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No, this is not thestart of Forbes Hill

The Norwood Airport Commission isweighing what was presented during ashow cause hearing for misconduct andviolation of airport regulations by Bos-ton Executive Helicopters (BEH), witha decision anticipated at its Novembermeeting. The Commission will have todo so shorthanded, as at least two mem-bers have resigned since the hearing aswell.

The hearing was held to see if BEHconducted unauthorized operations, twocounts of misconduct and violation ofpreservation of property when membersof the company allegedly tipped over jer-sey barriers, spilling 330 gallons of a gly-col and water mixture onto the airporton Feb. 13.

The incident took place on theAirport’s Lot G, which is between spaceleased by Flight Level and BEH. Bothparties have disputed the rights to Lot G,which is leased by Flight Level, thoughBEH believes it has right to use the lot.The barriers were installed by FlightLevel after BEH had conducted some

work on the lot and plowing snow in frontof Flight Level’s fuel farm, which it usesto fuel its own aircraft and others on theairport.

The Norwood Airport Commission is pre-paring a decision after an Oct. 21 hearingregarding a spill of a glycol and water mix-ture on Feb. 13. Here, Boston ExecutiveHelicopters attorney Tim McCulloch ad-dresses the Commission.

PHOTO BY SAM NICKERSON

Contractors have begun clearing land on a plot of land off of Clapboardtree Street inpreparation of Benchmark's 90-unit assisted living facility for seniors.

PHOTO BY SAM NICKERSON

Standardized testing has become animportant benchmark for both studentsand school districts, and the NorwoodPublic Schools has begun reviewing sev-eral other test results since the MCASscores were released.

Assistant Superintendent Dr. AlecWyeth said that Norwood students hadbeen on a five-year trend for the criticalreading and math SAT exams. He saidthere is a 7 percent increase in the num-ber of test takers, with notable increasesin female, Asian and black students.

“One of our objectives in standard-ized testing is making sure students ofcolor have access to this testing,” Wyethsaid, noting the SAT is an important step-ping stone for college admissions.

Wyeth said he was a little disap-pointed with this past year’s results, say-ing there was an overall seven-point dropin critical reading from year to year anda 10-point drop in the math exam.

In the critical reading component, fe-males increased their performance by

eight points, while males decreased by20 points, Wyeth said, with both gendersdipping in math scores, which had a 497mean score overall - the lowest of thepast five years in Norwood. Accordingto Wyeth, this disparity between male andfemale scores follows the national trendbut is still a “big shift.”

According to Wyeth, the Norwood

The area bordered by Route 1A andClapboardtree Street continues tobustle with development as Bench-mark Senior Living prepares to con-struct its 90-unit living facility.

While Campanelli has begun leas-ing units at One Upland, its 262-unit40B project that granted the Town ofNorwood a two-year safe harbor sta-tus, Benchmark - which operates over50 assisted living facilities for seniors

in New England - has begun site workon the Norwood half of ClapboardtreeStreet, right across from XaverianBrothers High School.

Contrary to what some residentshave suggested, this project is not theForbes Hill 40B project brought by theMarcus Davis group and denied by theZoning Board of Appeals on thegrounds that Norwood has reached itslocal need for affordable housing. TheZoning Board said this was because

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Benchmark continued from page 1the Town of Norwood nowhad over 1.5 percent of itsland dedicated to affordablehousing.

“Any work on that streethas absolutely nothing to dowith Forbes Hill. Just non-sense,” Selectmen Bil lPlasko said. “Ownership ofthe street is share part way upfrom the intersection, then itbecomes all Westwood, sospecific location is impor-tant.”

Town Planner PaulHalkiotis said Benchmark’s8.3-acre assisted l ivingproject will likely take a yearto build, depending on thiswinter’s weather. The facil-ity will be around 79,000square feet and will feature29 special memory care units.The project will have 65parking spaces and projectsto generate around 292 newtrips, with a 2014 trafficstudy stating that it will nothave any major effect on thelevel of service at nearby in-tersections.

The plot consists of two

parcels, one undevelopedplot of land and another witha single family home cur-rently built. The PlanningBoard assigned several con-ditions of approval for theproject, including plans forelectric and broadband ser-vices approved by NorwoodLight Department, connect-ing to either Norwood orWestwood sewers, plans foran additional fire hydrant,good housekeeping of the siteand all appropriate approvalsfrom Town bodies, mainte-nance of plantings and veg-etation during and after con-struction, and that construc-tion must begin within 24months, among others. ThePlanning Board voted unani-mously to approve the siteplans in September 2014.

“The facility will provideaging seniors with a comfort-able place to live with profes-sional staff to help care fortheir daily needs,” the deci-sion read. “With the pro-jected increase of seniorsfrom the aging Baby Boomerpopulation, there will be anincreased demand in the fu-ture for this type of housing

and services.”Plasko said a major ob-

stacle for the project hadbeen access into the street forutility tie-ins, which were inWestwood’s control. He saidhe believed Westwood waslooking for Benchmark tohelp pay for sewer or waterline improvements, which thedevelopers balked at .

The uti l i ty issue -Westwood and Norwoodmeet i n t h e m i d d l e o fClapboardtree Street, butNorwood only has utilityt i e - i n s o n Wa s h i n g t o nStreet - resulting in meet-ings and correspondencebetween municipal leadersfrom both towns before be-c o m i n g r e s o l v e d .

“ B e n c h m a r k m a d epeace with Westwood sotheir project could go for-ward,” Plasko said.

The appeal period hav-ing passed, the PlanningBoard g ran ted f ina l ap -proval and signed the de-cision for the project onOct. 26. An ANR plan wasalso approved, moving thelot lines to create one joinedparcel instead of two.

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DPW building named after Carroll


Public Works SuperintendentMark Ryan announced the newDPW facility was fully completeand the staff had been working tomake the new space “their home”at Tuesday’s Board of Selectmenmeeting. Ryan said his departmentwas thankful for everything theyhad been given - though Select-man Helen Abdallah Donohuesaid they had “earned it” - and allwere excited to show off the newfacility during the open house andceremony on Nov. 1.

During Ryan’s report to theBoard, Selectman Bill Plaskonoted that the new DPW admin-istration building lacks a name andproposed dedicating it to the cur-rent Town Manager by calling itthe John J. Carroll AdministrationBuilding.

Plasko said Carroll has been astrong administrator in the Townof Norwood for 37 years and had“done so many fine things for thistown.” Plasko commendedCarroll for building a tremen-dously strong and respected ad-ministration team, which he saidwas a “sign of a true leader.”

Selectman Helen AbdallahDonohue said Carroll has been thethird Town Manager she’s knownin her lifetime and said that he hasdone a “wonderful job in theTown of Norwood” and the dedi-cation would be a great honor.

Chairman Paul Bishop said itwas fitting that a DPW adminis-tration building was being namedin Carroll’s honor, since Carrollhad previously worked as a DPWhead in Lexington and at the statelevel during Gov. Dukakis’ term.

According to the Selectmen,the decision had already beenmade and they had worked with

Steel Art on Dean Street to havethe letters fabricated, which willbe installed this week. This willbe the second facility named inCarroll’s honor, as a Massachu-setts Water Resource Authority -Carroll serves on the MWRA’sBoard of Directors - treatment fa-cility was also dedicatedin his name.

Carroll was visibly movedduring the announcement, andsaid he was “totally surprised” and“very humbled.” Plasko’s motionwas unanimously and emphati-cally approved.

Selectman Michael Lyons an-nounced that he would not beseeking reelection to the Board inApril after around 10 years of ser-vice, as he and his family wereconsidering moving out ofNorwood in the near future. TheBoard expressed their thanks toLyons for the work he had done,with Bishop saying he consideredLyons to be a mentor and a greatchairman. Donohue also com-mended Lyons for his job as chair-man. Plasko said he and Lyonshad become good friends overtheir time on the Board together.

In his report, Light Depart-ment Superintendent JamesCollins announced that the ArmyCorps of Engineers has issued apermit for the transmission linereplacement project and they hadreceived bids during the last week.

Collins said the bids rangedfrom $5.7 million to around $10million. The low bidder, Collinssaid, had a good reputation andsaid it appeared they could savearound $4 million from the origi-nal estimate. Collins said despitethis, there will be no change toconsumer costs because themoney was being borrowed andTown Meeting had authorizedborrowing “up to” the estimate.

The Town will also be reim-bursed, Collins and Carroll said,so it won’t “cost anything.”

When it was noted that TownCounsel Karis North was work-ing to fulfill Denis Drummey’spublic records request regardingthe 1.5 percent issue, Plasko clari-fied his remarks during the previ-ous meeting that he had seenseven or eight cases before theHousing Appeals Committee. Hesaid they were not all argued byattorney Dan Hill, who has beenrecommended to handleNorwood’s case by Drummey andother residents. Plasko said he didnot want to misrepresent this par-ticular attorney’s record.

The Selectmen also approveda common victualler’s license anda transfer of an All Alcoholic Bev-erages license for Olivio’s Grilleand Pizzeria, which will open at1210 Boston Providence High-way. The business owners, theUrios, have entered into a pur-chase and sale agreement withTuscany Pizzeria and Grille,which is closing, for the AABlicense.

The Urios, who haveNorwood roots, have operateda restaurant with the same namein Stoughton for several yearswithout alcohol service andmanager Kayla Urio has expe-rience with serving alcoholwhile working with the 99 Res-taurants. The restaurant willfeature extended hours fromThursday to Saturday, duringwhich time the restaurant willbe open until 1 a.m. The Uriosensured the Board they wouldbe working with the NorwoodPolice regarding training of staffand regulations regarding alco-hol sales and storage.

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Letters to the EditorMY RIGHT AS A RESIDENT

To the Editor:I must say that I was very flattered

to have had two selectmen at lastTuesday’s meeting chastise me overmy letter to the Board bemoaning thefact that such a poor effort was put inon the 1.5 percent Committee.Messer’s Plasko and Bishop werequite vocal in their disdain for myFreedom of Information Request asmy right through M.G.L. Chapter 66,Section 10 for all background, files,emails, and satellite data from Ad-vanced Geographics, etc. It is still dueon Oct. 28, 2015 per the Massachu-setts Attorney General’s Office. Yousee not much of anything has beendone and if someone understands whywe would want more 40B’s in thistown - please let us know.

