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862-878 Washington St. The proposed new construction for the site would total 12 units. PHOTO BY MATT MACDONALD

Access issues to the Forbes Hill Mansion was a major topic of lastThursday's meeting.

PHOTO BY MATT MACDONALD

Jonathan Bourn

At a minimally attended,extremely relaxed and conver-sational meeting held on Mon-day evening, March 12 in theWillett Room of the CivicCenter, the development teamfor 12 units of residential con-dominiums proposed for 862-878 Washington St. gave anadvance preview of its plansfor the site.

The rationale behind thisdecision was to give neighbor-hood residents the opportunityto familiarize themselves withthe project and with the devel-opers before the proposed

property’s application goes be-fore the Zoning Board of Ap-peals (ZBA) on Tuesday,March 20.

Representing the projectwere developers John Rocheand Stefan Frey, and attorneyDavid Hern. Though Hernhandled the lion’s share of thepresentation – which consistedof a few display placards of pic-tures and diagrams on an easel– both Roche and Frey occa-sionally added their own input.

The plan – as described byHern – is for the 12 unit, threestory condominium building tofront 862-878 Washington St.(just South of East Hoyle Streetand just North of the Rama

Shopping Center) and then goin over 200 ft. from the streetto the back end of the lot.

The section of the devel-opment facing WashingtonStreet is currently planned forfive units: four 2 bedrooms(two a piece on the first andsecond floors), and a 3 bed-room on the third floor.

Moving down the pro-posed driveway to the rightside of the development andperpendicular to WashingtonStreet, there would be seven2 bedroom townhouses –each with a one-car garage –

The Forbes Hill Task Force met at the Civic Center onThursday evening, March 8. During the biweekly session,the group concentrated on fine tuning the proposed resi-dent survey regarding what to do with the property, aswell as on weighting the criteria list of priorities that willplay an important role in the decision making process forthe site.

Additionally, Town Planner/Economic Director PaulHalkiotis went over his preliminary development feasi-bility study for the property.

The Task Force had received the 34 page document(including 20 pages of appendices) at the prior meeting,but discussion had been tabled in order to give memberssufficient time to read and absorb the material.

Halkiotis – in his presentation – stood before a sitemap with the Town’s property boundary traced out in redwhile making clear that – in preparing his map – he hadnot seen the deed or the plot plan for the property andhad based his map on prior owner Davis Marcus’ sitedocuments.

He then showed the boundary line running along Up-land Road from Planting Field Road (which is the privateway of Campanelli) almost to Investors Way (which iscontrolled by Mercer).

The boundary line then runs parallel to Investors Way(just to its left from Upland Road) until reaching a nar-row access road winding through the woods and up to theForbes Mansion.

The property line runs down the middle of this road,with its southern half (the side closest to Upland Road)part of the Forbes Hill site and the northern half controlledby Mercer.

The road and boundary line continues between theForbes Mansion and the Mercer building opposite untilreaching a gated exit (also controlled by Mercer) to Plant-ing Field Road.

In tracing this out, Halkiotis illustrated a significantsite issue: access.

With both Upland Road and Planting Field Road un-der the control of private entities, and the access roadsplit down the middle, the Town currently has no legalright of way to the site.

Addressing this, Halkiotis informed the group that he

Las t week , Jona thanBourn – P r inc ipa l o fNorwood High School – in-formed NHS families andstudents that he would beresigning his position at theconclusion of the academicyear to – as he mentionedin his message to them –“pursue leadership oppor-tunities elsewhere.”

The Record b ecameaware of this news after acopy of Principal Bourn’s

letter had been posted tothe Norwood Now websitelast Thursday, March 8.

Responding via email tothe newspaper’s request forcomment, Bourn declinedto elaborate, writing:

“I would prefer that thes t a t emen t I s en t ou t t ofamilies be the only com-ments I make about my res-ignation at the end of theyear. Thanks fo r under-standing.”

NHS Principal announceshis resignation

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Families are concerned about the future of four adult group homes in Norwood and one in Walpole. PHOTO BY MATT MACDONALD

On Thursday night, March8, a stakeholder meeting tookplace at the Norwood SeniorCenter (275 Prospect St.) be-tween JCR Real Estate Devel-opment, the Norwood Hous-ing Authority (NHA), and theapproximately 70 people whofilled the assembled seats inthe main function room.

Discussed at the hour anda half meeting, facilitated byNHA Executive DirectorStephen Merritt, was the fu-ture of five group homes –four in Norwood, one inWalpole – owned by JCR thatcurrently house within them atotal of 44 intellectually dis-abled adult residents.

The homes – 449 Washing-ton St. (aka the YellowHouse), 41, 45, and 47 Wil-

son St., and Walpole’s 2Mikayla’s Way – came onlinein 2010 with the YellowHouse (7 residents) and fol-lowed with the Wilson Streethouses (nine residents perproperty) in 2013 andMikayla’s Way (10 residents)in 2014.

The living expenses for the

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Forbes Hill continued from page 1had requested to contact thelandowner – Marshwood,LLC – about working outsome sort of an access agree-ment from Investors Way.

Halkiotis went over differ-ent proposals for the accessroad. These included askingMarshwood to give the Townthe other half of the road oroffering to purchase it, andasking the landowner to grantan access easement for theother half or offering to pur-chase one.

“We’ll see how it goes, butI’m hoping they would begood neighbors and be will-ing to work with us,”Halkiotis said after going overthe options and before de-scribing one last alternative:to expand the Town’s half ofthe access road by a lane’swidth in order to create a fullright of way.

Another issue posed byHalkiotis is that utility lines(electric, water, sewer, gas)brought in to the site by DavisMarcus require easements be-cause they pass through theMarshwood land.

He did, however, informthe group that Mercer also re-quires easements through theForbes Hill property, thusopening the door to a mutu-ally beneficial agreement be-tween it and the Town.

Benefits to Marshwood/Mercer of giving its half of theaccess road to the Town in-clude the possibility of usingit as a tax write off or compo-nent of its corporate giving tothe Town.

For the Town, the benefitsof removing potential accessand utility rights clouds wereclear, as Halkiotis explained:

“If we can secure those atlittle cost to the Town thatwould bring much more valueto the real estate when we goto dispose of it.”

Although the negotiatingaccess to the site from Plant-ing Field Road withCampanelli was discussed bythe Task Force, the matter wastabled until a more specificproposal regarding the ForbesHill property’s use could bedetermined.

Earlier in the meeting, thedraft of the resident surveyprepared by Peter McFarland,Halkiotis, and Assistant TownPlanner Patrick Descheneswas discussed.

It was agreed that more ex-planation was necessary re-garding the annual per-resi-dent cost of the property,given different potential lev-els of improvement that mightbe made to it.

The undeveloped amount –listed at $65.00 per resident –doesn’t account for the costincrease that would go into ef-fect with any sort of develop-ment. A suggested change tothe survey involved residentschecking off their preferredindividual spending range forthe property.

Halkiotis also announcedthat the Town would be apply-ing for a technical assistancegrant with the MetropolitanArea Planning Council(MAPC) which would pro-vide their personnel and com-puter technology regardingthe resident survey and withthe public workshop.

The plan is to finish thesurvey/public participationportion of the Forbes Hillplanning process during thesummer in order to put anyresulting construction re-quests out to bid and/or to pro-pose any relevant amend-ments to the zoning bylaws intime for the November TownMeeting.

The motion was approvedfor Halkiotis to pursue thegrant.

Allan Howard – who hadbeen away – expressed somereluctance at having the op-tion of a relatively high den-sity real estate developmenton the survey, stating that thewhole reason the Townbought the land was to preventjust that.

This was met with mutedand slow response by otherTask Force members, withErnie Paciorkowski finallystating that low density mightnot draw much interest.

“If you’re trying to recoupas much as you can, they’regoing to want a higher den-

sity.”Halkiotis added, “There

are going to be some difficulttrade-offs that will involvedensity, it’ll involve traffic,and it’ll involve environmen-tal impacts.”

Toward the end of themeeting – which ran an hourand three-quarters – the TaskForce chose to vote onweights for criteria regardingpotential options for the prop-erty.

Prepared by StephenKeefe, the weighting systemwas broken down into threequalitative categories: Criti-cal, Important, and Less Im-portant.

