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A sad fA sad fA sad fA sad fA sad farearearearearewwwwwell fell fell fell fell for a Noror a Noror a Noror a Noror a Norwwwwwood sonood sonood sonood sonood sonA funeral was held on Thursday, Jan. 26 for U.S. Army Spc. Keith D. Benson - a 2002 NorwoodHigh School graduate who died while serving in Afghanistan. Benson had been assigned to the2nd Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 172nd Infantry Brigade, stationed in Grafenwoehr,Germany. Benson's remains were marched through town in a funeral procession, before beingburied in Massachusetts National Cemetery in Bourne the following day. Above, firefighterssalute as the procession passes. Benson was remembered at Norwood High School for his loveof music and his involvement in the school's Concert Chorale.

PHOTOS BY PAUL ELDRIDGE

New policechief picked

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The search for a new po-lice chief appears to be overin Norwood.

As of press time, town of-ficials had not confirmed thata replacement had beennamed for Police ChiefBartley King, who will be re-tiring at the end of April.However, King said that cur-rent Wellesley Police DeputyChief William G. Brooks IIIhad been chosen to replacehim, an assertion Brooks him-self confirmed to theNorwood Record on Tuesday.

With thirty-five years ofexperience in law enforce-ment, Brooks is no strangerto the Norwood Police De-partment, having workedthere for extended period oftime previously, includingfourteen years as a detectivesergeant. Brooks, who in-formed the Wellesley Boardof Selectmen of his decision

to take Norwood’s top policeposition on Monday, said helooked forward to his returnto Norwood, which he saidwould offer him both a famil-iar environment and a chal-lenge.

“I’m looking forward to[coming] back to Norwood,”

William G. Brooks

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Brooks said. “They have agreat police department. Ivery much enjoyed my yearsthere.”

King, whose last day onthe job will be April 30, notedthat he had served asNorwood’s fourteenth policechief for fourteen years. Andwhile he felt it was time toretire after thirty-eight yearsin local law enforcement, hesaid he would miss the joband look back on it fondly.

“I have had a very fulfill-

ing career,” King said. “Ididn’t look at it as a job. Ilooked at it as a way of life.”

Town Manager JohnCarroll, who has been incharge of the search for andultimate appointment of a newchief, could not be reached forcomment before press time.Reached by phone on Tues-day, Assistant Town ManagerBernie Cooper said he could“neither confirm nor deny”whether or not a final decisionhad been made.

Three men have been ar-rested for allegedly conspir-ing to rob a Norwood businessand attempting to kidnap itsowner, according to a state-ment from the U.S. Depart-ment of Justice (DOJ).

According to the DOJ,three men were arrested onJan. 25 in connection with athwarted plan to kidnap theowner of the Norwood-basedForest Hills Check Cashing.The Federal Bureau of Inves-tigation (FBI) and the Massa-chusetts State Police’s SWAT

teams made the arrest, withassistance by several local po-lice departments.

The DOJ identified the ar-rested suspects as JohnSalvucci, 65, of Medford,George Whalen, 55, ofWinthrop and James Cham-bers, 53, of Stoneham. Thespecific offenses they werecharged with were not listed,although federal warrantswere reportedly issued fortheir arrests, and each couldface “up to 20 years in prisonto be followed by three yearsof supervised release and a$250,000 fine,” the DOJ said.

“The actions alleged in the

Forest Hills Check Cashing is now open for business, after local, state and federal authorities arrested threemen who had been plotting to rob the business and kidnap its owner.

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complaint involved a danger-ous and violent plot to com-mit a robbery and kidnap astore owner,” said U.S. Attor-ney Carmen Ortiz. “Thanks tothe diligence and hard work ofthe investigative team, theplot was thwarted and the de-fendants now face federalcriminal charges.”

The arrest was made fol-lowing a round-the-clock in-vestigation conducted by theFBI’s Violent Crimes TaskForce, the statement said. Ac-cording to the DOJ, Salvuccihad sought the assistance of a

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SENIOR NEWSAFTERNOON DANCE

This month’s dance will be held onFriday, Feb. 10 at 1:30 p.m. Music willbe provided by the Frank Paul Quartet.This is a great way to break up a drearymonth. Invite your friends!

ALTERATIONS AND MENDINGBring your alterations to the Senior

Center on the first Monday of eachmonth between 1:00 and 3:00 p.m.Please attach your name and telephonenumber to each garment.

BASIC COMPUTER COURSEA six-part basic computer course is

frequently offered to those who wish tolearn how to use a computer. Sign up atthe front desk.

BLOOD PRESSURE CLINICHellenic Health Care will be avail-

able for blood pressure screening on thefirst Wednesday of each month at noon.

BOOK CLUBThe Book Club is scheduled to meet

on Monday, Feb. 27 at 10:00 a.m.

COMPUTER CLUBThe Computer Club meets each

Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. in the library/computer room. Computer users at alllevels are invited to attend.

COUNCIL ON AGINGNext meeting will be held on Thurs-

day, March 1, at 1:00 p.m.

CRIBBAGEOur seniors meet every Monday at

12:45 p.m. to play cribbage.

DIABETES WORKSHOPThe next workshop is scheduled for

Thursday, Feb. 23 at 11:00 a.m.

FOOT DOCTORDr. Cormier is scheduled for Tues-

day, Feb. 14 from 9:00 a.m. to noon. Costis $25.00. Please call for appointment.

GLEE CLUBThe Glee Club meets on Tuesday

mornings at 11:15 a.m.

HEARING TESTINGHave your hearing tested by Dr.

Mario’s office on Thursday, Feb. 9, 1:00- 3:00 p.m. Must sign up for an appoint-ment.

INDOOR WALKINGMonday through Friday 9:00 to

11:00 a.m. in the School Gym.

HISTORY TALKThe next History Talk will be on

Thursday, Feb. 16, at 1:00 p.m. The sub-ject will be Causes of World War II, Riseof Dictators, Adolph Hitler.

MASSAGE THERAPISTKaren Tracy is here on the first

Monday of each month. Please sign upat front desk. She will be here on Mon-day, Feb. 6, at 9:00 a.m. PLEASENOTE: massages will now be $30.00for half an hour.

MINI FIX-IT SHOP The workshop will be open from

1:00 to 3:00 p.m. on the 2nd and 4thMonday of each month. Please, no tele-visions.

NARFETuesday, Feb. 7 at 1:00 p.m.

NORWOODRETIRED MEN’S CLUB

The Board of Directors meet the 1stTuesday of each month at 10:00 a.m. atthe Senior Center. The Club Member-ship meets the 2nd Tuesday of eachmonth at the Norwood Elks Lodge at10:00 a.m. The Club will be sponsoringa Valentines Luncheon and Dance Tues-day, Feb. 14, in the Norwood Elks atnoon. It will be a sit down lunch withJohn Rampino playing for your listen-ing and dancing pleasure. It is open toall and their significant others. $30 perperson. For tickets call George Wallaceat 781-326-9273.

PING PONGOur ping-pong table is available

every afternoon in the craft room. If youwould like to play, just ask at the frontdesk, and we’ll set it up for you.

PROPOPEThe Propope group will meet on

Wednesday, February 15, at 1:00 p.m.

REMINISCENCEThe Reminiscence group will meet

on Wed, Feb. 8 at 10:00 a.m. Our Remi-niscence Group is changing its name andthe focus of our group to include cur-rent events. Please speak to Doug if youhave any ideas. Thank you!

SCRABBLEOur Scrabble players meet in the li-

brary every Thursday afternoon at 1:00p.m. Come and join them for a game.

SHINEOur SHINE Counselor, Carol, con-

tinues to assist you on Tuesdays from10:00-2:00. Please call 781-762-1201for an appointment.

TAX PREPARATIONHave your 2011 Tax preparation

handled for you. Call 781-762-1201now for your appointment.

TRIADMonday, Feb. 27 at 1:00 p.m. Paul

Ronco from the Norwood Fire Dept. willbe here to speak on Fire & Life Safety.

WATER COLORThe next session is scheduled for

Thursday, Feb. 9 at 9:00 a.m.

WAXINGAngela is here on the last Monday

of the month, Monday, Feb. 27 at 9:30a.m.

WHISTWhist players meet to play Whist

on Tuesdays at 12:45 p.m., in the library.

WHIST PARTYPlease note whist parties will be held

on the 4th Friday of each month from1:00 - 3:00 p.m.

WII GAMESWe have a Wii Game Console avail-

able for anyone that would like to try it.It has bowling, tennis, golf, and othergames. Just ask at the front desk.

SAVE THE DATEFOR FRIENDS OF COA

March 26, 2012 - 5:00 P.M. to 6:30P.M. Westbury Farms Annual Dinner forthe Friends. Cost $10-Choice of Tur-key or Chicken Parmesan Tickets go onsale on Feb. 21 at the Senior Center.

The next meeting of the Friends willtake place on March 2.

The next Friends’ dance will be Feb.17, with the D.B Band providing themusic. 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. at theSenior Center.

TRIPSFeb. 21, 2012, Mardi Gras Day -

Luncheon and Show, Lantana,Randolph. Drive on your own. $41.00pp.

May 15, 2012, Broadway Tonite -Luncheon and Show, Luciano’sWrentham, Drive on your own. $41.00pp.

June 4-6, 2012, Cape Cod & Nan-tucket - Three day/two night trip.$399.00 pp/Double.

INCLEMENTWEATHER REMINDER

The Norwood Senior Center fol-lows the school schedule for snow days.If school is cancelled because of snow,the Center will not be open.

LUNCH SERVEDLunch is served every day here at

the center from 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Adifferent entrée is served every day, witha variety of sandwiches always available.Turkey dinner is also available every day.The cost is only $5.00. You can see themonth’s menus on the Senior Centerwebsite, or pick one up at the front deskwhen you are here.

State Senator Mike Rushshowed up at Town Hall onTuesday with a present for townresidents, which he said he waspresenting as a way of saying“thank you.”

Rush, who had recently re-turned from active duty in theMiddle East, was accompaniedand introduced by State Rep.John Rogers, who noted thatthey had both recently testifiedon state legislation pertaining tothe soon-to-be re-openedNorwood Theater. After thank-ing everyone in the room andresidents of Norwood in generalfor their support, Rush pre-sented a short slideshow givingbasic details of his service over-seas.

Following the slideshow,

Rush said he had a present hewanted to give the selectmen asa token of appreciation for thetown’s residents for their sup-port of him and other service-men overseas. He presentedthem with a framed image of anAmerican flag flown by soldiersin Iraq, which also had a mes-sage of thanks written on it.

The entire Board of Select-men expressed gratitude for thegift and for Rush’s service. Se-lectman Paul Bishop added thatthe town would be sure to finda good place for it.