The de minimis land area we mustreach is 1.5 percent of total town landdedicated to affordable housing. Ei-ther 1.51 percent or 1.54 percent is thenumber we have seen from our Assis-tant Engineer and Legal firm. Billysaid I did not know what I was talkingabout. For example, Karis North, is 0for 0 in these matters - not 0 for 2which I said. Great. However, she hasno experience at all in this kind ofcase. He also rolled out the drivelabout me being a show horse, not aworkhorse like himself. Workhorses,however, are not given the right tocontrol all matters involving this towneither. Last time I checked, we arestill a democracy.

Apparently, Bill forgot I was thefirst resume the BOS received - to jointhe 1.5 percent Committee. I am per-sona non grata because the BOS vio-lated its own policy of bringing in can-didates for interviews. I didn’t evenget a “thanks, but no thanks.” Onceagain, control. Secondly, he attacksthe credentials of Dan Hill and DickHeaton neither of whom I mention inmy letter to the Board. He claims I amdemeaning people when in fact he is.I simply pointed out that our group forlegal defense has zero experience infront of the Housing Appeals Commit-tee. We were also told repeatedly thatthey would do GIS satellite imagingto get a correct read on roadways andponds in the Fowl Meadow. Seemslike it was never done. Also, DaveHajjar, Chairman of the 1.5 percentCommittee was told by Billy hewouldn’t be needed in the defense. Isthis making sense? I had suggestionsas a public meeting attendee, whichDave thought were good, but theycame from the “Show Clydesdale.”Never acted on.

After that Chairman Bishop likensme to Nikita Khruschev pounding my

shoe on the table. I don’t know, Paul,this guy was known as the “Butcherof the Ukraine” because he liquidatedover 1 million Ukrainians. I don’t al-ways play nice in the sandbox, Paul,but this is a bit over the top.

I did the FOIA because I want tosee what went into the number. I knowI could add to. In fact, three of theCommittee members (outsiders - notTown Hall) also asked for, but havenot yet received the same details I amcurrently asking for. One lady hasmade five FOIA requests and receivednothing. Sound funny to you? Does ithave to be referred to the AG’s officeagain like Brian Hardiman’s?

Let’s go to the Sept. 3, 2013 min-utes (pages 6-7): Allan Howard:“Conor Kenney, who has been givingme information, but he at times gotconfused, so an outside agency thathas done this before is what we need.”

Chairman Plasko stated: “Then weneed to have the engineering depart-ment to figure this out and they maynot understand...we should look at thisin case we can use it but if Town Coun-sel or Engineering feel more is neces-sary, maybe they will advise.(Maybe?) Let’s try in-house reviewfirst.” Well, if you are comfortablewith the number, you have more faiththan I.

So we are teetering at the 1.5 per-cent and are very likely to lose theDavis case if one small thing is thrownout. There is an article on the upcom-ing TM Warrant specifically put on by139 citizens asking for an appropria-tion to hire expert counsel and con-sulting. It is lunacy not to do this.Three hundred (300) more units, inaddition to Campanelli’s abomination.Isn’t it enough already!

Further, gentlemen, please do notforget that you are elected officials forthe Town of Norwood. Using publicbroadcasting time to voice your nega-tive opinions of me only reflectspoorly on you and on our town. I havenot asked for any information that isnot my legal right to receive.

Denis Drummey, Sr.Norwood

SO, HOW DO WE WIN?To the Editor:I greatly appreciate our democratic

process. As a town meeting memberfor many years, I have publicly statedthat process is so important. Align-ing with that belief, I have often beenguided by the famous quote of culturalAmerican anthropologist, MargaretMead, who said, “Never doubt that asmall group of thoughtful, concernedcitizens can change the world. Indeed,it is the only thing that ever has.”

Over the past two years duringNorwood’s safe harbor period, a groupof very thoughtful and concerned citi-zens have been following town actionsand meetings to stay abreast of the af-fordable housing development situa-tion in Norwood. Despite the fact thatChapter 40B has been around since1969, Norwood leaders did not takecompliance seriously enough to meetthe regulations criteria. I do not knowthe reason for this - maybe the towndidn’t know how; maybe they madeone mistake after another; maybe theydidn’t want to; maybe important staffwere ill; maybe it was just plain oldpolitics...maybe, maybe, maybe...

However, it is the present situationthat must be dealt with. A group ofcommitted citizens, who truly love ourtown, school system and its people,gathered more than the 100 signaturesnecessary to place an article on thespecial town meeting warrant for theNov. 16 meeting which requests atleast $125,000 in funds for the pur-pose of hiring specialized experts whocan maximize our defense ofNorwood’s 1.5 percent position infront of the Housing Appeal Commit-tee.

With all respect to the Board of Se-lectmen, residents waited over 45years and the town was still not com-pliant with 40B. Residents ofNorwood have a perfect right to bedisappointed and frustrated with thedirection Norwood leadership hastaken us. As an elected Board, youshould be listening.

Fortunately, we are caring, hard-working people. Our compromise tothe town leaders is this: Do your joband fight the next 40B with all yourmight and we, in turn, will assist youby supporting the vote to obtain fundsto help the town win. It is that simple.If Norwood is going to try to win theircase, then you go in with all the ex-pertise that you can. Don’t tell meabout other towns that haven’t won.Tell me how WE can win! Each town’sdata is so different - mutually exclu-sive. Norwood will stand on its ownfacts...period!

Community at large - please helpus. Show your support for this articleby attending the special town meet-ing. Town meeting members pleasesupport the article when it comes tothe floor. Remember, a small group ofconcerned, committed citizens canchange the world - or at least a littlepiece of it here in Norwood.

Toni M. Eosco District 5 TownMeeting Representative

STOP DISMISSING CITIZENSTo the Editor:I’m astounded by the actions of our

Board of Selectmen these days. But,I’m not surprised. Let’s take creditfor the citizen’s 1.5 percent initiative,water down all their hard work as wetake credit for it, then blame them forall the mistakes we have made. Theproblems in town emanate from onesource. All fingers point to Town Hall.I’ve got some news for you BillPlasko, your neighbors at CrestwoodCircle are upset and angry with you,not me. I still knock on their doors.Have you ever done that? Your claims

that I have chosen to work against thetown leaders is absurd. In the earliestdays of the Plimpton 40R crisis, Ireached out to you and offered my helpas I asked for yours. On the third tele-phone call I made to you, you claimedI was “harassing you.” You were theChairman of the BOS at the time.Who would you have suggested Ishould approach? The point of thosephone calls was to get abutters equalairtime with the developers at the pro-ceedings. Your public statement mademany times was “it’s not us againstthem.” It has been nothing but thatfrom day one. Actions speak louderthan words. It is time to stop shed-ding those crocodile tears and do thejob people entrusted you to do. Asfor my efforts made, I received threatsof a letter of dis-invite from TownHall! Is that how to “work with citi-zens” of this town that offer to help?Can you explain why citizens are be-ing forced to file Freedom Of Infor-mation Act requests? There will bemore of those requests made beforethe smoke clears. That alone will clearup any “misinformation” going aroundtown. Having a truly open meetingformat at the BOS meetings wouldhelp things. The School Committeestarts each session with a public fo-rum. Why won’t our other boards dothat?

Each and every citizen’s effort tofight 40B and 40R housing has beendismissed and the underlying themehas been thanks, but no thanks. Evenwhen we simply suggest using expertsas every other community facing40B’s has. We have even providedthem to you at our expense and are stillmet with the same old rejections.Meanwhile, The BOS has just rolledout the red carpet to Avalon to wel-come a third 40B to Town! You rep-rimand citizens, and meet and greetwith 40B developers the next day.Wasn’t one 40B enough? You volun-teered that one to town. But I guess Igo too far to claim the BOS has “be-trayed this town.” The BOS is cul-pable for its decisions and actions. Soare the Town Manager, PlanningBoard, Town Planner, Town Engineerand Town Counsel. You have all in-sisted on having things go your way.You have ignored the people’s wishesand input. We are heading for a di-saster in town and in court. I will takeno solace in the fact that those men-tioned will be blamed and held respon-sible. The damage to our belovedNorwood will be done. Folks, I apolo-gize for all my shortcomings. I’m justone of those “nasty abutters” who hap-pens to love this town and caresenough to do something about it. ThisVermonter is still fighting for thistown. So are a lot of other good citi-zens in Norwood. Our Town is aboutto change if the powers that be havetheir way. There will be no goingback. We still have the only housingshortage we have ALWAYS had. Thatis the lack of affordable housing forseniors who have paid their dues herein town. Does Mr. Duffy’s 40R helpwith that? Who worked at the Hous-ing Authority for all those years Bill?

Kevin PentowskiNorwood

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The incident took place just be-fore 7 p.m. on Feb. 13, andFlight Level enacted itsstormwater control plan, whichrequired an environmentalcleanup.

According to a police reportfiled by Norwood Police officerJames Payne, the police werecontacted by Flight Level,which had video surveillance ofthe incident and believed it wasBEH president Chris Donovanand employee Robert Silva whotipped the barriers.

Norwood Police approachedBEH, and though Donovan wasnot present, Silva said he wasaware of a property dispute be-tween the two companies andallegedly said, “they don’t likeus.”

The video surveillanceshowed two individuals comingand going from the BEH han-gar to the barriers before thebarriers were tipped, but the dis-tance prevented police fromidentifying the individuals. Thevideo footage also shows ve-hicles allegedly belonging toboth Donovan and Silva comingand going around the time of the

incident. Airport Manager RussMaguire said of the 12 or sopeople with security access forBEH, Donovan and Silva ap-peared to be the only ones oper-ating their security cards at thattime.

A show cause hearing inDedham District Court did notissue a criminal complaint, andchairman Mark Ryan revealedduring the Oct. 21 hearing thatboth Donovan and Silva wereoffered clean slates if they keptout of trouble for three months.

Donovan was not in atten-dance at the hearing, thoughFlight Level Norwood PresidentPeter Eichleay did testify beforethe Commission.

Eichleay said the barriers hiscompany erected were along aleasehold boundary line con-firmed by a Norwood Engineer-ing survey. Flight Level reportedthe tipping incident viavoicemail on the night it oc-curred.

BEH was represented by at-torney Tim McCulloch, whosaid he did not feel the Commis-sion was an objective body inthe matter because it took a po-sition on the release of pollut-ants in its FAA Part 16 com-plaint answer as far as BEH wasconcerned. McCulloch said ithad “already prejudged this out-come” and suggested the Select-men take on the matter.

McCulloch also said thatFlight Level was in violation ofstate law because it had engagedin “self help to settle a propertydispute,” and the Commissionhad initially recommended theissue be taken up in court, notbefore the Commission.

