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Families from all over Norwood and be-yond came out for the annual NorwoodEaster Egg Hunt. Officials said this yearwas the most well-attended event to dateand that Norwood families donated themost amount of candy baskets for the kidsin the history of the hunt.

PHOTO BY MARY ELLEN GAMBON

Members of the Norwood Student Government took seats as the Norwood School Com-mittee during last week's meeting.

PHOTO BY JEFF SULLIVAN

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Students and school membersunhappy with Pay to Play idea

“Perfect Storm”brings hundreds

The Norwood School Committeemet on April 10 to discuss several is-sues facing the district, but the mostnotable was once again concerningthe potential budget cuts that wouldbe required if an operational budgetoverride is not approved by Norwoodvoters on June 3.

Members of the Student Govern-ment came in and sat with SchoolCommittee members to run the meet-ing for a time and discuss how a novote on the override would affecttheir education personally.

“I want to be a music teacher, andif I don’t have extra curriculars likejazz band, a cappella, or even thesummer musical, if you’re going tomusic school that’s what they look at,

The drizzly skies appeared to magi-cally turn brighter at Norwood HighSchool on Saturday morning, April 13,almost exactly when the Easter Bunnystrolled toward about 250 excited chil-dren awaiting the Town’s Annual EggHunt.

“This was really the perfect storm,”Norwood Recreation Department Su-perintendent Travis Farley said. “We’vehad more people here than we’ve everhad before. The weather let up at justthe right time.

“And because of the heavy rain ear-lier, most of the sporting events werecanceled,” he added. “A lot of peoplecame here instead.”

At least 700 people attended betweenthe registration table, pictures with the

The Norwood Airport Commission(NAC) held its monthly business meet-ing on Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 10in NAC Meeting Room at the AirportCommission office.

The meeting ran about 25 minutes,during which two appointments werescheduled.

The main portion of the meeting,however, concerned Airport ManagerRuss Maguire’s monthly report, dur-ing which he touched on the recentlycompleted economic impact study(EIS) conducted by the MassachusettsDepartment of Transportation

(MassDOT) (through several outsideparties) that provided a five year updateto its 2014 impact study.

Maguire chose to highlight the 13percent increase in the Airport’s eco-nomic activity that was shown in the2019 study as it related to the 2014study.

He also noted that, according to theEIS, the Airport’s economic activity peryear is just over $59 million, which ismeasured by the direct and multiplierimpact of Airport users.

According to the 2011 MassDOTStatewide Economic Impact Study

posted on the Airport page of the Townwebsite, direct economic impacts in-clude on-site spending and visitorspending, which generally takes placeoff-site.

According to the study, the multi-plier impact is comprised of the re-cir-culation of money spent locally by air-port businesses (indirect impact) and there-circulation of employee payrollwithin the economy (induced impact).

“We actually ranked first in the stateamong the general aviation airports,”Maguire said of the Airport’s visitor re-lated output/economic activity, while

clarifying that general aviation air-ports do not operate jointly with ei-ther military or commercial aircraft.

He added that – following a simi-lar direct and multiplier format – theEIS determined that the Airport gen-erated approximately 467 jobs with atotal payroll exceeding $19 million.

Encouraged by the study, Maguirefurther shared his opinion. “This is apretty mature facility among the gen-eral aviation airports, and to see a 13percent increase on an airport that hasbeen a general aviation airport since1946 I think says a lot for the Airport.”

Maguire also reported that,

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not what you did in class,” saidSophomore Aristides Koktsidis.

“It not only affects the students inthe moment but it affects the futureof these students too,” said JuniorAdelene Jeneid. “The clubs, sports,and other activities give us the op-portunity to learn skills the classroomdoesn’t teach.”

The School Committee also dis-cussed what would happen to the ex-tracurricular programs if funding wascut, which would require the Townto come up with $700,000 every year.

“It’s really hard to raise moneyonce, but we’re not talking about rais-ing it once, if there’s no overridewe’re talking about raising it annu-ally,” said School Committee mem-ber Teresa Marie Stewart. “It’s very

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Some songs for thishallowed week

My Kindof Town/Joe Galeota

It doesn’t happen very of-ten that the week of April va-cation year embraces Patri-ots’ Day on the front end andGood Friday on the back end.This year it does. This isgood news for people whocompose school calendars: effectively only three schooldays are used as spring vaca-tion days, but more impor-tantly it spares the debatewhether Good Friday shouldbe a day-off for public schoolstudents.

As more religions areclamoring for recognition oftheir holy days by having noschool, it seems unlikely thatin the future the Friday ofHoly Week will always be aday-off; otherwise the schoolcalendars will run into thebeginning of July.

A number of school sys-tems, while keeping theirschools open, do not markstudents formally absent ontheir rel igious holidays;sometimes tests cannot beadministered to those presentor, at the least, those studentswill be tested on the nextschool day. Solving the mat-ter for teachers of various re-ligions is another issue.