“We will proudly display itsomewhere in town govern-ment,” Bishop said.

It’s official: New policechief namedWhile the news had already

broken elsewhere, AssistantTown Manager Bernie Cooper

announced that Town ManagerJohn Carroll had officially cho-sen a new police chief. Coopernoted that Carroll had wantedto delay the announcement un-til he could be in attendance tomake it, but that area news me-dia had already learned of theappointment elsewhere.

Current Wellesley PoliceDeputy Chief William G.Brooks III will take over forcurrent Norwood Police ChiefBartley King on May 1, Carrollwrote in a letter to the select-men that Cooper read Tuesdaynight. Carroll’s letter noted thatKing “will reach the mandatoryretirement age in April.”

“Chief Bartley King hasdone an outstanding job for thepast 14 years and will be sorelymissed by the citizens ofNorwood and his fellow offic-ers,” Carroll wrote.

Selectman William Plaskosaid he was pleased to learn thatBrooks had been named for thejob, noting that had knownBrooks when he was a patrol-man and knew him to be a goodpolice officer. Carroll noted inhis letter that Brooks had previ-ously served a long stint withthe Norwood Police Depart-ment for eighteen years.

“He’s a policeman’s police-man, and well-qualified for thejob,” Plasko said.

Restaurant requestsreceive approvalThe selectmen also ap-

proved requests for two licensesfor a new restaurant on CentralStreet whose owner had expe-rience with similar ventures inthe North Shore area. ArianaMusabeli was seeking a Com-mon Victualler's license and awine and malt beverage for thesoon-to-be-opened Ariana’sRestaurant.

Musabeli, whose requesthad received a thumbs up fromthe Downtown Steering Com-mittee the previous week, saidshe wanted to serve beer andwine during lunch and dinnerhours, but also be open forbreakfast. When SelectmanWilliam Plasko asked whatmade her choose a site in

Norwood, Musabeli said shehad considered fifty sites, butwanted to open in an area thatdid not have many restaurantsthat served all three meals. Theselectmen voted unanimously toapprove both of her license re-quests.

Recent works ofPublic WorksThe selectmen received a

monthly report from PublicWorks Director Mark Ryan, de-tailing work his department hadperformed recently. During themonth of January, Ryan re-ported, the Department had is-sued 31 trash/ recycling viola-tions, which included leaves intrash cans, trash in recyclingcontainers and excessive trashoutside of said bins. He said theDepartment had performed tworoad salting operations and onesnow plow operation.

Goodbye to DougSelectmen also paid tribute

to a local resident and WorldWar II-era Coast Guard veteranwho had passed away on Jan.26. Selectman A.D. Howardnoted that Ross had celebratedhis 90th birthday just days ear-lier at the headquarters of theCouncil on Aging, where he hadbeen an active member.


White’s reach went beyond city boundriesOPINION

Although the Town ofNorwood sits beyond the city ofBoston boundaries, let’s face it,many of us originally hailedfrom Boston confines (yes, thatmakes you a carpetbagger). So,a homily about Kevin HagenWhite seems somewhat appro-priate, even here.

When a city and metropoli-tan area as steeped in traditionand politics as Boston losessomeone as crucial to its historyas former Mayor Kevin White,it is natural to think beyondmerely the personal loss. It pro-vides a moment to reflect on thenature of our city, where wehave come from and where weare heading.

Having watched him age in

the public spotlight, it can beeasy to forget that White wasonce a young and brash figure,just 38 years old when firstelected. He was energetic, hesurrounded himself with smartpeople and they accomplishedbold things.

Our favorite story from hisadministration is the oft-toldtale of how he kept the cityfrom erupting into violencewhen Martin Luther King Jr.was assassinated. His brilliantmove was to get WGBH to

broadcast a live concert byJames Brown from the old Bos-ton Garden. A message of peaceand restraint was delivered viathumping bass lines and funkyhorns.

We’ve all heard the storycountless times, but it alwaysbears repeating, as it speaksvolumes. That moment washardly the only time Boston’srace issues would define theWhite administration. He was,of course, leading the city dur-ing its controversial days of“busing,” a school desegrega-tion plan that still haunts us to-day. Although no fan of JudgeArthur Garrity’s controversialruling, White nevertheless didhis best to keep the childrencaught in the crossfire safe andsecure. Many families havingdecided the risk was too greatfor their children, packed upand moved out to suburbs suchas Norwood, still close enoughfor an easy commute to the city,but beyond the reach ofGarrity’s ruling. For thosemaking the move, it was bitter-sweet in that it felt like aban-doning the ship. But, as thesaying goes, “Women and chil-dren first!”.

As the years go by, it mightbe easy to overlook the scopeand scale of White’s contribu-

tions to the city. Yet, he did asmuch as any leader could tobring Boston into the ranks ofa world-class city.

Boston of the late 1960s and1970s was hardly a vibrant city.It was, as mentioned, raciallydivided. The ills of society wereon full display at the height ofthe so-called Combat Zone, anugly sprawl of strip clubs andbucket-of-blood bars. Thestreets were dirty and busi-nesses were floundering.Neighborhoods were fiefdoms,rather than part of the urbanfabric.

Perhaps we are indulging ina bit of anti-nostalgia, overstat-ing the state of the city in thosedays. But, simply put, it was afar different place then. The“good old days” were hardlygreat.

White’s tenure wasn’t revo-lutionary, but it was evolution-ary. Quincy Market, for in-stance, was created on hiswatch, an effort that has earnedhim a statue there. It was ini-tiatives like this, an effort on hispart to add some vibrancy thatbegan to give Boston, for lackof a better phrase, self-confi-dence. Our once stagnant busi-ness community began to pros-per and residents had a re-kindled sense of civic pride.

“It’s not Camelot, but it’snot Cleveland, either,” Whiteonce famously said. It was anhonest, albeit glib, assessmentof a city that was just starting arenaissance, reaching its fullpotential.

White competently ad-dressed many of the city’s prob-lems, setting a stage for succes-sors Ray Flynn and TomMenino to build an even bettercity. Part of the reason Meninois such a successful “urbanmechanic,” is because Whiteleft him a city that could ben-efit from the incremental fixesand forward-thinking improve-ments he specializes in.

In politics, longevity canbreed hubris. Over time, someof White’s trusted lieutenantsbecame less trustworthy. That’san unfortunate chapter thatshouldn’t be sanitized from hisrecord. But neither should thataspect of his time as Mayordefine or overshadow the en-tirety of his 16 years as a leader.White molded Boston into thewonderful city it is today and,for that, he takes a rightful placein history.

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CertainTeed, workersreach agreement


Norwood-based employees ofthe CertainTeed Corporation havereturned to work after being onstrike for several weeks in responseto planned cuts to their healthcarecoverage.

CertainTeed and the Interna-tional Brotherhood of TeamstersLocal 25 - the union that represents90 workers at the company’s Pleas-ant Street roofing plant - issued ajoint statement on the matter Tues-day, announcing that the strike hadended and that “full shingle andgranule production” would resumeat the facility that day. Accordingto that statement, the employeesvoted to approve a five-year con-tract with company by a vote of 69to zero.

“This contract provides qual-ity benefits to our employees, whileenabling CertainTeed to remaincompetitive in a difficult economicclimate,” CertainTeed RoofingPresident Tom Smith said in thestatement. “We are proud to be ableto reach an agreement with Team-sters Local 25 in Norwood since it

helps insure [sic] that high-qualitymanufacturing jobs remain an im-portant part of the Massachusettseconomy for years to come.”

Essential to the agreement, thestatement said, was a measure thatallows employees to retain theirexisting healthcare plan, which ismanaged by Teamsters Local 25.The statement said the two partieshad managed to do this by agree-ing to “a new, mutually beneficialcost-sharing arrangement,” detailsof which were not given in thestatement.

“No one wants to strike in thiseconomy, but maintaining qualityhealth benefits was a fight worthfighting,” Teamsters Local 25President and Principal OfficerSean O’Brien said in the statement.“Teamsters Local 25 is pleased tohave been able to protect the live-lihood of our members at theNorwood site, and thank the com-munity for their support during thistime. This settlement shows thatwhen we come together, bothunions and companies are capableof providing for employees whileenabling companies to grow.”

Calls to CertainTeed and Team-

sters Local 25 seeking additionalcomment had not been returned asof press time.

Founded in 1904 under thename General Roofing Manufac-turing Company, CertainTeed saysit is now “North America’s lead-ing brand of exterior and interiorbuilding products.” The companyis a subsidiary of the French-basedmultinational corporationCompagnie de Saint-Gobain.

CertainTeed workers had be-gun protesting a company plan tosharply reduce health benefits inreturn for a $1,000.00 one-timebonus after their contract expiredon Dec. 19 of last year. TeamstersLocal 25 - which received supportfrom other labor unions during theworkers’ strike - had vowed to fightthe proposal, encouraging a boy-cott of the company and promis-ing to provide health insurance tomembers affected by the strikeuntil an agreement could bereached.

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“Friends” looking tomake many more friends


The Friends of NorwoodCenter are looking to get morelocals involved and interestedin the downtown area fromwhich their group gets its name,starting with an outreach eventlater this month.

Friends of Norwood CenterPresident Kim Weineck an-nounced this week that thegroup will hold a “public inputgathering” on Wednesday, Feb.22 at the Old Colonial Café.The exact time of the event wasnot finalized as of press time,but Weineck said it was ex-pected to kick off around 6:00or 6:30 p.m.

“We want community in-put,” Weineck said. “Residents,landlords, businesses - every-one.”

The Friends have beenworking on ways to maintainand increase the economic vi-tality of Norwood Center, butare looking for ideas on howbest to do this from the peoplewho will ultimately be affectedby their decisions. The group

held a similar outreach eventlast year that drew approxi-mately sixty people, butWeineck said the group hopesto draw more people in thistime around.

Weineck said the Friendshad been canvassing the area in

an attempt togauge public opinion on the fu-ture of the center. Talking topeople face-to-face, she said,confirmed the group’s feelingthat it was time to organize anevent where people could cometogether and share ideas withthe Friends and with each other.

“This was a demand, andwe’re trying to meet that de-mand,” Weineck said. “I’m veryexcited to be doing this.”

In addition to generatingnew ideas, Weineck said theFriends of Norwood Center arehoping to increase their ownnumbers, and that this month’s

event will attract new members.She said the cost of member-ship is $100 for businesses and$35 for individuals, who areentitled to discounts at neigh-borhood businesses.

Weineck added that anotherproject is also in the works for

the Friends this year, as thegroup is working with the localsustainability-oriented non-profit group ‘Together Yes’ onideas that will be made publicsoon. And while the details oftheir plans were still beingworked out, Weineck said thoseplans would likely include en-vironmentally oriented activi-ties for individuals and busi-nesses, such as workshops andpossibly a moving screening,which the two groups hope willtake place in April.