McCulloch did not discussany motive or defense of the tip-ping, but called upon two expertwitnesses from FSL Associatesin Boston to discuss whether thespill required the $25,000 cleanup enacted by Flight Level.

Bruce Hoskins, a licensedsite professional from FSL As-sociates said glycol was notregulated by the MassachusettsDepartment of EnvironmentalProtection (DEP) and was notconsidered an environmentalpollutant by the US Environ-mental Protection Agency or theDEP. Maguire said the Airport’s

stormwater plans requiredcleanup because of the Airport’slocation in an environmentallysensitive area.

Commissioner PaulShaughnessy said he was notsure if the barriers were aviationapproved and if they had con-tained a pollutant, they shouldhave been labeled.

Sheehan was unsatisfied bythe expert testimony regardingthe contents of the spill.

“All of the rest is smoke andmirrors. This is an act ofvandalism...those are the ques-tions that I want answered,”Sheehan said.

“It appears to me that thiscommission wants to impose adeath penalty on BEH,”McCulloch said, noting thecompany’s removal would shutthem down and causing $8 mil-lion in losses from BEH’s newhangar construction alone.

The Commission deliberatedfor some time in executive ses-sion before determining that itwould extend BEH’s 2014 com-mercial permit one more time sothat it could operate until theCommission reaches a decisionon the matter on Nov. 19. TheCommission also requestedDonovan be present to discusshis 2016 permit application.

Following the hearing, bothPaul Shaughnessey and HylieHutchens announced their res-ignation from the Airport Com-mission. Both were appointed tothe Commission 18 months agowhen membership was ex-panded to nine members in or-der to resolve disputes at theAirport.

“When I told the Selectmen,I thanked them very much forthe opportunity to serve thepeople of Norwood for 18months,” Hutchens said. “I hopewhat I did was for the benefit ofthe town and for the airport.”

Hutchens said the hearingwas not necessarily the finalstraw, but he had done a cost-benefit analysis of his positionand found the costs were “toogreat.”

“I found it to be more con-tentious than I was comfortablewith,” Hutchens said.

Shaughnessy could not bereached for comment.


FinComm and Schools discussredistricting as part of budget


The Finance Commission hasbegun meeting with various de-partments in the Town ahead ofthe budget season in order to geta better idea of what the major is-sues will be. This month, theCommission met with membersof the School Committee and Su-perintendent James Hayden.

“It’s a daily challenge. Thegrind has begun and we can al-most predict what the budget bal-ancing process is going to be like,”Chairman Joe Greeley said. “Westill have great students who weneed to do right by.”

Greeley said the School De-partment had presented a basicbudget and spending summariesin the School District that showactual spending.

Hayden said one of the impor-tant components in Norwood wasmaking sure “the children had agood start in their elementaryyears,” when it came to moderat-ing class sizes and analyzing en-rollment. He said they did have toeliminate foreign language posi-tions in the high school, and themiddle school challenges resultedin a split seventh and eighth gradeteam, which caused problems forscheduling exploratory courses, aswell as class sizes.

As such, the Schools addedsome paraprofessionals withmoney from the state kindergar-ten grant, and added a .4 physicaleducation teacher, and a .6 EnglishLanguage learner instructor thatwould also be a .4 Spanish teacher.

Hayden said the kindergartenclasses were in the 21-studentrange, while grades one and twohad an average of 18 students perclass. In third grade, the number

jumped up to 30 students, whilefourth had 23 students per classand fifth had 21 students. Over-all, Hayden said comparisonswithin the DART group of simi-lar districts was still favorable.

The Finance Commissionthen asked about the possibility ofredistricting to edit class sizes.

“At the moment, we’re bal-anced in the various schools,”Hayden said. “What I’m watch-ing very carefully is UplandWoods, and if I’m going to havestudents from Upland Woods,what level do they come from,what need of service are they.”

Hayden said he was alsowatching the residential develop-ment going up at the end ofEndicott Street, which could af-fect Cleveland School popula-tions. The projections would endup being based on the price, thenumber of bedrooms in the units,and whether the location was con-sidered a kid-friendly place to be.He also said some families maynot end up choosing public schooleither.

Hayden referenced a proposalby the School Committee to haveTown Meeting fund a long-rangebuilding plan, which would lookat school populations and projec-tions and determine whether theneighborhood school model wasstill a good idea in Norwood orif they should go for magnet orregional schools.

Hayden said the Massachu-setts School Building Authoritywas unlikely to help fund a newschool with a population of lessthan 500, but could help with re-pairs for the district’s smaller el-ementary schools, some ofwhich are over 100 years old.Hayden said they could decideto opt for two to three elemen-

tary schools or develop a K-8building to avoid constant tran-sitions between schools. This iswhere redistricting would likelycome into play.

Commissioner JudyLangone said there was a lot ofcompetition for MSBA reim-bursements and Norwood hadalready received funding for theHigh School and the recentlycompleted boiler replacement atthe Callahan School, making thechances of getting more money“next to nil.”

“I don’t see us doing newbuildings, no matter what astudy says,” Langone said.

School Committee chairmanJim Gormley said buses wouldalso have to change if redistrict-ing occurred and they wouldhave to look at land for newschools and what the Town coulddo with the old sites.

“If the MSBA doesn’t partici-pate, I’m not sure we could af-ford building new schools with-out reimbursement,” Langonesaid.

Commissioner Alan Slateragreed.

“I think it’s a given. WithoutMSBA funding, we won’tparticipate...I think it’s a good ideato do a facilities study to see whatour needs are.”

Langone contested that it wasstill a risk because much of the studycould involve recommendations theTown might not be able to do any-thing with in the end.

Greeley said the Committee needsto be open to “thinking out of the box.”

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Test Scores continued from page 1

Public Schools results were be-low the Massachusetts publicschool average by 13 points incritical reading, 24 points inmath, and 11 points in writing.When compared with the na-tional results, Norwood studentswere five points above the aver-age in critical reading, and onepoint below in math.

Overall, Wyeth was pleasedto report that more students ofcolor are participating and do-ing better than their peers in pre-vious years, though fewer stu-dents overall were taking thenon-required SAT subject tests.The number was down to 17 stu-dents last year, which Wyethsaid was a 47 percent drop.

Wyeth cautioned that theSAT tests will be changing inMarch 2016, so he saidNorwood educators would becautious in their response to thislatest batch of results. The SATis similar to the PARCC andMCAS tests, Wyeth said, be-cause they are skill based andtargeted towards gauging col-lege and career readiness.

Wyeth said the ACT resultswere more encouraging, andshowed an 87 percent increasein the number of students tak-ing it, which is still a small popu-lation. Wyeth said that the num-ber jumped from 39 test takersto 73, but he was not sure howmany were also taking the SAT.

On the ACT English exam,Norwood showed a .8-point in-crease to 22.4 on a scale goingup to 36. Math saw a .1 bump to23.3, reading was increased by.7 to 23.6, and science saw thelargest jump of 1.2 to reach 23.3.

Wyeth said the ACT is “fun-

damentally more curriculumbased” and is more geared to-wards what the students arelearning in their high school cur-riculums, which could explainthe improving score inNorwood.

Wyeth said there was aneight-point difference betweenthe state and Norwood average,which was narrowed to onlyfour points this year for Englishcomposition, and a similar gapnarrowing occurred in the alge-bra portion. The gap narrowedfrom 16 points to five in socialscience, 14 to three points in bi-ology and the gap for all of theabove narrowed from 16 pointsto seven.

More Norwood students arealso taking Advanced Placement(AP) exams, which Wyeth saidwas a good sign. Overall,Norwood saw an increase of 9percent in test takers, with thenumber jumping up to 116 stu-dents, with increases in theAsian, Hispanic, and blackpopulations.

Students can take more thanone AP test as well, if they arein the AP level course for thatexam, and Wyeth said they had22 more tests taken overall. Stu-dents are eligible to receive col-lege credit if they score a 3, 4,or 5 on the AP exams, and 133tests scored in that bracket thispast year, though there was notmuch of a percent increase.

Females again increasedtheir performance, while malesshowed a decrease. Wyeth saidthere was also a shift in the num-ber of test takers for each sub-ject: biology decreased from 15takers to two, English languagecomposition decreased fromfive takers to none, calculus sawa dip from 34 to 30, statisticsdecreased from 13 to six andSpanish saw a drop of seven test

takers to none.Meanwhile, computer sci-

ence test takers jumped fromone to six, English literaturecomposition jumped from 16 to33 takers, US History test tak-ers jumped from 53 to 59, andphysics took a notable jumpfrom no test takers last year to24 this year.

Wyeth said 90 percent of tak-ers were scoring a 3 or above onthe literature test, 70 percentwere scoring similarly for USHistory, 71 percent were doingso for the calculus test, and psy-chology and statistics showed100 percent of takers scoring a3 or above.

Wyeth said the state wouldlikely be making a decisionaround the PARCC examinationin mid-November, with district-level scores being released in theearly part of the month. He alsosaid a “new wrench and twist”had been thrown in to the deci-sion between MCAS andPARCC, as some officials arelooking into creating a hybridtest tentatively called “MCAS2.0.”

Wyeth said this was mostlydue to political pressure not toadopt PARCC because the statemay want to remain autonomousand have latitude to change thetest how it sees fit. PARCC, inwhich Norwood students up toeighth grade participated, hasshown itself to be a more de-manding test, Wyeth said.

This was evidenced by alower overall percentage of profi-cient scores on PARCC than onMCAS. Wyeth said to anticipatelower scores for PARCC thanMCAS when the district results arereleased as well because it is anewer test.

“That’s the nature of the beast.I don’t think it means we’re doinganything horrible,” Wyeth said.


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Rose Campbell clears a ball out of the defensive end in Norwood's game vs. Natick last week. Along with BrynGarczynski, Campbell has given Head Coach Allison Doliner a pair of freshman revelations this season.

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Balanced attack propelsField Hockey over Natick

JakJakJakJakJake Lee Lee Lee Lee LevinvinvinvinvinStaff Reporter

Norwood earned its first win in two years last Friday afternoon in thrill-ing fashion over the Ursuline Academy Bears. Above, Megan Giambancostreaks past an Ursuline defender.

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Norwood Girls Soccer rallies past Ursuline 3-2 for first winJakJakJakJakJake Lee Lee Lee Lee LevinvinvinvinvinStaff Reporter

Norwood stormed out to anearly lead and never lookedback in a 3-2 win over theNatick RedHawks on Oct. 21.