For those students andteachers who attend GoodFriday services many will beable to listen to and sing whatat one time was excludedfrom many congregations be-cause it is an old Negro spiri-tual, “Were You There WhenThey Crucified My Lord?” Replete with lots of repeti-tion—as spirituals had to bebecause they were not writ-ten down as they were sungin the fields or in churcheswhere hymnals might not be

available or attendees mightbe illiterate—this movinghymn seems to be mainstream now. The hauntingmelody and repetitive ques-tioning continue up to thevictorious “Were you therewhen He rose up from thedead?”

The other very appropri-ate hymn for Good Friday, re-grettably, has not passedmuster with a number ofchurches in spite of its beautyand majestic message. “TheOld Rugged Cross” probablyhas its roots in Southern Bap-tist churches, but if “Amaz-ing Grace” and “How GreatThou Art” have crossed im-portant denominationalthresholds, so too shouldGeorge Bennard’s “The OldRugged Cross.” Composed107 years ago, it ends withthe sobering resolution, “Iwill cling to the old ruggedCross/ And exchange it someday for a crown.”

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

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

Grateful thanks. —F.J.

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CarillonCarillonCarillonCarillonCarillonContinued on page 8

Lee Leach, pictured below, considers his next song on the NorwoodCarillon. Above are the bells he will be ringing to sound out said tune.

PHOTOS BY JEFF SULLIVAN

For Whom the Bell TollsJefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

Well, it’s not bells in the tradi-tional sense. The Norwood TownHall has a musical instrument thatis called a carillon, which usespegs hooked up to 50 bells in thebelfry to allow the user to playmusical pieces of most kindsbased on their ability to play.

It’s a huge instrument span-ning about three stories in theTown Hall tower, named afterWalter F. Tilton. According toresident carillonneur Lee Leachand Assistant Town ManagerBernie Cooper, it’s in dire needof repair.

“The Town Hall’s carillon isall part of the building’s originaldesign concept, and the carillonwas built at the same time,”Leach said. “The bells were in-stalled in 1928, and they’re 91years old this year. So I was talk-ing to Bernie about how nine yearsfrom now it’s going to be the 100thanniversary of the building, andbefore that, in 2022, is the 150thanniversary of the Town. Whenyou think about it, it’s not that faroff.”

The required repairs aremainly structural. Leach said theproposal will go before NorwoodTown Meeting through Commu-nity Preservation Fund Commit-tee presentations in May. Thewhole tower has not seen anyrepairs or renovations since the

1980s. The repairs include resto-ration of the bell frame, the in-stallation of new bell clappers onsome of the bells, and the re-placement of guide wires andspring turnbuckles for the instru-ment. The total request from theCPA Fund is $120,000.

The bells ring out for about amile in every direction, and resi-dents are often serenaded whenLeach, his students or other car-illon players come. He saidthey’ve had just about everygenre of music played on the bells,from Mozart to Motown and mostthings in between. Leach saidanyone can play, and if you canget in touch with him by callingthe Town Hall and setting up atime, you can go up to the bellsand play a song or start to learn.

“When we have people comein and play I encourage them to

leave the door open so that ifsomebody wants to come up andvisit while we’re playing that’s nota problem,” he said.


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NEAL-RIZZO SHOULDHAVE BEEN MENTIONED

To the Editor:In last week’s article titled

“Selectmen Discuss OverrideNumber and Hear Earth DayPlans,” it was not mentioned thatKatie Neal-Rizzo also spoke tothe Board about Earth Week.Katie is an active member ofProgress Norwood and co-chairof our sustainability sub-com-mittee. She was an integral partof the presentation and is a ma-jor contributor to Norwood’sEarth Week activities. Her pres-ence and contribution should notgo unnoticed, and we thank herfor her efforts on behalf ofNorwood and our environment.

John ApreaProgress Norwood

DO WE WANT NORWOODTO LOOK LIKE THIS?

To the Editor:As a long time resident of

Norwood, I am very disap-pointed in the direction theTown is heading. A Town thatfought to keep apartments fromspreading through the town(think Forbes Hill) . The Plan-ning Board now wants to swingopen the doors to hundreds, ifnot a couple thousand condosand apartments by changing thezoning laws to make it moreprofitable for developers tobuild here by letting them putmore units in small places. I donot believe that dozens of storesand businesses will fill the Townbecause of this. The malls can-not attract stores anymore. Takea walk to the Town Commonand look around and think whatit will be like surrounded bythree and four story apartmentbuildings. The Concerts on theCommon will never be the same.I hope Town Meeting membersthink before they vote for thisplan. Walk down and visit thenew Avalon development andthink, is this what you want largeparts of Norwood to look like?

Henry GrahamNorwood

NEW RESIDENTPROGRAM A SUCCESS

To the Editor:Our Third Annual Norwood

101 New Resident Program washeld at the Morrill MemorialLibrary on the evening of April8th.

We again invited representa-tives from Norwood’s Town de-partments and non-profit orga-nizations to the event. Localbusiness were contacted andasked to provide promotionalmaterial for the welcome bagsgenerously donated by our spon-sor, Norwood Bank.

