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Matthew Lane Helen Abdallah Donohue

Lane, Donohue top the ticketfor two Selectmen seats

Committee meets newPrincipal, approves

May School curriculum

New Oldham School PrincipalSteven Olsen

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

The Norwood School Committeemet last week on June 3 and votedunanimously to approve the May Cen-ter School’s proposed curriculum. TheBrockton-based school plans to relo-cate to Norwood at One CommerceWay.

Program Executive Director An-drea Potoczny-Gray has been with thecenter for 27 years.

“It’s a very unique, diverse groupof students,” she said. “Some studentsare working on some very functionaltypes of goals, whereas we have oth-ers that are at or near grade level whoare working towards their high schooldiploma. And there are a lot of stu-dents kind of in the middle.”

Individualized learning and assess-ment are provided. Some commonchallenges students face can be physi-cal, cognitive and behavioral. Behav-ioral challenges can be mild to severe.There is a high student-to-staff ratiowith speech therapy, nursing andphysical therapy services available.Ninety-eight percent of their students’IEP goals were met or progressing.

“We do really like to transition stu-dents to less restrictive settings,”Potoczny-Gray said, noting about two-thirds of students transitioned back topublic schools.

“We just really felt like this is anideal setting for us,” colleague PamelaReynolds added, noting that the landonce belonged to the May Institute.They plan to close on the property inJuly and open in a year.

Norwood Schools SuperintendentDave Thomson read a powerful letterregarding the death of George Floyd,

the African American man who diedas a Minneapolis police officer put hisknee on Floyd’s neck for nearly nineminutes while he was face down be-ing arrested. It had been distributedto the school community.

“Our hearts and minds are filledwith confusion, anger and sadness,”an excerpt from the letter read. “We’vewatched, as you have, with horror anddespair, the recent murder of GeorgeFloyd in Minneapolis. As leaders ofyour schools, we denounce these hor-rific actions. We recognize at this timethat students, families and staff mem-bers of color may be filled with fear,confusion and anger and may be ex-periencing trauma as a result of theseactions… We see you. We hear you.We value you. We care for you. Welove you.”

The School Committee also con-tinued to review the school improve-ment plans, starting with the OldhamSchool. It was the end of an era, asretiring principal Bob Griffin handedthe baton to his successor, Steven

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The Norwood Board of Selectmenwill be seeing some old and new facesat its next meeting, as Helen AbdallahDonohue and Matt Lane were victori-ous on Monday evening after the voteswere counted.

Lane dominated with 2,154 votes.Donohue managed to edge out formerPlanning Board member DebbieHolmwood by 20 votes with 1,323over 1,303 respectively. NewcomerAmanda Grow did not lag too far be-hind with 1,200.

The Norwood Clerk’s Office re-ported 18.4 percent, or 3,505 of theTown’s registered voters came out forthis year’s election, which is at leastaverage with other years’ turnout. Lastyear, 3,389 came out for a turnout per-centage of 18.31.

The Board will not be seeing achange in its name, as 1,600 residentsvoted to keep name Board of Select-men, rather than Select Board, forwhich 1,244 residents voted, thoughit should be pointed out that 661 vot-ers left the question blank.

Lane said he was happy to see so

much of a groundswell of support.“I had a good team helping me with

the campaign and I think we did agood job getting the word out on thethings I thought were important,” hesaid. “I have a good network of peoplewho I know from my kids being inschool, through church and volunteer-ing to coach basketball. I don’t knowthat it (votes) came out of nowhere,but just politically out of nowhere.”

Lane said he was glad he and hiscampaign were able to reach peopleduring the pandemic, which caused aconsiderable amount of disruption, tosay the least.

“This turnout was pretty similar tothe usual April election,” he said. “Iwas pleasantly surprised that we wereable to get that many people to comeout and vote and I think it was a testa-ment to people’s will to exercise theirright to vote. It was great that peoplethought it was important.”

Lane added he’s looking forwardto his first meeting next Tuesday.

“I think it’s going to be a remotemeeting and that will be kind ofstrange, but doing the League of

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Election Results continued from page 1Women Voters forum overZoom was pretty strange andI guess I’m used to it now,”he said. “It will be nice whenwe can all get in the sameroom and be safe. Hopefully,that time comes soon.”

Returning to the Board,Abdallah Donohue said she’sbeen in many elections inNorwood over the years andfelt this one was one of themost professional in recentmemory.

“First of all, I want tothank all of the other candi-dates, everybody ran a fairand pleasant campaign, eventhough we have these very dif-ficult times, between the vi-rus and the racial problems.Those made the election dif-ficult, but the fellow cam-paigners were friendly, kind,honest, and industrious,” shesaid. “We all worked in ourseparate ways, but we allworked in a beautiful manner.I’d also like to thank all thepeople who got out and voted,because it was hard for peopleto vote with the fear of healthdanger, and it took a great ef-fort to educate the public, andthe Town did a great job edu-cating the public about theprecautions that would betaken.”

Abdallah Donohue saidthat while she did not serve onthe Board during the last year,having lost the prior election

to David Hajjar and ThomasMaloney, she has served onseveral other committees andpointed out that she has notstopped serving the Town fordecades. She said one of hermost proud achievements washelping to reduce the size ofa parking lot at 84 Morse St.and helped the Town to pur-chase what is now called theSaints Street lot. The Saints isslated to become a passiverecreation park, as it abuts theNeponset River and HawesBrook.

“We’ve also been able tosave South Norwood by notletting all those cars park onthe end of dead end streets.We’ve saved Eliot Field andwe’ve saved the NeponsetRiver in South Norwood,” shesaid. “The concept of parkingcars in between a brook and ariver, that wasn’t good and theneighbors, we got a lot done.We never stopped.”

Newcomer Amanda Growsaid campaigning in the Townwas a great experience, butadded she’s been involved inTown politics since shemoved here. With her color-ful hair, she’s easy to spot inlast year’s front page of theNorwood Record on April 4,during the 2019 regular AprilElection.

“I’m very encouraged bythe strong support I receivedfrom residents in this race,

and I’d enjoy running again.Plus I still have plenty of othercivic activities to engage inaround town - I currentlyhave two more years in TownMeeting for District 7, andI’m likely to volunteer toserve on the Rules Committeefor a second term, plus my probono lobbying work. But myfavorite thing of all is helpingother civic minded residentsget involved with the Town. Ithink there’s a misconceptionthat one has to go get a politi-cal degree in order to do civ-ics in one’s community, butthat’s not how it was designedto work. We’re all supposedto take some time engaging.That could be reading a re-port. It could be volunteeringon a committee. It could beobserving a meeting. Forsome, it was voting for thevery first time in a town levelelection. There are so manyways to get involved, and youcan expect to see me continueto help guide residents to stepup and serve.”

Holmwood said she’s notgoing anywhere either.

“I appreciate all the workof my supporters, but youlose, you lose,” she said. “It’sbeen six months and it’s beena long six months. Thanksguys, we did our best and wedidn’t leave anything on thetable. Town Meeting on June22!”


Selectmen approve outdoor diningapplications, wait on Town Meeting

Day 1 of Phase II of the Massachusetts reopening includes restaurantsallowed to serve customers outside. On Monday, the DPW assistedrestaurants by setting up ‘Jersey Barriers’ to allow pedestrians to getby sidewalks being used by diners.