With just two more regularseason contests before the tour-nament, the Mustangs got yetanother balanced attack on of-fense, with three goals fromthree different players. Thistime, it was Maura O’Neill,Valerie Quinlan and BrynGarczynski filling the stat sheetfor Norwood, with Beth Tobiogetting the win in goal on Se-nior Day for the Mustangs, thefinal regular season home gamefor some 13 seniors on thesquad.

“Senior Day is always in-tense and emotional and all thatfun stuff,” said Norwood headcoach Allison Doliner after thegame. “Thirteen seniors is a lotto recognize, and they all con-tributed to the win today, so thatwas awesome.”

Not even five minutes intothe game, the Mustangs wereup 2-0. O’Neill was on the re-ceiving end of a CaseyMacDonald pass down low at

1:12 to open the scoring, andthe fervent pace continued onQuinlan’s goal, off a rebound,at 4:38.

From there, Norwood tookits foot off the pedal on the of-fensive end, but continued toplay stout defense, limitingNatick to just two shots on goalfor the duration of the first half.One of the shots did beat Tobio,however, with just 1:06 remain-ing, and the RedHawks gaineda bit of momentum heading intothe break.

Doliner wasn’t concernedabout the lack of offense thefinal 25 minutes of the half, butdid wonder how her team couldmaintain that energy over a fullhalf, not just a fraction of it. Shealso stressed how great it washer team has the ability to get aquick first goal.

“They’ve done it, they’vefelt how good that is,” she saidof scoring early, noting thateven in the 4-1 loss to Needhamon Oct. 15, the Mustangsscored first for an early lead.“You’re seeing it more often,which is good. The more thatthey do that, and the more thatthey get confident that they cando it, the more they feel how

exciting it is...it’s not a bad timefor that to all start coming to-gether, right before the tourna-ment.

Garczynski added the insur-ance goal for Norwood at 21:11of the second half, a span ofnearly 47 minutes without scor-ing. It wound up being an im-portant goal for the Mustangs,as Natick tacked on anotherwith just 1:14 to go in the con-test.

“It’s just focus,” said

Doliner, not overreacting to al-lowing each RedHawk goalwithin the final 75 seconds ofeach half. “We had a lot of con-trol of that second half. Some-times, you’re in so much con-trol that the defense gets flat.That’s a mental piece that wejust have to keep going over andreiterating.”

Doliner also noted the con-tributions of several seniorswho got extended playing timevs. Natick.

“Lauren Gillis had a fewgreat stops when she went in atsweeper today; she played re-ally, really well in there. Samewith Katherine Kelley on de-fense,” she said.

Two more tune-ups remainfor Norwood before the play-offs start. At 12-3-1, they wouldappear to be in a good positionto host at least one tournament

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Fifteen games into the sea-son, the win column was barrenfor the Norwood girls soccerteam, showing no signs of ac-tivity.

That all changed for theMustangs with a 3-2 come-from-behind victory over theUrsuline Academy Bears inDedham on Oct. 23, the first winfor the program since 2013.

Kay Goncalves and CaitBrincklow were the goal scor-ers for Norwood, Goncalvesfinding the back of the net twice.Her second goal wound up be-ing the game-winner, leaving aeuphoric Jeb Brunt all kinds ofemotional in the postgame.

“It feels good to finally get a‘W,’ I’m so proud of them,” saidthe Mustangs’ head coach afterhis team overcame deficits ofboth 1-0 and 2-1 to upendUrsuline. “I can’t say I wasn’t alittle bit worried there, but athalftime we regrouped and saidif we come out and win the sec-ond half, we win the game. And

it was as simple as that.”Delia Bartucca got the win

in net for Norwood, coming upwith six saves over the contest.

The Bears, who played theMustangs to a scoreless drawback on Sept. 21, struck justthree minutes into the game,painting the picture of anotherlong afternoon for Norwood.

Instead, the Mustangs were

ignited by the goal, tighteningup possession and spending themajority of the next 20 minutesinside the Urusline end of thefield. They were rewarded fortheir efforts on Goncalves’ firsttally in the 21st minute, tying thegame at 1-1 apiece.

Not even a minute later, theBears re-took the lead, in themost gut-wrenching of ways

imaginable for Norwood: anown goal, off the leg of a de-fender in front of the net.

But again, rather than fallinto old habits, the Mustangs re-sponded with even more fire andaggression. Brincklow would tiethe game in the 25th minute, hergoal a result of determination.Ursuline’s goalie made the ini-tial save, but couldn’t corral therebound. Brincklow stayed withthe ball and kicked it loose fromthe scrum and into the back ofthe net, tying the game at 2-2.The score remained tied into thesecond half.

“We’ve been working atpractice so hard at connectingpasses, trying to make things bemore efficient and faster,” saidBrunt. “We match up wellagainst Ursuline.”

Norwood continued to con-trol the ball well into the secondhalf, its reward being the bulkof the scoring chances.Goncalves had the first greatchance for the lead in the 8thminute, while Samantha Sheasent a cross towards the middlein the 26th minute, keeping the

ball in the attacking end after theBears cleared it out of bounds.

Finally, in the 30th minute,Goncalves cashed in on theMustangs’ plethora of scoringchances to put her team on top,3-2. Goncalves carried the ballacross midfield, and sent the balltowards the middle on a cross.The ball deflected right back toher, and after she dribbled pasta few Ursuline defenders, got offthe shot which would lead toNorwood’s first win of the sea-son.

“We just felt like we couldwin this game,” said Brunt. TheMustangs secured three of a pos-sible four points from their twomeetings with the Bears this sea-son. “We played a tough firsthalf, we regrouped and came outon top in the second half.”

Shea and Goncalves did anoutstanding job bleeding theclock for the Mustangs in thewaning minutes of the secondhalf, trying to add on anothergoal, but it wound up not mat-

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game in the Division 1 South field; they played their firsttwo tournament games at home last year, taking care ofHopkinton and Mansfield at home before falling to OliverAmes on the road in the sectional semifinals.

The Mustangs were at Newton North on Tuesday, in anevent held after the Record’s deadline. Today, they’ll beseeking revenge on the Walpole Porkers, this time inWalpole, at 5 p.m. The Porkers got the best of the Mus-tangs earlier this season, 3-2, on Oct. 1 in Norwood.

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NHS Mustangs Football falls to Natick in nail biter 21-17

Norwood football had an epic second half comeback over the Natick Red Hawks last Saturday, only to falljust short in the end. Still, the Mustangs are postseason bound for the first time since 2002.

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Searching for its first winover Natick since 2011,Norwood came excruciatinglyclose to completing the task be-fore falling to the RedHawks,21-17.

The Mustangs overcame a14-0 halftime deficit to take a17-14 lead into the final minute,only to have the carpet pulledout from underneath them on aMalik Williams 1-yard touch-down run with 9 seconds left inthe fourth quarter.

“Natick, even in a down year,is a good team,” said Norwoodhead coach Jim Tighe after theloss. The RedHakws finishedthe regular season with a 3-4record, an identical mark to thatof the Mustangs. “They came toplay. They showed us nothingthat surprised us, it was just ex-ecution. Our kids have to cometo play. I think they did in thesecond half; the problem is,we’re in such a deep hole, it’stough to get out of.”

Norwood’s strong secondhalf showing ultimately wasn’tenough due to two major fac-tors: allowing Natick to convertall four of their fourth-downconversion attempts, and sevenpenalties totaling 85 yards.

The most damaging fourth-down the Mustangs allowed theRedHawks to convert on cameon Natick’s final possession.Facing a fourth-and-12 from theMustangs 42-yard line,RedHawks quarterback Chris-tian D’Antonio hooked up withPete Ryan for a 16-yard comple-

tion, keeping the drive alive andenabling Williams to pound theball into the end zone five playslater.

“We were in Cover 3, andthey found a soft spot in front,”explained Tighe of the fatefulplay. “We actually got there intime, it’s just we didn’t get ourhands in front and deflect theball. That was a good play. theymade a play when they needed

to.”Norwood kicked off to begin

the game, and had a promisingfirst series on the defensive sideof the ball. Steve Lussier andMike Flynn combined to sackD’Antonio on a third-and-7,forcing a RedHawks punt afterjust one first down.

The Mustangs would also

punt after one first down, giv-ing Natick the ball back at itsown 23.

This time around,Norwood’s defense wouldn’tfare as well. The RedHawksembarked on an 18-play, 77-yard drive which lasted 7 min-utes and 18 seconds, a Williams1-yard touchdown run the cap-per. Natick converted two fourthdowns on the drive, and were

also gifted a first down on a fieldgoal attempt thanks to an offsidepenalty against the Mustangs.The RedHawks accepted thepenalty despite the kick beinggood, resulting in a four-pointswing, which wound up beingthe difference in the game.

Williams carried the ball 21times for 63 yards to go along

with his two rushing touch-downs.

Things went from bad toworse for Norwood when theywent back on offense. Quarter-back Joe Leanos threw the firstof his two interceptions on thethird play of the drive, givingNatick the ball at the Mustangs14; 15 yards were added to theinterception return by JaredAbbruzzese thanks to a

facemask penalty on Norwood.Leanos finished 5-for-12 for

73 yards with a touchdown andtwo interceptions.

Natick would score twoplays after getting the ball backon a 5-yard touchdown run byAbbruzzese, giving theRedHawks a 14-0 lead with 8:10still to play in the second quar-

ter. The team’s traded field po-sition for the remainder of thehalf, neither team able to sustaina long drive.

But a different Mustangsteam emerged from the break.Receiving the ball to start thethird quarter, Norwood ran theball right down Natick’s throat,taking only seven plays to march77 yards to the end zone, the ex-clamation point being a JoeMazzotta 27-yard touchdownrun. Mazzotta finished with 18carries for 97 yards, 77 of thoseyards coming in the second half.

Tides continued to turn in fa-vor of the Mustangs, when aNatick drive ended abruptlywith a fumble recovered byReuel Toney. On the first playof the fourth quarter, Leanosfound Zac Pungitore in the backof the end zone from 28 yardsout, tying the game at 14-14apiece.

Pungitore has scored in sixof Norwood’s seven games thisseason, the lone blip coming ina 14-0 loss to Wellesley-whenno one scored.

Once again, the Mustangswould come up with a big playon defense. Adley Eugenepicked off D’Antonio on atipped ball, giving Norwood theball at its own 41 with 9:21 re-maining in the contest.D’Antonio was still very solidon Saturday, finishing 8-for-11for 116 yards and the one pick.