“It’s such an exciting time,”she said. “Everyone is rife withideas.”

“It’s such an exciting time.”- Kim Weineck

The Permanent BuildingConstruction Committee(PBCC) decided last week onmore specific financial limits toplace on the proposed new con-cession stand to be built at thenew Norwood High School site.

After extensive discussionduring their meeting last week,

members of the PBCC decidedthat the total amount spent ac-tually constructing the new con-cession stand should not exceed$200,000. The Committee alsodecided to bring in members ofthe informal committee that hasbeen pushing for and planningthe construction of the stand todiscuss the project.

The PBCC had been discuss-ing a draft agreement with Ai3Architects, as well as a roughdrawing submitted by the firm,which much of the Committeefound unsatisfactory due to con-cerns about special constraintsand the number of toiletsneeded. The Committee dis-cussed revisions to the agree-ment, mainly in the form of arevision that reflected a newmaximum construction price of$200,000.

The project will be fundedby a $250,000 appropriationmade via Town Meeting, whichcame after proponents of theproject donated $30,000 towardit. In recent weeks, PBCC mem-bers had expressed concerns thatthe concession stand would costmore than Jerry Miller and therest of the informal committeeadvocating for it had anticipated,noting that specifics on theproject were in short supply.

Chairman Ted Callahan saidhe would talk to Miller in thecoming days, and ultimatelyagreed that Miller and othermembers of his informal com-mittee should be brought in todiscuss the project. Callahansaid he hoped for that discussionto take place on Feb. 2 or Feb.9, depending on how much timeMiller needed to create a priori-tized list of amenities wanted or

needed on the concession stand.Last week, the PBCC de-

cided to address some of thisconcern on their own by estimat-ing costs associated with theproject, a process which led tothe Committee arriving at thefigure of $200,000 for construc-tion of the concession stand.Committee members decidedthat no more than $20,000should be spent on architecturalservices, allowing $8,000 forFurniture, Fixtures and Equip-ment (FFE) and an additional$8,000 in contingency funds.

Members of the PBCC hadpreviously expressed concernthat the concession stand mightcost more than had been allot-ted for it if limits were not seton its features and the scope ofits operations, with the need fora grease trap being cited as aconcern if hamburgers were tobe served there, for example. Inresponse to these concerns,Miller previous told theNorwood Record that he hopedto meet with the PBCC about theissue, noting that he and othermembers of his committee hadbeen visiting other high schoolsthat had recently built conces-sion stands in order to get aclearer idea of what might bepossible.

At press time, a meeting ofthe PBCC had been scheduledfor Thursday, Feb. 2 at 7:30 p.m.in Room 11 of Town Hall. Re-cent PBCC meetings have fo-cused on the proposedconcesssion stand and repairs toTown Hall, which consultantsfrom Compass Project Manage-ment have begun examining todetermine what work needs tobe performed on the building.

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The Norwood High School Spirit Club finishes putting together care packages for Norwood soldiers serv-ing overseas. Shown here are (l-r) senior Jess Rubenstein, freshman Nency Sangani, junior Maria Caprigno,freshman Saloonee Adhikari and junior Courtney Fernandes. PHOTO BY VINAYA SAKSENA

Department heads came be-fore the Board of Selectmenduring a special meeting onThurs., Jan. 26 to discuss theirbudgets for Fiscal Year 2013,many of which Treasurer Rob-ert Thornton said would have tobe reduced.

Thornton, who was sick, wasunable to attend the meeting, butprovided the Board with a writ-ten analysis of budget requestsmade last month. In his analy-

sis, Thornton said that while rev-enues were projected to increaseby $4,834,939, budget requestswere up by $9,550,332, creatingwhat would be a shortfall of$4,715,393 if no additional rev-enue sources or possible cutswere identified. In an attempt toaddress the problem, town offi-cials had tried removing all capi-tal project requests from thebudget, resulting in a $1.6 mil-lion decrease in the deficit.

Of the department headswho addressed Selectmen lastweek, Fire Chief Michael

Howard seemed the most con-cerned about the proposed re-ductions from his initial request.In addition to restoring threefirefighter positions, the chiefsaid, he had been hoping to re-ceive funding for three capitalprojects, which would likely beon the chopping block under therevised budget proposal.

Chief Howard said he hadbeen hoping to replace the eight-year-old Ford Crown Victoriadriven by Deputy Chief RonaldMaggio. The other capitalprojects he had hoped to have

funded were the purchase offorty-five new masks for a self-contained breathing apparatusand a compressor system for theapparatus, which he said wouldhave likely cost $350,000 and$100,000, respectively.

Town Manager John Carrolland other officials involved inpreparing the budget had sug-gested that hiring be deferredand the Fire Department borrowor defer its requests for newequipment. Chief Howard saidhe understood when SelectmanWilliam Plasko said that he mayhave to defer the capitalprojects.

Police Chief Bartley King,meanwhile, had been hoping topurchase three new cruisers at atotal cost of $112,500. LikeChief Howard, however, he wasmet with the suggestion that heborrow, or defer the request.

King noted, however, that hehad been allowed to keep a re-quest for ten new radios and arepeater in his budget. Also al-lowed in the revised budget wasan $8,075 increase in thedepartment’s transportationbudget, which he said would benecessary due to increased fuelcosts - a problem expected toaffect other departments as well.

Not discussed that eveningwas the school budget, whichThornton had said would needto be reduced by $2,361,717under the plan he had outlined.The School Department had re-quested a total budget of$37,205,186, which would haveto be reduced to $34,843,469.The School Committee was ex-pected to continue its own bud-get discussions at its meeting onWednesday night, after theNorwood Record went to press.

On or around Valentine’sDay, Norwood soldiers servingoverseas will receive surprisepresents from SANTA - Opera-tion SANTA, that is.

In the project’s name,SANTA stands for “Sending AllNorwood Troops Affection,”according to Nora Glynn, theadvisor for the Norwood HighSchool Spirit Club. On Mondayafternoon, members of theSpirit Club stationed them-selves in the school cafeteria toput together care packages forsoldiers serving in Afghanistanor elsewhere around the world,which they expect to arrive intime for Valentine’s Day, Glynnsaid.

Glynn noted that the projecthas special personal signifi-cance for some of the students,who know at least one service-man or woman currently sta-tioned overseas. She and sev-eral students noted that D.J.Shilo, a 2011 Norwood HighSchool graduate, had recentlylearned that he will be deploy-ing in March.

“We [do this] becausethey’re fighting for our coun-try,” said junior MariaCaprigno. “They’re defendingus, so the least we can do is giveeverything we [have] here.”

With the aid of NorwoodVeterans Agent Ted Mulvehill,

the Spirit Club compiled namesand mailing addresses of localtroops serving abroad, as wellas a list of the types of itemsrequested by those troops orsuggested by returning troops.Those items included babywipes, Kool Aid or Gatoradepowdered drink mixes, bugspray, small paint brushes, pea-nut butter, crackers and ducttape, among other things.

“I just love helping them outover there, because they’re do-ing a lot of good for us overhere,” said senior KesleighEysie. “So they deserve it.”

“We’ve been doing it for thepast few years, and it’s beengood,” added fellow senior WillStamers. “So we all help out.”

According to Glynn, theproject began as a sock dona-tion drive two years ago, witha decision to add all manner ofother items into the picture thefollowing year. She said thegroup tries to put a little of eachtype of item gathered into ev-ery care package, noting thatitems sent to the troops must be

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fourth individual, who laterinformed the FBI of the plotand agreed to cooperate withthe investigation.

Over the course of sev-eral meetings, which wererecorded, Salvucci allegedlytold the informant that heand the other suspectsplanned to rob Forest HillsCheck Cashing, as they be-lieved the business had alarge amount of cash onhand. Salvucci also alleg-edly said that the other twosuspects would go to theowner’s home and kidnapthat individual on the morn-ing of the planned robbery,and force the victim to as-sist in the robbery.

Salvucci allegedly toldthe informant that he and theother two defendants

planned on casing the busi-ness on Jan. 21. That day,federal agents and law en-forcement officers fol-lowed the defendants to thebusiness, where they “ob-served the three engage invarious acts related to theirgathering informationabout the business, includ-ing Whalen and Chambersentering the business it-self,” the DOJ statementsaid.

“The case is being pros-ecuted by Assistant U.S.Attorney Nadine Pellegriniand Michael Crowley ofOrtiz’s Major CrimesUnit,” the statement said.

A staffer at Forest HillsCheck Cashing said thebusiness did not want tocomment on the incident.

Management of NorwoodMemorial Airport is looking toperform work on two key taxi-ways in the coming months,the majority of which they arehoping will be paid for withfederal or state grant money.

Airport Manager RussMaguire said last week that hehopes to see work begin soonon improvements to two taxi-ways, with one being repavedand the other extended. Alsoon the to-do list, Maguire said,are the construction of at leastthree helipads, plus the addi-tion of markings, grading anderosion control mechanisms.

“We’re hoping it will be anambitious construction sea-son,” Maguire said. “We try todo a construction project ev-ery year.”

The 4,000-foot-long Taxi-way C, which is over fortyyears old and has not been re-paved in twenty years, will un-dergo a much-needed repav-ing, Maguire said. He notedthat the taxiway had beenmaintained with crack sealing,Roadflex and other treatments,but had been deemed in needof a complete re-paving aftera recent inspection by the Mas-sachusetts Department ofTransportation’s (DOT) Aero-nautics Division.

Taxiway A, meanwhile,will be extended by an addi-tional forty-five feet in length,with a new stretch added toconnect it with Runway 17/35.Maguire said the Federal Avia-tion Administration (FAA) hadurged that this be done in or-der to streamline the move-ment of aircraft before takeoffand after landing.

Maguire said the town’sshare of the construction costswas expected to be $50,000 -or 2.5 percent of the total costs.He said the town would bepaying between 2.5 percentand five percent of the totalcosts, though he noted that theupper figure was a “worst casescenario,” and that the townwas unlikely to end up payingthis percentage, with state andfederal grant money coveringthe rest.

It was hoped that the workwill be completed in the “sum-mer and early fall” of this year,Maguire said. He said he ex-pected to know the outcome ofthe airport’s grant applicationsin the next three or fourmonths, with advertising of thework and selection of a con-tractor to follow shortly there-after.

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.

Grateful thanks. —J.D.

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Boys' Hockey clinchestournament berth with win

They have made it lookpretty.

The Norwood boyshockey team has clinched atournament berth thanks inpart to a 6-1 beat-down ofBrockton last Tuesday.