The Norwood Board of Se-lectmen voted unanimously toapprove all finished applicationsfor outdoor dining at a specialmeeting on Monday, June 8.

The Board also voted unani-mously to hold a vote on up-dated Town Meeting regulationsand requirements at its nextmeeting. The Board was readyto vote on the issue on Monday,but Town Moderator DavidHern said those regulations andrequirements should first beposted publicly to allow resi-dents to review said regulationsfor at least seven days before theactual vote.

Town Meeting, while pro-posed to be a short, essentials-only meeting, would, accordingto current preparations, requirefewer Town Meeting Membersto establish a quorum. Hern saidthis would allow essential workof Town Government to con-tinue operating, as fund transfersand budgets for Fiscal Year 2021(FY 21) could be allocated prop-erly without endangering resi-dents to COVID-19 exposure.

While Hern stressed nothinghas been yet set in stone, offi-cials have been formulatingplans in conjunction with theBoard of Health to get ready fora socially-distant Town Meet-ing.

“In all likelihood, we willmeet in the (Norwood HighSchool) Gymnasium,” he said.“The gymnasium is capable ofholding more than 180 seats onthe floor of the gymnasium withsix-foot separation and room fortables. We may provide, and I’mworking on this and I have ameeting on this this week withothers involved in the planning,for some outdoor seating also,but the indication that theClerk’s Office is getting is thatso far most of the people whohave responded to the requestfor their view on the matter haveindicated they plan to attend themeeting in the gymnasium.That’s the current plan.”

Hern said while NorwoodHealth Department DirectorSigalle Reiss felt the addition offans to the gym might increaseresidents’ exposure, the doorsand windows would be open toallow for adequate ventilation.

The new law that will allowmunicipalities to reduce theirquorum for Town Meeting, Sen-ate Bill 2680, took effect on Fri-day after Gov. Charlie Bakersigned it after the MassachusettsState Senate voted to approve it.The full text of the bill, whichcan be found at https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S2680/Senate/Bill/Text, statesthat the meeting members may

only touch on matters “relatedto their budget or necessary tomeet a federal deadline and shallnot include warrant articlesother than those adopted by theselect board.”

Hern said while he feels low-ering the numbers in attendancerequired for a quorum is a goodidea, he said that all Town Meet-ing members should still try toattend.

“I am sure that none of uswould take it as a reason to dis-courage participation in TownMeeting; we hope as manyTown Meeting Members as pos-sible will attend on June 22.However, this is a tool that al-lows towns to reduce the quo-rum in order to be sure the meet-ings are able to be held and thebusiness that must be concludedcan be concluded,” he said. “Theidea I think is a good one, butcertainly it’s not intended to dis-courage people from attendingand we hope we will have anumber that approaches or evenexceeds our normal quorum re-quirement, which is 125.”

The Board also voted unani-mously to accept 19 applicationsfor outdoor dining. The measurealso includes alcohol service forrestaurants that already have li-quor licenses. The measure wasapproved by Gov. Charlie Bakera few weeks ago to expedite theprocess for outdoor dining toallow restaurants more seatingspace while also maintainingsocial distancing requirements.

Town Manager TonyMazzucco said the Town startedan interdepartmental reviewprocess to get through the appli-cations on Saturday.

“I really do want to givecredit to the Town staff whocame in on Saturday to review.We had staff from Planning, Po-lice, Liquor Enforcement andSafety, Health, Public Works,Inspections, Fire, the GeneralManager’s Office, and theSelectmen’s Office,” he said.“About 11 employees came in

on Saturday, worked all day,went through the applicationsand discussed different chal-lenges and any issues with them,moved them through to be ap-proved and then did site visits.We went out and visited almostall of these applications wherewe felt we needed a visit. If theBuilding Inspector had a par-ticular concern with an applica-tion he went out and visitedthem. If the Health Departmenthad a concern, they went out andvisited that restaurant. And sothe actual review process forthese applications has been farmore extensive than we wouldnormally have under other cir-cumstances.”

Mazzucco added that inplaces where pedestrian access

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on the sidewalk would be im-paired to the point of blocking apublic way, bump-outs intoparking spaces will be madewith Jersey Barriers, which hesaid should be in and placed bythe end of the week. SelectmenChair Paul Bishop also took amoment to praise theSelectmen’s office staff, whostayed in on Sunday as well toprepare said applications forthe approval of the Board.

The full list of restaurantsnow allowed to serve outdoorsfrom this vote include Cheff’n& Eetinn, Brookeside Cafe,IHOP, Mug n Muffin,Victoria’s Cafe, Giorgio’s

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Pizza, Broadway Pizza,Byblos, Colonial House,Conrad’s, Jake n Joe’s, Lewis’,Limey’s Pub, Little BirdEvents, Olde Colonial Cafe,Taso’s Euro Cafe, VicoRistorante, Minas Cafe,Napper Tandy’s and PercivalBrewing.

The Board also votedunanimously to approve asmall business grant programthat would allow Norwood’ssmall businesses to apply forup to $4,000 towards COVID-19 recovery. Mazzucco saidthe grant could be used to startthe business back up, gettingpayroll losses plugged, or buy-

ing new outdoor furniture forbusinesses taking advantage ofthe program detailed above.He said the applications shouldhave been made available onJune 9 online at the Planningand Economic Developmentpage of the Town website.

Mazzucco also informedthe Board that work on reha-bilitating the elevator in theTown Hall will have com-menced on Tuesday, June 9,and will make the elevator outof commission for the nextfour to six weeks. However, hepointed out the Town Hall isexpected to be closed anywayduring that time due to theCOVID-19 pandemic, so thereshould be no change for thegeneral public.

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Racism: the shameof 1981

My Kindof Town/Joe Galeota

While anti-racism marchersin Boston stream to and fromthe Common, the State House,City Hall, Nubian Square, theMonument, Holy Name Rotary,and Roslindale Square, they arequick to mention the names ofthose tragically made famous in2020—George Floyd, BreonnaTaylor, and Ahmaud Arbery, aswell as a boy receiving notori-ety in 1955, Emmet Till. How-ever, they seldom, if ever, utterthe name of Michael Donald ofMobile, Alabama: the last citi-zen lynched in the UnitedStates.

In 1981 the 19-year-old wasbeaten and hanged from a treeand had his throat slit by the KuKlux Klan, as he walked homefrom a store: it was a retalia-tory murder of a random blackbecause of a hung jury in acourt case involving the deathof a police officer. Four per-petrators of the lynching caughtby the police were tried: onewas executed, another given alife sentence for testifying, onedied before the trial was com-pleted, and the other was con-victed as an accomplice.

The physical act of lynch-ing, as routinely perpetrated bythe Ku Klux Klan, involved apiece of rope with a noose atthe end as well as a sturdy treebranch. Any movie goer—ac-tually television goer—who hasseen “Roots” and “The Auto-biography of Miss JanePittman" —might recall thehorrifying scenes in which thenight riders dragged off blackmen to be lynched.

Lynchings were donemostly to men whom a portionof the general populace de-spised. Sometimes they weredragged from jails even beforetrials were held; other timesthey were removed forciblyfrom their homes.