With 2:57 to go, after con-verting three third-down conver-sions on the drive, the Mustangslined up for a field goal attemptfrom the Natick 14-yard line.

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Football playoff bound after 13-year drought

Despite the 21-17 loss to theNatick RedHawks on Saturday,Norwood is off to the postseasonfor the first time since 2002.

Norwood (3-4) will be theNo. 8 seed and face a familiar foe,the No. 1 Milton Wildcats (7-0),on Friday night at 7 p.m. atMilton High School. It will be thefourth meeting between the twoteams in the last two seasons; theWildcats have won the first three,including a 26-14 win inNorwood on Oct. 9. Last year,Milton won 21-6 and again 10-7, the latter meeting coming inconsolation bracket play of theDivision 3 Southwest field.

While the Mustangs aren’triding a great deal of momentuminto the tournament, losers offour straight games following athree-game winning streak, headcoach Jim Tighe isn’t letting any-one feel sorry for themselves.

“It was one of the goals at thebeginning of the season to make

the tournament, and we made thetournament,” said Tighe. “Noone really asks you how, they justask you if you did.”

Norwood is heading to thetournament thanks in part tolosses by the Milford ScarletHawks and Medfield Warriorsover the weekend. Along with theBishop Feehan Shamrocks, theMustangs, Scarlet Hawks andWarriors all finished with identi-cal 3-4 records in the Div. 3Southwest field. By virtue ofhigher power ratings, BishopFeehan and Norwood edged outMilford and Medfield forpostseason berths; the Mustangsrating (10.14) just eking out theScarlet Hawks (10.00).

“Would we have preferred towin on Saturday and get in? Cer-tainly,” said Tighe. “But we’lltake it. We’re looking forward togoing over to Milton and play-ing them.”

Milton’s head coach, SteveDembowski, was also coach ofthe Swampscott Big Blue teamthat eliminated Norwood from

the postseason in ’02. It isDembowski’s first year coach-ing Milton, a team that won itsfirst Bay State Conference titlesince 1963 after a 14-7 win overthe Wellesley Raiders on Satur-day.

“We played them once [thisyear], we did some good things,we did some things poorly thatwe could improve on,” saidTighe, who enjoys the fact thatthe teams have already squaredoff three times in the past twoseasons, not to mentionoffseason competition in thesummer passing league. “Weknow them, and they know us.So the familiarity is somethingthe kids feel good about.”

The Mustangs have notbeaten the Wildcats since a 41-13 win on Nov. 5, 2011.

One motivation tactic Tigheseems to be employing is theunderdog card.

“It’s good to be in and beplaying a game that’s part ofthe tournament,” said Tighe.“I told the kids, if you win, it’s

a big upset, you can reallyturn the tables on the wholedivision.”

The rest of the Div. 3Southwest playoffs are asfollows:

No. 2 North AttleboroRed Rocketeers vs. No. 7Bishop Feehan;

No. 3 Duxbury Dragonsvs. No. 6 Hopkinton Hillers;

No. 4 Walpole Rebels vs.No. 5 Stoughton Black

Knights.Obviously a lot has to

happen, but the possibilityfor a Norwood vs. Walpoleplayoff game exists in Round2.

Milford, Medfield, theHingham Harbormen, NorthQuincy Red Raiders and OliverAmes Tigers are the non-play-off teams from Div. 3 South-west. Norwood defeated bothHingham and North Quincy inconsolation bracket play a yearago, but will not face them againthis year since they are not a partof the main tournament.




Jay Wladkowski, the lone freshman onNorwood’s roster, nailed the 31-yardfield goal try and put his team on top forthe time being, 17-14.

After Williams scored with 9 secondsleft to give the RedHawks the lead, theMustangs were unable to return the kick-off, thanks to a 15-yard roughing thekicker penalty. Kicking off from theNorwood 45-yard line, rather than theNatick 40, Matt Carey booted the ballthrough the back of the end zone, nulli-fying the chances of a miracle kick re-turn for the Mustangs.

Norwood would line up to run oneplay on offense from its own 20, with 4seconds left on the clock, and attempteda hook-and-ladder play, similar to the onethey ran against Milton earlier in the sea-son. That play worked for a 45-yard gain,but this one ended with a fumble, recov-ered by Mazzotta as time expired.

The Mustangs ended the regular sea-son with four consecutive losses afteropening the season with three consecu-tive wins.

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tering as time expired and Norwoodavoided what could have been its sec-ond-straight winless campaign.

The Mustangs had two fewer goalson Friday (3) than they’d managed overthe previous 15 games (5).

With just two games left this season,Brunt hopes the win leaves a mark onthe younger players, and can perhaps bea turning point for the program. The girlstraveled to Newton North on Tuesday,in a game held after the Record’s dead-line, and close out the season today atWalpole at 3:45 p.m.

“I think this team can win games inthe Bay State [Conference],” said Brunt.“They just needed a little confidence, andit starts with today.”

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Volleyball looks past losswith playoffs ahead

With a playoff spot sewn up,Norwood volleyball coach PaulNimblett is less concerned withwins and losses, and more con-cerned about his team’s trajec-tory.

Facing a mammoth of achallenge in the Brockton Box-ers on Monday, the Mustangsfell in straight sets, 25-15, 25-7, 25-7. The first set was tied at13-13 apiece before Brocktonwent on a 12-2 run, foreshad-owing the rest of the match.

Nimblett isn’t worried aboutthe loss to Brockton though, orabout matches coming upagainst other powerhouses,such as the Newton North Ti-gers or Walpole Rebels.

“Every time we play a team

like a Brockton, or a Wellesley,or a Natick, we’re just gettingbetter for the tournament,” saidNimblett, whose squad has al-ready qualified for the Division2 South tournament despite anoverall record of 5-12. Per theSullivan Rule, since Norwoodhas already clinched a record of.500 or better against competitionof the same level (meaning a win-ning record vs. Div. 2 or 3 teams),they are safely into the playofffield. “I use every game as abuilding block to get better forthe tournament. And when weplay these [Division 1] schools,who are good, we’re getting bet-ter.”

Monday’s match was alsoSenior Day for the Mustangs,who were playing in their finalhome match of the season.

“It was about the seniors to-

Despite its losing record overall, the Mustangs girls volleyball team is assured a postseason berth for thesecond year in a row thanks to its winning record over Division 2 and 3 schools. Above, some Norwoodplayers bond together to talk strategy in a match vs. the Brockton Boxers. Brockton took the match homein straight sets, 3-0, after the Mustangs hung tough early.

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night, I played all the seniorsmost of the night. We’re celebrat-ing the seniors and their accomplish-ments, their last home game. Andnow it’s time to focus on the rest of

the season,” said Nimblett.Norwood traveled to Newton

North on Tuesday, in an event heldafter the Record’s deadline. They’reat Walpole today at 5 p.m., and have

their regular season finale onMonday night at the SharonEagles, at 6 p.m. The Mustangsbeat the Eagles, 3-1, earlier thisseason at home on Oct. 9.

DEATHSCONNELLY

Carl J., 86, of Norwood, on Oct 18. Belovedhusband of the late Marion E. (Colwill) Connelly.Devoted father of Deborah R. Doran of Norwood,Carl J. Connelly Jr. of W. Dennis, Mark D.Connelly of Norwood, Tracy A. Connelly ofMansfield and Paul J. Connelly and his wife Karenof Norwood. Brother of Claire, Frank, Walterand Lillian. Cherished grandfather of ErikaCharlton and her husband Andy, Ryan Connellyand Jared Connelly. Son of the late Maurice andLillian (Cordis) Connelly. Carl was a retired busdriver for Connolly Bus Co. in Walpole. He wasalso a member of the Norwood Italian AmericanBowling League and the 50s-Plus BowlingLeague. Carl also enjoyed reading. Funeral ar-rangements by the Kraw-Kornack Funeral Home1248 Washington St., Norwood. Burial will beat Highland Cemetery Norwood. In lieu of flow-ers donations may be made in his name to theAmerican Cancer Society 30 Speen St.,Framingham, MA 01701.

LINEHANRhoda A. (Leonard) “Nicky,” 87, formerly

of Norwood, on Oct. 21. Beloved daughter ofthe late Charles and Bertha Leonard. Belovedwife of the late Edmund G. Linehan. Devotedmother of Mark Linehan and his wife Janet ofCotuit, and Margaret Szostak and her husbandFred of Carver. Loving grandmother ofKatharine, Daniel, and Edmund Linehan, andJulianne and Jenna Szostak. Sister of the lateJohn and Bradford Leonard. Late retired teacher,Norwood Schools. Funeral arrangements by theGillooly Funeral Home, Norwood. Expressionsof sympathy in her memory may be made to St.Catherine of Siena Church, 547 Washington St.,Norwood, MA 02062.

NORTONDavid J., 65, of Norwood, on Oct. 19. Be-

loved husband of Mary S. (Tressel) Norton. De-voted father of Timothy D. Norton of Norwood.Brother of Arthur D. Norton and his wife Marieof Connecticut, Marguerite “Marge” Walentenof Norwood and the late Thomas J. Norton.Brother in Law of Janice Norton of Norton andLinda Iannaco of Quincy. Loving Uncle of Chris-topher Walenten and his wife Nancy of Norwood.Great Uncle of John and Tommy Walenten. Sonof the late Thomas M. and Margaret D. (Duggan)Norton. David was a retired Physical Plant Di-rector for WGBH Television Station in Brightonworking there for over 35 years. He also was thePresident and member of the Board of Directorsfor the Charles River Community Health Cen-ter. Funeral arrangements by the Kraw-KornackFuneral Home 1248 Washington St., Norwood.Burial will be at Highland Cemetery, Norwood.In lieu of flowers donations may be made in hisname to the American Diabetes Assoc. 10 SpeenSt., Framingham, MA 01701.

O’CONNORCecilia V. (Doherty), 97, of Norwood on Oct.

22. Beloved Daughter of the late George and Ellen(Gallagher) Doherty. Beloved wife of the late Jo-seph P. O’Connor, Sr. Devoted mother of Marga-ret M. O’Connor of Canton, Daniel J. O’Connorof Norwood, and Joseph P. O’Connor, Jr. and hiswife Jean of Norwood. Loving grandmother ofCasey R. O’Connor, Kelley M. Dacey and herhusband John, and Joseph P. O’Connor III. Ceciliawas pre-deceased by her 10 siblings, and is sur-vived by many nieces and nephews. Funeral ar-rangements by Gillooly Funeral Home,NORWOOD. Late retired payroll coordinator,M.I.T. Expressions of sympathy in her memorymay be made to St. Catherine of Siena School,249 Nahatan St., Norwood, MA 02062 or visitwww.scsnorwood.com.