The boys followed that upwith a 2-2 tie against Miltonin a game they easily couldhave came out of with twopoints, and finally finishedoff their impressive weekwith a 2-1 win overFramingham.

The tournament-clinchinggame started off slow forNorwood after a scorelessfirst period.

They made sure the dealwas sealed early in the sec-ond though, when they scoredfour goals in rapid succes-sion.

Tyler Gover scored just 44seconds into the second pe-

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riod with assists going to PeteKelly and Andrew Alty.Three minutes later, BrendanCathcart lit the lamp with theassist going to Peter Kelly.

Just 28 seconds later PeteKelly scored on an unassistedgoal. Mark Powers scored aminute and a half later withan assist going to DanWiseman.

Brockton made i t 4-1early in the third period butNorwood answered anychance of a letdown with twogoals by Mark Maggio andJohn Galvin to make it 6-1and seal the all importanttournament berth.

However, the tie, coupledwith the one-goal win over ateam that is .500 in the leagueand under .500 overall is a bitalarming when you look atwhat Norwood is looking aton the horizon this week.

Wednesday night, a show-down with Needham looms.The Rockets, who are ranked11th in the state, beat Milton

10-2 the same night Norwoodbarely got by Framingham,and they sit at 12-2 overall,9-1 in the league.

If there was ever a state-ment game to the people whowill be determining seedscome tournament time (alongwith many others across thestate who will surely want toknow what happens in a gameinvolving a top-ten team) thisone is it.

Dedham then visits onSaturday, and that could eas-ily become a trap game de-pending on how Wednesdaynight’s huge tilt goes, asDedham is just 3-10.

To their credit, Norwoodstill does not have a regula-tion league loss (7-0-4), andcan make an enormous an-nouncement to the rest of theteams in not only the BayState Conference but alsocontending for higher seedsin the state tournament witha strong showing this week.

Girls' Hockeysweeps the week


Last week, the Norwoodgirls’ hockey team climbedto a number 10 ranking inthe state, getting wins overSc i tua t e and abso lu t e lydominating Milton, event h o u g h t h e y d i d s u f f e rtheir first league setback ofthe season on Friday nightwith a loss to a very goodWalpole team.

The biggest win of theweek was over Milton, a12-5 thrashing on Saturday

n i g h t f o l l o w i n g t h eWalpole defeat.

The most important winof the week though, cameagainst non-league oppo-nent Sc i tua te . I t wou ldh a v e b e e n v e r y u n d e r-standable if the girls hadoverlooked a game that didnot have Bay State Confer-ence implications, but theydid not, another key com-ponent on the road to thestate tournament that starts

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Tyler Gover stickhandles in a recent game. The boys' hockey team clinched a postseason berth with a recentwin over Framingham.

PHOTO BY ZALINA MCGUIRE

The girls' hockey team huddles before a recent game. The team hasclimbed to tenth in the state rankings.

PHOTO BY KEVIN STONE

Boys' Tracktopples Dedham


Last week, we told youabout some of the growingpains that both the girls'and boys ' indoor t rackteams had been experienc-ing this year based on be-ing such young teams.

Well , some of thosepains paid off last Thurs-day for the boys' team,

which ended up getting abig win against Dedham,61-34.

“We had a lot of goodperformances that helpedlead us to the win,” saidhead coach Russ Booth.

Nick Way won the1,000 meters with a timeof 2:59 and freshman Tim

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Cheerleading raises funds for Florida

Supporters of the Norwood Cheerleading squad gathered on Friday evening to help raise money for the team's trip to Florida. The teamhas raised enough money to go, but hopes to raise a bit more money to offset the high cost to the team's parents.

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Cheerleaders and coaches enjoyed thefundraising event together.

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Recently, the Norwood cheeringteam has been holding fundraisersand preparing for its trip to the Na-tional Championships in Florida.

Events such as a Bruins tickets'raffle and a Patriots' tickets' raffle,and Keagan Jewelers' and PandoraFundraiser Nights where a portionof the proceeds went to the fundhave all been crucial to allowing theteam the chance to head to Florida.Countless individual sponsors frombusinesses have also lent a hand aswell. This past Friday was also theCheerleading Dance at the VFWfrom 7-12 p.m. with the LenoxStreet Band playing.

This Thursday through Saturday,Feb 2-4, Central Jeep opens theirnew restaurant where 20 percent ofthe proceeds from the sales will bedonated to the team if customersmention Norwood cheering. PeterCatonesi, who owns Central Jeep,also gave the squad $2,500 towardsnew uniforms this year as well.

The original fear once the teamwon the state title and knew theywould be having the chance to goto Florida, was that the cost wouldbe too much to send the entire teamthere. However, the nearly $12,000raised has helped pay for the hotelrooms. All airfare, food, and otherexpenses will be covered by fami-lies.

The fundraising efforts will stillbe continued, and the team is hop-ing to defray more of the cost forthe parents but, moving forward theteam also needs to buy new mats forthe fall season, which is an esti-mated $6,000.

As the team heads in to thestretch for Florida, the first compe-tition will be Feb. 4, an invitationalat David Prouty High School. Then

it is is Bay States Feb 9th the nightbefore the team leaves for Florida.The 11th and 12th of Feb the teamwill then compete at the NationalHigh School Cheerleading Compe-tition representing Norwood and theentire state, and then hopefully theWorld High School CheerleadingCompetition.

"We are very thankful for all thesupport and continued efforts fromvarious people and businesses inour efforts to represent Norwooddown at the national championshipsin Florida," said Lisa Verrochi, thesquad's head coach.

Verrochi talked about how hardher team has been working in prepa-ration for their once in a lifetime op-portunity.

"The team has been working ex-tremely hard on perfecting a new rou-tine for the competition," she said.

"Going to the National High SchoolCheerleading Competition entailscreating a different kind of perfor-mance, integrating props and crowd-leading cheers, so they have been

Boys' B-Ballon fourgame skid

In an up and down season thatlooked like it may have turned outfor the best just a few weeks ago,things have suddenly changed.

After two losses last week, oneof the ugly kind to Weymouth, theNorwood boys’ basketball team isnow in the middle of a four gamelosing streak heading into theirgames this week.

The worst par t about las tTuesday’s loss to Weymouth was notthe final score, it was the fact that itwas followed up with another losson Friday night to Milton, again bydouble digits.

Earlier in the season, the Mus-tangs were a team who, when facedwith adversi ty, would respond.Now, it seems as if this could be thebiggest test of the season for a teamwho had high league title hopes.

Making the tournament is now arealistic goal at this point.

The 66-52 loss to Milton cameoff of a 72-48 blowout at the handsof Weymouth. To make matters evenworse, Norwood then hosted BishopFeehan, who came in as a power-house sitting at 12-2, and Norwoodonly ended up losing by four, 46-42.It was a loss that just added to theodd enigma of the 2012 season.

The Weymouth loss was by farthe worst of the season for Norwood,whose head coach Rich Cormier cannow only hope that his team uses theskid as a learning tool heading downthe stretch.

“It really wasn’t even that close.We were down 24 at the half and hecalled off the dogs early,” he said inregards to the Weymouth beating.“Weymouth came out shooting lightsout and we folded. Turnovers killedus and we could never get anythinggoing on the offensive end. We sim-ply need to learn from this experi-ence.”

The team sat at 6-8, but, moreimportantly. 5-5 in league play head-ing into games with Framingham(Tuesday) and Dedham (Friday) thisweek.

This week could be crucial, asDedham is also 5-5 in league playwhile Framingham is winless. Aquick turnaround here could com-pletely change the complexion ofwhere this Norwood team goes head-ing in to February.


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Buckley got his first varsitypoints by running a 3:01 fora new personal best in thesame event.

“We are really excited forhim because he has a lot oftalent and he has a lot ofheart to go with it,” saidBooth of his young runner.

Jason Matovu had an-other great night, running anew best time in the hurdleswith an 8.84 for 2nd place,and jumped a new best 18' 3"in the long jump, also for2nd.

“He is always talkingabout getting better in hisevents and it really rubs offon other kids on the team,”explained Booth.

Osato Izeko won the

Boys' Track continued from page 9hurdles with a time of 8.78.Joe O’Connor won the milein a time of 5:03, which is anew best for him.

“He is one of our captainsand he is working very hardto break the f ive-minutemark,” Booth described. “Hedoes a great job of leadingour distance team and it willbe tough to see him go be-cause of the positive influ-ence he has on that younggroup of kids.”

Ryan Igoe and SteveO’Brien are the two othercaptains leading Norwoodthat have done a great jobthis season.

“They both run on the4x400 team and they setgreat examples for our

just about a month fromnow.

The girls head into thisweek sitting in a comfort-able posit ion. They canclinch a tournament berththis week and have an im-p re s s ive 10 -2 -1 r eco rd ,some th ing t ha t was no tguaranteed heading in tot h e s e a s o n w i t h s u c h ayoung team.

In that Scituate game, af-ter one period it was 2-0; af-ter the second period it was4-0; and the game finallyended up closing out at 6 to1. Emily Kelly had a hattrick with three goals, KacieSmith had two goals andKaryn Colomey had a tallyon the score sheet as well.Hayley O’Rourke, Kaitlin

The girls' hockey team prepares for a faceoff in a game last week. The is making a push for a Bay State title.PHOTO BY KEVIN STONE

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The Relay For Life of Greater Norwood, Walpole, Stoughton, Canton, and Avon will be holding it'sKickoff event to the 2012 season on Thursday, February 16th, at Walpole High School. Come to learnmore about the Relay For Life and the American Cancer Society, or pick up a Team Packet. The eventstarts at 6:30 PM, and all are welcome. The 2012 Relay For Life will be held on Friday June 15th toSaturday June 16th, at the Walpole High School track and fields.

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McCar thy and JennyO’Donnell also had two as-s is ts each with ShannonGillis getting one assist.

“Their consistency, at-tention to detail and will-ingness to play for eachother is what’s allowing usto have success right now,”s a i d h e a d c o a c h B i l lO’Donnell.

The girls can now makea s t rong push for a BaySta te t i t l e as b ig leaguegames took place this weekagainst Framingham (Mon-d a y ) and N e e d h a m(Wednesday), and this com-ing Saturday against Dedham.These are huge tests for ateam looking to make somenoise as the calendar turnsto February.

For first year head coachAlex DaLuz, the Norwoodgirls basketball team has beena work in progress.

That work in progress con-tinued last week when theteam split two games on Tues-

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day and Friday.On Tuesday night, the girls

lost to a strong Weymouthteam by a 45-35 final. To theircredit, the game was a backand fourth contest until thefourth quarter. DaLuz ex-plained that his squad maybewasn’t mentally ready for thegame.

“We played a little flatcoming off an emotional gameon Friday. We didn’t matchWeymouth’s intensity for thefull 32 minutes,” he said.

