or [email protected].

2018 ANNUAL STREETLIST BOOKS

The Town Clerks officewishes to inform the residents ofNorwood that the 2018 AnnualStreet List Books are available topurchase in the town Clerks of-fice. Cost is $5 for Norwood resi-dents and $10 for out of townresidents and businesses. TownClerks office hours: Mondaythrough Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

CONCERTS ONTHE COMMON COMMITTEEPRESENTS 25TH ANNUALCONCERT SERIES

The Town of Norwood Con-certs on the Common Commit-tee is pleased to announce our25th annual Sunday Evening Con-certs series for 2018. This yearthere will be nine concerts eachSunday evening beginning onSunday, July 1 and ending onSunday, Aug. 26. Kicking thingsoff on July 1 Sharon ConcertBand, followed by TheSuburbanaires Big Band on theJuly 8 and Roy Scott Big Bandon July 15. On July 22, theWestwood Swing Band returnsand July closes out on July 29with a special 25th AnniversaryCelebration evening featuring

Natalie Joly and the RecklessHearts. This night is sponsoredby Ernie Boch, Jr., Chestnut HillRealty, CMI Property Manage-ment and David Spiegel.

August brings the return ofseveral favorites. Aug. 5 it is TomNutile Big Band, Aug. 12 is new-comer Randolph CommunityBand, Aug. 20 is OberlaendlerHofbrau Band and ending the sea-son on Aug. 26 is Dan Gabel andthe Abletones.

Concerts are generously spon-sored by: GOLD BATONS - Ri-chard and Beverly Armour, Bankof Canton, Herb Chambers Mo-tors, Dedham Savings Bank,Norwood Bank, The NorwoodRecord, Norwood Woman’s Club- Morrill Fund, Rojo/Dean StreetCar Wash by Dianne Shalbey &Family, In Memory of Delite &Ed Sweeney; SILVER BATONS- Analog Devices, Cadillac ofNorwood, Four Points bySheraton, Harvard Pilgrim HealthCare Foundation, Deborah Liu,Horizon House Publications,Norwood Engineering, John S.Marini, Norwood Women’s Com-munity Committee, Roche Broth-ers Supermarkets; BRONZE BA-TONS - Bay State Federal Chari-table Fdn., Paul & KathleenBishop, C & E Auto Body, Cen-tral Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge, Ram,Buick, GMC, Kia, Fiat, CentralDental Associates, Dempsey In-surance, Flower Power, JackMadden Ford, Norwood Fire De-partment - Local 1631, NorwoodPolice Association, NorwoodRotary Club, Poirier Sales & Ser-vice, The Regal Press, RocklandTrust, Tom & CatherineMaloney, Myer Dana and Sons;and FRIENDS - Café Fresh Ba-gel, Marion Boch, John & PennyCarroll, Democratic Town Com-mittee, Attorney David Hern,Honey Dew Donuts, Allan &Renie Howard, Jack Perry, J. C.Jacobs Plumbing Co. Inc, Rich-ard & Barbara Kinter, Norwood

Lions Club, Minas Café, Repub-lican Town Committee and VillageGreen Nurseries.

As has been done in past yearsa free raffle sponsored by localrestaurants will be held during in-termission each week. Raffle do-nors are: Bon Caldo Ristorante,Brookside Café, Byblos Restau-rant, Colonial House Restaurant,Conrad’s Restaurant, The FeistyGreek, Lewis’ Bar & Grill, OldColonial Café Restaurant, OlivadiRestaurant, Sky Restaurant, TheVenice Café, and Vico RistoranteItaliano. All performances are 6 -8 p.m. at the Walter J. DempseyMemorial Bandstand on the TownCommon. Please bring your ownseating. For more informationplease call the Norwood TownHall at 781.762.1240 or visit http://www.norwoodma.gov/.

CONGRATULATIONS TOTHE 2018 HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES!