Other businesses generouslydonated gift certificates for ourraffles: Band Gig, China Rama,D & G Deli, Flower Power,Murf’s Place, Olivadi, One Bis-tro, Plie Barre Studio, Poirier’s

Appliance Sales & Service aswell as School of Rock. TheLibrary’s very supportiveFriends of the Morrill MemorialLibrary and Board of LibraryTrustees provided printing andpostage for the invites to hun-dreds of residents who recentlymoved to Norwood. Specialthanks to Helen Wyche andDebbie Henry (Trustee) formanning the Friends of the Li-brary table and to the assistanceof Trustee MargueriteCummings with welcoming at-tendees. Our two brand newmembers of the Board of Li-brary Trustees, Donna Mont-gomery and Leah O’Leary ex-perienced a busy week with theirfirst board meeting as well asattending this event.

The Library also receivedenthusiastic support from TownManager Tony Mazzucco, As-sistant Town Manager BernieCooper, Police Chief WilliamBrooks, Norwood PublicSchools Superintendent Dr.David Thomson, all of whomwere in attendance along withother town department represen-tatives from the Board of Health(Sigalle Reiss), Public Works(Sarah Winthrop), NorwoodMunicipal Light/NorwoodLight Broadband (Jim Connelly,Ron Re & Daryl Hanson),Norwood Fire (Paul Ronco) andRecreation (Travis Farley) whoparticipated and provided valu-able information to pass alongto new residents.

Fifteen local non-profit orga-nizations: Friends of NorwoodCenter, League of Women Vot-ers, Norwood Evening GardenClub, Norwood Food Pantry,Norwood Historical Society,Norwood Junior Woman’s Club,Norwood Lions Club, NorwoodRotary Club, NorwoodWoman’s Club, Old Parish Pres-ervation Volunteers, OrientLodge of Masons, ProgressNorwood, Together Yes,Women’s Business Network andWomen’s Community Commit-tee, brought their enthusiasmand welcome. Our own Coun-cil on Aging Department (TrishMonahan) and HESSCO ElderServices were also on hand toprovide a wealth of informationto our new senior residents. Weare also grateful to NCM’s(Norwood Community Media)representatives Brian Boudreauand Brian Dunn for recording theevent for future viewing on cableTV. The Library looks forwardto hosting this event again in thespring of 2020 to welcome newresidents and to introduce themto all of the wonderful Town andLibrary services, non-profitgroups, and businesses that ourgreat town has to offer.

Patty BaileyTechnical Services

Assistant/ U.S. PassportAcceptance Agent

Morrill Memorial Library

LOSING TEACHERSIS HURTING THE TOWN

To the Editor:I remember it so clearly. It

was before my husband and Iwere even married that we wouldgo to open houses and wouldhear about the school systems inthe towns where we were look-ing. Then, when we decided toland our family in Norwood ,weheard concerns about schoolsystem. While I dodged thequestion, I answered with whatI believed was true. I believedthat in Norwood there was a fullpartnership between the teach-ers and the parents doing every-thing that was necessary at theschool and at home to benefit thestudents. My fourth, and young-est, child is about to enter ourschool system and I am leftquestioning our choice ofNorwood.

We are already being af-fected by the budget if the over-ride does not pass. This pastweek my son’s third gradeteacher resigned because of thebudget and the fact that her jobwas in jeopardy third year in arow and she had zero job secu-rity. We are already losingteachers. She was a bright, dedi-cated, and amazing teacher andour children lost her. Our chil-dren and our future leaders arealready being affected. Do Iblame her for this? Not at all! Infact, I don’t think we can wasteany time looking to place blame.What we can do is focus on thefuture.

The future needs to be bet-ter. We need to do better. Hereare the facts: the ClevelandSchool, where my children at-tend and who just lost one oftheir own, is already over ca-pacity. If the override does notpass, here are the facts: theCleveland School will be add-ing fifty-sixty more students.We will be taking on thosekindergarteners and their classsize will be high. Specials,such as art and music, will bewithout classrooms.

We, as a community, needto do better. We should not belosing teachers because theydo not have a secure position.We should have teachers wait-ing to get to work in ourschool system. We should bethe town where people areconfident and planning for thefuture, not the town wherepeople are uncertain and wor-ried about the school system.We must do better. We have todo better.

Laura GoldbergConcerned parent, resi-

dent and PTA Co-President atthe Cleveland School

Conserve our resources.Recycle this newspaper.

It was recently reported that JPMorgan Chase openedthe first of six planned new branches in Washington, D.C.Eighty new workers, which include including tellers andmanagers, will have a starting salary of “no less” than $18and the firm’s full benefits package.

You are entitled to wonder what a Big Bank opening inthe Nation’s Capital has to do with us in the Boston area.The answer is: the value of workers.

The bank, like others of its size and prominence, haslearned the value of frontline employees. These employ-ees give descriptions after a robbery and try to stop sucha theft from happening. They are also the first to reportsuspicious transactions.

Most importantly they are the friendly face of the bank,providing help and conversation when customers need it.

A pretty close comparison to their efforts is the cash-iers and baggers at local grocery stores.

And yes, that includes the nearly 31,000 Stop & Shopemployees who recently walked off the job.

Shop & Shop is the only fully unionized major grocerychain in New England. The unions say the company is de-manding “unreasonable” wage and benefit cuts.