After a series of votes toreach consensus, the ratingscame out as follows: 1. Cost& Budget Impacts: Critical 2.Tax Base: Important 3. TownServices: Important 4. Non-Pecuniary Benefits: Tied Im-portant/Less Important (PeterMcFarland was absent) 5. Pre-Sale Cost: Less Important 6.Timeliness: Important 7. Flex-ibility: Important 8. Risk: Criti-cal 9. Community Benefit: LessImportant

These general guidelines –with their qualitative weights –will be used by the Task Forcewhen considering different op-tions – as they are presented – forthe Forbes Hill property.

The next Forbes Hill TaskForce meeting will be on March22 at 7 p.m. and will be open forpublic forum. The tentative site forthe meeting is in the Willett Roomof the Civic Center.

To confirm, check at TownHall.


Letters to the Editor

Four Green Fields, Fields ofAthenry, and Danny Boy

My Kindof Town/Joe Galeota

During this St. Patrick’s Dayweekend many a Guinness willbe hoisted to toast many thingsIrish. The objects of the toastsmay have been long-since de-parted Irish gathering placessuch as Jamaica Plain’sKilgariff’s on Green Street orthe Triple D’s (Devlin,DeCourcey, and Devlin) onSouth Huntington Avenue or tomodern Irish food emporiadowntown, or to those in theneighborhoods. Or maybe thehonorees of the toasts may ac-tually be persons such as JamesMichael (no last name neces-sary here), other politicians, orjust plain other people. Or thetoast may merely be to Irishculture.

With banjoes flailing thisweekend, there will be lots ofmerriment in the songs butthere are three songs whosecontent bring no joy to thosewith short memories and hencevery little, if any, 5-string banjoaccompaniment.

“Four Green Fields” is ac-tually an allegory. It can referto the divvying up of Irelandinto four provinces years ago,with one (the North) being keptunder British rule. When inter-preted literally, the song isabout a fine old woman whosefour sons go off to war to fightthe British. No matter how thesong is interpreted, it ends onan upbeat thought

“But my sons have sons, as

brave as were their fathers Myfourth green field will bloomonce again,” said she.

In “The Fields of Athenry,”thought by some to have beenwritten in the 1880’s, it refersto the Great Irish Famine and afictional Irish husband/father.Sentenced to be transported toAustralia’s Botany Bay forstealing food for his starvingwife and children, Michaelcalls to his wife, lamenting howmuch he will miss the low ly-ing fields of Galway. He ad-mits to pilfering Trevelyan’scorn, which is a reference to ahighly placed British adminis-trator, who in his hate for theIrish rivaling that of OliverCromwell was supposed to

have said that “the judgment ofGod sent the calamity [the po-tato famine] to teach the Irish alesson.”

And then there is “DannyBoy.” A mistaken few think ofit as Scottish because of its ref-erence to pipes (bagpipes). Butthe song does have a Britishconnection, when an Englishlawyer’s Irish sister-in-law,having heard the melody in aColorado coal mine, sent hima copy of the tune, to whichhe composed the lyrics. Thenhis established lyrics wereeven changed to suit theneeds of the British soldiersin WWI, thereby leadingsome to think of it as a Brit-ish song.

Like “Four Green Fields,”the song can be interpretedon more than one level. Itcould be parents merely say-ing a sad goodbye to a son aspart of the Irish diaspora or,worse, bidding adieu to a sonheading off to war. Perhapsit could be a girl leaving asweetheart.

There are many otherIrish songs that at first anderroneous glance may seemmaudlin. But far from it,these songs evoke melan-choly because of the tragichistory of imprisonment,famine, and death imposed ona whole nation, including mybeloved Irish ancestors fromKerry.

RAISE TAXES FOR THE SCHOOLS!To The Editor:It seems to me that we are losing valuable

members of our school department because ev-ery year there is a witch hunt over the budget-who stays and who has to go. How can Norwoodattract and keep valuable personnel when there isno job security? We need to solve this problemonce and for all! Raise taxes enough to cover theschool budget. We have an outstanding highschool; now let’s pay what we must to run it well!LaVerne Lovell class of 65 with 4 grandchildrenin Norwood Schools.

Laverne LovellNorwood

PANDOLFO AND GALLAGHER/CODYFAMILIES EXPRESS THANKS

To the Editor:The Pandolfo and Gallagher/Cody family

would like to express their sincere gratitude forthe overwhelming love and support from friends,neighbors and the Norwood community duringthe passing of our children Alexander andVictoria. Friends and businesses dropping offmeals, flowers and cards; please know your kind-ness will always be remembered.

The Pandolfo and Gallagher/Cody familiesNorwood

PLACE POLICE IN ALL SCHOOLSTo The Editor:The world is so much different today than it

was twenty years ago. The Divorce rate has causedso many broken families, and there are so manyyouth out there today with drug problems, andmany more mentally challenged. Without propersupervision from the parents, our world is goingto continue to have the problems that we are hav-ing today. The shooting in Parkland Florida willsoon be forgotten, and there will be a next one,it’s only a matter of when. Why the people of

Massachusetts voted for licensed Pot shops (potleads to heroin) is beyond me. That is only goingto ruin our country and is just another step in howpeople think in this country today. Those parentswho know their children are a risk to our societyshould make law enforcement aware that theycould be a potential problem to commit an act ofviolence. We need to stop thinking this problem isgoing to go away, we need to take steps to preventthis from happening at our schools here inNorwood. We need our school children to bethinking of education, and not thinking thatsome coward is going to come through doorshooting at them. I am sure that if you askedone hundred school children if a school shoot-ing is on their mind they would all answer itwas.

A sure way to correct this situation is to havepolice present at all of our schools. Two, threehours shifts, six hours a day, would helpourschool children think about education, notabout someone who is going to shoot up theirschool. If it takes hiring more police officers,then so be it. The town needs to look seriouslyat how they are spending taxpayers’ dollars.It’s quite possible that homeland securitywould come up with some dollars to supportthis program. I also feel that those teachers whowant to arm themselves, to protect themselvesand the children, should be allowed to do so.After 9/11 when they started putting armedmarshals on planes there have been no moreproblems. If these cowards know that some ofthese teachers are armed, they might thinktwice before entering a school. This should bediscussed by the people of Norwood and ourtown government. It makes sense to everyone.Hopefully the Selectman can take this up at oneof their upcoming meetings.

We need to be proactive not inactive!!!!Peter F O’Brien

Norwood

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The Norwood PlanningBoard reviewed steps the Towncan take now to prevent naturaldisasters such as flooding, brushfires and erosion with an offi-cial from the Metropolitan AreaPlanning Council (MAPC) at itsmeeting Monday night.

Paul Halkiotis, AICP and theDirector of Community Plan-ning and Economic Develop-ment, explained that, forNorwood to be eligible for fed-eral grant money from the Fed-eral Emergency ManagementAgency (FEMA), the Townmust regularly update a hazardmitigation plan. The previous

plan was designed in 2011 andwas the first one ever submitted.

MAPC Senior Regional En-vironmental Planner AnneHerbst gave a presentation to theboard and about 15 audiencemembers explaining what theplan hopes to accomplish.

“The usual cycle is that thereis a disaster, then an area re-builds until the next disaster,”said Herbst. “This plan is in-tended to prevent the cycle.”

The plan is designed to bepreventative in nature, she said.It will work through a variety ofmeans, such as public awarenesscampaigns and communityevents; physical improvementsincluding sewerage and drain-age modifications; and main-

taining open space.Planning Board member

Debbie Holmwood asked if theplan could include efforts toclean the Neponset River, whichis contaminated.

“The plan mainly focuses onpreventative measures such asstructural programs, public edu-cation, emergency services andproperty protection,” Herbstnoted.

“So, it’s before the fact, notafter the fact,” said Holmwood.

“Flooding is a major area ofconcern in this plan, explainedHerbst.

“One of the things we rec-ognized is that the culvert is un-

The Planning Board, perhaps fittingly because of the current weather, discussed flood prevention measuresthe Town could take in the future.

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The Town of Norwood notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively insure that minoritybusiness enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response tothis invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color,creed or national origin in consideration for an award.