PAULINIJoseph J., 90, of Norwood, on Oct. 17, 2015.

United States Marine Corps World War II Vet-eran. Beloved husband of the late Gwen Eileen(Collins) Paulini. Devoted father of Suzanne Contiand her husband Rick of Medford, Joseph W.Paulini and his wife Kathy of Virginia, William T.Paulini of Texas and Beth Shilo and her husbandStephen of Norwood. Cherished grandfather ofBeth, Richie, Melissa, Bobby, Olivia, Patrick,Courtney and the late Jennifer. Great-grandfatherof Kasie, Holly, Brien, Averie, Sydney and Riley.Son of the late Giuseppe and Rosina (Stella)Paulini. Visiting Funeral arrangements by theKraw-Kornack Funeral Home, 1248 WashingtonSt., Norwood. A graveside service with militaryhonors will be held at the Mass National Cem-etery Bourne, MA. In lieu of flowers donationsmay be made in his name to a charity of yourchoice.

PECHULISLouis Thomas “Tom,” 88, of Norwood, on

Oct. 17. U.S. Navy Veteran. Beloved husband ofMary K. (Maloney) Pechulis of Norwood and hislate first wife Mary (Devlin) Pechulis. Brother ofFrancis Pechulis of Whittensville and the lateKatherine Pechulis, Elizabeth Kelleher and Bar-bara Becher. Also survived by many nieces andnephews. Son of the late Louis T. and Miriam(Gilchrest) Pechulis. Funeral arrangements by theKraw-Kornack Funeral Home, 1248 WashingtonSt., Norwood. Burial will be in Leominster fol-lowing the funeral mass.

STRACQUALURSIMario R., 94, former longtime resident of

Norwood and Hyde Park, on Oct. 19. World WarII ARMY Vet. Beloved son of the late Antonioand Elizabeth (Federici) Stracqualursi. Belovedhusband of the late Jennie (Bonanno) Stracqualursi.Devoted father of Dr. Roy J. Stracqualursi and hiswife Marygrace of Norwood, Richard G.Stracqualursi and his wife Frances of Rapid City,

S.D., and Donna Fletcher and her husband Jamesof Darien, Conn. Also survived by seven grand-children and five great-grandchildren. Dearfriend of Mary Negrini of Hyde Park. Fu-neral arrangements by the Gillooly FuneralHome, Norwood. Interment, Fairview Cem-etery, Hyde Park. Late retired Appeals Hear-ings Officer, Comm. of Mass. Late memberof Hi-Flyers Club of Hyde Park, life memberof DAV, K of C 3049, West Roxbury, andwas an avid competitive bridge player. Ex-pressions of sympathy in Mario’s memorymay be made to Disabled American Veter-ans, P.O. Box 14301, Cincinnati, OH 45250or visit www.dav.org.

TETARonald S. of Norwood, Oct. 21. Beloved

husband of Annmarie Condon Teta. Son ofthe late Antonio and Catherine Teta. Brotherof Janet Pray of Dedham, Virginia Teta ofWest Springfield, and Christopher Teta andhis wife Deborah of Upton. Brother-in-lawof Judith Condon and family of Quincy andDan Condon of Hudson, N.H. Godfather ofVictoria Pray of Carlisle. Uncle of Keith andAlison Pray, Bonnie and James Welch, Ber-nard Jordan, Joseph Jordan, Kaitlyn (Katie)Teta, and Chelsea Teta. Great-uncle ofAlexander, Nicholas, Charlotte, Julia, andVictoria. Nephew of Donna Mullen ofMethuen. Ron was a square dancer with theGreat Plain Squares in Needham and the Do-Si-Doers of Walpole. Former Employee ofRudy’s Gulf of Dedham and AIM Perfectionof Dedham. Funeral arrangements by theGeorge F. Doherty & Sons Wilson-Cannon Fu-neral Home, 456 High St., Dedham. Interment inGlenwood Cemetery, Everett. In lieu of flowersdonations may be made in Ron’s memory to theDana Farber Cancer Institute, P.O. Box 849168,Boston, MA 02284 or www.jimmyfund.org/gift.

VACCAROMildred P. (Polvere), 94, formerly of

Norwood, on Oct. 24. Devoted mother of RobertM. Vaccaro of Plainville and Linda C. Coletti ofWalpole. Cherished grandmother of DavidVaccaro of Plainville. Great-grandmother ofSheridan and Joseph Vaccaro. Sister of the lateJosephine Mercuri, Michael Polvere, GraceCarpeno and Mary Abbott. Former wife ofDomenic A. Vaccaro of Brockton. Mildred was a1963 graduate of the Henry O. Peabody School inNorwood. She was a retired Licensed PracticalNurse for Norwood Hospital, working there forover 20 years. Funeral arrangements by the Kraw-Kornack Funeral Home, 1248 Washington St.,Norwood. Burial will be at Knollwood MemorialPark Canton. In lieu of flowers, donations may bemade, in her name, to the The ALS Association,Massachusetts Chapter, 315 Norwood Park South,1st Floor, Norwood, MA 02062.



The Record Book

LegalsPublic Hearing Notice

Norwood Planning Board

Pursuant to Mass. General Law 40A, Section 9 and Sections 6.2.16(3), 6.2.21 and10.5 of the Norwood Zoning Bylaws, the Norwood Planning Board will hold a PublicHearing on Monday, November 9, 2015 at 7:30 PM in Room 12, Town Hall, 566Washington Street concerning the Special Permit and Site Plan Approval requests fora free standing sign. Sign will be mounted to the existing freestanding pole at 668-672 Washington Street (map 1, sheet 6, lot 4). The applicant is True Value Norwood,668-672 Washington Street, Norwood, MA 02062. Plans of the new signage are onfile in the Office of the Community Planning and Economic Development at the TownHall and may be reviewed during normal business hours.

Paul J. Donohue, Clerk Norwood Record, 10/22/15, 10/29/15

TOWN OF NOORWOODZONING 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 November17, 2015 at 7:15 PM on the request of Karen and Robert Barron (Case #15-25) withrespect to property located on 55 Margaret Street, in a G-General ResidentialDistrict.

The application requests: This Application requested a SPECIAL PERMIT underSection 5.4.4 of the Zoning Bylaw to allow a single story 12'-8" x 18'-0" addition to apre-existing nonconforming single family home, having 10,528 sq. ft. of lot area, andany additional relief deemed necessary by the Board.

Plans are on file with this application in the office of the Zoning Board of Appeal andmay be viewed during normal working hours, Monday – Thursday, 8:00 am – 4:00pm.

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

Norwood Record, 10/29/15, 11/5/15

BEREAVEMENTSUPPORT GROUPS

Bereavement Support Groupsat Dedham Medical AssociatesPediatric Group Room, third Floor1177 Providence HighwayNorwood. Loss of a Loved Onefrom 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Drop-in sessions on Wednesdays throughNov. 11. Coping with Loss Duringthe Holidays 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.Nov. 18 and Dec. 16. This groupis open to adults who have suffereda loss of a loved one due to death.For more information and to reg-ister for this free group, contactDoreen Moscaritolo [email protected] or 781-569-2836

TRIVIA CONTESTAND SILENT AUCTION

On Nov. 6 from 6:30 to 10:30p.m. at the Norwood Elks, the ElksVeterans Club will be hosting agame night and silent auction. Allthe funds raised will go to finan-cial support for the Veterans inneed, Christmas care packages forcurrently deployed military, and aLuncheon for hospitalized Veter-ans on Nov. 8. Please contact FrankFoley, Elks Veterans Chairman,585-733-1514.

NORWOOD HIGH SCHOOLART EXIBITION

On Nov. 7 and 8 from 1 to3p.m., Norwood High School’sstudents will hold a special exhi-bition of their work at the F. Hol-land Day House, 93 Day St.,Norwood.

To create the artwork for thisexhibition, High School Art andPhotography students visited theDay House for a tour of the man-sion and to learn about F. HollandDay and his significance as a pio-neer in American Fine Art Photog-raphy. Students then create theirown artwork inspired by one of thethree primary themes of Day’swork (Portraits, Allegory, and His-torical sites) or the mansion itself.Using varying media and styles,each piece of student artwork willbe a distinctive interpretation ofthese themes.

THE NATIONAL ALLIANCEFOR THE MENTALLY ILLMEETING

On Nov. 5 at 7 p.m., the Na-tional Alliance for the MentallyIll—South Norfolk affiliate willhold its monthly meeting in Caf-eteria B of the Lorusso Building atNorwood Hospital. The NorwoodChief of Police, William Brooks,a long-time friend of our Alliance,will address the group on policeinvolvement with our loved onesand their families. Questions arewelcome. We welcome all familiesin the South Norfolk Area who aredealing with mental illness andtheir loved ones. For further infor-mation call Ray at 508-668-2941.

PATRIOTIC ROSARY Come pray the beautiful Pa-

triotic Rosary on Tuesday, Nov. 10at noon at St. Catherine of SienaChurch, 547 Washington St.,Norwood. Please join us as wepray for our Veterans and ourCountry. It is a rare opportunity tofoster love of God and Country aswe sing all of our patriotic songs.For information, call Rita Russo,781-762-4391 or [email protected]

THE CATMOBILEThe Catmobile, which offers

low cost spay/neuter for cats only,is coming to Petco located at 1210Providence Highway in Norwoodon Nov. 18 The Merrimack RiverFeline Rescue Society operatesThe Catmobile which is staffed bya licensed veterinarian and oneveterinary technician. The packageconsists of spay/neuter, rabies vac-cinations, exam, nail trim, andtreatment for fleas and ear mites.Individually packaged take-homeflea treatment is available for $15per dose. The neuter package formale cats costs $80 and a femalespay is $120. Ferals are $35 andwill be ear-tipped. Reservationsare required and can be madeonline at www.catmobile.org or bycalling 978-465-1940.

THE NORWOODWOMAN’S CLUB

On Tuesday Nov. 10 at 12:30p.m. the Norwood Woman’s Clubwill hold its next meeting atEmmanuel Lutheran Church Hall,24 Berwick St. Bob Jackson willentertain us with a talk about Presi-dential First Ladies and will testour knowledge of Presidents. Anyquestions call Trina Mallet at 781-762-8173.