The Mustangs were downjust one, 20-19, at halftime.The girls even had leads in thethird and fourth quarters, butWeymouth went on a strong

run to end the game, high-lighted by two dagger three-pointers late.

Amy Duggan continued tocarry the squad despite theloss, scoring 12 points.Meghan O’Connor chipped in10 and Jessica Gorman added7 points.

Norwood then responded

on Friday, Jan. 27 with aleague win over Milton, ateam they had beaten earlierin the season.

The dominating 44-22 winpushed their record to 4-7, andmost importantly kept theirhigh hopes and some veryreal, very possible tournamenthopes alive.

young team,” said a compli-mentary Booth.

The goal since the seasonbegan has always been tobuild the program. Everyone

involved knew it would notbe a quick fix, but things areclear ly progress ing forBooth and his team.

“We have seen our times

drop for every member ofour team this year. We areslowly making progress andwe just need to be patient aswe start to build our programback up,” he said.

hard at word creating andperfecting a routine that willyield the points they need toadvance to finals."

The team will be compet-ing on Saturday, Feb. 11 inthe National High SchoolCheering Competition. Ifthey qualify for finals, theywill compete twice on Sun-day, Feb. 12.

The first competition willbe for the NHSCC; the otherfor the World High SchoolCheerleading Competition,which 30 teams from 10countries are competing in.The Sunday portion of theevent will be televised byESPN2 and throughoutDisney World.

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The Record Book

TOWN OF NORWOODZONING BOARD OF APPEALPUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that the Board of Appeal of the Town of Norwood will hold aPUBLIC HEARING in ROOM 12 of the Municipal Office Building on February21, 2012 at 7:30 PM on the request of Mahalingam Santhanakrishnan (Case # 12-07) with respect to property located on 37 Countryside Lane, in a S1-Single ResidenceDistrict.

THE APPLICATION REQUESTS:

This Application requests a Special Permit under Section 5.4.4 of the Zoning Bylawto allow a 3.7' x 14' single story addition to a pre-existing, nonconforming singlefamily home. Leaving a 28.3' front setback where 30' is required.

Plans are on file with this application in the office of the Zoning Board of Appeal andmay be viewed Monday – Thursday between 8:30 AM to 3 PM.

BOARD OF APPEALPatrick J. Mulvehill, Chairman; Barbara A. Kinter, Philip W. Riley, John R. Perry,Harry T. Spence

Norwood Record, 2/2/2012, 2/9/2012

TOWN OF NORWOODZONING BOARD OF APPEALPUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that Board of Appeal of the Town of Norwood will hold aPUBLIC HEARING in ROOM 12 of the Municipal Office Building on February21, 2012 at 7:15 PM on the request of Edward J. Musto and Bonnie J. Musto(Case # 12-06) with respect to property located on 241 Pleasant Street, in a G-General Residential District.

This application requests a VARIANCE under the General Laws of the Commonwealthof Massachusetts to allow construction of two-family dwelling on a parcel of landcontaining 10,770 square feet of land where 15,000 square feet are required (all otherdimensional requirements having been satisfied) together with such and further reliefas the Board may judge appropriate, pursuant to Section 4.1.

Plans are on file with this application in the office of the Zoning Board of Appeal andmay be viewed Monday – Friday between 8: 30 AM to 3 PM.

BOARD OF APPEALPatrick J. Mulvehill, Chairman; Barbara A. Kinter, Philip W. Riley, John R. Perry,Harry T. Spence

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St. Jude’s NovenaMay the Sacred Heart of Jesusbe adored, glorified, loved andpreserved throughout theworld, now and forever. Sa-cred Heart of Jesus pray for us.St. Jude, worker of miracles,pray for us. St. Jude, helper ofthe hopeless, pray for us. Saythis prayer 9 times a day. Bythe 9th day your prayer will beanswered. It has never beenknown to fail. Publicationmust be promised. Thank youSt. Jude. My Prayers were an-swered.

In gratitude for helping me.—M.M.P.

PRAYER TOSAINT PEREGRINE

Patron Against Cancer

O God, who gave to St. Peregrine anAngel for his companion, the Motherof God for his Teacher, and Jesus asthe Physician of his malady, grant webeseech You through his merits thatwe may on earth intensely love ourHoly Angel, the blessed Virgin Mary,and our Saviour, and in Him blessthem forever. Grant that we mayreceive the favor which we nowpetition. We ask this through thesame Christ our Lord. Amen.

Say 7 Our Fathers, 7 Hail Marys and7 Glory be to the Fathers with theinvocation “St. Peregrine, pray forus.”

—M.M.P.

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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 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.

Grateful thanks. —J.R.G.

PRAYER TOSAINT PEREGRINE

Patron Against Cancer

O God, who gave to St. Peregrine anAngel for his companion, the Motherof God for his Teacher, and Jesus asthe Physician of his malady, grant webeseech You through his merits thatwe may on earth intensely love ourHoly Angel, the blessed Virgin Mary,and our Saviour, and in Him blessthem forever. Grant that we mayreceive the favor which we nowpetition. We ask this through thesame Christ our Lord. Amen.

Say 7 Our Fathers, 7 Hail Marys and7 Glory be to the Fathers with theinvocation “St. Peregrine, pray forus.”

—J.R.G.

COMEDY NIGHT TO BENEFITTHE CALLAHAN SCHOOL

Mike Hanley, James Dorsey,Jackie Smith and Dan Foley are ontap for the Second Annual CallahanComedy Night on Friday, Feb. 2 at7:30 p.m. at the Norwood Elks, 152Winslow Ave. Tickets are ONLY$10/person and include the show andlight snacks. Cash bar, 50/50 and “BigTicket” Raffle will also be available.For more info or to purchase ticketsplease contact Alyssa Ellis at 781-769-2921 or [email protected].

SPECIALREGISTRATION SESSION

The Board of Registrars wishesto inform the residents of the Townof Norwood that a special registra-tion session has been set for the March6, 2012 Presidential Primary Election.

An evening special registrationsession will be held at the MunicipalBuilding, Room 32, on Wednesday,Feb. 15, from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.this is the FINAL REGISTRATIONSESSION prior to the PresidentialPrimary Election.

Daily registration of voters willbe conducted at the Town Clerk’s of-fice, Monday through Friday from8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. A mail-in reg-istration form is now available atNorwood Morrill Memorial Libraryand the Norwood Post Office. Quali-fications to register to vote are thatthe applicants must be 18 years oldon or before election day and musteither be born in the United States orbe a Naturalized Citizen.

FREE CLASSICALMUSIC CONCERT

A classical music concert will takeplace in the sanctuary of the FirstCongregational Church in Norwoodat 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 3. Violinsoloist Gergana Haralampieva, ac-companied by Yoko Kida on piano,will perform works by Bach,Paganini, and Tschaichovsky. Theconcert is free and open to the public.The First Congregational Church, lo-cated on the corner of Walpole andWinter Streets, is handicapped acces-sible from the rear parking lot. For

more information, please call thechurch office at 781-762-3320.

DIVORCE RECOVERY GROUPBEGINS

The Divorce Recovery Group, aneight-week support group for sepa-rated or divorced people covering theemotional stages of divorce and of-fering healing and support, will beoffered at the First CongregationalChurch in Norwood beginning onTuesday, Feb. 7. The group will beled by a professional counselor spe-cializing in divorce issues, and par-ticipants are welcome regardless ofreligious affiliation. The First Congre-gational Church is located on the cor-ner of Route 1A and Winter Street.The series will meet on Tuesday eve-nings from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. and thecost is $90. Preregistration is re-quested. To register or for more in-formation on the series, please call thechurch office at 781-762-3320.

CHILDREN’S HOSPITALBLOOD DRIVE

Give Pints for Half-Pints! St.Timothy’s Church is hosting a BloodDrive on Sunday, Feb. 12, to benefitChildren’s Hospital Boston. TheChildren’s Hospital Bloodmobile willbe at the church parking lot from 8:30a.m. until 1:30 p.m. To schedule anappointment to donate: Log ontowww.halfpints.childrenshospital.org,sponsor code is STC NORW or callthe Parish Nurse Office at 781-769-2522, ext. 34. For specific questionsabout donating blood or eligibility,call the Blood Donor Center at 617-355-6677. Each donation can help upto four young patients!

COACH OPENINGS AND BABERUTH REGISTRATION

Babe Ruth coach openings forNorwood’s Babe Ruth League is pres-ently taking letters of interest for

coaching in both divisions. Pleasemail letter of interest to: Babe Ruth,120 Cottage St., Norwood, MA02062 by Feb. 16. Register for BabeRuth baseball, during school vacationweek, Tuesday, Feb. 21; WednesdayFeb. 22; and Thursday, Feb. 23 from7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at NorwoodCivic Center. Registration fee is $180and includes the $10 increase in townfield users fees.

HENRY O PEABODYSCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMANNOUNCED

The Henry O. Peabody Scholar-ship Program is accepting applica-tions, submitted by April 15 for the2012-2013 academic year. The pro-gram offers financial assistance of re-newable scholarships of $1,000 to$5,000 to women of Norfolk Countyon the basis of merit and financialneed. To be eligible women may begraduating high school seniors, cur-rently enrolled undergraduates, orthose seeking to return to school.Scholarships may be used for full- orpart-time study at any accredited toor four-year college or university aswell as vocational technical schools.For information and to download theapplication materials go to:www.sms.scholarshipamerica.org/peabody.

MONTHLY SUPPORT GROUPSFOR CAREGIVERS OF ELD-ERLY OR DISABLED

Norfolk Adult Day Health Cen-ter in Norwood offers a free monthlysupport group for caregivers whoseloved one is a senior or an adult witha disability. Meetings are open to thepublic and to caregivers of all ages.The Norfolk ADHC meetings are at595 Pleasant St., on the last Tuesdayof the month at 10:00 a.m. The nextmeeting is Tuesday, Feb. 28. For moreinformation about respite care or toRSVP, please call 781-769-4495. Theadult day health center’s programs arepart of the Community VNA ofAttleboro. The center offers a home-

like medical adult day health programwith health care supervision. Com-plex medical needs such as tube feed-ing, tracheotomy care, injections,medication management and incon-tinence are addressed by our nursingstaff. Nutritious meals and snacks,social and recreational activities andmany onsite convenience services areprovided. A physician’s order is re-quired for all of our participants. Con-tact the Support Group Facilitatorwith questions or to register at 781-769-4495.

