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Mike Fagan will hopefully soon be collecting in person to help fillthe boot for muscular dystrophy.

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Norwood Fire Department needsyour help to Fill the Boot

JefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

The Norwood branch of theannual Fill the Boot campaignneeds your help this year.

Norwood Firefighter andcurrent president of NorwoodFirefighters Local 1631 PaulRonco said because of the ne-cessity of social distancing,their usual campaign to fill theboot for muscular dystrophy isin need of a little extra kick thisyear.

“It’s crazy,” he said. “As ofright now we’re not collectingat Dunkin Donuts, Stop a&Shop and Shaw’s. We do havea virtual boot fundraising page

you can donate at but our num-bers are way down.”

To donate online, go tohttps://bit.ly/2F63Rdm. WhileRonco said they will be extend-ing the collection through Sep-tember to help increase dona-tions, he is really hopeful resi-dents will step up to help out.

Ronco said NorwoodFirefighter Mike Fagan is gen-erally leading the charge on thisparticular endeavor, usuallymanning his post outside ofDunkin’ to encourage residentsto donate to the Muscular Dys-trophy Association (MDA).Fagan said he misses collectingand socializing with residents.

“Honestly I miss being ableto go next door to Dunks and sit

there for 24+ hours over the 5weekend days and Labor Daylike I have in the past years,”he said. “We chose not to goout this year all of the locationswere going to allow us to col-lect like we normally do but wedecided we did not want tomake anyone uncomfortablewith our presence by standingthere fundraising. It wasn’t aneasy decision to make, weknow that many people wantedto see us out there and told usso, but if one person was un-comfortable or complainedthen any of the good we do col-lecting would be hurt with

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Earlier this spring, two OldParish Preservation Volunteers(OPPV) made a unique discov-ery.

According to organizerPatricia Fanning, volunteerJohn Grove saw a round stonecircle coming up through theground while he and other vol-unteers were working on othergravestones.

“He told me he thought itwas the marker for the end of

The School Committee dis-cussed the game plan for howathletics will be incorporatedinto the upcoming school yearat its virtual meeting on Wed.,Sept. 3.

Director of AthleticsJonathan Longley told theboard he met with other athleticdirectors of the Tri ValleyLeague last month to come upwith guidelines that would al-low student athletic teams tocompete safely in the era ofCOVID-19. Their work isbased on parameters presentedto them by partner agencies andboards, including the Massa-chusetts Interscholastic Ath-letic Association (MIAA), theMA Department of Energy andEnvironmental Affairs (EEA)and the Department of Elemen-

The grave stone half was discovered during the spring and recently putin its proper place intact.

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the lot,” Fanning said. “Usually,they’re granite stones that markoff where the lots end. So vol-unteers Tom Lamber and NickPungitore started pullingaround it and digging and itturns out that it was the bottomhalf of this gravestone.”

The stone belonged toElenor Ellis of what was thencalled South Dedham and shewas originally buried at the OldParish Cemetery. The top of thestone was moved to Highland

Old Parish reunitespieces of history

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Interim Willett Principal Stephen Billhardt also showed off some of the modern education aides he will beadding to this year's curriculum.

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Norwood School Committee hearsgame plan for athletics

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

tary and Secondary Education(DESE). These rules are subjectto change over the course of thepandemic.

“This was a nice jumping offpoint for us, and we think a lotof things will hold during thecourse of the fall,” he said. “Butas always, things evolve andchange.”

Longley noted that the col-laborative effort “wasn’t alwaysthe case in other states,” so hewas grateful for the teamworkthat will allow for students toenjoy competitive play.

He also thanked the commu-nity for its patience as theseguidelines have been hammeredout, noting that the health andsafety of the students have al-ways been the primary goals.

Longley explained thatCOVID-19 struck just as theprogram celebrated its winterseason banquet and was about

to start the spring season thefollowing Monday.

“That was our most suc-cessful season in Norwood inprobably over two decades,” hesaid. “We were really lookingforward to an exciting springseason. And obviously, thepandemic came on and we’vespent months waiting andwanting to see what wouldhappen for this school year.”

The most significantchange to the athletic calendaris the creation of a new “float-ing season” called Fall Season2 that will begin no earlier thanFeb. 22 and end no later thanApr. 25. This will impact high-contact sports held in the fallsuch as football and competi-tive cheer.

“The reason that this float-ing season was created is

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Cemetery for storage at some time and for decades, this bottomhalf lay buried under several inches of dirt and grass.

“We brought that down and we managed to stand it up andput it together,” Fanning said.

The stone was brought back whole to the Old Parish Cem-etery recently so it could stand with those marking the restingplace of Elenor Ellis’ daughter, and sons. Elenor lived from 1758to 1844 and married her husband, Eliphalet Full in 1786. Her sonEllis went on to be elected to the Dedham Board of Selectmen in1833 and served for seven years.

Fanning said they often discover mislaid or forgotten stones,but not usually a headstone. She said gravesites used to have aheadstone at one end of the plot and a foot stone at the other.

“They’re really small and if they were ever knocked over thegrass usually grew over them and there they lay,” she said. “Butwe haven’t really found something this large before. We do findfragments and foot stones quite a bit.”

Fanning said when they do find something new they researchas much as they can with the records they can find.

“It’s mostly stuff available on family search or I have someold records of births and deaths from South Dedham,” she said.“You sort of scour through those and come up with what you can.The later ones I can get from old newspaper articles, obituariesand other little pieces of history scattered here and there. Thereisn’t a lot online, but we find out when people were married andthat sort of thing.”

In other news around the OPPV, Fanning said they are gettingready to present their case for funds for a master plan at the Spe-cial Town Meeting coming this fall. She said they are looking forabout $23,000 for a master plan to help assess the cemetery andfigure out how to strengthen its eastern side, which is facing con-tinued erosion.

“They don’t call it sandy hill for nothing,” Fanning said witha laugh. “But we’re looking at that erosion, and we want to takea look at landscape and hardscape path improvements, and thingslike where do people recommend benches here and there andwhat kinds of gardens and shrubs would be helpful, that kind ofthing.”

For more information on OPPV, go to https://www.oldparishpreservationvolunteers.com/

Remediation mistakes made atBoston Skating Club, Jain Center

The Conservation Com-mission (Con Com) met vir-tually on Wed., Aug. 19, withthe top items on their agendabeing mistakes made on twoprojects that requireremediation – one at the Skat-ing Club of Boston and theother at the Jain Center. It alsowelcomed three new membersto their first meeting -Catherine Walsh, HeatherMiller and Carli Rocklin.

Paul Halkiotis, the Plan-ning and Economic Develop-ment Director, explained thatthere was a misunderstandingbetween what the SkatingClub wanted done as it pre-pares to open in the beginningof September and what thelandscape architect per-formed. The area in question,which runs along UniversityAve. near an existing swale,was mistakenly clear cut.

He explained that this is a“complicated area” that hadpreviously been under discus-sion by both the PlanningBoard and the Con Com whenthe Skating Club had pro-posed the original project.There was existing vegetationand underbrush that needed tobe cleared to put in a seconddrainage swale that wouldcarry water in the oppositedirection parallel to the first.

“The contractor had a mis-communication and hadcleared all those trees, they

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understood it was a mistake,and they apologized”Halkiotis said. He noted thathe spoke with Daniel Govoni,the project manager fromNorthstar Project & Real Es-tate Services, who attended ameeting onsite and spoke atthe Con Com meeting.

Any trees on the site thatwere six inches in caliper orgreater were supposed to havebeen preserved. However, 18mature trees were removed.