One of the most stirringaccounts to which I have everbeen privy involved a dozen ofus 20-year-old guys listening toan aged Josephite priest morethan a half century ago recall-ing how he was taken out for asudden ride by the KKK to theback-country woods for estab-lishing a Catholic church forblacks in Wilmington, NorthCarolina. There is no need tosay how riveted we were listen-ing to his account as well as tosay how different the outcomewas for him in that he lived to

talk about it. One of the last times the

word “lynching” appeared fre-quently in the press was in 1991as Supreme Court JusticeClarence Thomas nomineeused it as part of the phrase“high-tech lynching” to de-scribe his questioning by sena-tors.

The most extensive study oflynching was performed byTuskeegee Institute—from thesame Alabama town thattrained the famed TuskeegeeAirmen. The study involvedresearching 4,743 lynchingsfrom 1882 to 1968. The 3,446black victims accounted forabout 73% of the deaths; theother 1,297 victims were white,accounting for the remaining27%.

The study appears not to ad-dress the groupings for the nu-merous Mexicans and Ameri-can Indians who were alsolynched, as well as biracial vic-tims.

Mississippi holds the du-bious distinction of leadingwith 581 lynchings, with 79%being performed in the South. 99% of the perpetrators—inspite of the great crowds wit-nessing the hangings in a cir-cus-like atmosphere—werenever captured.

From 1882 until 1986 Con-gress has tried to pass anti-lynching laws 200 times; theyhave failed every time to makeit a federally punishable offenseas the ultimate—or is it the lowpoint?—of a hate crime. Hope-fully no lynching ever occursagain in our country, but itmight be nice to have on ourbooks such a law as currentlybacked by three senators, twoDemocrats and a Republican.

From left to right: NFD Chief George Morrice, Town Manager TonyMazzucco, and Deputy Chief John Cody.

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Fire Chief George Morriceand Norwood General ManagerTony Mazzucco are pleased toannounce the promotion of a15-year veteran of the NorwoodFire Department.

Lt. John Cody was pro-moted to Deputy Fire Chief andwas officially sworn in at a pri-vate ceremony on Monday,June 1.

Deputy Chief Cody hasworked for the Norwood FireDepartment since 2005 wherehe began his career as afirefighter EMT. He was pro-moted to lieutenant of the FirePrevention Office in 2018where he led the annual andquarterly inspections ofschools, houses of worship and

restaurants in town. He also di-rected the inspection of smokedetectors and carbon monoxidealarms at residential homes forreal estate transactions.

Along with holding numer-ous fire safety and inspectioncertifications, Deputy Chief

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Norwood Police, state warnresidents to look out for scams


Keep an eye out in your mailbox.

More and more residents allover Massachusetts are findingthey are getting letters con-gratulating them on being ap-proved for pandemic unem-ployment. Many of them arestill employed, so what hap-pened?

Scammers. Criminals areusing information they haveobtained from residents andapplying for pandemic unem-ployment benefits. And it’s hap-pening to more and more resi-dents.

“It’s happened to me, I gota letter in the mail Thursdaysaying ‘congratulations, you’vebeen granted pandemic unem-ployment.’” said Norwood Po-lice Chief William Brooks, whorecently had his employmentextended through an act of theMassachusetts State Legisla-ture. “Obviously, I didn’t applyfor it. There’s nothing peoplecan really do to prevent it, it’snot like the other scams whereyou can just hang up the phoneor whatever. This is the resultof an earlier data breach, and ifthey have your information al-ready, they just may apply forunemployment in your name.It’s not something we can tellpeople ‘if you just do this youcan prevent it.’ It’s not that kindof thing.”

Brooks said residents needto report the fraud as soon asthey can. While the money iscoming from the state and resi-dents wouldn’t get it anyway,as they did not file for unem-ployment, it would still counttowards earned income on thevictim’s taxes. Residents areurged to report the fraud so atleast they don’t get a higher-than-usual tax bill next April.Residents can report fraud atmass.gov/info-details/report-unemployment-benefits-fraud

What happens is, accordingto Brooks and the Massachu-setts Department of Unemploy-ment Assistance (DUA),scammers use previously ob-tained information, provide abank account for direct deposit

and then siphon that moneyelsewhere.

“There’s a couple of theo-ries on how that’s actually be-ing done,” Brooks said.“Somebody’s getting thismoney and it’s just the latestscam.”

The only notification resi-dents get is a letter in the mailnotifying them they have beenapproved for unemploymentbenefits, but that’s some timeafter the money has actuallybeen transferred, so there’snothing authorities or the vic-tim can really do about it.

“The money’s been trans-ferred and gone elsewhere, andnow we began taking reportsand I’ve lost count on howmany of these have been re-ported to us, but we’ve receivedmany just in Norwood,” hesaid. “Quite frankly, no finan-cial crime occurred inNorwood, residents are not outany money, and it’s not theirmoney, it’s unemploymentmoney, but now we’re tellingpeople to report it.”

Brooks said the reportingprocess is straightforward, butyou have to hang on to the origi-nal letter, as the claim numberwill connect the DUA to yourtax information.

“That’s obviously going toa central place where furtherinformation can take place,” hesaid.

The DUA released a state-ment on the issue at the end ofMay, which conveyed thedepartment’s inclusion of addi-tional identity verification mea-sures that will at least tempo-rarily delay the payment time

frame for many unemploymentclaims in Massachusetts.

“Protecting the integrity ofthe unemployment system andensuring benefits are goingonly to valid claimants is thetop priority of the Departmentof Unemployment Assistance,”said Labor and Workforce De-velopment Secretary RosalinAcosta. “While the programintegrity measures we are tak-ing will unfortunately meanthat some claimants will expe-rience temporary delays in pay-ment, we believe these steps arenecessary to respond to thisunemployment scam. We areworking rapidly to respond tothis scheme and urge individu-als who may have had a falseunemployment claim filed intheir name to contact the De-partment.”

Norwood Senior Center Di-rector Kerri McCarthy saidresidents have been reportingreceipt of unemploymentclaims they did not apply for aswell.

“My neighbor who is retiredfrom the federal governmentactually received a letter stat-ing her unemployment claimhad been approved,” she said.“Crazy scams.”

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

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

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

—S.G.H.


School Committee continued from page 1Olsen. Griffin came out of re-tirement to serve this year.

“We pulled him out of re-tirement, but we didn’t haveto pull too hard,” Thomsonsaid. “He came in with a skipand a jump and really helpedus out and brought his exper-tise.”

As far as Olsen is con-cerned, Thomson said, “Westruck gold.”

“I’m just really excited tojoin the community,” Olsensaid. “I’ve been hearing a lotof great things, and I’m talk-ing to folks who live there andhave been through the schoolsystem… I’m excited to get inthere, at least remotely on

video, if not physically, soonand start to see what’s goingon and move things forward.”

Science was the focus atthe Oldham under Griffin af-ter he reviewed the grade fiveMCAS scores, he said. Only44 percent of students eithermet or exceeded the state stan-dards in that area. He also saw“volatile fluctuations” in theirscores over the past fouryears.

To improve all grade lev-els, Griffin began using a sci-ence newsletter calledNewsela geared towardgrades three through five. Itincludes two science and twosocial studies articles daily.