ALZHEIMER’S CAREGIVERSUPPORT GROUP

Community VNA is pleased tohost a monthly support group de-signed for caregivers of persons withAlzheimer’s disease or relateddementias. The next meeting will beTuesday, Feb. 7, at the CommunityVNA, 10 Emory St., Attleboro. Themeetings are held on the first Tues-day of each month from 1:30-2:30p.m., directed by Joyce Colletto R.N.For additional information please callJoyce Colletto at 508-222-0118, ext.1374

A MORNING OF FUNFOR PRESCHOOLERS

The 12th Annual Early ChildhoodFair, sponsored by Coordinated Fam-ily & Community Engagement GrantMass. Department of Early Educationand Care, Norwood Public Schools,will be held on Saturday, Feb. 4. Therewill be Preschool Activities & Crafts,Jungle Jim - Balloon Sculptor, Burtthe Raccoon Puppet, Concert by RickGoldin, Crafts & Activities from10:00-11:00 a.m. Music with RickGoldin 11:00-11:45 a.m. Located atthe F.A. Cleveland ElementarySchool, 33 George F. Willett Parkway.All activities are free! There is NOpre-registration required for thisevent. If you have any questionsplease call Jeanne Morrison atNorwood Public Schools - 781-440-5983 or by email [email protected].

NORWOODMUSIC FUNDRAISER

The Norwood Parents Music As-sociation is hosting a fundraisingevent at the Norwood Elks club onFriday, Feb. 24 at 7:30 p.m. “Are you

smarter than your parents TriviaNight” with a twist, parents againststudents with a life line for an extradollar a question. Hosted by theNorwood PMA, at the Norwood Elks,152 Winslow Ave. Tickets: $10 forstudents, $20 for Parents. Please con-tact [email protected] withany questions. The Norwood PMAis a nonprofit organization support-ing the Norwood Music programsthrough fundraisers and other eventsin conjunction with the Director ofFine Arts, Catherine Connor-Moen.If you would like to learn more aboutthe Norwood PMA or the NorwoodMusic program, please visit them atwww.norwoodpma.org or http://www.norwood.k12.ma.us/subsite/nhs/page/fine-arts-department-997.

NRMC VALENTINE PARTYThe 10th annual Valentine’s Day

Dinner Dance happens to actually fallon Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14, the sec-ond Tuesday of the month. Those in-terested can call Joe Cattafe at 781-769-4995 or George Wallace at 781-326-9273. The cost is $30 per per-son and Feb. 7 is the deadline. A mini-mum of eight people is needed to re-serve a table.

NORWOOD LITTLELEAGUE REGISTRATION

Walk-in Registration dates havebeen set for Norwood Little League,beginning Saturday, Feb. 4, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 23, 5:30-8:00p.m. and Saturday March 3, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. All registrations will be held atthe Civic Center. On-line registrationis not available for players who arenew to Norwood Little League. Note:There will be an additional process-ing charge of approx $6.50 for 1player, $8.50 for 2 players and $10.00for 3 or more players. Due to the Townof Norwood increase in Field UserFee’s from $10.00 to $20.00 per childwe have been forced to raise the reg-istration fees to $185.00 from lastyear’s $175.00 for a single player.Discounts for multiple players remainthe same as prior years. A secondplayer receives a $75.00 discount. Athird player receives a $100.00 dis-count. There is a family cap of$380.00, so for any families with 4or more players you will not be askedto pay for more than 3 players.

SPRING TRAVELSOCCER REGISTRATION

The deadline to register for theSpring 2012 Intramural Program isFeb. 17. Please sign up early to en-sure a spot on a team, and to avoid alate fee. http://www.norwoodsoccer.com.

NORWOOD IRISHMUSIC CLUB DANCE

The Norwood Irish Music Clubinvites you to them, Saturday, Feb. 11from 8:00-11:30 p.m., with music ofErin’s Melody. Dances are held on thesecond and fourth Saturdays of eachmonth at Workman’s Hall, 99 Wil-son St. (off Rt. 1A), cost is $10 perperson, and all are welcome. Pleasecall 781-982-4092 for more informa-tion.

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BROADLEYRobert J., 92, of Norwood, Jan. 27.

World War II US Army, Air Force Vet-eran. Beloved husband of Margaret(Simons) Broadley. Devoted father ofSharon Broadley- Martin and her hus-band Robert of Holliston, the late DianeMaffeo and her husband Robert ofMarshfield and the late Carol Giordanoand her husband John of Norwood.Cherished grandfather of Robert Mar-tin and Margaret Martin. Son of the lateLeo and Elizabeth (Fair) Broadley. Fu-neral arrangements by the Kraw-Kornack Funeral Home 1248 Washing-ton St. Internment was at KnollwoodMemorial Park Canton.

CONLANSandra A. (Krum) of Norwood, on

Jan. 29. Beloved daughter of the lateFlorence E. (Swetka) Krum; belovedwife of Donald P. Conlan; lovingmother of Brian Conlan and his wifeKatherine of Dubai, Heather Lomartireand her husband Luke of Framingham,Michelle Oulette and her husbandBobby of Dedham, Stacey Crocco andher husband Toby of Hyde Park, NY,and Tina Drouin and her late husbandWilliam of Quincy; dear grandmotherof Jonathan Conlan of Portland, ME,Cassidy, Caden, and John; sister of thelate William Krum and John Dewar.

She is also survived by many nieces,nephews, grand nieces and grand neph-ews. Funeral arrangements will be heldon Thursday, February 2 at 9:00 a.m.from the Gillooly Funeral Home,Norwood, and at 10:00 am at St.Catherine of Siena Church, 547 Wash-ington St., Norwood. Interment will fol-low the Mass in Knollwood MemorialPark. The family will receive visitorson Wednesday, February 1 from 4-8 pmat the funeral home.

PAULDoris B. (Beecher), of Dedham,

formerly of Norwood, Jan. 23. Belovedwife of the late Robert Paul. Devotedmother of Jeffrey Paul & his wifePatricia of Ashland and the late HarveyPaul. Dear grandmother of Kathryn andJessica. Funeral arrangements under thedirection of Schlossberg-SolomonMemorial Chapel, 824 WashingtonStreet, Canton. Interment was at SharonMemorial Park. Remembrances in hermemory may be made to American RedCross, 180 Rustcraft Rd., #115,Dedham, MA 02026-4594

PERRYVirginia A. (Joseph), 65, of

Walpole, formerly of Norwood Jan. 24.Devoted daughter of Mildred H.(Brierley) Joseph of Centerville and thelate Nicholas Joseph. Beloved compan-ion of Bernard F. Doris of Walpole.Loving mother of Lisa A. Faford ofWalpole. Sister of Diane M. and herhusband Daniel J. Foley of Walpole,the late Paul M. Joseph, and the latePhilip N. Joseph. Also survived by 2nieces, a nephew, 3 grand nieces and 2grand nephews. Funeral arrangementsby James H. Delaney & Son FuneralHome, 48 Common St., Walpole. In-terment was in Gethsemane Cemetery,West Roxbury. Donations may be madeto: American Cancer Association, 30Speen Street, Framingham, MA 01701.

RILEYWilliam J. Jr., of Norwood, Jan. 22.

Late graduate Providence College,Class of 1940. Late World War II NavyVeteran. In support of his communityMr. Riley has been an elected memberof the Norwood Town meeting since1963.Devoted husband of the late

Katherine (Goodwin) Riley. Lovingfather of William Riley and his wifeMaryellen of Westwood, KatherineAnn Reynolds and her husband Johnof South Hadley, Thomas Riley and hiswife Doreen of Walpole, Gail Maloneyand her husband Daniel of Walpole.Dear brother of John Riley of Provi-dence and the late Catherine C.Hayhurst and Margaret Laffey. Alsosurvived by ten grandchildren, ninegreat grandchildren and many niecesand nephews. Funeral arrangements by

the Gillooly Funeral Home, 126Walpole St. Interment was in HighlandCemetery.

ROSSDouglas H. “Doug”, of Norwood,

Jan. 26. Late World War II Coast GuardVeteran. Active member of theNorwood Senior Center and lifetimemember of the Norwood Elks. Belovedhusband of the late Mary E. (Holleran)Ross. Loving father of Mary PatWestcott and her husband Peter ofChelmsford, Daniel R. Ross and hiswife Ellen J. of Wrentham, Dennis J.

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WORDS ANDPLACEMENTMISLEADING

To the Editor:The most important and

historical decision approvinga ‘modified request’ for as-phalt storage in Norwood ap-peared on page 3. What wasof more significant interest,‘Theater sign approved’ and‘Beautiful music fromchurch’? I understand thatwhat’s important to one per-son is not so much importantto another. Another recentfront page news item: ‘Dirtpile at high school irks neigh-bors’. That pile is comingdown! Take a ride alongPleasant Street and see thenew and beautiful and perma-nent asphalt storage tanks thathave now changed this neigh-borhood forever (and beauti-ful is meant to be sarcastic).

Another recent story:‘Norwood cancer rate amongwomen highest in state’. Hey!I know, let’s put an asphaltplant in Norwood. It can onlyhelp. After all, I’m sure the

hospital is dying for business.Norfolk Asphalt Company

Representative Tim Higginshas been quoted as saying “wewant to be good neighbors.”This is an outright lie. Goodneighbors don’t stick it to thecitizens for the sake of greed.In a quote from the BostonGlobe of November 4, 2007,Mr. Higgins said, “Norfolk As-phalt will be a mid-sized op-eration.” Another lie, since anincrease in asphalt storagefrom 24,000 to 64,000 gallonswas presented to the selectmensoon after issuance of permits.Only fear of losing re-electionstopped the Selectmen fromapproving this request, buteventually, in a closed meet-ing, they approved a modifiedrequest of 35,000 gallons.

I have to acknowledge thetown (ZBA - not Selectmen)did unanimously deny permitsfor this plant, but thanks toDedham Land Court JudgeCharles Trombly, Jr. and theMassachusetts Supreme Court,the town’s decision was over-turned.

As societies grow deca-dent, language grows deca-dent too. Words are used todisguise, not illuminate.Words are to confuse. “Bitu-minous cement - not as-phalt.” “We want to be goodneighbors” (but if you don’tlike what we do - move). Nomeans yes, small means big.You liberate a town by de-stroying it. Norwood willnever be the same, and likethe Obama bailouts, we willbe paying for this for a verylong time.

Thomas KelleyNorwood

Editor’s Note: Point ofinformation. Since Select-men meetings take place onTuesday evenings, right atour deadline, it is oftentimesnecessary to place the articleregarding the meeting onPage 3 for logistical reasons.Readers should not equatelocation with importance.Sometimes it is just some-thing we have to do.

Letters to the Editor


Police LogsTuesday, January 240432 initiated - Susp person *protective

custody. Location/address: Mobil Gas -Rte 1/Dean - Bos-Prov Hwy As a resultof speaking with a party at the Mobil,N669, N665 returned with 1 in protec-tive custody.