The successful bidder shall be required to submit documentation that allemployees to be employed in the work subject to this bid have successfullycompleted a course in construction safety and health approved by the UnitedStates Occupational Safety and Health Administration that is at least 10 hoursin duration. Any employee found on a worksite subject to this section withoutdocumentation of successful completion of a course in construction safety and healthapproved by the United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration that isat least 10 hours in duration shall be subject to immediate removal.

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Yellow House is funded byproject based Section 8 andthe others are privately fundedby the families of the resi-dents.

The meeting came aboutbecause of a January lettersent by Jewish Family andChildren’s Services (JF&CS)to the parents and guardiansof these 44 residents announc-ing that it would be discon-tinuing its Collaborative Liv-ing Supports (CLS) programat the five homes (as well astwo others owned by a differ-ent entity in Newton andMalden) as of the end of Au-gust 2018.

The CLS program – as de-scribed in the JF&CS letter in-cluded on the second page ofthe information handoutmade available to all guests –is “designed to serve adultswith disabilities who are ca-pable of living in the commu-

nity with a modest level ofsupport” from on-site staffand family members.

Touched on in the letterwere the reasons behindJF&CS’ decision, includingthe staffing required to effec-tively support the needs of theentire household being greaterthan its allowed funding.

The letter – credited toCEO Rimma Zelfand – goeson to state that “anticipatedchanges in the eligibility re-quirements for MassHealth’sGAFC (Group Adult FosterCare) program will limit ourability to use this fundingsource in the CLS program asmany residents will no longerqualify.”

The lack of anything morein the way of explanation lenta degree of uncertainty to themeeting as audience members– for the most part comprisedof parents and guardians, as

well as State RepresentativePaul McMurtry, AssistantTown Manager Bernie Coo-per, and aides to State Repre-sentatives John Rogers andLouis Kafka – attempted tofind answers to their ques-tions regarding policychanges and how to deal withthem.

In an exchange reflectingthis, Merritt – sharing his un-derstanding of the issue thatDDS (Department of Devel-opmental Services) fundedhomes were limited to nomore than five residents perhouse – was met with the re-sponse of a woman in the au-dience who thought she hadheard about GAFC changingits rules, “so I suspect it’s howmany residents in a house thatGAFC is supporting.”

This was met with mur-murs of disagreement fromthe audience, before anotherwoman stated that – from whatshe understood – “it isn’t thatthey’re changing the rulesabout how many people can bein the house, they’re changingthe rules about eligibility sothat our folks would no longerbe eligible because they nolonger would have significantenough needs,” while addingthat none of the five homes inquestion had ever been DDSfunded.

A man in the crowd stated,“The GAFC is going to comeout with new regulations.That’s pretty much a done deal.It’s going to be in June. It’s arumor but it’s going to happenin June. And then all our kidsare going to be ineligible. Thefunding is going to go back towhat the GAFC system wasoriginally designed for, whichis for elderly people, not forpeople in their twenties andthirties and forties.”

Toward the end of the meet-ing, Ted Philips – aide to StateRepresentative Louis Kafka –went into the background ofthe rumored GAFC changesspoken of earlier.

He explained thatMassHealth eligibility reformsproposed last year by theBaker Administration had beenrejected by the Legislature, butthat “the Governor has comeback with a different set of pro-posals. It’s my understandingthat the GAFC is part of theseproposals.”

Philips went on to say that,though this set of proposals hasnot yet come up in the House,there is a health care reformproposal as well as the annualbudget that are coming up,adding that “those are oppor-tunities through legislative ve-hicles that will be able to ad-dress these concerns.”

This search for answers –brought on by the policychange threatening relocation

and upheaval for the residents– was interwoven with parents’testimonials regarding thepositive effects that living inthese homes – with its limitedsupervision – has had on theirchildren, with repeated refer-ences to their holding jobs,volunteering in the commu-nity, making friends, being bet-ter able to take care of them-selves, and generally feelingpositive about their living situ-ation.

“They’re all vibrant andthey’re all excited about theirlives,” one mother sharedwhen speaking of her twice aweek visits to 41 Wilson St.,where her son lives. “How canwe take that away? They’rehappy! This is their home. Itliterally makes me sick to thinkthat they would lose theirhome.”

State Representative PaulMcMurtry – who had stayedand taken notes for the dura-tion of the meeting – at its con-clusion made a few remarks,in the process thanking Jack C.Roche (the JCR in JCR Devel-opment) who was sitting at atable facing the audience.

“For you to lead the wayand give so many families andkids hope has been incredible,”McMurtry said.

“They deserve it,” Roche –who had up until then sat si-lently for the entire meeting –responded, bringing on a loudovation from the audience.


Condoscontinued from page 1

A rendering of the proposed unitsfor 862-878 Washington St. inNorwood. Site density was a mainconcern at the meeting.

COURTESY PHOTO

running parallel to the drivewayand moving toward the backproperty line.

The site currently has alarge, two winged, atrium con-nected, brown shingled, some-what rundown looking woodframe house with occupancyfor eight residents. As Herndescribed it, “it’s a site thatneeds redevelopment. It will bean improvement over what’sthere now.”

The plan – once construc-tion is complete – is to sell the12 units as owner occupied con-dominiums.

“We’re going to say it on therecord: we’re not interested indoing apartments,” Frey madeclear to the three local residentsin attendance. “We’re doingcondos.”

One of those residents –Paul Eysie – spoke of the on-going crime and drug problemsassociated with 862-878 andlooked upon the proposedproject hopefully.

“I think we have one oppor-tunity to clean it up, and I thinkthis is the opportunity.” Hewent into more detail as to howthis would happen with the cur-rent proposal.

“I think – if these are allowner occupied, and 12 fami-lies are going to share a condofee every month to keep thisproperty up... I don’t know howyou cannot support it.”

Hern built on these com-

ments, speaking of improvingthe area in different ways, in-cluding the limited additionaltraffic and congestion that isanticipated because of thedevelopment’s central location.

“If you clean up that site, itadds to the value of anybody’sin the area.”

Deborah Frangioso was alsosupportive, but in a more mea-sured way.

“I think it’s attractive. It’s asuper improvement over what’sthere. I’m just concerned aboutthe number of units, that’s all,and that the amount of parkingmight be tight.”

Trying to address her con-cerns, Roche spoke up. “Youcan be assured that – as thisproject is going on – you canfeel very comfortable talking tous.”

Site density was also ad-dressed, with Hern choosing tofocus on the net increase of fourunits rather than the 12 units intotal, before driving his pointhome.

“What we’re proposing isgood looking and in keeping withthe style that you see these days.It’s going to provide home own-ership, it’s going to provide animprovement for the neighbor-hood, and so, in return for doingthat, we need to make the projectviable. We need the units.”

Speaking after the meetingdrew to a close, Frangioso – likeEysie – looked to the owner oc-

cupied condominium part of theproposal as critical to its success.

“If they stay with condos – ifthey’re true to their word – I don’tthink they’ll have a problem.”

The project’s application re-quests a special permit to allowa multifamily dwelling in aGeneral Business (GB) zoneand the extension or reconstruc-tion of a non-conforming struc-ture in a GB zone, together withany further relief the ZBA maydetermine as appropriate.

The application also re-quests a variance for less lotarea and less side yard than re-quired, and greater floor-arearatio and building height thanpermitted, along with any appro-priate relief.

This will be heard by the ZBAon Tuesday, March 20.


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dergoing change,” she said. “We need to addressthat before the next flood.”

She added that she has been working with theengineering, police and fire departments, as wellas the Conservation Commission, the PlanningBoard and the Assistant Town Manager to addressthis situation.

Some of the factors used in developing the planwere state and federal data on floodplains, snow-fall accumulation, hurricanes and wind currents.

Two areas prone to brush fires are the NorwoodAirport and the Norwood Middle School. Loca-tions more heavily impacted by snow include theRoute 1 rotary, the Route 95 rotary and Univer-sity Avenue.

Other potential hotspots for general environ-mental impact include: The Tannery; the bridge atWashington Street and Norwood Industrial Park;Dean Street; Norwood Airport; Elm Street andLincoln Street; Meadowbrook Road; PurgatoryBrook; Nahatan Street; and Meadow Brook.

“We have to give a nod to the Town ofNorwood,” noted Herbst. “On this second plan,many of the things the Town does every day arealready in place, from planning to zoning mea-sures, since the first plan was Implemented in2011.”