“We decided that the bestthing to do would be to stopwork in that area because Iwas concerned that any grub-bing or removal of stumps soclose on the steep bank wouldturn that exiting swale into abig mud puddle,” Halkiotisexplained.

The week before the meet-ing, Halkiotis said he con-tacted Mark Mangello fromLEC, who was the peer reviewconsultant who had originallyreviewed this project for ConCom when it was originallyapproved a couple of yearsago to seek his counsel. Theyreviewed the area withNorthstar and agreed to havethe erosion controls put backon the site as quickly as pos-sible.

At 3 p.m. on the day of theCon Com meeting, Mangelloprovided a report with recom-mendations on how to pro-ceed, as well as a draft land-scape plan. He recommendedthis be provided to Tetra Tech,the landscape firm.

The recommendationcalled for the installation of40 smaller trees of about oneinch to an inch and a half incaliper, because, with theslope of the land, it would notsupport putting in maturetrees. Halkiotis recommendedthat Con Com approve therecommendation.

“First and foremost, weunderstand that the projectteam made a mistake,”Govoni said. “After findingout about this issue, we self-reported on it. I think we areas upset as anybody. Therewas a clear breakdown ofcommunication between ourconstruction team and thelandscaper.”

He added that the new plan“would provide a more invit-ing entrance to the SkatingClub of Boston.”

Immediately after meetingwith Halkiotis on site, stabi-lization efforts were installedat the edge of the stream, ac-cording to Govoni.

“Why would we approveLEC’s recommendation?”asked Walsh. She noted thatthey have neither seen theplans nor any proposals fromthe landscape architect on theactual project.

“That’s a fair question,”added Vice Chair KristinCapezio, who was chairingthe meeting in the absence ofChair Steve Washburn.

Halkiotis explained that heConComConComConComConComConCom

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Selectmen consider Light Departmentfinances in good condition


The Norwood Board of Se-lectmen met on Tuesday, Sept.1, and discussed four main is-sues that Town Manager TonyMazzucco said could help theTown’s Light Department toimprove its financial standing,and by extension that of theTown itself.

Mazzucco and Light De-partment SuperintendentJames Collins went throughissues they said could affectthe Town’s bottom line andthe department’s bottom linein the future, thoughMazzucco did point out thatas of the end of fiscal year2020 (that ended in July)Norwood Light is in a prettygood position financially.

“It was a very good yearfor the Light Department, butthere are some headwinds ap-proaching as we go into futureyears with changes to the in-dustry,” he said.

Mazzucco said that peakshaving generators – genera-tors used at peak demandtimes to reduce the amount ofenergy purchased by the Townduring said peaks and therebyreducing the need to purchaseadditional energy at higherrates – saved the Town$600,000. He said the Townhas also sold its renewableenergy credits and capacitycredits and was aided by thebattery storage system set upby Moderna’s new facility inthe Town.

Mazzucco said they wouldlike to increase the amount offunds in the LightDepartment’s DepreciationFund. The fund is required bystate law to replace agingequipment through ratesbased on the estimated loss ofvalue of its equipment.

Mazzucco said currentlythe Department has $5.09 mil-lion in the fund, but he saidthey should have somewherein the neighborhood of $10million to $12 million. Thepoint of the fund is to makesure the Town can upgradeand maintain its equipmentwithout any loss of service tocustomers (as a loss of servicewould start a spiral of de-creased service with increasedcosts and make it more andmore difficult for the Depart-ment to get back in the black).He said one such situationcould be the loss of a substa-tion – something he said hap-pens rarely, if at all. He saidwithout enough money tomaintain or replace a substa-tion before it starts malfunc-tioning, it could start a spiralthat would leave the Depart-ment in a very precarious situ-

ation.“If we were to completely

lose a substation, we’re look-ing at a $20 million cost,” hesaid. “While that’s a some-what unlikely scenario, it canhappen and it’s something weare going to want to be pre-pared for.”

Mazzucco also advocatedfor an increased investment ina Rate Shock Fund or a RateStabilization Fund. He saidthe Town currently has $4.6million in the rate stabiliza-tion fund, but it costs the Town$4 million a month to operatethe Light Department. Thatmeans that a catastrophic rateincrease caused by the de-struction of a local grid, cata-strophic supplier loss or mar-ket change would leave theTown about a month’s worthof wiggle room before rateswould have to be substantiallyincreased to cover the costs ofproviding power to the Town.

“If we saw a 50 percentrate increase that was going topersist for six months to ayear, six months of absorbingthat would be around $12 mil-lion,” he said. “We don’t haveanything remotely in RateStabilization, which is at $4.6million. So our ability to pre-vent a major rate shock is ac-tually quite limited, and that’sa concern. That’s a concernthat S&P monitors have raisedand it should be a concern forus to see how we protect thecommunity, the Light Depart-ment and, of course, theratepayers.”

Mazzucco also discussedthe issue of rate setting, whichhe said is pretty stringent inMassachusetts State Law interms of setting different ratesfor different entities. He said,for instance, some states allowmunicipal power companiesto set an introductory rate forincoming businesses to helpattract economic developmentto said municipality.

“We’re not allowed to dothat in Massachusetts, underthe Department of PublicUtilities’ regulations, we can-not sell power for less thanwhat it cost us to sell and pro-duce,” he said. “So we cancreate rate classes based onspecific needs and the cost ofthat class, but we can neversell that power for less than itcosts us because that justshifts the cost elsewhere andit’s not allowed in Massachu-setts.”

Mazzucco added that ratesetting and increases are nec-essary to keep power rateslevel and, in the long run, lesscostly over time. He said, forexample, that if they did notraise rates one year, that lostrevenue would be felt for

years to come, as maintenancegets deferred further and fur-ther down the line as the yearsprogress.

“It’s not an annual, ‘whatis it this year, well we’ll skipit this year and it won’t havean impact,' it always has an im-pact down the road,” he said.“When we don’t raise rateswhen we need to, it bleedsavailable fund balances, re-duces operational funds avail-able or otherwise comes out ofthe budget. We’re not allowedto raise rates just to raise rates,but nor are we allowed to cutrates just to cut rates. We haveto project out what the actualcost is, but if we’re not raisingby deferring maintenance orby not putting certain moneyin the fund balances, that ul-timately costs us more in thelong run.”

Mazzucco pointed to a re-cent rate increase of 8 percentin July of 2018. He said theincrease was so drastic be-cause the increases had notbeen taking place year overyear before that time.

“We figure we could haveprobably had the total rate in-crease around 6 percent overthat time period as opposed toan 8 percent increase and sortof walloping it right at theend,” he said. “Delaying rateincreases when our costs goup, and they often go up annu-ally, will always cost our cus-tomers more in the long run.”

The Board opted to breakdown each subject in furtherdetail at later meetings.


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THE GAP WILL WIDENTo the Editor:The gap will continue to widen be-

tween students who have the ability toattend a private school and those whoattend Norwood public schools.

I used to think that if a child was agood student and had good scholasticsupport at home that student could thrivein any school. At this point in time I amhaving doubts about that philosophy.For that to work its imperative that stu-dents actually be in the classroom.Norwood schools are not providing any-thing close to a level playing field forits students compared to the neighbor-ing private schools. For parents with theability to send their children to privateschools, they will see those childrenadvance quite rapidly over our studentsin the Norwood public school system.I’ll say this upfront, loudly and clearly,“I do not begrudge anyone who has themeans to send their children to privateschools”.