0611 phone - Complaint of m/v spoken to.Location/address: Norwood Hospital - EHoyle St. Caller reports erratic operation,silver Mitsubishi sedan. N667, N661,N665 responded vehicle located byN665, no violations observed, driverspoken to and sent on their way.

0948 phone - Motor vehicle accident *re-port filed. Location/address: Lenox StBridge - Lenox St Bridge hit, report filed.Csx notified.

1049 walk-in - Harassment no action re-quired. Location/address: Service King- Allen Rd. Complainant left as officerarrived.

1120 walk-in - Sex offenses assisted party.Location/address: Riverside CommunityCare - Pleasant St. Complainant reportsharassment.

1232 911 - Breaking and entering *reportfiled. Location/address: Neponset St.Caller reports that she thinks that some-one may have broken into her house, dueto the fact that her son stated that his tvis missing.

1241 phone - Susp activity services ren-dered. Location/address: Worcester Dr.Caller reports that a male party has beenin his car outside her house since 0730this morning.

1320 radio - Citizens complaint *reportfiled. Location/address: Hill St. Norwoodhousing notified for entry in to apt. Be-lieve subject to be home who needs tobe questioned. Not home. Report left onoriginal call.

1331 phone - Sex offenses *report filed.Location/address: Dean St. Female instation to report assault.

1415 phone - Larceny *report filed. Loca-tion/address: Ocean State Job Lot - Bos-Prov Hwy

1504 phone - Assist citizen spoken to. Lo-cation/address: Nahatan St. Resident ofWalpole looking for advice on section-ing her heroin addicted daughter. Advicegiven.

1557 walk-in - Lost and found services ren-dered. Location/address: Geraldine Dr.Wallet brought to station that was foundby walkers. 1700 hrs- per owner, boy-friend picked up same, nothing of mon-etary value in same.

1640 phone - Road hazard services ren-dered. Location/address: Certainteed -Pleasant St. Passing motorist reports thatlast night 1/23 while passing the detailgoing outbound, the flood light was inher eyes. Officer in charge of detail-nportable 448 notified.

1929 phone - Weapon *report filed. Loca-tion/address: Norwood Central MBTAStation - Broadway St. Caller reportedteen may have flashed a handgun. Offic-ers checked area. Party located by offic-ers, recovered pellet gun.

1954 initiated - Drug law violation *reportfiled. Location/address: Plympton Park- Lenox St. Officer recovered a smallamount of marajuana from party at aboveaddress.

2314 phone - Susp person gone on arrival.Location/address: Washington St. Callerreported woman threw rocks at the win-dow, possible intoxicated. No damage towindows occurred. Officers checkedarea, no one found,

Wednesday, January 250542 phone - Threats *report filed. Loca-

tion/address: Norwood Hospital - Wash-ington St. Security from Norwood Hos-pital calls about outside party makingthreats to patient and nurse. N661 is sentto investigate.

1003 phone - Vandalism services rendered.Location/address: Norwood Hospital -Washington St. Security concerned aboutmarkings left in a bathroon that may begang related. Officer reports someonescratched into the metal around the mir-ror not gang related. Security. Satisfiedwith a log entry.

1056 phone - Susp activity area searchnegative. Location/address: Nahatan St.Caller reports two males walking aroundthe lot and may be checking out m/v.

Subjects goa. Witness reports a blue puleft the area. MA 944zsf. Vehicles in thearea appear secure.

1147 walk-in - Lost and found *report filed.Location/address: Sturtevant Ave. Foundammo being turned in. Report filed.

1157 911 - Vandalism *report filed. Loca-tion/address: Guarino Pastry Shop -Washington St. Female tossing items intoa truck and may be causing damage. Of-ficer reports no damage.

1207 phone - Larceny services rendered.Location/address: Norwood High School- Nichols St. Cell phone stolen by a fel-low student. Officer Padden reports un-der investigation after speaking with aparent.

1452 phone - Well being chk gone on ar-rival. Location/address: Mylod St.Walpole PD reports a mv came downMylod St and almost hit 3 cars then wentover a curb. It is now on side of roadwith hazards on.

1701 911 - Breaking and entering *reportfiled. Location/address: Hoyle St. Callerreported past burglary into house. Offic-ers report one black/yellow BMX bikewith leopard print seat cushion taken, andmay be in the uptown area. Officerschecked area, questioned several juve-niles at the library.

1725 walk-in - Larceny *report filed. Lo-cation/address: Norwood Hospital -Washington St. Report items missing af-ter he was discharged.

1748 phone - Road hazard services ren-dered. Location/address: Certainteed -Pleasant St. Passing motorist travelingoutbound reports the flood light was inhis eyes. Officer in charge of detail-nportable 444 notified.

Thursday, January 260809 phone - Citizens complaint other. Lo-

cation/address: Norwood Police Dept. -Nahatan St. As a result of homeless cen-sus taken from 8pm last evening to 8amthis morning, there were no homelessfound overnight in Norwood.

0847 phone - Vandalism taken/referred toother. Location/address: Bridge - CedarSt. Graffiti sprayed under bridge. MBTAnotified of same.

0940 phone - Susp activity services ren-dered. Location/address: the MorseHouse - Washington St. Subject walkingaround the property. Officers report heis part of the group at the Morse House.

1050 phone - Fraud *report filed. Location/address: Shaws Supermarket - NahatanSt. Flim flam incident at Shaw’s and theyare out money. Report

1204 phone - Drug law violation *reportfiled. Location/address: Junior HighSouth (Coakley Middle School) - Wash-ington St. Drugs found at the school.

1250 phone - Harassment *report filed. Lo-cation/address: Certainteed - Pleasant St.Officer on strike detail will file a report.

1337 walk-in - Lost and found services ren-dered. Location/address: Plymouth Dr.Red wallet found in Norwood Gardens.$192.00 inside, misc credit cards. Prop-erty form filled out.

1355 phone - Missing person *report filed.Location/address: Railroad Ave. Missingperson. Leaps entered.

1932 phone - Animal complaint spoken to.Location/address: Walpole St. Caller re-quested to speak to a police officer abouta loose dog that chased his child. Officerspoke with reporting party. Neighbor’spuppy got loose, no aggressive behavioroccurred. All parties advised.

2142 phone - Harassment *report filed. Lo-cation/address: Respite - Beacon Ave.Caller reported harassing phone calls.

Friday, January 270110 911 - Kids gathering area search nega-

tive. Location/address: Bridge - Cedar St.Caller stated there were as bunch of kidsunder the bridge believed to be usingdrugs. N669, N677, N663 responded. Noone there upon officer’s arrival.

0918 phone - Drunk person *arrest(s)madeLocation/address: Johnson Ct Caller re-ports her husband is outside with a malewho is either drunk or been beat up. As aresult one under arrest for warrants. Ar-rest: Costello, Andrew A Address: 853Washington St Apt. #6 Norwood, maDob: 10/18/1986 Charges: warrant arrestWarrant arrest

1334 walk-in - Assist citizen spoken to Lo-cation/address: Enterprise Rent A Car -Bos-Prov Hwy Person in station to re-port enterprise is using his debit cardwithout authority. Advised of civil mat-ter. Officer did speak to enterprise.

1531 phone - Assist other agency assistedparty Location/address: Norwood HighSchool - Nichols St Staff member fromwayside youth and family of Framinghamreports juvenile female not at school forpick up. Subject was located by staff inNorwood and returned to the station andofficer Gamel confirmed .The girl mayhave just left school early and returned.

1804 phone - breaking and entering ser-vices rendered Location/address: Coven-try Ln Caller reports that she got homeand her slider door was open. N669 n679sent. Officers went through the homewith the resident. All in order. No B&E.

1807 phone - Breaking and entering ser-vices rendered Location/address: Coven-try Ln Duplicate entry.

1937 radio - Serve summons legal servicemade Location/address: Douglas AveN664 serving summons at residence.Summons was successfully served.

Saturday Jan. 280117 phone - Noise complaint spoken to

Location/address: Norwest Woods -Nahatan St Caller reports loud party be-hind her house in Norwest Woods. N664,n663 responded and located party. Spo-ken to and advised

0959 phone - Susp vehicle area searchnegative Location/address: MayflowerRd Report w/m, 30’s, dark hair, scruffbeard, dark glasses but not sunglasses,stickers on rear of car, took pictures ofthe home. N665 spoke to caller.

1014 phone - Alarm-burglar *report filedLocation/address: Elias - Beech St Frontdoor. N665 reports open front door.N665 reports Inside appears in order,officer able to secure door, note Left forhomeowner. Alarm co. Left messages forkeyholder.

1052 phone - well being chk area searchnegative Location/address: Rockhill StPassing pedestrian reports a h/f, 6-7yoa,blk curly hair, pink Outfit,boots,3legged dog, asking if she was inNorwood, appeared confused. N663checked area and surrounding Streets-goa.

1112 initiated - Vandalism Location/ad-dress: W.C.C. Thrift Shop - WashingtonSt N663 reports grafitti on side of build-ing.

1114 phone - Lost and found Location/ad-dress: Murphy Memorial Field - Pleas-ant St Park user finds a duffle bag, noone around.

1137 phone - Animal complaint other Lo-cation/address: Concord Ave Reportbarking dogs inside yard. N663 reportsno answer at door, no cars in driveway,mastercard number out of service.N.A.C.O-substitute to notify Naco.

1213 phone - Open door/gate services ren-dered Location/address: Chatham RdResident reports front door to home isopen. N665 reports inside appears in or-der, maybe deadbolt was not set and windblew open door, resident satisfied.

1359 911 - Motor vehicle accident servicesrendered Location/address: SunnysideRd Report car off driveway into back-yard. NFD sent. Center auto Called as acourtesy for car owner, private property.

1425 initiated - Susp person spoken to Lo-cation/address: Fire Road - Ellis AveN661 checks a subject in the area. N661reports checks ok, sent on his way.

1536 phone - Malicious damage *reportfiled Location/address: Pleasant Pl Re-port rear door to home damaged. OfficerLyden spoke to neighbors who saw thewind take the door off the hinges. Nomalicious damage.

2336 phone - Suicide / or threat *reportfiled Location/address: Norwood Hospi-tal - Washington St

Sunday Jan. 290034 911 - Domestic *arrest(s)made Lo-

cation/address: (S Sector) (cell: 165lenox) - Sumner St Caller reports he hada fight with his wife n679 and n666responded.n666 returning with one fe-male in custody Arrest: Lebrun, MarjorieAddress: 2 Sumner St Norwood Dob: 03/

01/1980 Charges: A&B with dangerousweapon

0319 911 - Noise complaint could not lo-cate Location/address: Charles St + Flo-rence Ave Caller reports car alarms go-ing off n666 responded. No noise located

1300 phone - Assist other police depart*arrest(s)made Location/address:Engamore Ln At the request of BostonPD, n664 places a subject under Arrestand transports to station to await pick-up by Boston. Arrest: Rose, HillaryDaniel Jr Address: 150 Engamore LnApt. #203 Norwood Dob: 02/16/1955Charges: courtesy booking

1436 phone - Drug law violation areasearch negative Location/address:Shattuck Park - Shattuck Pk Rd Report2 subjects met in park, hand to hand ex-change, both parties left. Bolo to cars forma pc 203sts and w/m, knit cap, blkjacket, grey, pants, walking black lab.