For the first time, there will be an emphasis onclimate impact, thanks to the efforts of Halkiotisto obtain an additional grant. “This issue is moreextreme as the heat rises.”

Jerry Hopcroft, a board member of theNeponset River Watershed Association, said theefforts on Willett Pond Drive should be included inany plan because of the complex history of the land’sownership and development.

“The bridge over it is owned by the Transporta-tion Department,” he said. “The earth and dam areowned by a third party.

“Fixing it is not so simple,” he continued. “A billto fix it was before the state legislature. It flows be-hind Ellis Pond through The Tannery into the(Neponset) River. We need to see that the bill is ap-

proved, and to include a way to fix this area in thisplan.”

Toni Eosco suggested putting automated tech-nology into the plan to watch for rising water at theMartin-Curran Dam.

“Some of the brooks are huge when flooded,”she said. “Some of the new condos are very low.Let’s try to have visual monitors.”

Another resident suggested robocalls when resi-dents are in danger of having their homes flooded.

Holmwood added that greenspace could beadded in areas to absorb excess water.

This is the first meeting where public commentswill be considered. The second will be held some-time in May or June. After that, a draft of the planwill be reviewed by the Massachusetts Environmen-tal Management Agency (MEMA) and FEMA be-fore it is submitted to the Board of Selectmen forfinal approval.

Because of the environmental scope of this is-sue, Hopcroft and Susan Clare of TogetherYes, alocal conservation organization, said they would liketo have more of their members attend the next Plan-ning Board meeting. The next Planning Board meet-ing, to be held on Monday, March 26 at 7, will notbe held at Town Hall. It will be held at a larger loca-tion to be determined, and it will be posted on theTown website.

In other news, applications are being consideredto replace retired Planning Board member PaulDonahue. He retired last month after 43 years ofservice.

The Board of Selectmen and the Planning Board,acting as a joint committee, will appoint a memberto serve out the remainder of this portion ofDonahue’s term until the election in April of 2019.At that time, that person would have to run for re-election in order to continue serving on the Plan-ning Board.

As Donahue’s term expires in April 2020, thewinner of the April 2019 election would then serveuntil that term out before deciding to run for re-election in April 2020.


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Bourn’s three paragraph letter – while brief – ex-pressed his stated mixed emotions in a number of differ-ent ways, from his amazement with NHS students, fami-lies, and staff to his gratitude to the Town at large, to hisexcitement about his future, balanced with the expecta-tion that he will miss NHS.

In addressing his next destination immediately after an-nouncing his decision, Bourn was cryptic:

“I am not currently at liberty to disclose my next posi-tion, but when the opportunity arises, I will share that infor-mation with all of you.”

He, however, finished his letter making a clearer state-ment regarding the remainder of his time at NHS:

“Of course, there is still much to do between now andJune 30th, and until then, I want to emphasize my full andongoing commitment to Norwood High and our mission ofproviding a safe school and quality educational experience.”

With that, Principal Bourn broadcast the end date of athree year tenure that began with his hiring (from NeedhamHigh School, where he served as Assistant Principal) andreplacement of George Usevich, who had spent 50 years atthe High School and 25 of it as its helm, while in the processforging an enormous legacy at NHS, and becoming a wellknown and beloved Town figure.

The search will now begin for his replacement.Superintendent David Thomson and School Committee

Chair Myev Bodenhofer were approached for comment re-garding Principal Bourn’s announcement but, as of going topress, had not yet responded.


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Sullivan-heavy schedule for boys lax, openingagainst Bellingham for first game

Plenty of reasons for optimism for girls hockeyteam moving forward

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It's still going to be a long road to the postseason, but going into their first scrimmages against Canton Highand Blue Hills, the players remain hopeful.

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The Norwood Girls Hockey Team did very well this year, mixing upper and underclassmen players in aunique way to get them to the postseason.

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JakJakJakJakJake Lee Lee Lee Lee LevinvinvinvinvinStaff Reporter


Upper and underclassmengelled perfectly this seasonfor the Norwood High girls’hockey team, so much so thatthe Mustangs were able toplay tournament hockey forthe first time in three years.

Not everything clicked atonce for Norwood, which fin-ished the season at 13-10-1 af-ter a 2-0 loss to the Dennis-Yarmouth Dolphins in the sec-ond round of the Division 2girls’ tournament. But oncehead coach Tim Coskrenfound the right line combina-tions and defensive pairings,the Mustangs took off in thesecond half of the season.

After a 5-6 start, Norwoodwent 7-3-1 down the stretchwith a backloaded schedulethat featured few off dates bythe final week of January.

“The seniors that haveplayed for four years had verygood leadership qualities, Ithink that kind of helped gen-erate a deep enthusiasm withthe girls of wanting to cometo the rink,” Coskren said. “Itjust seemed like it was a verygelled group of girls. Probably

not the most talented indi-vidually, but as a group Ithought they worked reallywell together.”

Norwood’s top two for-ward lines were interchange-able, each group a mix of ten-ured seniors and buildingblocks for next season. SeniorMeghan Quinn centeredsophomore Allie Martin andfreshman Maeve Glavin onone line, while sophomoreAllie McDonough centeredsenior Maddie O’Rourke andeither junior Rose Campbellor sophomore NoelleConnelly on the other.

McDonough finished asthe team’s leading scorer, with13 goals and 11 assists for 24points.

“The two lines were veryeven that we finally got to-gether towards the end of theyear,” Coskren said. “It tookmore time to decipher whowas best playing with whoand we didn’t play that muchin the beginning of the year.In December and early Janu-ary, we had very few gamesthen all of a sudden the middleof January came and we werebombed with games.” Mar-

With only one year left ofSullivan rule eligibility priorto joining the Tri-ValleyLeague, can the NorwoodHigh boys’ lacrosse team uti-lize the provision to get backto the postseason for a sec-ond year in a row? Or couldit bypass the rule and get tothe postseason outright?

Norwood competes as aDivision 2 team in boys’ la-crosse.

Following a pair of scrim-mages against Canton Highand Blue Hills High, it allstarts on March 29, weatherpermitting. The Mustangswill play the first of their 10games against lower divisionopponents that will count to-

wards its postseason recordright off the bat in its regularseason opener. Norwood has18 games in all, but all it willtake is a record of .500 or bet-ter in those 10 that determinewhether or not the Mustangsget back to the postseason.

In 2017, Norwood went 6-4 against lower division op-ponents, punching its firstpostseason ticket since thespring of 2014 in the process.The Mustangs open againstBellingham High, a futureTVL rival, at Norwood on the29th at 4 p.m.

In addit ion to theBlackhawks – whom the Mus-tangs face twice – Norwood’sother games with Sullivanrule implications include two


An ever-so-s l ighthomefield advantage awaitsthe Norwood High girls’ la-crosse team this spring.

With an 18-game sched-ule, the Mustangs will play10 home games and onlyeight t imes on the road.However miniscule the dif-ference may be, every littlebit could help Norwood as ittries to return to the tourna-ment for the first time sincethe 2014-15 season.

After playing its seasonopener on the road a tBellingham High on March29 – a future Tri -Val leyLeague rival, no less – theMustangs play eight of theirnext nine games at home,broken into two four-gamehomestands that comprisethe month of April.

Norwood’s home openeris on April 3 against DedhamHigh in yet another previewof TVL play, followed bygames against Weymouth,Ursul ine Academy and

In bidding adieu to theBay State Conference, theNorwood High boys’ hockeyteam just may have openedsome eyes in regards to itsfuture league.

The Mustangs (8-9-5, 19points in the regular season)fell in the second round ofthe Division 2 South tourna-ment to Medfield High, 3-0,a team Norwood will facetwice a season moving for-ward.

Medfield, as well as sev-eral other perennial powersin the TVL such asWestwood High andHopkinton High, not to men-tion some other decent teamsin Medway, Ashland andHolliston will stand in theway of the Mustangs andhead coach Chuck Allen ashe attempts to complete themost difficult part of theNorwood rebuild.

The Mustangs are backon the map after makingtheir f i rs t t r ip to thepostseason since the 2013-14 season. Staying on themap is another matter en-tirely.