While the articles did not al-ways align with the curricu-lum, they were used to “piquestudents’ interest in all aspectsof science.”

Callahan Principal DonnaBrown announced a majorDepartment of Elementaryand Secondary Education(DESE) improvement inschool accountability datawhich skyrocketed from 41percent to 96 percent in crite-rion preference targets. Sheattributed this jump to thepositive culture, station rota-tion and small group learning.

Social emotional learning,including collaborative prob-lem solving and positive be-havioral incentives, was an-other focus Brown stressed. Arecently created coding clubwill continue, as well as aSTEM focus.

Willett School/LMPAPrincipal Carolyn Robbinssaid the Willett kindergartenprogram is getting closer to itsaverage enrollment number,now at 253 out of an expected270 to 280 students. The num-ber of English language learn-ers (ELL) saw a 6.1 percentjump to 28 percent of the kin-dergarten students.

“Almost half of our fami-lies have a second languagespoken at their home,”Robbins said.

At the LMPA Preschool,the anticipated enrollment is135, with at least 61 studentsrequiring Individualized Edu-cation Plans (IEP). Two sec-

tions of nine per section arefull now, and she expects thatto increase.

“What that means is thatwe’re looking at a fall semes-ter in which we don’t haveroom for our three-year-oldswho are going to be aginginto our program,” she said.“That is a concern we have,but we’re going to do the bestwe can with that as we go for-ward.”

In other news, the SchoolCommittee voted unani-mously to approve the newschool wellness policy, 5-0,after hearing about the SchoolHealth Council, which formu-lated it over the course of theschool year.

Ryan Quigley, theWellness Department chairfor grade 6 through 12, dis-cussed the progress the newSchool Health Council hasmade this year despite the in-terruption of the COVID-19pandemic.

“When we first got to-gether, our purpose and ourmission was to reestablish, orif you will, resurrect, theSchool Health Council and itsmembership,” he said. One ofits key objectives has been theimplementation of the up-dated wellness policy for thepolicy manual that would ben-efit students and the entireNorwood community.

“The work of this councilis by no means apolicymaking group,”Quigley explained. “It’s reallyjust to try to make some solidrecommendations to theNorwood administrative

team, teachers, and you asSchool Committee membersregarding continuing to im-prove the overall wellness ofour students.”

Member Myev Bodenhoferasked about the policy on foodand beverage marketing inschools as it relates to schoolfundraiser event incentives.For example, if a school eventis held and a flyer provides adiscount to a restaurant forthose who attend, is it allow-able if all of their menu itemsare not FDA regulated.

“Those events are reallypart of the fabric of a student’sexperience,” Quigley said. “Itreally doesn’t matter if it’s atthe elementary, middle schoolor high school level.”

Massachusetts doesn’thave any regulations regardingthis, he said, and the councildoesn’t want to“micromanage” events likethat.

Chair Teresa Stewart, whoalso serves on the SchoolHealth Council, noted thereare two new sections to thepolicy – one on social emo-tional learning and another onstaff development. The coun-cil also worked on the sectionon mental health.

Also, Thomson congratu-lated member Maura Smith asshe ended her term of service.

“You brought a tremendousamount of talent and vision to ourteam,” he said. “It’s been a plea-sure to get to know you and a plea-sure to work with you. I want tosay that I learned from you and thatI appreciate all that you did.”

The School Committee alsovoted 4-1 not to reimburse partialpayment of bus fees, citing the needfor money to pay for the bus con-tract and COVID-19-related ex-penses. A rebate upon request wasdiscussed, but it was after the mo-tion was already on the floor. Smithvoted against because it was a ser-vice not provided, and some par-ents may need the money.

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The Norwood Council on Aging met last week for the first time in the last few month to address issuesmembers were not able to take care of due to COVID-19.

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COA meets digitally, givesupdates on vital programs


The Norwood Council onAging (COA) met last weekand went over several issuesfacing older residents inNorwood.

Senior Center DirectorKerri McCarthy gave a reportdetailing the Center’s activitiesduring March, April and May.She said while many day-to-day activities had to be elimi-nated, Senior Center staff

stepped up to serve inNorwood.

“Our lunch is busier thanever,” she said. “Sometimesserving 70 people.”

She said they are followingall social distancing guidelinesand are providing mealsthrough a curbside pickup sys-tem.

McCarthy also gave theApril report for the Senior Bus,for which deliveries and trans-portation caused the SeniorCenter to drive 509 miles, us-

ing 77 gallons of fuel. She saidthere were four medical calls,41 shopping trips and an aver-age of six meal deliveries aday.

“What we have done withthe bus is cap it off at threepeople on each ride, and sothey’re spaced six feet apart,”she said. “We have a specialsanitizer machine the bus iscleaned with, and the driverhas extra gloves, masks and

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Popular fitness instructorEileen Smith is offering virtualfitness classes to help get youin shape for summer! On Mon-days and Wednesdays from12:15-1:00 pm on June 15, 17,22, and 24, join Eileen from thecomfort of your home via Zoomas she leads you in a full-bodyworkout where you’ll sit, stand,and walk in place. Eileen hasbeen teaching fitness classes for30 years and promises to makethese classes fun.

After a short warm-up, youzoom into walking-in-place toincrease your energy level andtone your upper and lower body.Next, you sit in a chair for somecrunches, curls, and twists. Thisstrengthens your abdominal andback muscles, helping to im-prove your posture and tightenyour tummy. Holding onto theback of a chair, you then focuson your balance, hips, thighs,and gluts, leaving you standingtall and looking fit. Finally, youcool down and enjoy the rest ofyour day feeling relaxed, re-

freshed, firmed, and toned, withrenewed energy and a smile onyour face!

Rubber-soled closed-backshoes or sneakers and a sturdy,straight-back chair are recom-mended. Registration is re-quired. For details on accessingthese classes via Zoom and tosign up and receive an email re-minder, please go to our eventspage at norwoodlibrary.org/morrillcalendar.

BLESSING BOUTIQUESaturday, June 13. Thrift

shop at Walpole St. entrance ofFirst Baptist Church, 71 BondSt, Norwood, 10:00 AM-1:00PM. Featuring new and gentlyused seasonal items, householdand kitchen necessities, books,clothing for men, women andchildren, and lots more. We’dlove for you to come in andbrowse.

GETTING TO KNOWYOUR BACKYARDBIRDS

Joy Marzolf from the MassAudubon Society will present avirtual program, Getting to KnowYour Backyard Birds, on Tuesday,June 16 at 6:30 pm. An educatorand naturalist at the BroadmoorWildlife Sanctuary in Natick, Joywill show pictures of the birds thatinhabit the local area and covertopics such as: What makes a goodbackyard habitat? How do you at-tract these beautiful birds, and whois coming and going at this timeof year? Learn more about our lo-cal birds, as well as occasional visi-tors, and what brings them to ourneighborhoods. Experience thesights and sounds of some of ourmost beautiful neighbors! Regis-tration is required in order to re-ceive details on accessing the pro-gram via Zoom. To sign up and

also get a reminder email, pleasego to our events page atn o r w o o d l i b r a r y . o r g /morrillcalendar.

FLAVORED TOBACCOAND VAPE GOESSTATE-WIDE

On June 1, 2020, the state lawprohibiting sale of all flavored to-bacco and vape products, includ-ing menthol and mint, goes intoeffect statewide. A similar ban hasbeen in effect in Norwoodsince September 15, 2019.