Most of the time we do come to the defense of smallbusinesses that face untenable problems. We will alwayshave their backs.

As for Stop & Shop employees, barring a better argu-ment from corporate headquarters, we cannot understandwhy a very wealthy company would feel the need to cutpay and benefits for nearly all employees. We are espe-cially confused about their motive amid so many self-ser-vice options intended to reduce their workforce.

Simply put, this is a sympathy game. Pitting people youknow by face and name against Faceless corporate lead-ers is a fight the latter just cannot win.

The Norwood members of the United Food and Commercial Work-ers (UFCW) Union Local 1445 went on strike on Thursday, April11 and shut down the store. Norwood's members joined 30,000other workers at many of the other Stop and Shop's 240 locationsin Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Many of thestores were also forced to close as the strike enters its sixth day, asof the date of publication. UFCW Locals 328, 919, 1459, 1446 and371 all went on strike after apparently three months of negotia-tions failed. PHOTO BY JEFF SULLIVAN


Easter Hunt continued from page 1 with the Easter Bunny; gavehim high fives and danced.Soon, their joy could no

longer be contained. As soon asSeastedt said, “On yourmark…,” several youngstersburst forward. At that point, therace was on.

“This is definitely the mostfun we’ve ever had, and I’vecome here for four years,”Christine Lamichhane said asshe played with her baby, Leela,and toddler, Maya in the tot lotsection. “There is more candyhere than trick-or-treating, andit’s better quality, too.”

Maya was fascinated with a“bouncy ball” she found in oneegg as she sorted out herbounty.

“Wow!” she squealed.“Look at all of the green LifeSavers!”

Lamichhane said she alwayshas fun with her friends andfamily, but vividly rememberedlast year’s event.

“Last year there had been aterrible snowstorm, and I wasreally, really pregnant,”

Lamichhane said. “The next day,Leela was born.”

“This is my first time com-ing, and it was fun,” her friendAaliyah Torres said, holdingbaby Axton in her arms. “Whenmy son Jace was younger, hewasn’t as interested, but now hewas dying to go and be with hisfriends.”

“This is the kind of event thatmakes you really love your com-munity,” Heather Ferris said asshe walked with her daughterHannah, 5. “It doesn’t matter ifit’s raining or snowing, we comeevery year because we know itwill be a good time.”

Jane Lane came for the firsttime with her son and her twograndsons. She said she movedto Norwood to be closer to herfamily.

“This is my first egg hunt, soI didn’t know what to expecthere,” she said. “I love the senseof community. I had no idea itwould be so huge.”

Despite all of the prepara-tion, the eggs were plucked fromthe field in about ten minutes bythe larger children, as predicted.

“This year’s event was ahuge success,” Farley said. “Wehad about 150 to 175 kids in thetot lot, and then another 50 to75 older kids.

“It’s a very rewarding for mebecause I see a lot of people whogrew up here returning to theevent,” he added. “I see the kidsI had in the rec. programs nowcoming back with kids.”

Easter Bunny, the line-up andthe scurry for the candy- andtoy-filled eggs, which was heldfrom 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Farley complimented the

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efforts of the Willett EarlyChildhood Center PTO, whocosponsored the event with theRecreation Department.

“This is one of the more re-

warding events we do everyyear,” he said “Literally all ofthe candy and prizes were do-nated by residents. The WilletPTO helped with the marketingand the outreach. They wereoutstanding.”

Recreation Program Direc-tor Kate Seastedt said that8,500 eggs were dropped bymore than 30 dedicated volun-teers for the community-widetradition.

Children were allowed topre-register for the event, orcould register on-site for $5.

“The mix of age demo-graphics makes for a goodevent,” she said, noting thatparents bring infants to gradeschoolers.

“We had an egg stuffingparty at the Civic Center,”Seastedt said. We managed toget the eggs stuffed in about anhour and a half.

“But the whole thing will beover in ten minutes,” she saidof the hunt as she laughed.

The pastel ovals covered thelawn as the eager kids posed


through the first three quartersof the fiscal year, more than$23,000 had been collected inlanding fees, with $30,000-$35,000 projected for the entireyear, “which is substantiallyhigher than our conservativeestimate of about $20,000.”

Maguire also updated theNAC on the Snow RemovalEquipment (SRE) Building fit-out project, which is gettingunderway and is scheduled forsubstantial completion by June30.

The Town’s share of the ap-proximately $1.5 millionproject is $75,000. MassDOTwill be adding $100,000 for aparking lot on the hill adjacentto the administration building.

In the first scheduled ap-pointment of the meeting, Jeff

Airport continued from page 1Adler of DuBois & King up-dated the Commission on theongoing construction work fortaxiways Alpha and Delta.

Adler anticipated that theproject – which had beenpaused due to the effects of ex-cessive rainfall in November –will resume on taxiway Deltasometime in the summer.

“I can’t imagine any timebefore June, probably July orAugust, just to make sure thatwe’re operating in the driestconditions,” he said of the time-table moving forward.

On April 4, the NAC hadheld a special meeting to voteon a MassDOT amendmentadding a total of $743,892.38to the contract to pay for envi-ronmental work regarding theproject, and for taxiway Delta.