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Home field advantage awaits girls lax, hittingDedham for first home opener

Lost no more: boys hockey team is back on themap as it heads to the Tri-Valley League

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Norwood Girls Lax has not hit the postseason tournament since 2014, but the team is looking to changethat this year.

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Many key players will be out next year, but Coach Chuck Allen said he is hopeful the team can continue togrow and head into the postseason as it did this year.

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hockey,” Al len sa id ofNorwood’s new digs, a fullweek removed from histeam’s postseason exit. “Allof these teams know what wehave in the Bay State. Theyknow we have a goalie, theyknow we have certain play-ers that are really good. Ithink the first year us goingin there [the TVL], no oneknows each other yet.”

Some 13 seniors from theteam will graduate in twomonths, which at first glancewill leave a massive void onthe roster moving forward.But of Norwood’s top fivescorers from this season,four will be back, includingthe leading scorer in juniorforward Joe Spadorcia (sixgoals , 11 ass is ts for 17points).

Sophomore forward An-thony Marchant (4-7—11)will be back, as will juniorforward Chris Martin (4-7—11) and junior forward Bran-don Walsh (6-4—10). Seniorforward Sean Munro (10-6—16), who did lead the teamin goal scoring, is the lonemember of the top five over-all scorers set to depart.

“There’s a lot of goodteams in that league, soyou’ve got to come in every

day and be prepared,” Allensaid of Norwood’s returnees.“I expect us going over thereand being at the top of thedivis ion and making thes ta te tournament again .That’s our goal, do betterthan what we did this year.If we did that, that’d be threepretty good years.”

Perhaps the most impor-

tant returning cog for theMustangs is juniorgoaltender Austin Reardon,who simply dazzled this sea-son with a 1.85 goals againstaverage and a .919 save per-centage, as well as one shut-out. Aidan Reardon and MattHennessey, each juniors thisseason, will also be back tobolster the defense in front

of Austin Reardon. “Everyone has to be

more dedicated, that’s onething, and come in strongerphysically as a team,” Allensaid in regards to next sea-son. “We have to be stron-ger as a team, I think that

Wellesley. The Mustangsdon’t have another roadgame unt i l Apri l 12, a tFramingham, which pre-cedes another four-gamehomestand againstBellingham, Norton, Natickand Needham.

Come May 1, however,six of Norwood’s final eightgames are on the road.

The Mustangs’ only twodates on the turf behindNorwood High School downthe stretch are a May 3 gamewith Brookline High and aMay 21 game with MiltonHigh, its home finale.

Norwood closes the regu-lar season at Braintree Highon May 23, its final game asa member of the Bay StateConference.

Bellingham, Norton andUrsuline Academy – the firsttwo of whom are TVL oppo-nents – are each on theschedule twice for the Mus-tangs. Milton is the loneBSC school Norwood will

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would help us tremendouslymoving forward.”

In 20 regular seasongames, Norwood took just15 minor penalties. Teamdiscipline will continue to bea hallmark of Mustangs’hockey in the TVL.

Determining thenonleague schedule is an-other challenge ahead forAllen and the Mustangs, inaddition to a new slate ofrinks Norwood will playmany of its home games in.Pirel l i Rink in Franklin,where the Mustangs endedtheir season this year, is thehome of both Medfield andMedway within the Tri-Val-ley League.

Allen mentioned WalpoleHigh as a possible team thatwill be retained from theBSC slate, as well as poten-tially Milton High. Allenalso floated the idea of per-

Girls Hockey continued from page 10tin finished second on theteam with 10 goals and addedeight assists for 18 points.O’Rourke was the leadingscorer among players set todepart, positing 6-7—13 to-tals.

Defenseman KaylaClifford scored more pointsthan any Mustang player fromthe blue line (5-6—11) andCampbell also reached doublefigures with 6-4—10 totals.

“There were a lot of gamesituations where we didn’tknow the opponents and howthe girls would react playingthe nonleague games,”Coskren said. “But as timewent on, I think the leadershipof the seniors and juniorshelped a lot. We had some re-ally good younger playerswho really came to play,which really boosted the oldergirls to keep up with them aswell.”

Clifford, a freshman, bol-stered Norwood’s defensivecorps with seniors FrankiDeVingo and Ally Naumannand sophomore Erinn Wagner.All were huge parts in help-ing sophomore goalie JennaMazzola excel between thepipes in her first season as astarter for the Mustangs.

Mazzola started all but onegame for Norwood, includingeach of its playoff games, andplayed a part in all three shut-out wins the Mustangsnotched this winter.

“In a couple of our biggestgames and rivalry games, shehad huge games,” Coskrensaid. “She played extremelywell. In some of the biggestgames, she came up with hugesaves.”

One of Mazzola’s finestgames this season had to be a

2-1 win for Norwood overWalpole on Dec. 23, its firstwin over the Rebels since2014. Mazzola stopped 30 ofthe 31 shots she faced in thegame, essential given theMustangs mustered only nine.

It’s hopeful that Walpoleremains on the schedule forNorwood next season, as theMustangs move to the Tri-Valley League. While theTVL currently only has fiveother hockey teams(Westwood, Dedham, Dover-S h e r b o r n / H o p k i n t o n ,Medfield/Norton andMedway/Ashland), Norwoodwon’t be hard pressed to findnonleague games. The TVLbecame an official sponsor ofgirls’ hockey last season, asdid the Hockomock League,and given that not every indi-vidual school from the leagueshas its own team, the leaguesentered into a scheduling al-l iance to help fi l l emptyspots on the slates.

Hockomock girls’ hockeyteams include Franklin, Can-ton, King Philip, Stoughtonand Mansf ie ld/Foxboro/Oliver Ames.

“I haven’t spent a lot oftime looking into that, thelittle bit of feedback thatI’ve gotten is that we prob-ably had to get morenonleague games this yearwith the way they changedour schedule,” Coskren said,a reference to the Bay StateConference’s schedul ingtemplate th is year sansDedham.

In all, the Mustangs willgraduate six seniors from thisyear ’s team: DeVingo,O’Rourke, Naumann andQuinn – all captains – and SamDoucette and Christina Reilly.

haps playing in an in-seasontournament , somethingNorwood hasn’t been able todo with such a large leagueschedule.

“We can’t dwell on leav-ing the Bay State,” Allensaid. “It was out of our con-trol; we’ve just got to goplay. I think the kids arelooking forward to it. Losingto Medfield, obviously it’stough that i t ’s your las tgame, but seeing that kind ofcompetition, that might havehelped us and opened upsome people’s eyes .Medfield’s a good team.”

In addit ion to Munro,Norwood is also graduatingKyle McCue, Will Goffredo,Colin Ridge, Matt Dolan,Declan Tolman, OwenGillis, Randy Gardner, TimWagner, Thomas Garer i ,James Piate l l i , P.J .Hennessey and Dan Hoover.

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face off against twice thisspring, and Dedham is itsother nonleague opponentthat again, is a preview ofTVL play (and a review ofBSC play, for that matter).

With the exception of an11 a.m. start time vs. Nortonat home over April vacation,

all of Norwood’s games arelate afternoon starts at either4 or 5 p.m.

Chuck Allen returns forhis second season as headcoach of the girls’ lacrosseteam, which are in additionto his duties as boys’ hockeycoach in the winter and golf

games against EastBridgewater High, twogames against Norton High,two games against MiltonHigh and a single gameagainst Walpole High andDedham High.

After the opener vs.Bellingham, Norwood will beon the road for virtually theentire month of April. Eightof the Mustangs’ nine gamesin that calendar month will beaway from Norwood HighSchool, its lone game on theturf at NHS on April 12 vs.Framingham High. The Mus-tangs’ have three games onthe road prior to the homegame with the Flyers, fol-lowed by a five-game roadtrip.

The month of May, how-ever, will be much easier onthe travel budget. Six ofNorwood’s eight games are athome, including five in a rowbetween May 7 and May 17.

The Mustangs will playonly one BSC team twice thisseason, Milton. Only onegame will count towardsleague standings, for a totalof nine BSC games thisspring.

The Mustangs’ final homegame is on May 17 against

coach in the fall. He’ll beone of the only coaches inMassachusetts to hold a var-sity head coaching job in allthree seasons, and almostcertainly the only one withthe combination of golf ,boys’ hockey and girls’ la-crosse.