What I want to point out is the dif-ference in schools models between pri-vate schools that have to actually pro-duce results to stay in business and thepublic schools that essentially do nothave to answer to anyone regardless ofhow poor of a job they are doing.

For instance, a private catholicschool in town has a population ofroughly 400 students and finds a way tooffer 5 day in person instruction. On thepublic side what are we left with, twoday hybrid (phased in at the last minuteunder the cover of darkness) with whatwill be inferior remote learning for theremainder of the week. Is there some-thing going on at St. Catherine’s that isso drastically different then at thePrescott, Cleveland, Balch, etc.? Do theCatholic educators not care about thesafety of their students and teachers?No, none of that is the case. It’s the com-plete opposite. They care deeply aboutstudents and teacher as well as stayingin business. And that’s where the bigproblems lay with our public schools intown.

Norwood schools don’t have toworry about staying in business; they’llbe around no matter how poor of a jobthey do. No matter whether it’s hybridor remote learning, no matter whetheryour child or mine thrives in the pub-lic school learning environment. Theyhave no one to answer to. They are freeto do what they please without reper-cussion. Sure we can vote out a schoolcommittee member when his/her termis up, only to choose between the nextgroup of left wing radical social jus-tice warriors. And then what to doabout the Superintendent or the allpowerful teacher’s union who have astrangle hold on the terms of ourchildren’s education? How does any-

one turn that ship around before it hitsthe iceberg and it’s truly way too late?Just an FYI, I’m married to a teacherwho’s part of the MTA so I have first-hand knowledge of how big a joke itis. With the exception of a few in-stances in the history of our countryplease point out to me where unionshave benefitted anyone other thanthemselves. Norwood public schoolshave failed this community when itcomes to re-opening our schools thisfall. There has been hours of discus-sion about how to go back and forthbetween hybrid and remote and not fiveminutes dedicated to how and when wecan get our children back in the class-room full time. That, to me, should bein the for front of every single discus-sion at every single school committeemeeting. “How will decision A or B getus closer to full in person learning”?Not the other way around. The com-munity and I do not want to hear howschools will close again when there isa “spike” or confirmed case in a co-hort, how students will be kept home,how mothers and fathers or grandpar-ents are going to have to provide in-struction. Regardless of how “robust”the Dr. Thomson thinks his remotelearning will be it will never ever equalthe academic education and social edu-cation all our students miss out onwhen not in the classroom full time.That will be the difference between ourstudents in public schools and ourneighbors at St Whoever who have pay-ing family’s to answer to. We will sitback and see our test scores plummetand theirs continue to rise. We will seeour graduates passed over for opportu-nities. It cannot continue.

The parents of Norwood need tounite to combat this dereliction of duty.We need to be able to speak our mindsand point this school district in the di-rection best suitable for our children aswell as our community. I specificallymention the community as whole be-cause this doesn’t just affect the studentsand parents of students. Every residentin town feels the pain generated by theNorwood schools when they open theretax bill. They just keep reaching into ourpockets and every time they do we getless and less and they get more and morewith no oversight and no one to answerto other than a few town meeting mem-bers. Schools need accountability, com-mittee members need to be held to stan-dards that ensure their actions and deci-sions are best for the majority of stu-dents not a few and certainly not theunions.

We need bottoms in seats, seats atdesks and those desks at schools allweek. Open the schools full time.

Chris JordanNorwood

EVERYONE IS FOR OUR KIDSTo the Editor:I am writing to answer some mis-

information and defamatorymischaracterizations stated in the Au-gust 27, 2020 Letter to the Editorsigned by Mr. Matt Brown.

This entire issue steams from StateRepresentative Rogers failure to se-cure state funding for a Norwood Rinkas promised several years ago, and hisand Bill Naumann’s efforts to have theNorwood hockey community forgetabout this promise by pushing a falsenarrative about the actions of theBoard of Selectmen (BOS), myself inparticular, and those of the SkatingClub of Boston (SCOB). The Select-men have done everything possible tosupport this effort. One of our mem-bers during this period was a formerPresident of the Nuggets. Whywouldn’t we want to help if we could?I have spent many, many hours tryingto make this rink a reality.

Amidst Norwood’s efforts to se-cure state funding and our own rink,the SCOB materialized and notifiedtown officials that they were lookingat locating a new figure skating facil-ity in Norwood. This facility wouldconsist of two sheets of ice dedicatedto training figure skaters, includingOlympic caliber skaters. Since theRepresentative had proved unsuccess-ful in securing funding for a local rink,the BOS asked the SCOB if they coulddo anything for our kids with regardsto their ice needs. The SCOB ex-plained that because of the differencesbetween requirements for hockey andfigure skating and their own needs,they unfortunately would not be ableto assist us.

The BOS nonetheless, werethrilled that such a prestigious orga-nization had chosen Norwood. Wewere delighted that their plans for aworld class facility would have sub-stantial economic spin off, especiallyfor the local hotel and restaurant busi-nesses. This in turn meant increasedroom and meals tax revenue for thetown. The SCOB explained that forthem to be successful in securing skat-ing competitions they needed a liquorlicense, but one was not available atthis time. The Selectmen offered toassist the SCOB in securing a speciallicense through town meeting and theState Legislature. To reiterate, this of-fer of assistance was driven by the po-tential economic boost the SCOBevents would provide to the town andnot anything having to do with ice

time for our kids. The SCOB representatives in-

quired if the town was still planningto build its own rink. They were told“yes”. That is when SCOB informedthe BOS that they had decided to builda third rink that would be built as ahockey rink and they may be able tooffer some hours to the high schooland Nuggets for a few years until ourown was built. Everyone involved un-derstood any offer was to be consid-ered conditional at this point and of atemporary nature. Of note on Decem-ber 30, 2019 I made this point (of anyoffer being temporary) to Mr.Naumann who in turn responded, “Iam fully aware of what ( SCOB rep-resentative) John Frieling stated dur-ing our multiple meetings. In fact Irecall after one meeting, with JohnFrieling, you and I tried to get (Townmanager) John Carroll to understandthat this would not be a long term so-lution.”. Determining just how muchtime SCOB had to offer was alwayspredicated upon meeting their stilldeveloping needs first.

It is worth noting here that underMassachusetts Tax Law a non-profitorganizations cannot be charged prop-erty taxes. The Town negotiated thePILOT Agreement with the SCOB tohelp the community deal with this lossof tax revenue. PILOT’s are com-pletely voluntary and usually made upof cash and community benefits. PI-LOT agreements are completely vol-untary and usually consist of a com-bination of cash and community ben-efits. The PILOT called for SCOB tomake diligent efforts to negotiate 22hour per week contract for ice timewith the Nuggets; if unable to do sohowever, SCOB would pay the townan additional $45,000 cash payment.Nothing regarding ice time was guar-anteed, promised, long term or longterm.

The 27 hours that has been men-tioned was the number given theSCOB as the preferred amount of icetime Nuggets could use. Later in thenegotiating process SCOB notifiedMr. Naumann that it may have to re-duce the hours by four in order tohonor a current obligation with an-other organization using their Bostonfacility. Mr. Naumann responded byinforming SCOB that the Nuggets for-bid the SCOB from renting ice timeice time to another league. SCOBsought an amicable resolution and

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COA reviews Senior Centerprograms, upcoming electionJefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

The Norwood Council onAging met on Sept. 3 and dis-cussed a myriad of issues fac-ing seniors in Norwood.

Senior Center DirectorKerri McCarthy outlined thereturn of programming at theCenter since it recently openedat a limited capacity. Classesnow being offered with limitedspot availability include TaiChi, Yoga and pilates. She saidparticipation is high but notexceeding capacity at this time.