NORWOOD COMMUNITYBLOOD DRIVE

On Saturday Nov. 28, The RedCross will hold its Norwood Com-munity Blood Drive, sponsored bythe Norwood Masons. Presentingdonors may come to the NorwoodMasonic Building at 76 Day St. inNorwood from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.Presenting donors will be offereda free breakfast. Walk-ins are wel-come and appointments are en-couraged. To make an appoint-ment, simply call 1-800-REDCROSS www.redcrossblood.orgto register. A blood donor card ordriver’s license, or two other formsof identification are required atcheck-in. Individuals who are 17years of age (16 with parental per-mission in some states), weigh atleast 110 pounds and are in gener-ally good health may be eligible todonate blood. High school studentsand other donors 18 years of ageand younger also have to meet cer-tain additional height and weightrequirements.

WILLETT EARLYCHILDHOOD CENTERINTEGRATEDPRESCHOOL PROGRAM

On Friday, Nov. 13 from 12:30to 2:30 p.m. Willet Early Child-hood Education will be hostingtheir Open House Registration. Alottery will be conducted from thepool of applicants, for availableclassroom openings. A representa-tive from the Willett PTO will actas observer. Application can bepicked up at the Willett EarlyChildhood Center front office.Applications will be accepted upuntil Dec. 4.

UNDERSTANDINGAND DEALING WITHSEPARATION ANXIETY

On Wednesday, Nov. 4, from6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Located at theSavage Educational Center - Room219, 275 Prospect St., Norwood.Anita Preble Free Parent Work-shop.

Separation Anxiety is a devel-opmentally typical response inyoung children at certain times ofthe year. However, sometimes thechild becomes so anxious that theparents feel as though they can’t

ever leave the child’s side. It canthen interfere with the parents’work or the child’s schooling. Thisworkshop will discuss the originsand symptoms of anxiety in youngchildren, when to become con-cerned and specific ways to helpthe child and the parents in deal-ing with separation anxiety.

This workshop is for familieswith children from toddler to earlyelementary years. To register con-tact Christine Tomasello in theCFCE Office at 781-440-5983 ore-mail [email protected] Norwood Public SchoolsCFCE Programs are fundedthrough the 237 Grant from theMassachusetts Department ofEarly Education and Care’s Coor-dinated Family and CommunityEngagement Grant.

SENSORY ISSUES,ADHD AND EXECUTIVEFUNCTION IN CHILDREN

On Wednesday, Nov. 18, from6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Located SavageEducational Center - Room 219,275 Prospect St., Norwood. AnitaPreble Free Parent Workshop.Identifying sensory issues. Begin-ning the evaluation process. Work-ing with parents and professionals.Symptoms of ADHD and strategiesfor the classroom and home. Un-derstanding the development ofexecutive function skills and howit relates to ADHD.

This workshop is for familieswith children from toddler to earlyelementary years. To register con-tact Christine Tomasello in theCFCE Office at 781-440-5983 ore-mail [email protected].

The Norwood Public Schools

CFCE Programs are fundedthrough the 237 Grant from theMassachusetts Department ofEarly Education and Care’s Coor-dinated Family and CommunityEngagement Grant.

NO ALL NIGHT PARKINGIt shall be unlawful for the

driver of any vehicle, other thanone acting in an emergency, to parksaid vehicle for a period of timelonger than two (2) hours betweenthe hours of midnight and 6 a.m.of any day on any street or in orupon any Town-owned off-streetparking facility, from Nov. 15through April 1 of each year with-

out authorization from the Boardof Selectman or there designee.

THE FALL RUMMAGE SALEWill be held at Emmanuel

Lutheran Church, Berwick Street,Norwood on Friday, Oct. 30 from9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and on Saturday,Oct. 31, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. OnSaturday at 12:30, customers maypurchase a large trash bag for $5(per bag) and fill with items of theirchoice. Clothing, linens, jewelry,knickknacks, toys, books, and otheritems will be available. There willalso be an Antique and Collectors’Items table with vintage and otherspecial items available for purchase.

Conserve our resources.Recycle this newspaper.


Police LogsMONDAY OCT.190915 phone - Malicious damage civil matter

Location/address: A&J Automotive/ alsoAtlantic Gas Station - Washington St Re-port mechanic damaged his engine. N661spoke to caller, civil matter.

1045 phone - Road hazard spoken to Loca-tion/address: Sumner St Party in lobby re-ports landscapers were standing in streetand had equipment in the street. N664 re-ports nothing in street upon arrival.

1110 other - Serve summons legal servicemade Location/address: Walpole St N677served summons in-hand.

1158 other - Well being chk services renderedLocation/address: Prospect St N423, ass.r.o., checks this address as the request ofthe school.

1208 phone - Susp vehicle spoken to Loca-tion/address: Kathleen Ln Caller reports aparked vehicle outside of her home occu-pied two times. Parties spoken to, theychecked out.

1334 walk-in - Harassment assisted partyLocation/address: Windsor Rd Party seek-ing advice on possible harassment. Partywas spoken to and advised.

1554 phone - Larceny under investigationLocation/address: Waters Church -Walpole St Caller believes that a man tookan employee’s wallet and left on foot.

1555 phone - Civil dispute civil matter Loca-tion/address: A&J Automotive/ Also Atlan-tic Gas Station - Washington St Smallclaims issue, parties advised.

1630 phone - Assist citizen spoken to Loca-tion/address: Margaret St Party in lobbyasking the police to accompany him tohome to retrieve personal belongings.N665 spoke to all parties, this is a probatecourt matter, advised of their rights.

TUESDAY OCT 200107 initiated - Open door/gate services ren-

dered Location/address: Hampden DrN666 notes vehicle parked in front of resi-dence ( MA. Reg# 1kv498) had its driver’sdoor open. Officer secured same andchecked area to see if there were any oth-ers. All appears to be in order.

0441 phone - Susp activity spoken to Loca-tion/address: Cottage St Caller reportssomeone knocking on his door. N664,n665responded. It was caller’s uncle. All in or-der.

0903 phone - Larceny *report filed Location/address: C&E Auto - Pleasant St Reportchecks stolen and then forged.

0949 phone - Assist citizen taken/referred toother Location/address: Norwest Dr Resi-dent believes he was followed from TwinRivers Casino in Rhode Island after win-ning some money. N664 reports no attemptwas made to rob the resident, referred toRhode Island Police.

0953 initiated - Report of Fire Police & FireNotified/r Location/address: 514 - Wash-ington St N454, on private detail, reportsMBTA bus has smoke coming from rearsection of the bus, all passengers were ableto get off the bus. NFD sent. Mc8 reportsMBTA will tow same. DPW notified tosweep up sand debris as a result of the in-cident.

1015 phone - Larceny *complaint/summonsLocation/address: Bank Of Canton , The(Atm) - Washington St As a result of a pastCanton Investigation, it was determined theincident happened in Norwood. N494 tofile a complaint application and report.

1120 walk-in - Well being chk area searchnegative Location/address: Winslow Ave+ Walnut Ave Passing motorist in lobbyreports elderly man thumbing in area.

1334 initiated - Debris on road state DPW/Norwood DPW no Location/address:Berwick Pl + Nichols St N665 reportstrash debris in roadway.

1435 911 - Disturbance spoken to Location/address: Washington St + Andrus Pl N663approached by some children having adisagreement. N663 Reports matter re-solved.

1625 phone - Animal complaint NACO/WACO notified Location/address: Mar-garet St Report there appears to be a sickraccoon in backyard.

1813 other - Citizens complaint *report filedLocation/address: Grainger Industrial Sup-ply - University Ave Report of a male party

possibly bow hunting in the woods. Partywas spoken to and advised.

WEDNESDAY OCT 210732 phone - Drug law violation area search

negative Location/address: Shattuck Pk Rd+ Winter St Caller states they believe thereis a drug deal going on at Shattuck Park onWinter St. side. They state the male isdressed all in black and maybe Hispanic.N662,n666,n663 responded and checkedthe surrounding area, park and cemetery.Nothing found.

0847 phone - Well being chk services ren-dered Location/address: Prescott School -Richland Rd B.C.I. received a report of afemale child in between the field behindthe school and Old Farm Rd., appears lost.N677 Reports no unattended children inarea.

1030 911 - Disturbance services renderedLocation/address: Queensboro Ct Reporthusband/wife domestic assault. N666 re-ports no assault, NFD checked wife-physi-cally ok. N666 spoke to a daughter whowill increase checks due to declininghealth.

1346 walk-in - Lost and found *report filedLocation/address: Lenox St + Railroad AveWalk in party brings in a found bicycle.

1426 walk-in - Susp activity *arrest(s)madeLocation/address: Tj Maxx - Nahatan StWalk in party reports sp activity in the park-ing lot. N667 places one male under arrestand n664 transports to the station. N667places one female under arrest and trans-ports to station s/m 7043 1500 hrs. E/m7043 1501 hrs. N669 stood By until NYpc gzt7247 was towed by center auto. Re-fer to arrest: 15-611-ar Arrest: GuevaraVasquez, Oscar H Address: 5315 103 StApt. #1st Corona, NY Age: 37 Charges:Larceny Over $250 Refer to arrest: 15-612-ar Arrest: Burgos, Adriana Address: 5719108th St apt. #3 Corona, NY Age: 30Charges: Larceny Over $250

1547 911 - Suicide / or threat *report filedLocation/address: Morse St Female callerreports that she is having feelings of sui-cide. Units spoke with her. NFD trans-ported her to hospital voluntarily.

1607 phone - Mischief (kids) services ren-dered Location/address: Gibson Engineer-ing - Broadway Report rocks being throwninto parking lot, possibly from PlimptonPark. Parties were spoken to.

1624 phone - Mischief (kids) spoken to Lo-cation/address: Spot - Broadway N677 re-ports no damage. Spoke to youths in thearea, they claim they were not on railroadtracks.

1633 phone - Susp person services renderedLocation/address: Mylod St Caller reportsblack male threw 2 bags into wooded area.bags contain clothing, party was not lo-cated.

1749 initiated - Warrant service unsuccess-ful service Location/address: Oolah AveParty was not home.

1906 911 - Unwanted party services renderedLocation/address: Hickory Rd Caller re-ports that her daughter will not leave thehouse following a verbal argument. Partywas GOA. Caller was satisfied and advised.

1916 walk-in - Assaults *report filed Loca-tion/address: Shaws Supermarket -Nahatan St Walk in party reports that shewas inappropriately touched at her work-place.