The statewide ban on the saleof flavored vape products, whichwas signed into law last Novem-ber, will extend to traditional to-bacco products including, ciga-rettes, cigars, chew tobacco, spittobacco, and loose tobacco. Popu-lar brands such as Newport, Kooland Salem menthol are includedin the ban. As of June 1, 2020, gen-eral tobacco retailers and adult-only retail tobacco stores, cannotsell these products.

In another section of the law,tobacco vendors in all MA townsand cities now are prohibited fromselling any tobacco products, in-cluding cigarettes, to anyone un-der 21. Enactment of both sectionsof the law will standardize tobaccosales throughout the state.

The Commonwealth has estab-lished fines for violations of thislaw; local cities and towns cannotlower these fines. For further in-formation, please call SigalleReiss, Norwood Public HealthDirector, 781-762-1240.

EXPLORE NEWENGLAND LEGENDSWITH JEFF BELANGER

Gather ‘round the virtualcampfire with Jeff Belanger, oneof New England’s premiere story-tellers, on Thursday, June 11 at7:00 pm. For over 20 years, Jeffhas been exploring the unex-plained. He seeks out history, folk-lore, ghosts, monsters, and legendsall over the world and in yourbackyard. New England Legendsoffers a tour of haunts, monsters,aliens, and weird history from ourregion. Based on Jeff’s popularweekly podcast and his Emmy-nominated television series onPBS and Amazon Prime, the pro-gram presents highlights from hisown adventures and work. Thebizarre is closer than you think!

Registration is appreciated butnot required. For details on access-ing the program via Zoom and tosign up and receive a reminderemail, please go to our events pageat norwoodlibrary.org/morrillcalendar. If you do not havea computer but would like to lis-ten to Jeff’s presentation, call 929-205-6099. When prompted, enterthe Meeting ID: 860 6184 5821followed by the # sign.

NORWOOD ANNOUNCESTESTING PROGRAM

General Manager TonyMazzucco, Public Health DirectorSigalle Reiss, and Norwood Hos-pital President Salvatore Perlawish to share with residents thatthe Town of Norwood, in partner-

ship with the Hospital, is now pro-viding COVID-19 testing forNorwood residents.

The Town has secured 1,000tests designated for Norwood resi-dents.

Any resident with symptoms orwho believes they have been ex-posed and would like a COVID-19 test should schedule an appoint-ment by calling 781-278-4499 andasking for the Norwood Commu-nity Testing program. Pre-registra-tion is required. This is not a walk-in clinic.

Testing is for individuals whohave not previously received a test.Any resident in need of a re-test inorder to be able to go back to workshould contact their physician.

Testing is offered Mondaythrough Friday, from 10 a.m. to 3p.m., by appointment only, atNorwood Hospital’s testing facil-ity at the rear of the hospital cam-pus, located at 800 Washington St.

Residents should make sure tobring their insurance card if receiv-ing a test. Health insurance will becharged, but there is no out ofpocket direct cost for residents.

Proof of residency is required.Residents are asked to bring a photoID, license, light bill or lease.

The Town will cover the costsfor a limited number of uninsuredresidents. There are no additionalfees collected by the hospital for thetest.

Results are expected in 48-72hours after the test is given. TheNorwood Health Department willcontact residents with their resultsfrom the Community Testing Pro-gram. For those who test positive,the Department will ask those indi-viduals to isolate at home and willconduct contact tracing to quaran-tine close contacts.

A COVID-19 test is a snapshotin time; it does not clear you fromfuture infections or release youfrom a 14-day quarantine. Every-one should still stay home whensick, wear a face covering when un-able to maintain social distancing,wash hands and clean frequentlytouched surfaces.

This program should not re-place the following existing testingprocedures: * Working with yourprimary care doctor to arrange test-ing if you have symptoms; * Visit-ing emergency/urgent care for anevaluation; * The Foxboro testingsite, specifically reserved for firstresponders and essential grocerystore workers only; * Other facili-ties that have access to State coor-dinated testing, such as the NationalGuard testing program or the Fallontesting program.

LIBRARY OFFERINGPHONE CALL HELP

Librarians at the Morrill Me-morial Library are now offeringphone call help to our patrons.While the chat feature on ourwebsite, norwoodlibrary.org, pro-vides a good way to ask us ques-tions 24/7, in some cases you mayrather talk on the phone for help.To reach us by phone, please callour Reference line and leave amessage: 781-769-0200 x110.Please leave your name, phonenumber, preferred call back time,and a brief message about whatyou’d like help with and a librar-ian will return your call. We arechecking this voicemail severaltimes daily, so please reach outwith any questions.

Cody received a Fire ChiefCredential from the Massa-chusetts Fire Service Com-mission in 2018. He is the firstmember of the Norwood FireDepartment to receive suchaccreditation.

“Deputy Chief Cody hasbeen an exemplary member ofthe Norwood Fire Departmentduring his 15 years of ser-vice,” Chief Morrice said. “Icongratulate him on this next

Cody continued from page 4step in his career and look for-ward to the experience andleadership he will bring to thisnew role.”

In his new role, DeputyChief Cody will be responsiblefor developing a standardizedtraining program for Norwoodfirefighters in an effort to en-hance and improve training fordepartment members.

Deputy Chief Cody holds adegree from Columbia South-

ern University. He also hon-orably served in the UnitedStates Marine Corps.

“This promotion is un-doubtedly deserved,” saidGeneral Manager Mazzucco.“Deputy Chief Cody has beena valuable member of theNorwood Fire Departmentand the Town of Norwoodthanks him for his dedicatedservice to our community.”

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Deaths FOLAN

ROBERT E. (Bob) ofNorwood passed away suddenlyon June 6, 2020 at the age of 58.Beloved son of Lois A. (King)Folan and the late Robert E.Smith, and the late Dennis J.Folan. Bob is survived by histhree children: Emily Folan ofBoston, Meghan Folan ofIpswich, Chris Folan of Ipswich,and their mother, Kim Cordimaof Ipswich. Bob was the lovingbrother of Mary Beth Wetzel andher husband Paul of Littleton,Judith A. Folan of Norwood,Susan J. Brunelli and her hus-band Robert of Medfield, Den-nis J. Folan Jr. and his wifeKristina of Medfield and Amy L.Settle and her husband Ben ofFranklin. Bob is also survived bymany nieces and nephews, whothought he was awesome. Bobwas a proud and devoted fatherto his three amazing children,and he appointed himself thePresident of each of their fanclubs. His unconditional love

and endless encouragement werehallmarks of his legacy as a dad.Emily, Meghan, and Chris’s ac-complishments, big or small, of-ten brought him tears of happi-ness and pride. Seeing them livetheir dreams filled him with in-credible joy. Bob’s passion forcooking led him to his career atWegman’s, where he flourished. There he enjoyed his favorite pas-times: cooking, making peoplelaugh, talking, and helping oth-ers. Bob’s philosophy of cookingwas ‘A recipe is like the speedlimit...it’s just a suggestion’. Priorto finding his happy place atWegman’s, Bob was a lead ac-count executive at Sprint formany years. Bob’s interests alsoincluded fishing and golfing withgood friends, and spending timeat the family cottage inMarshfield. He was the proudchampion of the Ipswich Coun-try Club Golf Championship inthe early 2000’s and the AnnualSippy Cup award in 2001 and2004. His humor, enthusiasm forlife, and compassionate ear willbe missed by all who knew andloved him. Visiting hours will beheld for family and close friendson Wednesday, June 10, 2020from 4-8pm at the Kraw-KornackFuneral Home, 1248 WashingtonSt. Norwood, MA. A funeral mass

will be held on Thursday, June 11,2020 11am at St. Catherine ofSiena Church in Norwood. Burialwill be at the Highland Cemetery,Norwood. In lieu of flowers do-nations may be sent to KimCordima at 10 4th St Ipswich, MA01938 for the benefit of the Folanfamily children.