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Coach Chuck Allen reamins hopeful that he and the girls can turn the tide this year for a postseason berth inthe Tri-Valley League.

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Walpole. Norwood’s finalgame of the regular season ison the road on Monday, May21 against Milton, in whatwill be Norwood’s final gameas a member of the Bay StateConference.

Norwood will have a majority of home games this year and the result-ant home field advantage.

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DEATHSCONNELLY

Dr. Arthur Philip, Jr. (87) be-loved husband, father, andgrandfather passed away onMarch 6, 2018. Dr. Connelly issurvived by his wife JudithConnelly of Norwood anddaughters, Cece, Julia and Suzie.Dr. Connelly was Chief of Medi-cine at Cardinal Cushing Hospi-tal in Brockton (Good Samari-tan Medical Center) for morethan 20 years. Complete noticeto follow. gfdoherty.com.George F. Doherty & SonsWellesley 781-235-4100.

D’ENTREMONTPaul Louis Of Norwood, age

79, passed away peacefully onSaturday, March 10th at EllisNursing Home surrounded bythe comfort of his loving familyand friends. He was the son ofthe late Justinien and Lynden(Amirault) D’Entremont. Paulwas born in Boston on April15th, 1938 and was a graduateof Boston Trade High School,Class of 1956. He was partnerof Rea-Craft Press, Foxboro MAand he was employed by Cam-bridge Offset Printing Company.He was proud of his Acadianheritage and spent much of hisfree time in his family home inWest Pubnico, Nova Scotia shar-ing laughs and playing cribbagewith his family and friends. Inhis later years, he worked as theofficial time keeper for the NFLat Gillette Stadium. He was achampion skeet shooter and gunenthusiast. He enjoyed spendingtime with his “brothers” at thegun club and he loved spendingtime with his dogs. He was thehusband of the late Sally(Doherty) D’Entremont and be-loved father of Elizabeth and herhusband Thomas Hamilton ofMedfield MA, Paul d’EntremontJr. of Palm Springs CA. andDebra and her husband MarkHonor of Franklin MA. He wasthe grandfather of JacquelineHurley and Lyndsey, Alexander,Sally and Timothy Honor. Paulis also survived by his compan-ion of 13 years, Jo-AnneDiMarzio. Relatives and friendsare kindly invited to attend call-ing hours on Thursday, March

15th, 2018 from 4-8pm at theHolden, Dunn and Lawler Fu-neral Home, 55 High Rock St.,WESTWOOD, MA 02090. AMass of Christian Burial will becelebrated on Friday, March16th, 2018 at 10am in Most Pre-cious Blood Church, 30 CentreSt., Dover MA. Interment is pri-vate for family members only.Paul’s family is requesting toplease omit sending flowers butrather have donations in Paul’smemory to the American Diabe-tes Association.

FITZSIMMONSPAUL M. of Plymouth for-

merly of Norwood and Walpolepassed away on March 8, 2018at the age of 78. Beloved hus-band of Louise E. (McGovern)Fitzsimmons. Devoted father ofMichele L. Levy and her hus-band Andrew of Newton,Kathleen M. Evans and her hus-band Sean of Mansfield, CarolA. Fitzsimmons and her husbandPhilip Riccio of Plymouth andChatham and Brian P.Fitzsimmons and his wife Debraof Norwood. Loving brother ofthe late Charles M. Fitzsimmonsand Sheila M. Fitzsimmons.Cherished grandfather of Alexis,Kathryn, Chase, Erin, Ryan andBrendan. Son of the late Paul M.and Rose C. (Hayes)Fitzsimmons. Also survived bymany nieces and nephews. Fu-neral from the Kraw-KornackFuneral Home 1248 WashingtonSt. Norwood, Thursday, March15, 2018 at 10am followed by afuneral mass at 11am in St.Catherine of Siena ChurchNorwood. Visiting hours wereheld on Wednesday. Burial willbe at Highland CemeteryNorwood. In lieu of flowers do-nations may be made in his nameto the Dana-Farber Cancer Insti-tute P.O. Box 849168 Boston,MA 02284-9168. US Air ForceVeteran.

HENNESSEYAnna (Masciarel l i) Of

Norwood, passed away peace-fully on March 4, 2018. Born inCanton, daughter of the late Jo-seph and Mary (Ricciuti)Masciarelli and beloved wife ofthe late Raymond A. Hennessey.Loving mother of RaymondHennessey and his late wifeSheila of Wrentham, RobertHennessey and his wife Judith ofWalpole and Mary Ann McDuffand her husband David ofNorwood. Cherished grand-mother of Melissa Hennessey,Vanessa Winters, JeremiahHennessey, and James, Douglas,Andrew and Courtney McDuff.Proud great-grandmother ofRyan, Dylan, Brooke, Tayla andHayden. Devoted sister of DavidMasciarelli of Canton and thelate Ralph, John and RichardMasciarel l i and ClaireMasciarelli Willis. She is alsosurvived by many loving niecesand nephews. Visitation was heldon in the Gillooly Funeral Home,126 Walpole Street (Rte. 1A),Norwood, followed by a Mass ofChristian Burial at in St .Catherine of Siena Church, 547Washington Street, Norwood.Interment followed the Mass inHighland Cemetery, Norwood.Memorial contributions inmemory of Anna Hennessey maybe made to St. Jude Children’sResearch Hospital, 501 St JudePlace, Memphis, TN 38105.Gillooly Funeral Home

HINESAntonetta P. (Palmieri), 95 of

Norwood, formerly ofRoslindale and East Boston, Fri-day March 9. Daughter of thelate James and Vincenza(Matarazzo) Palmieri. Belovedwife of 58 years of Spafford E.“Mel” Hines. Devoted motherof Edward and his companionMary McGovern of Wrentham,and James and Carla both ofNorwood. Sister of JamesPalmieri of Weymouth, and thelate Domenick and HenryPalmieri . Antonetta was agraduate of Roslindale HighSchool, and attended the BostonClerical School. She worked fornearly 20 years for the US Gov-ernment Ordinance Dept., Per-sonnel Office. A Mass of Chris-tian Burial will be celebrated onThursday, March 15, in St .Timothy’s Church at 10 AM, fol-lowed by interment at HighlandCemetery. There are no visitinghours. Arrangements byGillooly Funeral Home,Norwood. In lieu of flowers, ex-pressions of sympathy may bemade in her memory to the Ital-ian Home for Children, 1125Centre St., Jamaica Plain, MA02130.

MALONEYAllen V. “Red” BPD Retired

Station 11, Dorchester ofNorwood passed away on March5, 2018 at the age of 88. Cher-ished and beloved husband ofthe late Catherine T. (Murphy)Maloney. Loving and devotedfather of Patricia and her hus-band Richard Hartigan ofWeymouth, loving daughterCarol Maloney of Norwood,Kathleen and her husbandJimmy Mawn of Norwood, Mar-garet Maloney and her husbandDan Davis of NC and MaryEllen Maloney and her husbandJohn Ladd of Kensington, CT.Loving Grandfather to Richardand Kara Hartigan of No.Attleboro, Patrick and CarrieHartigan of Salem NH, PhilipGingras and his fiance KatieBasilotto of Plainville, Danieland Brendan Gingras ofNorwood, Connor, Joshua, andJulia Ladd of Kensington, CTand Great Grandfather to Bradenand Rory Hartigan of No.Attleboro. Beloved son of thelate Philip and Helena (Smith)Maloney of Newfoundland andDorchester. Brother of the lateJames, Joseph, and Philip andhis sister Genevieve (Maloney)Deyeso. Also survived by manynieces, nephews, and friends.Daddy loved Irish music andIrish culture. He was a well-known Irish drummer during theDudley Street Irish Music era.He was a member of the BostonIrish Social Club of WestRoxbury and The Norwood IrishMusic Club. Daddy had an oletime saying “When you think ofme keep in mind a real truefriend is hard to find.” Funeralwas from the Kraw-KornackFuneral Home, 1248 Washing-ton St., NORWOOD. Whichwas Followed by a FuneralMass in St. Catherine of SienaChurch, Norwood. Burial was atMt. Benedict Cemetery Boston,MA. In lieu of flowers, pleasesend donations to the WalpoleVisiting Nurse Association, 55Water Street, Suite 3, Walpole,MA 02081. US Air Force Ko-rean War Veteran. www.kraw-kornackfuneralhome

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTSWARRANT FOR TOWN ELECTION

APRIL 2, 2018

TOWN OF NORWOOD

Norfolk, ss.