The Town will add $5,000 tothe project.

Adler also announced that apublic hearing for the Airport’stechnical master plan will beheld on April 30 at 6 p.m. in thecommunity room of the Policeand Fire Station.

The second scheduled ap-pointment of the meeting hadPresident Christopher Donovanof Boston Executive Helicop-ters (BEH) scheduled to go be-fore the Commission to com-ment on complaints of its fueltruck operating in the vicinityof Airport helicopter circles.

When invited to the confer-ence table by Chairman MarkRyan, Donovan – who wasstanding off to the side near thewindows – stated, “In light ofthe pending decision by JudgeStearns, I’m not going to becommenting today. Thankyou.”

Ryan responded, “Oh,you’re not?”

“No.”“So you asked earlier to be

on the agenda,” Ryan contin-ued.

“In light of the pending de-cision by Judge Stearns yester-day, I’m not going to be dis-cussing anything with the Air-port Commission today,”

Donovan responded.The prior afternoon, an elec-

tronic order had come down inU.S. District Court regardingBEH’s March 1 motion forJudge Richard Stearns to recon-sider his January 23 order en-forcing a settlement agreementof what had been a lengthy andcontentious lawsuit.

The order set a date for aMay 28 evidentiary hearing(please see the accompanyingarticle) and brought aboutDonovan’s decision not to en-gage with the Commission.

It also brought about someconfusion regarding a meetingthat had been scheduled for Fri-day, April 12 in order to discussa corrective action plan re-quired by a Nov. 2, 2018 rulingagainst the NAC and the Townby the FAA (Federal AviationAdministration).

As part of the BEH settle-ment agreement, Donovan –representing BEH – was to havesome involvement in theCommission’s development ofthis plan. When asked by Com-missioner Kevin Shaughnessyif he would be attending themeeting, Donovan repeated hisstatement, calling into questionwhether the meeting would beheld.

The matter was left withRyan stating that they wouldhave to “stay on track withthat.”

In the correspondence por-tion of the meeting, the adver-tisement for proposals for the30 year lease of approximately95,446 square feet of land (lotsA, B, and C) to construct an air-craft hangar was filed for infor-mation.

Speaking after an executivesession regarding BEH had ad-journed, Ryan said that thishangar construction – whichhas been permitted for 7200square feet (60sf x 120sf) – wasone of the planned improve-ments for the Airport that hadinitially been approved in2017.

He explained that when amajor investment such as ahangar is made, a lease –which is typically 5 years – isallowed to stretch out up to 30years in order to amortize debt.

Ryan added that lots A, B,and C are currently leased byFlightLevel for five years andthat this lease will expire onOct. 31. He also confirmed thatBEH would be able to bid.

The Airport Commissionmeets on the second Wednes-day of the month at 3 p.m.

Carillon continued from page 3Cooper said he is most im-

pressed with a player who comesin every now and then and playsa rag, which involves a lot of tech-nical skill to play on the piano, letalone a carillon.

“Playing a rag at high speed,I mean how does he do that with-out collapsing in agony from histhumbs,” he asked. “It’s a veryphysical instrument.”

Leach said the instrument isone of only a couple hundred inthe world, so when the leaders of

the Town decided a new TownHall was needed, they thoughtthey would do something relativelyunique.

“In my research I learned thatFrancis Foley, who at that timewas really the driver behind thenew Town Hall, had this conceptthat there should be somethingunique about it that other townsin the area didn’t possess,” hesaid. “He had been inspired bythe carillons of Europe.”

Leach said the technology for

making these types of tuned bellsgoes back to the 17th century,though the idea of bells them-selves goes back to prehistorictimes.

“These were made in Englandby Gillett and Johnston in 1928.Gillett and Johnston started tun-ing bells in the late 19th centuryand perfected it in the 20th cen-tury,” he said.

Leach said he originally learnedto play from Sally Slate-Warner,and helps others learn as he can.He said members of the WellesleyGuild of Carillonneurs play withthem still. He said he first got in-volved when there was a Concerton the Common in which a Bel-gium professional player came tothe town years ago and he met Coo-per and Slate-Warner and becamefascinated with the instrument.

“At that time I asked the ques-tion, who else in Town plays thisinstrument, because I was blownaway by this performance, this re-citalist who had come from Bel-gium,” he said. “He was on tourand his name was GeertD’hollander, who now plays at theBoch Tower in Lake Wales Florida,and is a world-renown composeras well...They said nobody in Townplays, so I thought that was a shameand that percolated in my mind fora while.”

The $120,000 restorationproject is slated to be on the agendafor the May Regular Town Meet-ing, which starts on May 13 (theCommunity Preservation Commit-tee items may or may not be votedon at the first night of Town Meet-ing).


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Monday April 80627 Phone - Susp Person Services Rendered Loca-

tion/Address: Chapel St + Cedar St Caller reports afemale dressed in a purple jacket is screaming inthe roadway. N665 &N663 responded. Female lo-cated and appeared to be ok.

1007 Phone - Report Of Fire Police & Fire Notified/Respond Location/Address: Cushing Rd Neigh-bor reports grey smoke coming out of neighbor’sgarage. NFD reports dryer exhaust.