The Norwood High SchoolAthletic Hall of Fame is pleasedto announce its 2018 inductees.The student-athletes are Ed Praino’43 (posthumously), Alice Kelley’74, Ned Brigham ’85, KouriFerris Wright ’96, Jennifer ChinSchleicher ’99 and Lisa Daven-port Reggiannini ’03. Thecoaches are Donna Glaser Brown’76 and Jim Forrest ’86. The in-duction ceremony will take placeon Saturday, Nov. 24, 2018 in theNorwood High School Audito-rium during Reunion Weekend.The event will start with a recep-tion and refreshments at noonfollowed by the ceremony from1 to 3 p.m. The Class of 2018will join last year’s inductees: JimJessick ’61, Don Smith ’61, Su-san Packard ’80, John Foley ’83,Luke Marsters ’98, Tayla Ryan’06, Coach Cathy Shachoy and2000 Football Team. Any ques-tions, please contact BrianMcDonough [email protected].

HONORING NORWOODVETERAN PATRICIATIBAUDO

Begin the 4th of July week-end in patriotic style! Come to theDay House, 93 Day Street,Norwood and witness history onSunday, July 1 at 1 p.m. TheNorwood Historical Society joinswith the Quilt of Valor Founda-tion to honor the service ofPatricia Tibaudo. Last Decemberthe Day House displayed a Quiltof Valor as part of our PatrioticHolidays decoration. This donatedquilt was made by a friend of oneof our Board members and isnow being presented to a vettouched by war as a way of hon-oring their service.

The Quilt of Valor Foundationseeks to cover service membersand veterans touched by war withcomforting and healing Quilts ofValor. A Quilt of Valor is a quality-made quilt, not a “charity quilt,”quilted (not tied) by hand or ma-chine. Quilts of Valor are“awarded,” not just passed outlike magazines or videos. A Quiltof Valor says unequivocally,“Thank you for your service, sac-rifice, and valor” in serving ournation in combat. Since 2003 thecorps of dedicated volunteerquilters have awarded almost190,000 Quilts of Valor. Somequilters are themselves veterans,as is the case with the one beingawarded on Sunday, July 1. Madeby Robin Conques Perry, an Armyveteran who served in Iraq andAfghanistan. She knows person-ally the comfort a Quilt of Valorcan bring.

Massachusetts state coordina-tor Theresa Perreault will be onhand at this presentation cer-emony to discuss the work of theQuilt of Valor Foundation. Pleasev i s i twww.norwoodhistoricalsociety.orgto learn more about the NorwoodHistorical Society, and visitwww.qovf.org to learn moreabout the Quilt of Valor Founda-tion.

TAKE A WALK AND LEARNABOUT NORWOODHISTORY!

On Wednesday, June 27 at6:30 p.m. the Norwood Histori-cal Society offers the latest install-ment in their annual neighborhoodwalking tours. This year we ex-plore the history of Guild Square.Beginning at the First Congrega-tional Church (100 Winter St., atthe corner of Winter and Walpolestreets), this tour will walk downto the Norwood Hospital, over tothe U.S. Post Office, by the MorrillMemorial Library, and return tothe First Congregational Churchfor refreshments at the end of ourtour.

Have you wondered about the“Morrill” of Morrill Memorial Li-brary? Asked why we honor Rev.


The Record Book continued from page 14Pingree? Tried to find the Everett School?Or do you miss the Guild Square band-stand? Then this tour is for you!

This 90-minute walking tour coversmore than a century of history in a half-mile circuit. The tour is free and open tothe public. Meet us in the First Congrega-tional Church parking lot (100 Winter St.;parking lot entrance on Winter Street a half-block up from Walpole Street) by 6:30 p.m.on Wednesday, June 27 as we step off intohistory!

Tour participants will receive a book-let of photos and items from the NorwoodHistorical Society Archives, showcasingthe rich history of this neighborhood ofNorwood. Join us on the road. Please visitwww.norwoodhistoricalsociety.org tolearn more about the Norwood HistoricalSociety.

PATRIOTIC ROSARYCome join us on Tuesday, July 3 at 1

p.m. and pray the beautiful Patriotic Ro-sary for our Country. Please bring achair to sit on. In case of rain, we will

use St. Catherine of Siena Church. Forinformation: 781-762-4391.