To either of the Constables of the Town of Norwood in said County, Greetings:

In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notifyand warn the inhabitants of the Town of Norwood qualified to vote in elections tomeet in the various voting precincts designated for their districts in Norwood onMonday, the Second day of April, 2018 at 7:00 o’clock in the forenoon, then andthere to act on the following:

To choose all necessary Town officers. The following are to be chosen by ballot, namely:One Selectmen for three years; one Moderator for one year; one Member of the Boardof Health for three years; One Member of School Committee for three years; TwoMembers of the Finance Commission for three years; Two Trustees of the MorrillMemorial Library for three years; One Member of the Town Planning Board for fiveyears; One Member of the Norwood Housing Authority for five years; Ten TownMeeting Members for District One for three years; One Town Meeting Member forDistrict One for one year (to fill a vacancy); Ten Town Meeting Members for DistrictTwo for three years; Ten Town Meeting Members for District Three for three years;One Town Meeting Member for District Three for two years (to fill a vacancy); TenTown Meeting Members for District Four for three years; Ten Town Meeting Membersfor District Five for three years; Four Town Meeting Members for District Five fortwo years (to fill a vacancy); Two Town Meeting Members for District Five for oneyear (to fill a vacancy); Ten Town Meeting Members for District Six for three years;One Town Meeting Member for District Six for two years (to fill a vacancy); OneTown Meeting Member for District Six for one year (to fill a vacancy); Ten TownMeeting Members for District Seven for three years; Two Town Meeting Members forDistrict Seven for two years (to fill a vacancy); Ten Town Meeting Members for DistrictEight for three years; One Town Meeting Member for District Eight for one year (tofill a vacancy); Ten Town Meeting Members for District Nine for three years.

For these purposes, the polls will be open at 7:00 o’clock in the forenoon and shall bekept open until 8:00 o’clock in the afternoon when they may be closed.

And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof in tenpublic places in this Town seven days at least before the time and day of said meeting.

Given under our hands at Norwood this sixth day of March, 2018.

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SENIOR NEWS

HOSPICE VOLUNTEERS NEEDEDServing Communities in the Central Massachusetts and Metrowest Ar-

easSalmon VNA and Hospice is looking for caring, compassionate indi-

viduals to join our volunteer team. You will touch lives in extraordinary waysthrough this community service opportunity. We are looking for volunteersto visit hospice patients living in Central and Metrowest cities and towns andalso our Nursing Facilities in Northbridge, Northborough, Worcester,Westborough, Natick and Sharon. Individuals of all ages and backgroundsare welcome, and no previous hospice or health care experience is needed.As a hospice volunteer, you’ll spend a couple of hours each week providingfriendly companionship to one of our patients in their home. Time spent readinga book, writing a letter, hand massaging, relieving caregivers or sitting bed-side during vigil visits enhances the quality of life of hospice patients. Yourvisit can touch the lives of others and offer a caregiver a much-needed break.Donations of flower arrangements, blankets, music, or other sensory itemsare also welcome. If you would like more information about this topic, pleasecontact Sydney Champoux at 508-422- 1837 or email [email protected].

JOIN OR DONATE TO THE NORWOOD FOOD PANTRY’SWALK FOR HUNGER TEAM

On Sunday, May 6th, Project Bread will host its 50th annual Walk forHunger. And the Norwood Food Pantry is currently organizing a team toparticipate in this event, which is dedicated to helping the 726,000 Massa-chusetts residents who don’t always have enough to eat.

You can help by calling Team Captain Nick Campagna at 781-762-6866– or logging on to http://support.projectbread.org/goto/NorwoodFoodPantry– and signing up to be part of this local team or making a donation to supportthose who are participating.

The 20-mile walk begins and ends at the Boston Common. With rollingstarts between 8:00 and 9:30 am, it will wind its way through Boston,Brookline, Newton, Watertown, and Cambridge, with entertainment, water,free snacks, first aid, and toilet facilities along the way.

But if you’re not a long-distance walker, you don’t have to pledge tocomplete the entire course. You can walk 10 miles, 5 miles – or even just oneor two – and take advantage of the free transportation back to the Commonthat’s available at nine checkpoints located along the route.

You can also sign up to raise donations as a Virtual Walker. Or, if youprefer a faster pace, there is also a Walk for Hunger 5K Run, which begins at7:00 am.

Participants in both the Walk and the Run are encouraged to solicit mon-etary pledges from friends, family, and co-workers. And youth, teens, andadults are all welcome to take part.

Last year the Norwood Food Pantry Walk for Hunger Team raised $9,385with just seven walkers. And with your help, we can raise even more – andhelp even more neighbors in need – in 2018.

CANDIDATES’ NIGHT SPONSOREDBY NORWOOD LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS

In preparation for the local town election, the Norwood League of WomenVoters sponsors Candidates’ Night on Monday evening, March 19th at 7:30pm in Memorial Hall/Town Hall building at 566 Washington St. Candidatesfor contested and uncontested races will present their views and answer ques-tions regarding current issues that impact the future of Norwood. The eventis open to the public. For membership and league information go to:WWW.LWVNORWOODMA.ORG or call membership chair, Toni at 781-769-7865. For more information about MSCPA’s outreach to aspiring CPAsand resources for high school and college students, visit cpatrack.com.

DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY, APRIL 8THA Solemn celebration for Divine Mercy Sunday will be held at St.

Catherine of Siena Church, 547 Washington St., on April 8. The Sacramentof Reconciliation (Confession) will be available from 1-2:45 p.m. in the chapeland the school gym. The recitation of the Most Holy Rosary will begin at2:10 p.m. followed by the Divine Mercy Chaplet in the Church. The HolyMass in honor of the Solemnity will be celebrated at 3 p.m. and will includeveneration of the Divine Mercy Image.

EASTER EGG HUNTMarch 24, Tots at 10 a.m., Grades K-1 10:15 a.m. The cost is $5.00 per

person at the Norwood High School Front Field.

FLASHLIGHT EGG HUNTJoin us on March 30, 8 p.m. Grades 2-5. The cost is $5.00 Per Person at

the Balch Softball field.

MOTHER’S DAY SWEETHEARTS DANCEFor mothers and sons on April 27, 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Civic Center. The

cost is $15.00 per couple and $5.00 per additional person.

FISHING DERBY AND RUBBER DUCK RACEJoin us on Saturday, April 28 from 3 – 5 p.m. at the Hawes Pool and

Endean Park. The cost for the fishing Derby is $5.00 and $5.00 for RubberDuck Race.

SAVE THE DATE: NORWOOD SCHOLARSHIPFOUNDATION DOLLARS FOR SCHOLARS

Norwood Scholarship Foundation Dollars for Scholars will be hostingan evening with Medium Cathy Ripley Greene on Friday, March 23 at theElks Hall Located on Elk Parkway in Norwood. The doors will open at 6p.m. and event will begin at 7. Tickets may be purchased in advance for$40.00pp tickets purchased at the door will be $45.00pp. Tables of 10 may bereserved if desired. Tickets may be purchased by writing a check to: NSFDFS and mailing it to Patty Starr 26 Sycamore St. Norwood, MA. 02062. Forquestions call: 781-551-0509. Cash bar will be available; feel free to bringmunchies.

ARTS & CRAFTS: Offered every first Thursday ofeach month at 11 a.m.

BINGO: Every Wednesday, from 12:45 to 3 p.m.,$5.00 to get started. We have begun a new game, for$1.00, with a winner take all prize! You must be here by12:45 p.m. to play the new game!

BLOOD PRESSURE CLINIC: Walpole VNA willbe available for blood pressure screening on the firstWednesday of each month. Ellis Nursing Home will of-fer blood pressure screening on the second Wednesdayof each month. The Walpole VNA will provide bloodpressure screening on the third Wednesday of each monthat 11:30 a.m.

BRIDGE: Our Bridge Club meets on Thursdaysat 9 a.m., in the Library. The Tuesday group has beencancelled.