O’CONNORMatthew F. of Norwood, for-

merly of County Galway, Ireland.June 3, 2020. Beloved husbandof Frances (Mitchell). Devotedson of the late Matthew andCatherine (Thornton) O’Connor.Loving brother of BridgetCadogan, James O’Connor, Jo-seph O’Connor, Margaret Kelley,Kathleen Crawley, FrankO’Connor, ChristopherO’Connor, Anthony O’Connorand the late Mary Kelly and Tho-mas O’Connor. Also survived bymany nieces and nephews in theUnited States, Ireland and En-gland. A Mass of Christian Burialwill be celebrated in St. Theresaof Avila Church, 2078 CentreStreet, West Roxbury on Wednes-day, June 10 at 10:00 am. Rela-tives and friends are invited to at-

tend. Due to COVID-19, a privateviewing for family members onlywas held at Gormley FuneralHome, 2055 Centre Street, WESTROXBURY on Tuesday, June 9from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm. Inter-ment St. Joseph Cemetery. In lieuof flowers, donations may bemade to a charity of your choicein memory of Matthew. Forg u e s t b o o k ,www.gormleyfuneral.com Will-iam J. Gormley Funeral Service617-323-8600.

ZONFRILLO

EDWARD J. a US Army Viet-nam Veteran of Norwood, for-merly of N. Attleboro. He wasborn in Pawtucket, RI and passedaway on June 2, 2020 at the ageof 75. Beloved husband ofBrenda (Rafuse) Zonfrillo. Cher-ished son of the late Edward and

Mary (Canfield) Zonfrillo. Lov-ing father of Priscilla Roach,Eddie Jr. and Samuel Zonfrillo.Loving grandfather of JustinZonfrillo, Kayla Roach, WilliamZonfrillo and Isabella Zonfrillo.Brother of Mary Louise Sousa,Irma DiRosario and the lateMichael Zonfrillo. Also survivedby many nieces and nephews.Eddie’s family and friends willgather for a military service atKnollwood Memorial Park at alater date to be announced. In lieuof flowers donations may be madein his name to the American HeartAssoc. 300 5th Avenue #6,Waltham, MA 02451. Kraw-Kornack Funeral Homew w w . k r a w -kornackfuneralhome.com 781-762-0482 .

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Monday, June 10859 Phone - Harassment Spoken To

Location/Address: Mill Pond LnResident reports her neighbor fol-lowed her this morning on UnionSt. and then pulled up beside her atRt1 and looked at her. N678 spoketo her, provided her with a H.P.O.packet.

1016 Phone - Unwanted Party GoneOn Arrival Location/Address: In-finity Of Norwood - Bos-ProvHwy Report customer with nomask, coughing, and yelling atother customers. N677 reports hiscar was serviced and he left priorto officers’ arrival, caller satisfied.

1416 Phone - Disturbance ServicesRendered Location/Address:Charlwell Nursing Home -Walpole St Report on Saturdayaround 1515 Hrs she was visitingwith her mother through the win-dow and a female staff memberconfronted her and was yelling pro-fanities at her until another staffmember intervened. N669 spoketo her and Management is address-ing the issue.

1429 Phone - Complaint Of Mv Ser-vices Rendered Location/Address:E Cross St Report TT car carrierunits using street betweenNeponset and Rt1., signage prohib-its same. N662 spoke to caller andsent out department message re-quest for traffic control.

1501 Phone - Malicious Damage*Report Filed Location/Address:Emerald Condo Condominiums -Access Rd Report Window Base-board Spray Painted.

1539 Phone - Animal ComplaintNACO/WACO notified Location/Address: Bornwood Dr Fawn re-mains found in the back yard.NACO reports coyotes are respon-sible.

1658 Phone - Assist Other AgencyServices Rendered Location/Ad-dress: Jefferson Dr Plymouth PD508-746-1212 looking for a teenwho walked away. No one homeat that address, Plymouth PD ad-vised.

1950 Initiated - Mischief (Kids) Spo-ken To Location/Address: NorwestDr Report of juveniles on bicyclescausing damage to rain gutters anda fence. N666 spoke to juvenilesand parents in the neighborhood,advised.

2015 Phone - Noise Complaint NoViolation Location/Address:Phillips Ave Caller reports childrenoutside being loud.

2113 911 - Unwanted Party ServicesRendered Location/Address:Victoria Haven Nursing Home -Nichols St Employee refuses toleave. Officers handled same.

2220 Phone - Mischief (Kids) AreaSearch Negative Location/Ad-dress: Azalea Dr Loud juveniles.

Tuesday, June 20543 Initiated - Violation Of Town

Bylaw Spoken To Location/Ad-dress: Access Rd Republic Wastetruck advised of Town Bylaw re-garding trash removal before7:00AM

0819 Phone - Death *Report FiledLocation/Address: Tremont StSudden death at home. CPAC andBCI declined. NFD transported tohospital.

0958 Phone - Wires Down Electic/Light Dpt Notified Location/Ad-dress: Cameron Rd Report graybox truck took down wire. NFDand ELD sent. BOLO for truck.

1432 Phone - Susp Activity ServicesRendered Location/Address: RockSt Female does not recognize 3individuals in the back of her apart-ment complex. Units spoke to theparents who were changing theirbaby, no issues.

1942 Phone - Well Being Chk Spo-ken To Location/Address: PaulaRd The Nanny is in fear of herMother . N667 reports verbal ar-gument between mother anddaughter. Advised and calm.

2037 Phone - Well Being Chk Ser-vices Rendered Location/Address:Hill St Caller reports she has not

seen her neighbor in a week. Callto the hospital they reports he wasdischarged. FD notified and madeentry before units arrival and re-ports that there was nobody home.

2131 911 - Susp Activity ServicesRendered Location/Address: FalesAve Caller reports hearing one ofher doors open and would like anofficer check the house for her.N667 responded and everything isin order and secure. Caller satis-fied.

Wednesday, June 30000 Phone - Fireworks Area Search

Negative Location/Address:Highview St Caller reports neigh-bors setting off fireworks. N666spoke with people in the area, alldeny setting them off.

0207 Phone - Susp Activity ServicesRendered Location/Address: CvsPharmacy - Nahatan St Employeereports female party possibly tak-ing items from the store. When sheconfronted her she left and got intoPA PC LFD8444. Officers locatedthat vehicle in the parking lot andspoke to the female party. Sheshowed them a receipt and had noadditional items with her.