1050 Other - Assist Citizen Services Rendered Loca-tion/Address: Upland Woods Cir N665 courtesytransport 1 female student to Norwood HighSchool S/M 22732 1050 Hrs., E/M 22734 1055 Hrs.

1236 Phone - Assist Citizen Under Investigation Lo-cation/Address: Coventry Ln ID used at a CVSattempting to make purchase out of state.

1429 Phone - Larceny *Report Filed Location/Ad-dress: Canton St Stolen card used to ship items toNew Jersey.

1627 Phone - Well Being Chk Spoken To Location/Address: Hill St Check for client who did not opendoor for Meal on Wheels today. Party is OK.HESSCO notified.

1842 Walk-In - Fraud *Report Filed Location/Address:Lawndale Rd Credit card activity on deceasedrelative’s account.

2013 Phone - Well Being Chk Spoken To Location/Address: Winfield St Caller concerned about somestatements his brother made. Officers spoke to him,he is OK.

2111 911 - Unwanted Party Services Rendered Loca-tion/Address: Railroad Ave Party continues to ringtenant’s buzzer. Officers sent him on his way.

2132 Phone - Hit And Run *Report Filed Location/Address: Nichols St Caller reports he heard a bangand looked outside and a street sign was knockeddown. BOLO was sent to surrounding cities andtowns for a white Toyota suv with front driver’sside damage.

2139 911 - Neighbor Disturbance Area Search Nega-tive Location/Address: Adams St Caller from M3is getting phone calls from a neighbor and she istrying to rest. N667 reports there was no answer inapartment M1 in an attempt to speak with him.

2205 Initiated - Assist Citizen Services Rendered Lo-cation/Address: [Bos] Woods- Mullen Shelter -Mass Ave N669 gives one party a courtesy trans-port to a walk in that was looking for a homelessshelter, N668 calls multiple shelters and locates abed. S/M 75526,2204 Hrs, E/M 75547, 2230 Hrs.

Tuesday April 90142 Initiated - Susp Vehicle *Arrest(S)Made Loca-

tion/Address: Norton Dr MA PC 381HZ3. Maleparty asleep in the car, NFD notified and responded.N667 returned with one male party under arrest forOUI. Negoshians towed the vehicle. Refer To Ar-rest: 19-138-AR Arrest: Varney, Christopher BurnettAddress: 680 Neponset St Norwood, Ma Age: 48Charges: OUI-Liquor Or .08%, 3rd Offense

0920 Phone - Juvenile Offenses Services RenderedLocation/Address: Norwood High School (Acct#1377d) - Nichols St SRO will file a report.

1208 Phone - Susp Activity Services Rendered Loca-tion/Address: Spruce Rd Party was identified, allis well.

1236 Phone - Threats *Report Filed Location/Ad-dress: [Nod 706] Callahan School (Acct# 1380d) -Garfield Ave

1248 Initiated - Warrant Of Apprehension*Arrest(S)Made Location/Address: Fairview RdFemale transported to Dedham Court . ST 6862 1306HRS EN MI 6865.

1258 Phone - Disturbance *Report Filed Location/Address: [Nod 712] Norwood High School (Acct#1377d) - Nichols St Investigations require a reporton past issue.

1301 Radio - Disturbance *Report Filed Location/Address: Norwood High School (Acct# 1377d) -Nichols St SRO filing a report on a past issue. SROwill file a report on a past issue.

1313 Phone - Sex Offenses *Report Filed Location/Address: Norwood High School (Acct# 1377d) -Nichols St SRO will file a report.

1355 Initiated Parking Violation Parking Ticket IssuedLocation/Address: [Nod 886] Norwood Hospital -Washington St 13 overtime parking tickets issued

19-8235 1436 Phone - Unwanted Party Services Ren-dered Location/Address: Winfield St Caller reportsthat his brother has been drinking and he wouldlike him out of his house. Party escorted off theproperty.

1615 Phone - Well Being Chk *Report Filed Loca-tion/Address: Westover Pkwy Resident made

threats to harm himself on a text. NFD transportsfor a section 12.

1729 Phone - Susp Activity Spoken To Location/Ad-dress: Chapel St Caller reports male party wearing ared sweatshirt taking cans out of her trash on herproperty. N665 spoke to that party and he was ad-vised to stay off the property.

1751 Initiated - Susp Vehicle Area Search NegativeLocation/Address: Winnresidential- One Upland -Upland Woods Cir N661 gets flagged down by apassing motorist reports an erratic operator. Searchof the area nothing showing.

2143 Phone - Assist Other Agency Services RenderedLocation/Address: Norwood Airport Inc - AccessRd Control tower called advising us an aircraft thatwas suppose to land in Norwood has not checkedin with control. N666 located the aircraft he had aflat tire as he landed, all is ok and control tower wasnotified.

2224 Phone - Well Being Chk Spoken To Location/Address: Ledgeview Dr Caller would like to know ifher son is at the dads house, she last spoke to thisafternoon. That party is still in Rhode Island and isheading home.