McCarthy also detailed thefirst outdoor program the Cen-ter put on for residents, withmore to come in the near future.

“The Cookie Monster IceCream Truck served our seniorssome delicious ice cream, andthe Swing Fever Trio per-formed for an hour-and-a-half,”she said. “It was a great nightand everyone was so grateful tobe out in our new parking lotwith their friends.”

McCarthy added that theSenior Center’s Lunch Programwill continue throughout Sep-tember. For a full schedule ofthe Senior Lunch Program, goto https://bit.ly/3jTlYSH.

McCarthy said the SeniorBus Program, which now al-lows senior residents one roundtrip per day per household, has

seen its primary driver out formedical reasons. She said re-placement drivers were foundto help pick up the slack.McCarthy said between Aug. 1and Aug. 14, the bus took resi-dents 450 miles and 165 gallonsin the tank. She said the bustook 24 seniors to medical ap-pointments, 31 for shoppingtrips, 10 to the Senior Center,six miscellaneous trips andthree trips to the Norwood FoodPantry.

COA member TrishMonahan discussed the COA’soutreach efforts from Aug. 1 toAug. 28, and said residents con-tacted the COA for advice andguidance on several issues. Shesaid they had one caller contactthem for case management, 18for farmers market coupons,one for food stamps applicationhelp, 20 for fuel assistance in-formation, six for fuel assis-tance renewal information,three for home maintenance,three for health benefits help,

four for housing, two for legalassistance, one for a notary, twofor returning equipment, fourfor transportation help and 26non-elder calls.

In the legislative report,Council Liaison MarthaColamaria said the PrimaryElection on Sept. 1 was a suc-cess for seniors in Norwood.She said the preparations madeby Town officials made it easyfor residents to get out and voteor mail in their ballots if theyso chose.

“Remember, your vote willagain make a difference in No-vember,” she said. “NationalVoter Registration Day will beheld on Sept. 22. Early votingsessions will be held in Memo-rial Hall, Town Hall, beginningin October.”

Colamaria added that theSophomore class of NorwoodHigh School will be selling facemasks on Saturdays on CentralStreet to fund their class activi-ties.

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Everyone For the Kids continued from page 4committed to making 22 hoursavailable. The Nuggets how-ever never signed an agree-ment reflecting those terms. Inthe meantime another com-petitive figure skating organi-zation wanted to buy time,which was something SCOBhad always maintained couldimpact the amount of ice timethey could ultimately offer theNuggets. As such the final of-fer was for 16 hours. Mean-while Representative Rogerswas holding up the special li-cense subject to SCOB givingthe Nuggets the 22 hours theyhad made clear were not avail-able. As a result SCOB madean agreement to purchase theBamboo Restaurants license.They have gone out of busi-ness and need the money topay debts.

Then to oppose this trans-fer of liquor license, a privatebusiness transaction, Mr.Brown you were enlisted toform the Fairness forNorwood Kids Group. Thisgroup as you know gatheredover 400 signatures to opposethe transfer of this license. Atthis point the only purpose ofholding up the license wassimply punitive. You claimthat the Selectmen ignoredthis petition, again not true.We all reviewed and consid-ered it, however town coun-sel advised that the petitiondid not contain facts relatedto the SCOB’s ability to ob-tain a license under Massa-chusetts Law therefore wasirrelevant as to the facts theSelectmen may consider whendeciding whether or not totransfer a liquor license.

Additionally you statedthat in April of 2019 Repre-sentative Rogers and SenatorRush filed legislation for theliquor license and that theyinformed me that they re-quired evidence of a public

justification. You state theyasked for a copy of the PILOTagreement and that it took meseven months to provide it andthe agreements were missing.This is just not accurate.

I never had any contactwith Representative Rogers orSenator Rush in April of 2019.That is when we went to townmeeting requesting supportfor a special license. TheSelectmen’s Office forwardedthe town meeting vote and re-quested the legislation to befiled. The first contact that Imade over this issue was withMr. Buckley from Represen-tative Rogers office in Augustof 2019. He assured me he hadbeen in contact with theChairman of the committeethat would consider the legis-lation and everything wasready to go.

On October 8, 2019 I metwith Rep. Rogers, SenatorRush, and Mr. Naumann todiscuss a letter the State hadgiven them the previous De-cember, some ten months ear-lier, this hinted at an offered$2million dollars if the towncould leverage the balance.They wanted to pursue theSCOB building a fourth rink.It was at this meeting I discov-ered that the legislation stillhad not been filed, six monthhad passed. In fact it was notfiled until December 1, 2019.The Representative then saidhe would need a copy of thePILOT to show communitybenefit to the town. I advisedthem it was available in theSelectmen’s office. LaterRep. Rogers indicated he waswaiting for a copy of the PI-LOT so I sent it to him.

You noted it was sent with-out addendums as if there wassome devious purpose for this.To demonstrate the commu-nity benefits the PILOT statedclearly that the town benefitwas ice time OR $45,000 cashto the town. The Representa-tive wanted the agreementswith the School Department,and the Nuggets however theywere not completed andsigned. The Schools did not

sign theirs until the 28th ofJanuary 2019, and as we knowthere still is no agreementwith the Nuggets.

You also stated that I toldthe SCOB to cancel a meet-ing because this was a matterbetween the town and State,NOT TRUE. There were anumber of attempts at settingup a meeting between ourstate delegation and theSCOB in February of this yeardespite the fact that they hadalready met and the SCOBmade it clear they only had the16 hours available. The SCOBwas uncomfortable meetingwithout a representative fromthe town present. I was noti-fied by the SCOB ExecutiveDirector that he had declinedthe requested meeting. Hesaid he had just reviewed pro-posed meeting with the Club’sofficers, and that they wereuncomfortable getting be-tween the town and the stateon this issue. He said they feltthe issue was beyond theClubs control.

Let’s be clear, we are alldisappointed we never gotthe promised State fundedrink and that the SCOB wasnot able to provide the Nug-gets with all the hours of icetime they desired. Howeverit is the Nuggets refusal toaccept the 16 hours thatwere offered that has deny-ing our young skaters theopportunity to spend at leastpart of their skating experi-ence in a band new local fa-cility. They could have theirhome games in Norwood -no long travel for them andthe i r parents , eas ie r forfriends and family to attend.They could have the prideof ska t ing in the i r r inkpainted with Norwood col-ors, the Mustang logo atcenter ice, a display of thehistory of Norwood HighHockey, and the thrill of en-tering the rink under thes ign HOME OF THEMUSTANG’S, all at a re-duced rate.

Bill PlaskoNorwood

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Saturday, September 12. Thrift shop at Walpole St. entrance ofFirst Baptist Church, 71 Bond St., Norwood, 10:00 AM - noon. We’vegot some great fall clothes and shoes for everyone. Also have lotsof giftware, kitchen and household items, books, and so much more. You’re welcome to come in and browse.

ASSOCIATE PLANNING BOARD MEMBER OPENINGThe Norwood Planning Board has an opening for an Associate

Planning Board member. The Associate Planning Board memberwill participate on Special Permit applications on an as needed ba-sis. The Associate Planning Board member will attend all PlanningBoard meetings and participate but will only be involved with vot-ing on certain Special Permits when an elected Board member can-not participate because they are on vacation, out sick, or have aconflict of interest. The Planning Board meets twice a month onMonday evenings. This is an opportunity to serve your communityand participate in the operation of Town government. If you areinterested in becoming an Associate Planning Board member, senda letter of interest and resume to the Norwood Planning Board bySeptember 25, 2020. Please address your cover letter and resume toMr. Alfred Porro Jr., Chairman of the Norwood Planning Board,566 Washington St., P.O. Box 40, Norwood, MA 02062. If youhave questions about the Associate Planning Board member posi-tion, contact Mr. Paul Halkiotis, Director of Community Planning& Economic Development, (781) 915-4749 or [email protected].