NORWOOD PLANNING BOARDPUBLIC WORKSHOP

On June 27, a public workshop willbe held to discuss how climate changemay impact the Town of Norwood inthe future. The workshop will be heldfrom 7 – 9 p.m. at the Police & FireStation Community room, 137 NahatanSt. Last year the Town of Norwoodwas awarded a $20,000 Municipal Vul-nerability Preparedness Grant (MVP)from the State Executive Office of En-vironmental Affairs. Since then a groupof Town Departments have beenworking on identifying how the Townmay be vulnerable to the impacts ofclimate change. A list of potential im-pacts from climate change was devel-oped at an all-day workshop held onApril 25. At the June 27 public meet-ing we will be discussing the actionitems from the working group, that canbe taken locally, to minimize and miti-

gate the impacts of climate change.These recommendations include ac-tions to protect public health and safety,minimize impacts to the environmentand our local economy. Residents andbusiness owners are invited to attendand provide their input as part of thison-going effort to plan for the Town’sfuture. For more information call PaulHalkiotis, Director of CommunityPlanning & Economic Development at(781) 762-1240 ext . 164. Or a [email protected]. Anyonewho wishes to attend the workshopis encouraged to park across the streetin the Shaw’s Plaza.

LITTLE MUSTANGSPRESCHOOL ACADEMYOPENINGS FOR SEPTEMBER

Four-year-old children that will beturning 5 in September, October, No-vember, December, 4 1/2 days per-week Openings on Monday, Tuesday,Thursday, Friday 8:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.and Wednesday 8:30-11 a.m. If your

child missed the kindergarten cut-offthis is the program for you! 4-year-old children four afternoons a weekOpenings Monday, Tuesday, Thursday,Friday noon-2:30 p.m. This scheduleis perfect for the child that loves to dolocal activities in the morning and pre-school in the afternoon! 3-year-old chil-dren openings 2 or 3 days per-week8:30-11 a.m., this is a good way to in-troduce preschool fun to your 3-year-old child.

NORWOOD ART ASSOCIATIONMONTHLY MEETING

The NORWOOD ART ASSOCIA-TION holds their monthly ARTISTDEMONSTRATION on the third Thurs-day of each month at 6:30 p.m. in theSimoni Room of the Norwood MorrillMemorial Library, located at 33 WalpoleSt. in Norwood. These demonstrationsare FREE and the public are welcome andencouraged to attend! Light refreshmentsare served and there is a raffle of a pieceof art donated by the attending artist.


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Library EventsLUNCH & LEARN WORKSHOP:PREPARING OLD ELECTRONICSFOR PROPER DISPOSAL

In her next Lunch & Learn workshopon Wednesday, July 18 from 12-1 p.m.,Technology Librarian Alli Palmgren willdiscuss how to discard your old electron-ics the environmentally correct way. Shewill tell you how to safely remove yourpersonal data from phones, tablets, andcomputers and suggest options for theproper physical disposal of your equip-ment. To sign up for this workshop, pleasecall 781-769- 0200, x110 or 222, [email protected], or stop by thelibrary Reference or Information Desk.Bring a bag lunch if you wish; dessertand beverages will be provided.

BOOK CLUB TO DISCUSS “SMALLGREAT THINGS” BY JODI PICOULT

The Morrill Memorial Library’s Turnthe Page Book Club will meet again onWednesday, July 18 at 10 a.m. and againat 7 p.m. to talk about Jodi Picoult’s“Small Great Things.” Her latest novel tellsthe compelling story, based on +a real-life event, of an African American laborand delivery nurse and the controversysurrounding her care of a white suprema-cist couple’s newborn son. The authortells the story from the point of view ofthree people—the African-Americannurse, the white public defender, and theskinhead father—as they confront theirbeliefs about power, privilege, and race.This book promises to generate a livelydiscussion! To sign up for this month’sgroup, led by Patty Bailey and AprilCushing, please call 781-769-0200, x110or 222, email [email protected],or stop by the library Reference or Infor-mation Desk. Refreshments and bever-ages will be served.

FILM SCREENING: “MY NAME ISSALT”

Join the Morrill Memorial Library fora screening of the multiple award-win-ning documentary film, “My Name is

Salt” by filmmaker Farida Pacha on Thurs-day, July 12 at 7 p.m. This film brings tolife the austerity and beauty around theharvesting of salt, arguably a substancethat has directed the course of human his-tory. Every year, thousands of familiestravel to a seasonal saline desert inGujarat, India to harvest what theyproudly proclaim to be the world’s whit-est salt using manual traditions that havebeen passed down for generations. Fol-low Sanabhai and his family as they taketheir annual trek in pursuit of salt. This2014 film runs 97 minutes.