1444 phone - Larceny *report filed Loca-tion/address: Norwood Hospital - Wash-ington St Report missing cash from prop-erty.

1639 phone - Animal complaint gone onarrival Location/address: Everett StCaller reports there is a coyote runningaround. N667 n666 check area. Goa.

1805 phone - Serve warrant *report filedLocation/address: Dean St Caller reportsthere is a male on the property that mayhave been involved in a larceny earlierin the day. N669 n666 N668 respond.One male placed under arrest. See report.Arrest: Sampson, James R Address: 812Main St Walpole Dob: 08/05/1962Charges: warrant arrest

1900 phone - B & E of motor vehicle ser-vices rendered Location/address:Westview Dr Caller reports there arethree males entering cars. Males fled ina silver suv. Bolo given out on bapern 3.Spoke to “victim” there was no break.They were playing a joke. Bolo can-celled.

2112 phone - Shoplifting arrest(s)made Lo-cation/address: CVS Pharmacy -Nahatan St Lost prevention states thatthey have a shop lifter Arrest, report tofollow Arrest: Negussie, Mariam E Ad-dress: 512 Talbot Apt. #Ave DorchesterDob: 09/19/1988 Charges: shoplifting byconcealing mdse

2244 phone - Susp activity *report filed Lo-cation/address: CVS Pharmacy - NahatanSt Summons: Bisbee, Christopher W Ad-dress: 444 Neponset St Canton Dob: 10/07/1982 Charges: drug, obtain by fraud

Monday Jan. 300910 phone - Unwanted party services ren-

dered Location/address: Bezema BuickCorp - Bos-Prov Hwy Customer dispute.Officer spoke to person who left. Matterresoloved , customer left.

1430 phone - Road hazard services ren-dered Location/address: Railroad AveTraffic backing up. Officer Leear reportsschool exiting and NFD just in the areacausing the lights to slow.

1730 cellular - Assaults services renderedLocation/address: Washington St + EllisAve Caller reports she was assaulted bya friend. NFD sent. Bolo to cars. MBTA-bus notified to stop bus. Westwood lo-cates both parties in Westwood Norwoodunits sent to scene, bus released. N667f.i.o.’s subjects, caller/victim recantedher story.

1928 phone - Disturbance services ren-dered Location/address: Chapel St +Savin Ave Caller reports that there was afemale leaving the residence that said toher “he punched me in the nose, if hecomes out call the police” caller didn’tknow the exact address or the descrip-tion. Checked area. Could not locate.

1928 phone - Drunk person gone on arrivalLocation/address: Mcdonalds - Broad-way St Caller reports there is dk femalein the lot and a male approached her.

2000 phone - Drunk person Location/ad-dress: Ellis Ave Caller reports dk malelaying by the shed at the play ground.N663 n664 sent. N664 places one in pcand brings them home.

2358 phone - Susp person area search nega-tive Location/address: Larosa Landscap-ing - Pleasant St Off duty Boston po re-ports thin black male is jumping into traf-fic. N667 n679 sent.


Deaths continued from page 13Ross and his wife Marie of Wrentham,Douglas and his wife Veronica ofNorwood, Ellen E. Ross and herfiancé Mark Rano of Norwood,Noreen A. Smith and her husbandRick of Wrentham. Longtime com-panion of Kathryn “Kitty” Charron ofWalpole. Dear brother of Kenneth R.Ross of Norwood, Donald L. Ross ofOH, and the late David A. Ross andBetsy Bartemus. Also survived by sev-enteen grandchildren and many niecesand nephews. Funeral arrangementsby the Gillooly Funeral Home, 126Walpole St. Interment was in High-land Cemetery, Norwood. Donationsin memory of Doug may be made tothe Square Dance Foundation, 238Woburn St., Reading, MA 01867.

TOURIGNEYNicole R. (Shalbey), 39, formerly

of Norwood, on Jan. 28. Beloved wifeof Eric M. Tourigney. Devoted andloving mother of Matthew J. andMikayla R. Tourigney of Mansfield.Sister of John Shalbey Jr., Garrett G.Shalbey and Leah D. Shalbey all ofNorwood. Loving Daughter of Janet(Orlandi) Shalbey of Walpole, the lateJohn Shalbey and Stepmom Dianne(Elias) Shalbey of Norwood. Also sur-vived by many Aunts, Uncles cous-ins and friends. Funeral arrangementsby the Kraw-Kornack Funeral Home1248 Washington St. Norwood Thurs-day at 8am followed by a funeral massat 9am in St. Catherine of SienaChurch Norwood. Visiting hours willbe held on Wednesday from 4-8pm.Interment will be at Highland Cem-etery Norwood. In lieu of flowers do-nations may be made to the Nicole R.

Tourigney Benefit at theMansfield Bank, 80 North MaineStreet, Mansfield, MA 02048.

WALSHDavid W., of Norwood Jan.

22. Devoted son of the lateJeremiah and Katherine (Syron)Walsh. Loving brother of MaryKennedy and her husband Frankof Dracut, Sarah Nancy Mulkernof Norwood, Jeremiah JosephWalsh and his wife CatherineMary of Brockton, KatherineNeily and her husband George ofEast Wakefield, NH and PatriciaMancuso of Billerica. Also sur-vived by many nieces and neph-ews. Funeral arrangements by theGillooly Funeral Home, 126Walpole Street. Interment was inHighland Cemetery. Donations inmemory of David may be madeto The Alzheimer’s Association,311 Arsenal St., Watertown, MA02472

Condolences Exteded To:John Gregory, and Thomas

Gregory and his wife Marilyn, onthe loss of their sister, Carol A.(Gregory) Scotton, of Dedham,Jan. 27.

Kelly Hamwey and her hus-band, Steve, Jr., on the loss of herfather, Leo R. Jameson, of Everettand Hillsboro Beach, FL, Jan. 27.

Marion Connelly on the lossof her sister, Gertrude E. (Colwill)Wooding, of Norfolk, Jan. 24.

Matthew Kelly and his wifeKatherine on the loss of hismother, Annette (Leone) Kelly, ofNewton, Jan. 23.

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Registration has begun for theChildren’s Winter Story times at theMorrill Memorial Library. There areweekly storytimes for children agesinfant thru 5 years, as well as amonthly evening pajama storytime.Older children may join theScrabble Club, Origami Club, DuctTape Club, or the NYRA BookClub, or enjoy the Yoga Program orValentine’s Crafts and Cards. Lucythe R.E.A.D. Dog will be visiting,and we will be celebrating her birth-day. Stop by the library for more in-formation and to register for theseexciting programs. You may alsoview the programs online atnorwoodlibrary.org.

MONDAY NIGHTAT THE MOVIES

Tom Hanks is the featured ac-tor for our Monday Night at theMovies film series at the MorrillMemorial Library from Januarythrough April. The movies areshown on the first Monday of themonth and begin at 7 p.m. Our FilmFest includes, “Sleepless in Se-attle”, with Meg Ryan and RosieO’Donnell, which will be shown onMonday, Feb. 6, followed by“Forrest Gump”, with RobinWright, Gary Sinise and Sally Field,on Monday, March 5. “A League ofTheir Own”, with Geena Davis,Madonna and Garry Marshall, willwind up the series on Monday, April2. Please sign up for these free filmsat the library Reference or Informa-tion Desk or call. This film seriesis made possible through the gen-erosity of the Friends of the Library.Complimentary popcorn is pro-

vided by Regal Cinema,Bellingham.

GOT AN EREADER?THE LIBRARY CAN HELP

If your first question when youunwrapped your new eReader was“Can I borrow eBooks from the li-brary with this thing?” then read on.Bring your device to the MorrillMemorial Library on Wednesday,Feb. 8 at 7 p.m., and TechnologyLibrarian Brian Samek will intro-duce you to our eBook catalog, ex-plain eBook formats, show you howto reserve and check out eBooks,and answer questions about YOUReReader. Please sign up for this freeclass, and let us know whicheReader you are bringing, e.g. NookColor, Kindle Fire, Sony Reader,Android phone, etc., when you signup. To attend the class you must beable to log in to your MinutemanLibrary Network account at https://library.minlib.net/patroninfo. Aska librarian for help if you are un-able to log in.

YOUR HEALTH INSURANCEQUESTIONS ANSWERED

If you have questions about anyaspect of health insurance, come tothe Morrill Memorial Library onThursday, Feb. 9 at 7:30 p.m. for afree seminar conducted by KarenCandido. The following types of in-surance will be addressed in this in-formational seminar: Medicare,POS, PPO and HMO. Topics willinclude the appeals process, carve-outs, riders, filing claims/bills, and

coordination of benefits. KarenCandido has worked for a numberof different providers in the healthinsurance industry for over 10years. She currently handles bill-ing issues for doctors and workswith all types of insurance includ-ing Medicare, Medicaid, BCBS,United Healthcare, Cigna, Aetna,and others. Please sign up or callfor this program.

“QUEEN OF THE SUN”MOVIE SCREENING

The Morrill Memorial Libraryand the nonprofit organization To-gether Yes will holding a freescreening of the award-winningfilm Queen of the Sun: What are theBees Telling Us? on Monday, Feb.13 at 7 p.m. This engaging and up-lifting film provides an alternativelook at the global bee crisis andtakes us on a journey through thecatastrophic disappearance of beesand the mysterious world of thebeehive. It tells a dramatic story ofthe heartfelt struggles of beekeep-ers, scientists and philosophersfrom around the world, revealingboth the problems and the solutionsin renewing a culture in balancewith nature. Sign up for this 5-starfilm (according to Box OfficeMagazine), called “remarkable!” byRoger Ebert.

Whenever sign-up is requiredfor a program, please come to theInformation Desk or call 781-769-0200, x110 or x222. These are freeprograms and are funded by theFriends of the Library. The MorrillMemorial Library is accessible topeople with disabilities. For moreinformation, visit the librarywebsite at norwoodlibrary.org.

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Norwood RecordFREE...GLEE CLUB The Glee Club meets on Tuesday mornings at 11:15 a.m. HEARING TESTING Have your hearing tested by Dr. Mario’s office on Thursday, Feb. 9, 1:00 - 3:00