EMERGENCY RENTAL AND MORTGAGE ASSISTANCEThe Town of Norwood in partnership with the South Middlesex

Opportunity Council (SMOC) is pleased to announce a new grantprogram, the Emergency Rental and Mortgage AssistanceProgram(ERMA). The new grant program has been established fromFederal funding made available from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief,and Economic Security Act (CARES Act). The grant program willprovide financial assistance to income qualified individuals that havesuffered financial hardship from the economic crisis caused by thepandemic. Grant funds can be used to help pay for rent, mortgageand utility payments. In order to qualify for this funding, a house-hold must meet the following criteria at the time of application:

• Currently rent or own a house as a primary residence in Massa-chusetts; • Have income that is between 50-80% of the Area Me-dian Income (AMI); and

• Have a housing emergency due to a financial hardship relatedto or exacerbated by the COVID-19 crisis (as verified through docu-mentation or a written self-certification consistent with this Admin-istrative Plan).

Up to $4,000 is available per household over a 12-month periodwhich can be utilized to assist with rental and mortgage arrears forpayments due no earlier than April 1, 2020, and rental and mort-gage stipends for payments due after the date of application. Indi-viduals living in subsidized housing units where tenant rent is cal-culated and adjusted based on income are not eligible for rent sti-pends but are eligible for assistance with arrears when able to dem-onstrate sufficient justification for non-payment of past due rent.For those seeking general/financial assistance please complete theonline RAFT/ERMA Pre-Application at https://www.waitlistcheck.com/MA2977-1916 or call the Housing Con-sumer Education Center hotline at 508-872-0765 for more informa-tion. RAFT/ERMA online pre-applications are prioritized in the orderthat they are received. All clients are contacted by a SMOC staffonce the online pre-application is received. For homeless familiesseeking shelter please call HCEC Intake Specialist, AmandaleeDeleon Campos at 508-872-4853 x 2171.


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Norwood business orgs coming togetherJefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

The Friends of NorwoodCenter and the Neponset RiverRegional Chamber of Commerceare working together to keepNorwood’s businesses movingforward in the time of COVID-19.

Friends President CharlotteWalsh said for the Downtown,Norwood’s fast response andcareful planning in terms ofcurbside dining has been a boonfor those businesses who can takeadvantage of it.

“Norwood has kind of be-come a destination because wewere so proactive in getting therestaurants set up for outdoor din-ing and closing down CentralStreet, and I think that’s reallylifted the spirits of the residentsand the people coming to the cen-ter, along with the businesses,”she said.

Walsh said she just recentlytook over as the president of theFriends in January, and said itwas not easy to pivot long-termplans for Norwood businesses soquickly, but a pandemic canmake one learn quickly to thinkon their feet.

“We had a lot of excitingplans for the spring, summer andfall to engage the businesses andthe community and just bringpeople to the center and highlightthe businesses but, of course thatall went kaflooey in March,” she

said. “We quickly pivoted andteamed up with Matt Brown andset up a GoFundMe page forNorwood Feeds the Front Linesand raised $22,000. We thenturned it around and had the res-taurants prepare all the meals forworkers at the hospitals.”

Walsh said they’ve been ableto recently get a seat at the tablewith the Norwood Town leader-ship because of these kinds of ef-forts and she and O’Rourke havea weekly phone call with officialsto make sure nobody is left out ofthe loop. Right now, everyone isconcerned about the winter. Nottoo many people will be lookingto dine outdoors when the weathergets cold this year, and Walsh saidthey are looking for new ideas tohelp keep Norwood going.

“Right now, we’re taking alittle bit of time to launch a cam-paign to keep us going,” she said.“Like every other nonprofit outthere, we lost our ability to do ournormal functions, activities andevents that would have broughtmoney into our organization, butwe’re definitely looking towardsthe winter. I personally would liketo have a sit down discussion withthe restaurants to try to figure outhow to get them some heaters andsee if there’s some money withthe Town for that.”

Walsh added they are alsolooking to Small Business Sat-urday, which is the local versionof Black Friday.

“There’s no reason we can’t

do that virtually, organize and getthe stores Downtown that havesome kind of digital presence tohave a link on our website so thatpeople can buy gift certificatesor shop with them on Small Busi-ness Saturday from their homesif they don’t feel comfortablegoing to stores,” she said. “Wereally just want to help people getthrough the winter.”

Walsh said they have beenworking closely with theNeponset Regional Chamber ofCommerce to keep lines of com-munication regarding small busi-ness grants and loans open.Chamber President TomO’Rourke said that’s key, asmany businesses can get sohyper-focused on the actual run-ning of the business they mightnot be paying attention to poten-tial funding sources.

“We do weekly phone callswith the governor’s administra-tion; we get a lot of informationfrom them. We get a lot of infor-mation from national resourcesas well, including the U.S. SmallBusiness Administration (SBA),and so a big part of what we’vebeen doing, jeez, five or sixmonths now, is going throughthat information and getting thebest parts out of it to the localbusiness communities so thatthey’re aware of what the safetyprotocols are, what reopeninglooks like, and what resources are

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School Committee continued from page 1 DeathsCAPASSO

MARGARET J. “Jean”(Coughlin) of Norwoodpassed away on September5, 2020 at the age of 96.Beloved wife of the lateRobert C. Capasso. De-voted mother of PegDelaney and her husbandDaniel Jr. of FL, Paul J.Capasso and his wifeDebbie of Norwood,Annette M. Diauto and herhusband Charlie of FL andthe late Robert “Bobby” C.Capasso Jr. Sister of thelate Millie Del Tufo, JamesCoughlin and Edward Coughlin. Cherished grandmother of 7grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren. Daughter of the lateJames A. and Mary Ruth (McSweeney) Coughlin. Also sur-vived by many nieces and nephews. Jean was a longtime vol-unteer at Norwood Hospital. The family of Jean would like tothank all the caregivers at the Charlwell House in Norwood fortheir many years of loving care. Visiting hours will be held onSaturday, September 12, 2020 from 9:30am-11:00am at theKraw-Kornack Funeral Home 1248 Washington St. Norwood,MA 02062. A graveside service will follow the visitation atHighland Cemetery 320 Winter St. Norwood, MA. In lieu offlowers please make donations in her name to the Arc of SouthNorfolk 789 Clapboardtree St. Westwood, MA 02090 www.arcsouthnorfolk.org

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(McCALL) of Norwoodpassed away on September5, 2020 at the age of 91.Beloved wife of William R.Turner Sr. of Norwood. De-voted mother of William R.Turner Jr. and his wifeJanet of Walpole, JulieShea and her husbandJames of Salem, JamesTurner and his wife Danitaof Chelmsford, CarolCamile and her significantother Mark Mollo ofCumberland, RI and DavidTurner and his wife Kim ofMedway. Sister of the lateJames McCall, Phillip McCall and Betty Honeywell. Cherishedgrandmother of 10 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren.Daughter of the late Peter and Theresa (Coakley) McCall. Allservices will be private. Arrangements by the Kraw-KornackFuneral Home Norwood, MA.

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available from the SBA, whether it’s grants or things like that,” hesaid. “It’s really trying to give them the info and the tools they needto make the right decisions.”