THURSDAY OCT. 2215-14450 0635 initiated - Traffic enforcement

spoken to Location/address: Madelyn Rd+ Codman Rd N677 monitoring traffic atWashington st. & Bird Rd. N677 Spoke tonumerous drivers who all stated they werefollowing Their gps. Officer advised thatthey were not gaining any time by cuttingthrough Bird Rd and to seek alternateRoute.

0716 phone - Found syringe services renderedLocation/address: Charmed Exchange Inc.- Washington St Caller states there are 2needles in a parking spot right after thestore. N666 retrieved same and disposedof.

0842 phone - Susp vehicle spoken to Loca-tion/address: Elm St Report ma pc 632hp7parked for 3 hours in front of home. N678

reports it is a home inspector.1015 phone - Warrant of apprehension

*arrest(s)made Location/address: WinfieldSt N665 places subject under arrest andtransports directly to Dedham DistrictCourt.

1419 phone - found syringe services renderedLocation/address: 513 - Washington StN664 properly disposed of same.

1445 phone - Fraud spoken to Location/ad-dress: Lenox St Caretaker in lobby withresident whom is getting scam calls. N664reports resident’s information not compro-mised, advised them.

1619 phone - Found syringe no action re-quired Location/address: Norwood Hospi-tal - Washington St Employee reports foundsyringe. Employee disposed of that itemproperly.

1711 911 - Disturbance services renderedLocation/address: Cross St Report of a fe-male party yelling in the street. N666 spokewith that party, she checks ok and deniedyelling.

1743 911 - Animal complaint NACO/WACOnotified Location/address: Westover PkwyResident reports they are having an issuewith their dog and that it may have injureditself. NACO notified and responded.

1913 phone - disturbance services renderedLocation/address: Brookview Cir Reportthat a tenant is banging on residents’ door.N666 reports that party was blind and losthis way.

2104 phone - Well being chk services ren-dered Location/address: Ridgewood DrCaller reports she is unable to get in con-tact with a friend. N668 reports all is wellthere, caller notified.

FRIDAY OCT. 230701 initiated - animal complaint state DPW/

Norwood DPW no Location/address:Neponset St + Westview Dr Deceased catin roadway just after Westview. DPW no-tified And will remove same.

1122 phone - assist citizen services renderedLocation/address: - Access Rd Businessowner requests advice on obtaining a let-ter of disinvite. Party was advised.

1308 other - Warrant of apprehension*arrest(s)made Location/address:Norwood Hospital - Washington St War-rant of apprehension. N662 transports onefemale to court s/m 22741 1344 hrs. E/m22746 1400.

1431 phone - Message delivery services ren-dered Location/address: William Shyne CirWalpole PD requests a message deliveryfor the resident at this address. Party wasnot home.

1553 radio - Assist citizen services renderedLocation/address: Central Chrysler Jeep &Dodge Of Norwood - Bos-Prov Hwy N671asks for a marked cruiser to assist ownerof the dealership. N663 handled same.

1703 phone - Missing person services ren-dered Location/address: Saunders Rd Re-port juvenile son is late returning home.Bolo to cars. While taking information, thefather found him on Lenox St. and broughthim to station. N662 confirmed same, sonstated he just lost track of time.

2108 phone - Noise complaint spoken toLocation/address: Walnut Ave Report 4children being loud. N663 spoke to fatherwho will try to keep the noise down.

2156 phone - Loud party spoken to Location/address: Ellis Ave Report kids were rock-ing a truck back/forth on street but left, oth-ers have small fire in yard. N666 spoke toparents and some of the kids are going toleave.

2240 initiated - Motor vehicle stop*arrest(s)made Location/address: Ramp ToDean St - Bos-Prov Hwy As a result of stop-ping MA pc ne6643, Negoshian’s Towssame. N677 places subject under arrest andn664 transports to station. Refer to arrest:15-617-ar Arrest: Ochs, Lawrence P Ad-dress: 215 Stimson West Roxbury, Ma Age:53 Charges: OUI liquor or .08%, 3rd of-fense Negligent operation of motor vehicleDrug, possess class b

SATURDAY OCT. 240053 initiated - Motor vehicle stop

*arrest(s)made Location/address: StCatherines Of Siena Church - Washington

St MA. Reg# 3vl343 - as a result of stopn677 returns with 1 under arrest possesionof Class D with intent to sell and unlicensedoperation of mv. Refer to arrest: 15-618-ar Arrest: Elow, Javonny Charles Address:18 Greenbrier St Dorchester, Ma Age: 27Charges: drug, distribute class d, subsq.off.unlicensed operation of mv stop/yield, failto

0110 911 - Noise complaint services renderedLocation/address: apt 78 - Brookview CirCaller reports her neighbor is being veryloud and banging things around.N669,n662,nfd responded and report hewas boxed in, in his bedroom and couldn’tget out. Assisted and advised.

0357 phone - Susp person services renderedLocation/address: CVS Pharmacy -Nahatan St Manager reports a male partyhas been hanging around the store and hasbeen in and out several times. She alsostates there is another male party withhim in a car. She is concerned and wouldlike an officer to stop in. N669 Re-sponded spoke to employees and statesarea has been checked outside and theyare no longer here. They are satisfied.

0824 phone - Disturbance spoken to Loca-tion/address: Brookview Cir Resident re-ports people in building that should notbe there. N679 spoke to him and no oneelse is there.

1027 phone - Susp activity spoken to Lo-cation/address: Chapel St Report 3 h/m’sin a van, white, no company name onsame, taking pipe out of a vacant home.N679 spoke to homeowner-ok to bethere.

1246 911 - Well being chk transported tohospital Location/address: BrookviewCir Caller states that there is a male yell-ing outside the building. NFD trans-ported to hospital for evaluation.

1520 phone - Well being chk gone on ar-rival Location/address: Endicott St Re-port a male took a child in a car seat outof 1 car and placed it in MA pc 726tt8and walked away for awhile, he returnedand is now driving further down the al-ley between Bldg 24 and bldg 32. N665reports goa, Milford Pd notified to checkregistered address.

1716 911 - Report of fight gone on arrivalLocation/address: Bellevue Ave Callerreports a fight between two males, bothwere GOA.

1811 phone - Noise complaint services ren-dered Location/address: Lenox St Callerreports loud music. Party was spoken to,she will turn the music off.

1934 phone - Hit and run *report filed Lo-cation/address: E Cottage St Caller re-ports that his vehicle was hit in the park-ing lot.

Sunday Oct. 250001 911 - Noise complaint services ren-

dered Location/address: Knights Of Co-lumbus - Nichols St Caller reported loudgroup. Officers stood by while groupcleared out.

0104 initiated - Susp person services ren-dered Location/address: Balch School -Washington St Officer out with two sus-picious parties. Subjects checked ok.

0109 phone - Fireworks gone on arrival Lo-cation/address: North Ave Callers re-ported fireworks, officer checked area,nothing Found.

0132 911 - Disturbance *protective custodyLocation/address: Norwood Hospital -Washington St Caller reported argument.One placed into protective custody.

1146 911 - Report of gas leak fire dept noti-fied/respo Location/address: Redwood DrGas odor.

1220 phone - Noise complaint spoken toLocation/address: Melville Ave Caller re-ports loud music.

1907 phone - Parking violation services renderedLocation/address: St John Ave Caller wishesto speak to an officer regarding a parking dis-pute with a neighbor. N664 reported that bothparties were advised. Matter resolved

2317 911 - Disturbance area search negativeLocation/address: St George Ave Neighborreports loud yelling between a male and fe-male. N663 checked all apartments of that lo-cation, no yelling and everything is in order.


SENIOR NEWSArts & Crafts: Offered Every

First Thursday of each month at 11a.m.

BASIC COMPUTER COURSE:A four-part basic computer course isfrequently offered to those who wishto learn how to use a computer. Sign-up at the front desk. New class will beannounced soon.

BINGO: Every Wednesday, from12:45 pm. to 3 p.m. $5 to get started. Wehave begun a new game, for $1 with awinner take all prize! You must be hereby 12:45 p.m. to play the new game!

BLOOD PRESSURE CLINIC:Hellenic Health Care will be availablefor blood pressure screening on the firstWednesday of each month. Ellis Nurs-ing Home will offer blood pressurescreening on the second Wednesday ofeach month. The Walpole VNA will pro-vide blood pressure screening on the thirdWednesday of each month at 11:30 a.m.

BOOK CLUB: Our next BookClub will be meeting on Nov. 16 at 10a.m.

COMPUTER CLUB: The Com-puter Club meets every Wednesday at1 p.m.

COUNCIL ON AGING: COAnext meeting will be Nov. 5 at 1 p.m.

CRIBBAGE: Our seniors meet ev-ery Monday at 12:45 p.m. to play crib-bage.

DIABETES WORKSHOP: TheDiabetes Workshop Thursday, Nov. 18at 11 a.m.

EXCEL CLASSES: Excel classeshave resumed. Please sign up.

FOOT DOCTOR: Dr. Cormierwill be here Tuesday, Nov. 17 8:30a.m.-noon.

GLEE CLUB: Glee Club meets

every Tuesday at 11:15 a.m.HANDCRAFTERS: Handcrafters

meet every Monday from 1 p.m. to 3p.m.

LINE DANCE CLASSES: Areheld each Tuesday. Class will be heldfrom 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.

MASSAGE THERAPIST: KarenTracy is here on the first Monday ofeach month. Please sign up at frontdesk. Massages are $30 for half anhour.

NORWOOD RETIRED MEN’SCLUB: The Board of Directors meeton the first Tuesday of each month at10:30 a.m. at the Senior Center (Ex-cept July and August). The Club Mem-bership meets the second Tuesday ofeach month at the Norwood ElksLodge, at 10 a.m.

POETRY CLUB: Is held on thethird Wednesday of each month at 1p.m., Facilitated by Nancy from theLibrary.

SCRABBLE: Thursday after-noon at 1 p.m. Come and join us fora game.

SHINE: Our SHINE Counselor,Carol, is here to help you with yourmedical insurance needs on Tuesdaysfrom 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Please call 781-762-1201 for an appointment.

SQUARE DANCE: Please joinour Square Dance Class every Tues-day at 9 a.m.

WATER COLOR: The next ses-sion is scheduled for Thursday, Nov.12 at 9 a.m. Payment of $20 must bemade at time of signup.

WHIST: Whist players meet onTuesdays at 12:45 p.m. in the library.

WHIST PARTY: Whist partieswill be held on the fourth Friday ofeach month 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.

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