Wednesday April 100440 911 - Death *Report Filed Location/Address:

Oxford Rd Caller reports her mother is unrespon-sive. N673 transports two juveniles back to the sta-tion. BCI, State PD, CPAC, and Medical Examiner’soffice notified and responded.

0637 Phone - Susp Person Gone On Arrival Location/Address: Dean St + Pleasant St Caller reports a fe-male is walking in street and screaming. N669, N665checked the area with negative results.

0655 Phone - Noise Complaint No Action RequiredLocation/Address: Rock St Caller reports construc-tion company starting 10 minutes early. Only wantslog note.

0931 Phone - Assist Citizen Services Rendered Loca-tion/Address: Cleveland School (Acct# 1381d) -George Willet Pkwy Party advised on a legal matter.

1312 Phone - Assaults *Report Filed Location/Ad-dress: Norwood Hospital - Washington St Patientrestrained after spitting at a Nurse.

1623 Initiated - Found Syringe Services RenderedLocation/Address: Dean St DPW employee flagsdown N667 reports some syringes on the sidewalk.

1740 Phone - Parking Violation Spoken To Location/Address: Cypress St Resident parks a work trailerout front partially obstructing the sidewalk and theneighbors feel emergency vehicles could not pass.Officer reports it was moved.

1855 Phone - Fireworks Could Not Locate Location/Address: Railroad Ave Caller reports fireworks com-ing from the house across the street.

2126 Phone - Susp Person Services Rendered Loca-tion/Address: Wilson St Caller reports a male partyknocked on his door asking to charge his phone,resident there does not know that party. Upon of-ficers arrival that party was picked up and left thearea.

Thursday April 110039 911 - Noise Complaint Spoken To Location/Ad-

dress: Buckminster Dr Caller reports banging andyelling going on in upstairsapartment.N666,N663,N662 responded and spoketo couple and states TV was on loud and they turnedit down. Everything appeared to be in order. Ad-vised.

0531 Phone - Violation Of Town Bylaw Spoken ToLocation/Address: Winnresidential- One Upland -Upland Woods Cir Callers from Barberry Lane re-port hearing the trash trucks on Upland Circle. N662responded and spoke to driver who will alert thecompany of the bylaw time.

0534 Phone - Disturbance Spoken To Location/Ad-dress: Cross St Caller states there is a female stand-ing across the street yelling. N669,N665 respondedand located female who was having an argumenton the phone. She was advised.

0817 Phone - Disturbance Services Rendered Loca-tion/Address: Adams St Party was spoken to andmatter was resolved.

1139 Phone - Susp Vehicle Services Rendered Loca-tion/Address: Redwood Dr Party checks out.

1750 Phone - B & E Residence *Report Filed Loca-tion/Address: Davis Ave Resident reports door ajar,pry marks present.

1907 Phone - Unwanted Party No Action RequiredLocation/Address: Olde Derby Rd Caller reports she


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NICARAGUA:THEN AND NOW

The Morrill Memorial Library’sDisastour series continues with thepresentation, “Nicaragua: Then andNow,” with Dr. David Gullette onMonday, April 22 at 6:30 p.m. Dr.Gullette is Professor Emeritus,Simmons College and President ofthe Newton/San Juan Del Sur Sis-ter City Project. Gullette has trav-eled to and worked with locals inNicaragua every year since 1988.He will discuss the history of theregion from the Contra/Sandinistawar and Iran-Contra scandalthrough the recent deaths of protest-ers and criticism of PresidentOrtega, the former revolutionaryturned quasi-dictator. Both Gulletteand Technical Services LibrarianLydia Sampson will share stories oftravel to Nicaragua over the yearsfor service work and tourism. Tosign up for this program, go to thelibrary’s calendar page,n o r w o o d l i b r a r y . o r g /morrillcalendar, call 781-769-0200x110, or stop by the library Refer-ence or Information Desk.

NORWOOD GROUPDISCUSSESCITIZENS UNITED

Can people with opposingviews find common ground? Findout with the Norwood Conversa-tions group at the Morrill Memo-rial Library on Tuesday April 23 at7:00 pm. Deborah Holmwood andBarbara Hopcroft will share theiropposing views on whether statesshould use Article 5 to push for anAmendment to overturn the “Citi-zens United” Supreme Court rul-ing.* They will continue their con-versation with one another and theaudience about whether it is pos-sible today to truly listen toanother’s different points of view.Is Civil Discourse possible, and canwe find common ground? Is it partof our civic responsibility?

To reserve your seat, go tonorwoodlibrary.org and click on thecalendar listing, or call 781-769-0200 x110, or visit the library’sReference or Information desk.Light refreshments will be served.

* Citizen’s United ruling: Themajority on the Supreme Courtruled that political spending is aform of protected speech under theFirst Amendment; the governmentcannot restrict corporations fromsupporting or denouncing politicalcandidates.