To sign up for this program, pleasecall 781-769-0200 x110, [email protected], or visit the Ref-erence or Information Desk at the library.The screening of “My Name is Salt: SaltHarvesting in India” is brought to you withfederal funds provided by the Institute ofMuseum and Library Services and admin-istered by the Massachusetts Board ofLibrary Commissioners. This program ispart of Norwood’s Global Village, a grantbeing funded by the Library Services andTechnology Act.

SUMMER READING ONLINEThe Children’s Department is geared

up for summer. Summer reading onlineregistration started on June 17. Just go toour website, norwooodlibrary.org underthe Children’s tab you will find a link toour summer reading program. Childrenmay start logging their books on June 24.The summer reading program ends onAug. 24.

Every child who registers for our sum-mer reading program will get a Brag Tagnecklace or key chain to fill up with beadsas they log the amount of time they read.The children are invited to come in weeklywith their logs and their time they spent

reading. For each time interval, the chil-dren can choose a specific bead to add totheir necklace or key chain. For example,15 minutes can be traded for a color beador 30 minutes for a sparkly bead.

Summer reading raffles are returning.Each time a child receives beads, they alsoreceive a raffle ticket. We have tickets toLaunch, Monster Mini Golf, the PatriotHall of Fame, six bicycles, $25 gift cer-tificate to the Unlikely Story bookstore,$100 gift certificate to Jump Trax, ahockey stick signed by the entire Bruinsteam and many more! Raffles will bedrawn on Aug. 24. Questions? Just askat the Children’s Desk! We are here toguide you.

INDIA TUNES, MELODIESOF RABINDRANATH TAGOREBY MAITREYEE

Join us for an evening concert on thefirst day of summer, Thursday, June 21at 6:30 p.m. in the Morrill MemorialLibrary’s second floor Simoni Room.Vocalist Maitreyee Chakraborty willpresent the compositions of RabindranathTagore accompanied by live music and aPowerPoint presentation with translationsof his lyrics in English. Monami Roy willaccompany her on harmonium and key-board, and Dhruva Acharyya will playthe tabla, khol, and pakhawaj.

Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941),the first Asian Nobel Laureate and con-sidered a polymath in India, is reveredby Bengalis in India and Bangladesh.His songs of universalism, humanismand non-violence bridge differences ofculture, people, and race and connectthe human soul to the spirit of the uni-verse. A prolific artist, his 3,000 songcompositions are deeply insightful, me-lodious, lilting and rhythmic. He also

composed the national anthems of twocountries - India and Bangladesh.

Maitreyee Chakraborty, who re-cently moved from Los Angeles, istrained in Indian classical music sinceher childhood and is an establishedsinger in the tradit ion ofRabindrasangeet, the music of the fa-mous poet and Nobel Laureate,Rabindranath Tagore and other con-temporary Bengali composers. She hasthree music degrees from Indian uni-versities. For the last 20 years she hasbeen invited to perform by various or-ganizations all over United States andIndia – UCLA, UC Irvine, ClaremontColleges, Wellesley College, MonmouthUniversity, Vedanta Society, Hope inLife Foundation, North AmericaBengali Conference, to name a few.She has also performed on radio andTV channels and has two solo albumsto her name. She has received severalgrants by the MA Cultural Council andhas many students in Massachusettsand California.

Registration is required. To sign upfor this concert, please call the libraryat 781-769-0200 x110, [email protected], or visit theReference or Information Desk.

BEACH READS IS BACKBy popular demand, librarians

Margot Sullivan and Beth Goldman willreturn to the Morrill Memorial Libraryon Wednesday, June 27 at 10 a.m. andagain at 7 p.m. to present Beach Reads,their annual summer book talk. Margotand Beth will each review a number oftheir favorite books from a variety ofgenres including mystery, historical fic-tion, romance, women’s fiction andnon-fiction. In addition to being highlyentertained, you’ll leave with some ex-cellent reading recommendations. Thisevent is funded by the Friends of theLibrary, and no registration is necessary.If you have questions, please call theReference Dept. at 781-769-0200, x110.

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