COMPUTER CLUB: The Computer Club meetsevery Wednesday at 1 p.m.

CRIBBAGE: Our seniors meet every Monday at12:45 p.m. to play cribbage.

DIGITAL PHOTO ORGANIZATION & ED-ITING: will take place the first and third Wednesdayof the month at 11:30 a.m.

FRIENDS EVENING DANCE: March 16, 7 -10 p.m., featuring Dave Valerio.

GLEE CLUB: Glee Club meets every Tuesday at11:15 a.m. New members Welcome!

HANDCRAFTERS: Handcrafters meet everyMonday from 1 to 3 p.m.

HEARING SOLUTIONS: Hearing Aide clinicon Wednesday, March 28, at 11:30 a.m.

LEARN TO PLAY MAH JONG: Thursday andFridays at 12:30 p.m.

LINE DANCE: Classes are held each Tuesdayfrom 1 to 2 p.m.

MAH JONG: Mah Jong players meet Monday,Wednesday, and Friday 10 a.m. - noon.

MANICURES: March 30 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.MASSAGE THERAPIST: Karen Tracy is here

on the first Monday of each month. Please sign up atfront desk. Massages are $30.00 for half an hour.

NORWOOD RETIRED MEN’S CLUB:Norwood Retired Men’s Club March Retired Men’sThe board of directors meet the first Tuesday of eachmonth at the Norwood Senior Center. At 10:00am Theclub membership meets the second Tuesday of eachmonth at the Norwood Elks at 10:00am. See Tom Tfor Bocce 2018 Dues are due now and must bepaid before sports sign up. Dues can be mailed to:Norwood Retired Men’s Club PO Box 115Norwood, Mass 02062 We Welcome New Mem-bers.

SCRABBLE: Thursday afternoon at 1 p.m.Come and join us for a game.

SHINE: Our SHINE Counselor, Carole, is hereto help you with your medical insurance needs onTuesdays from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. New: Jill will behere on Fridays from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Please call781-762-1201 for an appointment.

TAP DANCE: Thursdays at 11:15 a.m. All lev-els are welcome and encouraged to join the fun.

TRIAD: Monday, March 19, at 1 p.m.WAXING: Monday, March 19, 9 a.m. to noon.WHIST: Whist players meet on Tuesdays at 12:45

p.m. in the library.

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KICK-OFF EVENT FORNORWOOD’S OLD PARISHCEMETERY WORK DAYS

Rob Gregg, president of theVine Lake Preservation Trust inMedfield, will present an illustratedtalk at the Morrill Memorial Libraryon Monday, April 9 at 7 p.m. to in-spire Norwood residents interestedin restoring the Old Parish Cem-etery on Washington St. inNorwood. Mr. Gregg’s talk is spon-sored by the Old Parish Preserva-tion Volunteers – a charitable orga-nization whose goal is to preserveand raise awareness of Norwood’sOld Parish Cemetery, established in1741, and make it more accessibleto the public. Two Saturday morn-

ings will be scheduled in the springand two in the fall at which volun-teers of all ages can help out at thecemetery in a number of ways, in-cluding resetting tipped gravestones.The dates of these work days will beannounced at the kick-off event onApril 9.

Mr. Gregg will talk about theTrust’s initiatives in preserving, en-hancing, interpreting, and celebrat-ing the Vine Lake Cemetery, a cul-tural resource in existence since1651. The burial ground and cem-etery has remained a place for soli-tude, contemplation, and reflectionas well as being an important so-cial, historical, architectural, natu-ral, and archaeological resource.

For more information, please seetheir website:rootiment.wixsite.com.

To sign up for this program, call781-769- 0200, x110 or 222, [email protected], or stopby either the library Reference orInformation Desk.

EZEKIEL’S WHEELS TOKICK OFF SPRING MUSICALSUNDAYS CONCERT SERIES

This spring the Morrill Memo-rial Library will host a series of sixafternoon concerts as part of itsMusical Sundays series held on se-


Library continued from page 14lect Sunday afternoons at 3 p.m. from April 8through May 20. The concert series will com-mence with a repeat performance by the in-ternationally acclaimed Ezekiel’s WheelsKlezmer Band on Sunday, April 8.

The quartet brings passion, virtuosity, andcontagious energy to every performance,combining the intimacy of chamber music withthe intensity of a rowdy dance band. TheWheels’ unique style was forged in the sub-way stations and farmers’ markets of Bostonwhere the informal setting and ever-changingaudience created an ideal environment formusical experimentation.

The band features Abigale Reisman (vio-lin, back-up vocals), Jonathan Cannon (vio-lin), Kristen Lamb (upright bass, lead vocals),and Nat Seelen (clarinet). To sign up for thisconcert, made possible throughmthe libraryEndowment Fund, call 781-769- 0200, x110,email [email protected], or stop by thelibrary Reference or Information Desk.

LUNCH & LEARN TECH WORKSHOP:SMARTPHONE BUYING SIMPLIFIED

Join Technology Librarian AllisonPalmgren for her latest Lunch & Learn work-

shop at the Morrill Memorial Library onWednesday, March 21 from noon-1 p.m.:Smartphone Buying Simplified. Confused bythe many cell phones on the market? Whetheryou’re buying your first smartphone or simplyupgrading to a newer model, find out whichsmartphone is best for you. To sign up for thisworkshop, call 781-769- 0200, x110 or 222,email [email protected], or stop by thelibrary Reference or Information Desk. Feelfree to bring a bag lunch; dessert and bever-ages will be provided.

REAL HOLLYWOOD ROYALTY:GRACE & RITA FILM FEST

The Morrill Memorial Library will screena series of four movies between April 4 andApril 27 in anticipation of American actressMeghan Markle’s wedding to Prince Harry atWindsor Castle this May. The film fest – RealHollywood Royalty: Grace and Rita – featuresmovies starring two other American actresseswho married royalty, Grace Kelly and RitaHeyworth. The series kick offs with “HighNoon,” starring Grace Kelly and Gary Coo-per, on Wednesday, April 4 at 6:30 p.m., fol-lowed by “Separate Tables,” with Rita

Heyworth and Burt Lancaster, on Tuesday,April 10 at 2 p.m. The film fest continueswith “Happy Thieves,” starring Ms.Heyworth and Rex Harrison, on Wednesday,April 25 at 6:30 p.m. and concludes with“The Bridges at Toko-Ri,” featuring Ms.Kelly and William Holden, on Friday, April27 at 2 p.m. To sign up for any of these films,call 781-769-0200 x100, [email protected], or stop by the li-brary Reference or Information Desk. Com-plimentary popcorn will be provided by Re-gal Cinemas in Bellingham.

NEW RESIDENTSINVITED TO NORWOOD 101

Norwood 101 is a welcome program fornew residents being held for the second con-secutive year at the Morrill Memorial Li-brary on Monday, March 26 from 6-8 p.m.Representatives and officials of the Town ofNorwood departments and community orga-nizations will be at the library that evening towelcome you and answer any questions youmay have. Refreshments will be served, andhandouts will be available to take home.(Adults and teens over the age of 14, please.)

To register, call the library at 781-769-0200, x110 or 222, [email protected], or stop by either

the library Reference or Information Desk.Please respond by Monday, March 12. Allresidents who sign up in advance will be en-tered into a raffle for a Taste of Norwood 101Gift Basket.

TURN THE PAGE BOOK GROUP TODISCUSS NYT BESTSELLER “LILACGIRLS”

The Morrill Memorial Library’s newestbook group for adults will meet next onWednesday, March 21 at 10 a.m. and againat 7 p.m. to discuss Martha Hall Kelly’s 2016New York Times Bestseller, “Lilac Girls.” In-spired by real people and events, Kellyweaves together the stories of three womenin this remarkable debut novel set against thebackdrop of World War II in New York City,Paris, Germany, and Poland. Copies of “Li-lac Girls” in a variety of formats are avail-able to check out at the Circulation Desk. TheMarch 21 meeting will be led by AprilCushing in Adult Services and Irene Gotovichin Technical Services. Coffee and light re-freshments will be served, and advance reg-istration is appreciated. To sign up for eitherthe morning or evening session, please call781-769- 0200, x110, [email protected], or stop by thelibrary’s Reference or Information Desk.

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