O’Rourke said one of the big challenges businesses are facing isobtaining a steady supply of PPE.

“The masks are pretty plentiful now, but for a lot of businesses,masks, gloves, cleaning supplies and those sorts of things can betough to get, and some businesses are using the vinyl, plexiglas spac-ing units. Because everybody’s looking for the same kind of stuff,it’s getting hard to find,” he said. “There’s difficulty accessing someof that stuff right now.”

O’Rourke said he wanted to remind residents that while HomeDepot and the big box stores are doing alright now – with big cashreserves – many local businesses don’t have that luxury and resi-dents should really try to shop local whenever they can.

“They never had to shut down, but for the local retailers and thelocal restaurants they need our support now,” he said.

For more information on the Chamber of Commerce, go to https://www.nrrchamber.com/. Walsh said any donations to the Friendswould be helpful, as they cannot hold any of their normal fundraisers,and you can donate right on the page. For more information on theFriends of Norwood Center, go to https://www.norwoodcenter.org/

cause, as high-risk sports, theywere deemed not allowed toparticipate in the fall season,”Longley said. “So all the dif-ferent groups decided to createan additional season to givethose sports an opportunity topotentially participate thisyear.”

In District Seven, which in-cludes the Tri Valley andHockomock Leagues and theBay State Conference, volley-ball also was moved to FallSeason 2 because it is an indoorsport despite being deemed inthe “moderate risk” category.Other leagues have done this aswell because of the indoor play,according to Longley.

For Fall Season 1, practicesand tryouts are allowed to be-gin on Fri., Sept. 18. The sea-son can end no later than Nov.20, and this year there will beno sectional or state tourna-ments per the MIAA.

The sports that will be of-fered for this season include:

* Varsity and junior varsitygolf, with the first contest noearlier than Sept. 25. * Varsityboys and girls cross country.Tryouts begin on Sept. 26, andthe first contest is on Oct. 10 *Varsity and junior varsity girlsand boys soccer. Tryouts beginon Sept. 26, and the first con-test is on Oct. 10 * Varsity andjunior varsity field hockey. Try-outs begin on Sept. 26, and thefirst contest is on Oct. 10 *“Because of course availabilityand daylight, it’s important thatif we’re going to try and offer aseason, we start as soon as wecan,” Longley said of golf.

“The Winter Season wouldstart the traditional Monday af-ter Thanksgiving,” according toLongley, “but would end overFebruary vacation to makeroom for what is being calledFall Season 2, or a floating sea-son.”

Spring Season would start

after April vacation and rununtil July 3 in the new athleticcalendar. No decisions havebeen made regarding tourna-ment play for any season exceptfor Fall 1.

The Tri Valley League hasdivided itself into two geo-graphic pods for the current sea-son to limit travel and exposurerisk and was based on a mileagemodel. Norwood is in Pod 2,which consists of Dedham, Do-ver-Sherborn, Medford, andMillis. Pod 1 contains Ashland,Bellingham, Holliston,Hopkinton, Medway andNorton. There will be no spec-tators allowed at games or com-petitions in Fall Season 1.

All of the events, with theexception of golf and crosscountry, will be hosted atNorwood High School’s athleticstadium, which will make iteasier for them to be livestreamed whenever possible.

There will be modificationsto sports, Longley said, andcoaches were provided withguidelines. Some of the changes“will be significant,” but thedetails are still being worked onat this point, he noted.

Transportation will be an-other factor. Because of socialdistancing, two buses will beneeded instead of one to trans-port teams. However, there arefewer contests, so the costsshould not fluctuate.

“Everyone’s cautiously opti-mistic right now,” Longley said.“As soon as we can get together,start working with the studentathletes, and get some sort ofnormalcy back, I think thatwould be what’s best for the kidsand what they want.

“We’re gonna get there, andit’s going to take a lot of workfrom the community, the par-ents, the kids and the coaches,with the safety of everybodyobviously being the most impor-tant factor,”’ he continued.

Chair Teresa Stewart askedthat, if Norwood is in the redzone for COVID-19 at the startof any season, if a team wouldbe allowed to compete for theseason.

Longley explained that ateam could not start a season ifit were in the red zone. However,if it moved into a yellow zone,it would need approval of thedistrict athletic committee, notnecessarily the School Commit-tee, in order to participate.

“I can’t imagine a bunch ofpeople running and breathingheavily in a pack together,”Dave Catania said of track, him-self having participated in trackand lacrosse. He asked howtrack would be modified be-cause of COVID-19.

“We’re fortunate our courseis at the Coakley MiddleSchool, and the one thing theCoakley Middle School has isspace,” Longley explained. Hesaid there would be staggeredstarts, space between runnersand additional space at the fin-ish line.

He added that the athleticdepartment has offered a freestrength and conditioning pro-gram to the student athletes, inwhich between 75 and 100youth participated.

“We’re looking forward tothe season,” Longley said. “It’sgoing to be different, but it’s go-ing to be exciting.”

In other news, the SchoolCommittee welcomed StephenBillhardt, the newly-hired in-terim principal for the WillettEarly Childhood Center and theLittle Mustangs PreschoolAcademy. A seasoned adminis-trator, he came from theFessenden School in WestNewton.

“During my career I’vebridged both the public sectorand the independent world,” hesaid, noting that this is his 15thyear as a public school princi-pal and 31st year overall in edu-cation, 25 of which have beenin the capacity of administra-tion. One year he served as aninterim principal in Hawaii.

“I’m excited to bring my ex-perience of what I know as anadministrator and an educatorto the Norwood PublicSchools,” Bilhardt said. “Theother elementary school prin-cipals have wrapped me intotheir fold, which has been fan-tastic.”

One of the key elements hestressed will be a focus onsocio-emotional learning. Tohelp younger students copewith the effects of COVID-19,Billhardt showed the commit-tee three books that will be in-troduced to students: Lucy’sMask, Ron and Rona Fight theCorona and The Time We DidNothing.

“I feel your energy, and Ifeel that there’s a connectionalready,” Stewart said.


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(Right): Steve Eosco- LodgePresident, Stephen Ailinger-Scholarship Recipient, Amyand Joseph Ailinger –Stephen’s parents

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Italian Lodge awards scholarshipsSteve Eosco, President of

the Norwood Italian Lodge#1235, recently presented their$1,000 scholarships to twoqualifying students. This year’srecipients are Stephen Ailingerand Sophie Campagna. TheItalian Lodge extended sincerebest wishes to both outstandingyoung people with all their fu-ture endeavors.

Stephen is a Norwood HighSchool graduate and will attendAmerican University in Wash-ington D.C. with a focus on In-ternational Studies. His schol-arship was graciously donatedby lodge member, EmilyMalacaria, in memory of herhusband, Andrew Malacaria,who was a valued Italian lodgemember for many years.

Stephen is the son of Josephand Amy Ailinger of Norwood,and the grandson of lodgemembers, Joseph and FrancesAilinger of Norwood.

Sophie is a Norton HighSchool graduate and will at-tend Bridgewater State Uni-versity. She is the daughter ofJohn and Regina Campagnaof Norton, and the grand-daughter of lodge members,Nicholas and BarbaraCampagna, Jr. of Norwood.Sophie is interested in Math-ematics and will also exploreoptions for her major.

President Eosco acknowl-edged the hard work of lodgemembers who raise funds tosupport the scholarship pro-gram. Currently, the lodge

has produced an I ta l iancookbook for sale ($15) withover 75 favorite recipes fromlodge members. The pro-ceeds for this project fundthe lodge scholarship pro-gram.