0645 911 - Death *Report Filed Lo-cation/Address: Albemarle RdCaller reports husband uncon-scious and not breathing. NFDnotfified and responded.

0938 Phone - Report Of Fire VehicleTowed Location/Address:Neponset St MSP reports a wheelfire on a dump truck. NFD re-sponded and Negoshian’s towsMA CP T25366.

1427 Phone - Disturbance ServicesRendered Location/Address: Gar-den Pkwy Verbal argument be-tween brothers inside their home.

1525 Phone - Noise Complaint Ser-vices Rendered Location/Address:Bahama Dr Units could not locatethe individual causing the noisecomplaint. Caller was spoken to.

1914 Radio - Well Being Chk Spo-ken To Location/Address: WalpoleSt + Beacon St Walker reports toN668 a female appears in distress.Located on foot and she has an oldinjury . Refused any help or to pro-vide much more information.

2001 Phone - Well Being Chk Ser-vices Rendered Location/Address:Walpole St + Rosemary StWellness check on a female on thesidewalk. Units spoke to her andmoved her along.

2223 Initiated - Susp Vehicle SpokenTo Location/Address: OldhamSchool (Acct# 1382d) - ProspectSt N664 reports 3 vehicles in theparking lot. N664 spoke to thoseindividuals and sent them on thereway.

Thursday, June 40115 Initiated - Susp Vehicle Services

Rendered Location/Address: QuailRun + Norton Dr N667 reports carunoccupied with a door open.Spoke to a resident, it belongs tothem and they are having it towedin the morning.

0418 Phone - Well Being Chk Ser-vices Rendered Location/Address:Dedham Savings Bank - Central StCaller reports male party asleep inatm vestibule. Officers spoke tohim, he checks out and movedalong.

0811 Phone - Animal ComplaintNACO/WACO notified Location/Address: Analog Devices Inc -Technology Way Report injuredhawk.

1334 Walk-In - Fraud *Report FiledLocation/Address: Upland WoodsCir Resident in lobby reports vic-tim of a scam.

1418 Phone - Complaint Of Mv GoneOn Arrival Location/Address: FrMac’s - Vernon St Report diesel p-up truck with engine running for 11/2 Hrs, unoccupied in lot, people/kids using park.

1444 Phone - Well Being Chk Ser-vices Rendered Location/Address:Norwood Hospital - Washington StReport someone took her bible,wallet, and phone. Call to nurse’sstation, they believe she put thebible down somewhere, they can-not find it, other items in her prop-erty. They will go speak to patient.

1503 Walk-In - Susp Activity ServicesRendered Location/Address:Albemarle Rd Party in lobby withpackage delivered to her home, shedid not order anything. N666 re-ports delivered to wrong address,no scam.

1547 Phone - Susp Activity ServicesRendered Location/Address: Lin-coln St Female reports a male walk-ing in the neighborhood for the pasthour. Units spoke to him , no is-sues.

1623 Phone - Assist Citizen ServicesRendered Location/Address:Royal Ct Female caller believes herhouse key was taken off the keychain while MV was at the shop.N666 spoke to her, no issues.

1635 Phone - Well Being Chk Ser-vices Rendered Location/Address:Endicott St Caller requests awellness check on her 80 y/o fe-male friend. FD notified to makeentry, no key holder or maintenancewere available. Entry was madeand there was nobody home. A notewas left for the resident that wewere there for a well being check.

1758 Phone - Assist Other Agency*Arrest(S)Made Location/Ad-dress: Riverside Comm Mental -Lenox St Riverside requesting as-sistance with a section 12. Uponarrival that party fled the scene andwas located a short distance away.FD notified.

1937 911 - Report Of Fire Fire DeptNotified/Responded Location/Ad-dress: Maxwell Ave Smoke inoven.

2040 Phone - Assist Citizen *ReportFiled Location/Address: Washing-ton St Party in lobby turning inammunition.

2109 Phone - Susp Activity AreaSearch Negative Location/Ad-dress: Union St Caller reports teen-agers knocked on her window andleft. Requesting check of the area.N677 checked the area, all appearsin order.

2259 Phone - Assist Citizen SpokenTo Location/Address: SturtevantAve Caller reports her friend tookher car this morning and is refus-ing to return it. While she wasspeaking with officers she realizedher car was in the driveway. N666confirmed.

Friday, June 50630 Phone - Animal Complaint Ser-

vices Rendered Location/Address:Countryside Ln caller reports anunknown dog is on her property,N664 responded and locatedowner on Chatham Rd. Reunited

0822 Phone - Report Of Gas LeakServices Rendered Location/Ad-dress: 82 - Pleasant St Sub-Con-tractor for National Grid reportsthey hit the gas line. NFD sent.N486,on private detail with them,responds. NFD sent. N678 re-sponds. National Grid,contractor,NFD and details tohandle same.

0852 Phone - Warrant Service Un-successful Service Location/Ad-dress: Melville Ave Report subjectis not at his Boston address. Unitsto victim’s house for notificationand if he is there to place him un-der arrest. N669 reports no answer.

1103 Phone - Civil Dispute ServicesRendered Location/Address:Nichols St Caller, speaking for hismother-in-law reports their neigh-bor is constantly arguing over theboundry lines and made threats tocaller that he would rip down theirshed that he believes is on his prop-erty. Officers advised, being a civil

matter, and the options available tothem.

1125 Phone - Unwanted Party Spo-ken To Location/Address: PleasantSt Caller would like her son re-moved from the house.N662,N678responded. Son left on his own.

1208 Phone - Well Being Chk Ser-vices Rendered Location/Address:Cross St Caller reports a white malewearing black shorts, long sleevedwhite shirt and a bandana is stand-ing in front of the entrance toHennessey Field and very unsteadyon his feet. N663,N678 responded.Second call states he took a fall.NFD responded and checked himout. Party states he took a fall yes-terday and hurt his knee. He is ok.

1423 Phone - Assist Citizen SpokenTo Location/Address: NorwoodHospital - Washington St Also seeCall#: 20-11003 1330 Hrs. today.Son reports hospital will not givehim some paperwork. N678 re-ports mother discharged and medi-cal records paperwork is a civilmatter.

1724 Phone - Assist Citizen ServicesRendered Location/Address:Venice Cafe - Washington St Em-ployee seeking advice regardingcar parked on private property andkids causing a disturbance in thearea. Employee will be calling pri-vate tow for MA PC 9XG613.N678 spoke to the kids. Caller sat-isfied.

1742 Phone - Larceny *Report FiledLocation/Address: Upland WoodsCir Package stolen.

2213 Phone - Noise Complaint Ser-vices Rendered Location/Address:Elks - Winslow Ave Caller reportspeople in parking lot talking loudly.Officers spoke to them and theywill keep it down.

2318 Phone - Noise Complaint Ser-vices Rendered Location/Address:Railroad Ave Caller reports loudmusic in the backyard. Officersspoke with them and they turned itdown.

2324 Phone - Noise Complaint Spo-ken To Location/Address: TremontSt Loud group outside. Advised.

Saturday, June 60818 Phone - Citizens Complaint

*Report Filed Location/Address:Avalon - Lenox St Report of a ban-ner on fence along tracks. N669 re-ports removed before officers’ ar-rival.