For further informationabout the Norwood ItalianLodge please call Steve Eoscoat 781-769-7865 or email [email protected].

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

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

—M.P.

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

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

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ken To Location/Address:Engamore Ln Caller reportssomeone entered her home over-night and cut her hair. N670 re-sponded and spoke with her. Sheis ok and advised that Off. Shorewill be in touch with her thismorning to assist her getting as-sistance.

0707 Walk-In - Noise ComplaintSpoken To Location/Address:Victoria Haven Nursing Home -Nichols St Resident reportingnoise complaint at Victoria Ha-ven Nursing Home for linen de-liveries being made before7:00am. N670 spoke with resi-dent and responded to VictoriaHaven to speak with staff aboutsituation. They will make con-tact with delivery company tosee if they can remedy the prob-lem.

0851 Initiated - Well Being ChkServices Rendered Location/Address: Broadway N662 re-ports man yelling to himself.Party was spoken to and advisedto lower his voice.

1604 Phone - Assist Citizen Spo-ken To Location/Address:Richland Rd Advice given to theresident and also at the stationlobby to the other half.

1752 911 - Stolen Bicycle *ReportFiled Location/Address: EllisPlayground - Codman Rd Juve-niles reporting that someonetook their bikes.

2016 Phone - Assist Citizen Spo-ken To Location/Address:Richland Rd Caller seeking ad-vice on a RO. N665 spoke to thisparty and he was advised to goto the court in the morning.

Tuesday, September 10003 Phone - Assist Citizen Ser-

vices Rendered Location/Ad-dress: Hoyle St Elderly callerconfused as to where she is.N667 spoke with her, she is ather home and going to be for thenight.

0358 Phone - Report Of Fire *Re-port Filed Location/Address: StJames Ave MA PC 1FMY51 onfire. N438 notified and re-sponded.

0522 Radio - B & E Of MotorVehicle *Report Filed Loca-tion/Address: Weld AveTools missing from van.

0939 Phone - Malicious Dam-age *Report Filed Location/Ad-dress: Mckinley Rd Caller re-ports damage to a window in hishouse.

1022 Phone - Assist Citizen Ser-vices Rendered Location/Ad-dress: Central St Party advisedon a parking issue inside a pri-vate lot.

1623 Phone - Well Being Chk Spo-ken To Location/Address: Ga-zebo - Town Common - Wash-ington St Caller reports a maleparty laying on the bench. N670spoke to that party and all checksout he is ok.

1733 Phone - Susp Activity Spo-ken To Location/Address:Charles River Running - Wash-ington St Employee concernedabout a customer who has leftand bothered over shoes beingdelayed. Extra checks will bedone until closing at 7.

1917 Phone - Assist Citizen Spo-ken To Location/Address:Cleveland School (Acct#1381d) - George Willet PkwyDispute out front during theelection.

Wednesday, September 20249 Phone - Well Being Chk Spo-

ken To Location/Address: Wash-ington St Caller reports maleparty walking in roadway. N670located him, he checks out andwill walk on the sidewalk.

1004 Phone - Fraud *Report FiledLocation/Address: E Cross StResident reports she notifiedfrom a car dealership of anothercustomer using her info to pur-chase a car in Florida.

1142 Phone - Assist Citizen *Re-port Filed Location/Address:Lane Dr Old ammunitionbrought in.

1450 Phone - Susp Activity Ser-vices Rendered Location/Ad-dress: First St Party reports sev-eral cars have driven by andtaken pictures of her home. Shewas advised to call station if shesees this again.

1556 911 - Assist Citizen AssistedParty Location/Address: Tyler

Thayer House - Vernon St Callerreports another tenant walksnear her unit often during theday. N669 advised her. Extrachecks to be conducted.

1732 Phone - Disturbance GoneOn Arrival Location/Address:Leyton Rd Caller reports a manwas yelling at a maroon colorSUV and then got into that ve-hicle, last seen travelling leftonto Nichols Street. Officerssearched the area, negative re-sults.

1927 Phone - Susp Person ServicesRendered Location/Address:Sunnyside Rd Caller reports fe-male party outside yelling for 30minutes. Party checks out, shewas locked out of her house andwas trying to wake up someoneinside.

1946 911 - Well Being Chk Spo-ken To Location/Address: ElliotSt Report of a female yelling inthe area. Officers spoke to thatparty, she was on her cell phone,advised.

2118 Phone - Susp Activity GoneOn Arrival Location/Address:Winslow Ave + Phillips AveCaller reports black pickup truckparked in roadway with no lightson. N667 checked the area withnegative results.

Thursday, September 30013 Phone - Well Being Chk Ser-

vices Rendered Location/Ad-dress: Franklin St Caller reportsher daughter called her to pickher up and sounded upset. Partychecks out fine. Mother notifiedand is picking her up.

0132 Phone - Assist Citizen Ser-vices Rendered Location/Ad-dress: Winfield St Walk in re-ports her husband will not let herin. N670 went to the house withher, the husband was asleep anddid not hear the phone.

0754 911 - Well Being Chk*Arrest(S)Made Location/Ad-dress: Norwood Plaza - NahatanSt Report male in a car in frontof For Eyes, not responding toknock on window. MC8 assistedwith P.B.T., N669 places subjectunder arrest and transports tostation S/M 10456 0840 Hrs., E/M 10456 0842 Hrs. Don andWally’s tows MA PC 1VXF65.N678,N662 assisted in booking.Arrest: Gustowski, Jarred D Ad-dress: 34 Cedar Hill Rd Dover,Ma Age: 21 Charges: Alcohol InMv, Possess Open Container OfLicense Suspended, Op MvWith

0756 Walk-In - Assist Citizen *Re-port Filed Location/Address:

Richland Rd1046 Phone - Assist Citizen NoAction Required Location/Ad-dress: Coventry Ln Caller re-ports possible inappropriate be-

havior. She was advised to re-port the matter in person, nevershowed.

1052 Phone - Mischief (Kids) Ser-vices Rendered Location/Ad-dress: Azalea Dr Party advisedon kids cutting through her yardat night. She was asked to call ifit happens again.

1145 Phone - Well Being Chk NoAction Required Location/Ad-dress: Winslow Ave Caller re-ports that his neighbor was walk-ing in the street earlier today.Units are familiar with him, noaction required.

1545 Phone - Animal ComplaintNACO/WACO notified Loca-tion/Address: Richland Rd Resi-dent found a dog, NACO noti-fied.

Friday, September 41544 Phone - Well Being Chk Area

Search Negative Location/Ad-dress: Heaton Ave Kids at theriver and seem very young.

2105 Walk-In - Assist Citizen Spo-ken To Location/Address:Victoria’s Group , Llc DbaVictoria’s Cafe - Washington StParty seeking advice about a sus-picious check. Advice given.

Saturday, September 51613 911 - Mischief (Kids) Spo-

ken To Location/Address:Norwest Dr Report of two juve-niles riding bicycles, ringingdoor bells and throwing rocks.

1901 Phone - Animal ComplaintNACO/WACO notified Loca-tion/Address: Jacobsen DrCaller found a small dog in theneighborhood. WACO notifiedand responded.

2132 Phone - Disturbance AreaSearch Negative Location/Ad-dress: Cedar St Report of par-ties arguing outside, possible lefttowards Savin Avenue or LaneDrive. Officers searched the areawith negative results.

2230 Phone - Shoplifting*Arrest(S)Made Location/Ad-dress: [Nod 1370] Cvs Phar-macy - Nahatan St Employeereports a shoplifting in progress.Those parties were located leav-ing the store. N669 placed twoparties under arrest. N664 trans-ported one individual back tothe station. N670 transportedthe second party back to the sta-tion, S/M 2982 at 2300, E/M2982 at 2301. Center Autobodytowed MA PC 98F551. JuvenileArrest Age: 17 Charges: Shop-lifting By Concealing MdseReceive Stolen Property+$1200 C266 §60 Refer To

Arrest: 20-203-Ar Arrest:Rivera, Nasiah Keyana Ad-dress: 23 Kerwin St Apt. #2Boston, Ma Age: 18 Charges:Shoplifting By ConcealingMdse Receive Stolen Property+$1200 C266 §60

Sunday, September 60002 Phone - Noise Complaint

Spoken To Location/Address:Fisher St Caller reports peoplebeing loud. N667 spoke to thoseindividuals and they agreed tokeep it down.

0243 Initiated - Motor VehicleStop *Arrest(S)Made Location/Address: Bos-Prov Hwy MAPC 8SS544. As a result N664returns to the station with oneunder arrest. Don and Wallystows the vehicle. Refer To Ar-rest: 20-204-AR Arrest:Dasilva, Renato Oliveira Ad-dress: 157 Railroad AveNorwood, Ma Age: 31 Charges:Oui-Liquor Or .08% NegligentOperation Of Motor Vehicle Li-cense Suspended, Op Mv WithAlcohol In Mv, Possess OpenContainer Of Marked LanesViolation

0801 Phone - Citizens ComplaintGone On Arrival Location/Ad-dress: Central St + E Cottage StCaller reports a male party tip-ping over picnic benches/tables. DPW notified.

1324 Phone - Drunk Person *Pro-tective Custody Location/Ad-dress: Morse St Concern for theworker who has a lacerationover his eye and could be un-der the influence. Officers re-spond with NFD. As a resultone transported here for PC.

1618 911 - Malicious Damage*Complaint/Summons Loca-tion/Address: Central St +Nahatan St Caller reports amale party on a skate boardbroke a street sign off the pole.DPW notified.

2047 Walk-In - Warrant Service*Arrest(S)Made Location/Ad-dress: Nahatan St Walk in froma previous call during the nightreturns to the station to retrievesome property. As a result thatparty was placed under arrestfor a active warrant. Refer ToArrest: 20-208-AR Arrest:Denehy, Matthew D Address:1 Everett St Norfolk, MaAge: 45 Charges: WarrantArrest

2050 911 - Well Being Chk*Report Filed Location/Ad-dress: Norwood Hospital -Washington St Caller reportsa male party sitting down andhunched over. N664 reportsupon arrival a female partyinvolved as well and they arearguing over a dog. FD noti-fied to evaluate the female.

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negative publicity especially in the social Media outlets in town,and we have already taken a hit in our efforts by not being ableto run our 5K for MDA this year. I look forward to trying to getout there next year and Filling the Boot at Dunks and our otherlocations throughout town and possibly adding in a few newones as well, and getting our 5K back on track.

And Ronco said for charitable organizations like MDA, thepandemic has not been kind. Most organizations like MDA hostlarge fundraising events with lots of people in somewhat closeenvironments, and that’s impossible right now.

“It has really slowed down, and the other day I was talkingwith MDA’s representative for Massachusetts and Rhode IslandDana Nolan, and they’ve had to cut back on the staff and she’sthe only one in the region right now, and she’s really over-whelmed because of the fundraising and events being canceled,”he said. “They’ve definitely taken a hit since the social distanc-ing thing.”

Ronco said the pandemic has hurt other fundraising effortsthe department usually takes part in, including Norwood Dayand the annual NFD 5K for the MDA.

“As far as the Fire Department goes, we’ve had to cancelpretty much all our fundraising because of the guidelines set forsocial distancing,” he said. “Norwood Day was canceled and itlooks like we’re going to have to cancel our annual open housethat’s in October unless something changes. I’m also on the boardfor the Norwood Circle of Hope and they had to cancel Dancingwith the Norwood Stars this year, but there is hope that we’regoing to do it this following April and the same dancers havesigned on as well. This year can’t end fast enough.”

Ronco said the campaign has been going strong in Norwoodfor at least 40 years, and added that he’s been doing it for at least25. The national campaign started in 1952 in Boston byFirefighter Charles Crowley help his two sons battle theDuchenne form of muscular dystrophy.

For more information on muscular dystrophy and the Mus-cular Dystrophy Association, go to https://strongly.mda.org.

The Fill the Boot campaign had local roots, but now hasswept the nation from Hawaii to Houston. The International As-sociation of Firefighters (IAFF) supports the cause, and nationaldonations can be made at filltheboot.donordrive.com.

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ConCom continued from page 2went to LEC “for consistency”because it was originally in-volved in the project.

Miller said the removal of18 mature trees was “a reallybig deal.” She asked if theycould be placed elsewhere onthe site. If not, she recom-mended that there be a plan toreplace them elsewhere inNorwood or to offer financialcompensation.

Commissioner PeterBamber made two motions,which were unanimously ap-proved. The first was to allowfor the continued constructionof the second swale. The sec-ond was for a continuance toconsider the plans forremediation activity on theopen order of condition at thenext meeting on Wed., Sept. 2.

The drainage swale needsto be completed in order fordrainage to flow from the park-ing lot in order for the SkatingClub to get a temporary certifi-cate of occupancy on Sept. 4.

The second major issueconsidered was regarding theJain Center of Greater Bostonat 556 Nichols St. Con Commembers had discovered vio-lations on that site regardinglog removal, tree removal andwood chipping at about thesame time as the work hadbeen done at the Skating Clubof Boston.

Ramanda Morgan ex-plained that the property hadtwo trees overhanging the roofand needed some landscapingwork. However, the congrega-tion did not realize that someof the work that they wantedto do was in the buffer zone aswell as Town property. Thelandscaper cut down a lot oftrees and created a pathway oflogs and woodchips aboutthree feet high, 15 feet wideand 110 feet long all the wayto the water line of Ellis Pond.

The wood chips have beenpulled back since the problemhas been reported, and the JainCenter has been willing towork with Con Com to rectifythe problem. In return, ConCom has agreed not to chargea fine of $300 per day.

Dharmendra K. Sethi rep-resented the Jain Center. Heexplained that the Jain Center,a spiritual center, has been ex-istence at that site for the past10 years and in the area for40. Because they considertrees as living beings, manyof the members did an atone-ment before the project wasconducted.

“This was totally uninten-tional and a huge mistake onour part,” he said. “But asRamanda said, it was a much-needed project. The treeswere leaning close to the

building.”He added that they are

willing to work with ConCom, but is waiting for theirdirection. The only thing theyhave done is remove thewood chips from the wet-lands.

Halkiotis said he knew theJain Center wanted to do anexpansion in the future andwould need a wetland surveythen. However, they wouldhave to “close the books” onthis first and submit a resto-ration and a remediation planto bring the land back to itsprevious state before any fu-ture work can be considered.An outside consultant wouldneed to be hired.

Bamber made a motionthat an outside consultant behired to form a remediationand restoration plan, and thatit be presented to Con Comat the meeting on Sept. 16.

However, Morgan sug-gested that the two trees over-hanging the roof be removednow, because they have beenpartially cut down and arecausing damage to the roof.The Jain Center also wants toremove the wood chips fromthe parking lot to a place out-side the buffer zone.

Con Com agreed to that,even though it was not undertheir purview.

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