0932 Initiated - Assist Citizen Spo-ken To Location/Address: 1170 -Washington St N679 flagged downin Balch parking lot by passing mo-

torist requesting H.P. Order advice.N679 gave her her options.

1235 Phone - Malicious Damage*Report Filed Location/Address:Norwest Dr Cars keyed in the lot.

1248 Phone - Well Being Chk AreaSearch Negative Location/Ad-dress: Pleasant St + Rock St Twomales 40’s appear to be under theinfluence . Officers check the areaand behind Shaws with negative re-sults.

1432 Phone - Assist Citizen SpokenTo Location/Address: Dorset StBox of ammo found that was actu-ally only shells . Homeowner willhandle.

1524 Phone - Malicious Damage*Report Filed Location/Address:Victoria Haven Nursing Home -Nichols St Employee reports hercar was keyed today between 0700and time of this call.

547 Phone - Wires Down Electic/Light Dpt Notified Location/Ad-dress: Cottage St Resident reportstree on their property, in front, camedown and took wires down, noth-ing blocking public way. NFD andELD notified.

1549 Phone - Wires Down Electic/Light Dpt Notified Location/Ad-dress: Anne Rd Report tree downwhich took wires down across theroad. NFD,ELD, and N679 sent.N679 stood by until road cleared.

1551 Phone - Road Hazard StateDpw/Norwood Dpw Notified Lo-cation/Address: Central St + E Cot-tage St Report road flooded. N662reports to stand-by but then reas-signed to another call. DPW noti-fied.

1554 Phone - Wires Down Electic/Light Dpt Notified Location/Ad-dress: Andrews St Report treedown which took wires downacross the road. NFD and ELDsent. N664,when available sent.N664 reports both already movedoff the road.

1558 Phone - Road Hazard StateDpw/Norwood Dpw Notified Lo-cation/Address: Neponset St +Bahama Dr Report road floodingand asphalt buckling. N664 reportsasphalt compromised on side ofroad at 2nd entrance as come fromPleasant St., road is passable. N664also reports he was able to getsewer cover back on that had comeoff due to flood near 1st entranceas come from Pleasant st. DPWnotified for both.

1558 Phone - Road Hazard StateDpw/Norwood Dpw Notified Lo-cation/Address: Oolah Ave Reportroad flooded. N663 reports over-flow due to excessive rain but streetis passable. DPW notified.

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Council on Aging continued from page 7sanitizer for anyone who getson the bus.”

She added that during thispandemic, few have exposedthemselves to danger as muchas driver Ellen Renault, andshe said her service has beenamazing.

“She is a rock star,”McCarthy said.

Senior Center OutreachCoordinator Trisha Monahangave an update on the SeniorCenter outreach, which in-cludes providing notary ser-vices, food shopping and medi-cation runs for those con-cerned with exposing them-selves to the current COVID-19 pandemic.

“The staff remain verybusy,” she said. “When we arenot serving the residents ofNorwood, we are doing house-

keeping, and Adrian has beenvery busy painting the (MorrillMemorial Library) and he isnow currently painting the bigroom.

“I set up one person on mailorder because they didn’t wantto even have someone come tothe door,” she said. “Anotherperson got laid off so I helpedhim get on unemployment...After that, we’ve been check-ing in with the seniors, seeinghow they’re doing, howthey’re coping, what they needand if there’s anything we cando for them.”

She added they also do runsfor hand sanitizer and other es-sentials. She said despite thelack of an ability to physicallymeet with residents, every-thing has been going smoothly.

“It’s been food assistanceissues, Medicare, Mass Health,you know, the normal, every-day problems and it’s all keptme very busy during the wholething,” Monahan said, addinghowever the inclusion of digi-tal communication has madesome usually everyday transac-tions more difficult. “It’s hardenough sometimes when you’reface-to-face, so it’s a little bitworse and a bit more difficultand includes a few more phonecalls back and forth, but youknow, you find a way.”

Member Fran Kenney alsoupdated the COA on the statusof the HESSCO Meals onWheels program, which contin-ues to deliver hot meals Mon-days through Fridays.

“HESSCO also providesnutritional frozen snack itemson Tuesdays and Thursdays,and on May 20, HESSCO hada one-day high of 690 meals de-livered,” Kenney said. “Theorganization has partnered withthe COA to deliver 4,500pounds of frozen meat to adultsin the region. The meat is sup-plied by the U.S. Departmentof Agriculture.”

Information on how to signup for HESSCO can be foundat https://hessco.org/current-meals-menu/ or by calling 781-784-4944.

Kenney also updated theCOA on a recent phone scamwhere adults identify them-selves as working for the Serv-ing Health Information Needsof Everyone (SHINE) and re-quest banking information toassist with receipt of the Fed-eral Stimulus package payment.

“SHINE counselors are notcalling older adults to discussstimulus payments and neverrequest banking information,”Kenney said. “If you receiveone of these calls, please callElder Affairs at 617-222-7416.”

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cation/Address: Vernon St Caller reports finding a deceased familymember. NFD, BCI, Kraw-Kornack Funeral Home all notified and re-sponded.

2009 Phone - Animal Complaint NACO/WACO notified Location/Ad-dress: Village Rd W Caller reports a dog is left outside for long periodsat a time alone and is concerned. Officer unable to make contact withthe owners, no one home. NACO notified.

Sunday, June 70056 911 - Unwanted Party Services Rendered Location/Address:

Sturtevant Ave Caller reports his girlfriend’s ex-boyfriend is outside thehouse harassing her and they would like him removed. N663 ,N679responded. Upon arrival the party had left the area. Area was checked.Female was advised of 209a rights.

0317 Phone - Disturbance *Protective Custody Location/Address: OakRd Caller reports her sister and roommate are fighting. Request for of-ficer assistance.N669,N678 responded. As a result, N669 returned with1 female in protective custody. Westwood officer responded.

0809 Phone - Drug Law Violation *Report Filed Location/Address:Winslow Ave Report 2 metal containers and a cigarette butt, all appearto be marijuana, on top of trash bins on Phillips Ave side of home. N679confiscated same.

0928 Phone - Susp Person Spoken To Location/Address: Norwood Cen-tral Station Building - Broadway St W/M sleeping near the building wasmoved along. He refused to ID himself. Subject in the his 30’s darkcurley hair,maroon top and Addias backpack.

0955 Initiated - Citizens Complaint Services Rendered Location/Address:Broadway N668 reports grafitti on wall in rear of building. N668 noti-fied landlord of complex to remove same.

1806 Phone - Susp Vehicle Spoken To Location/Address: Work Out World- Bos-Prov Hwy Owner of the gym reports MA PC 123W10 in the lotdriving around for the last 20 minutes. N678 reports it was a parentgiving driving lessons to one of his children.

1825 Initiated - Assist Citizen Spoken To Location/Address: Allen RdOfficer flagged down by a citizen. That citizen was concerned aboutsome activity that was going on in the area.

1859 Phone - Susp Activity Services Rendered Location/Address: CoakleyMiddle School ( Acct# 1378d) - Washington St Caller reports smellingmarijuana coming from a group at the softball field. N677 spoke toindividuals on the softball field who did not see anyone using mari-juana.

2358 Phone - Susp Activity Area Search Negative Caller reports a maleparty pushing a tire up the street.

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