This program is a partnershipbetween Norwood Conversationsand the Morill Memorial Library,and is hosted by Norwood Conver-sations. For more information onthis group, go to https://www.meetup.com/Norwood-Con-versation-Meetup/

MODEL RAILROAD EXPERTDESCRIBES SUCCESSFULBUSINESS

One of the most exciting andinteresting programs Norwood’sNorfolk County Rail Road Club(NCRRC) has presented during its20 years at Norwood’s Morrill Me-morial Library, will be a presenta-tion by Stephan Lamb, founder ofLamb Associates, Lowell, MA, na-tionally- known custom designersand builders of model railroads ofall sizes and all descriptions.

The meeting is in the SimoniRoom of Norwood’s Morrill Me-morial Library , Wednesdayevening, 7P.M., April 24. It is freeand open to the public. The multi-media presentation describes theunusual story of this interesting firmthat since 2001 has specialized inbuilding professional “turnkey”model railroads. Through the yearssince his company’s founding,

Stephan Lamb, a master modellerhimself, has assembled a group oftalented craftsmen including engi-neers, artists and mechanical andcomputer engineers who them-selves are master model railroad-ers. Tonight’s meeting also offerslocal model railroaders a chance to pick up new ideas for their modelrailroad, regardless of size. Details,contact Ed Sweeney, NCRRC Pro-gram Organizer, 781-762-5587.

FRIENDS OF THELIBRARY BOOK SALE

The semi-annual Friends of theLibrary Book Sale will take placeon the first weekend of May in theMorrill Memorial Library’s SimoniRoom. Friday May 3 from 1:00-4:30pm will be the early-bird sale forFriends of the Library only. If you’renot already a Friend, you too canenjoy early access by signing upfor membership when you come tothe sale. The book sale will be opento the general public on SaturdayMay 4 from 9:00-4:30 pm. SundayMay 5 from 2:00-4:30 pm will be themuch-anticipated Bag Sale, whenyou can fill a bag with books forjust $5! Please contact the librarywith any questions at 781-769-0200.See you at the sale!

MATT BROWN DISCUSSESHIS NEW BOOK

Former Norwood High Schoolhockey player Matt Brown willspeak at the Morrill Memorial Li-brary on Monday, May 13 at 7:00p.m. to talk about his new book,“Line Change: A True Story of Re-silience in the Face of Adversity,”co-authored by Todd Civin.

Matt Brown’s life changed im-measurably on January 23, 2010when he struck the boards during aNorwood High hockey game. Leftparalyzed, unable to use his armsor legs, Matt decided to live life“differently” but never gave up.

Matt’s injury and continued re-covery have been well-documentedin the local media. In his new book,readers can gain an insight into thepositive approach Matt and his fam-ily have exhibited on his road torecovery. “Line Change,” whichreached No. 1 on Amazon’s list ofbestselling new releases, is not justa book about hockey. It is a lovestory, an inspiration, and a step-by-step manual of the rules needed toovercome any of life’s obstacles. Toregister for this event, please go ton o r w o o d l i b r a r y . o r g /morrillcalendar, call 781-769-0200,x110, or stop by the library Refer-ence or Information Desk. Copiesof the book will be available to pur-chase after the program.

SOCIAL SECURITYSEMINAR AT THE LIBRARY

Michael Graff, popular pre-senter about financial services andretirement, will return to the MorrillMemorial Library on Thursday,May 30 at 6:30 pm to discuss so-cial security. His Social SecuritySeminar is a single session 90 min-utes course, offering information

for people nearing retirementand interested in learning moreabout Social Security claimingoptions and when to file forbenefits. Michael will also re-view the changes to Social Se-curity that were enacted in 2015as part of the Bi-Partisan Bud-get Act. Specific topics to be re-viewed include: - How to prop-erly file for Social Security ben-

Library Eventspresenter, is a veteran of 30+years in financial services and isa local speaker and practitioneron a variety of retirement plan-ning matters. He is the south-eastern Mass representative forthe Society for Financial Aware-ness (SOFA), a non-profi t501(c)3 offering financial edu-cation on a variety of topics.

To sign up for this informa-tive program, please visit thelibrary’s events calendar atnorwoodlibrary.org/morrillcalendar,call the library at 781-769-0200 x110,or visit the library’s Reference orInformation desks.


DEATHSCONLEY

James M. Lifelong resident of Norwood, passed away peacefully athome surrounded by his loving family, April 7, 2019. Beloved and devotedhusband of 32 years to Doreen (Bilotta) Conley of Norwood. Loving fatherof Ryan, Luke and James Conley all of Norwood. Dear brother of MaryConley Perry and her husband David of CA, Margaret Muscato of Norton,Paul Conley and his wife Deborah of FL, and Michael Conley and his wifeLaurie of Bridgewater. James will be dearly missed by many loving in-laws, nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. James was the son of the latePaul and Sally (McDonagh) Conley of Ireland. James was a co-founderand owner with his partner Matt Walsh of Walcon Construction for manyyears until working for P.J. Hayes at Southridge Farm where he did what heloved most, carpentry. He had a gift and a love for carpentry. James was ameticulous finished carpenter who was passionate about making sure hiswork was perfect, down to the very last detail. When James was not work-ing, he cherished spending time in Sunapee, NH, making forever memorieswith his family. Funeral from the Gillooly Funeral Home, 126 WalpoleStreet (Rte. 1A), NORWOOD. Interment will be private. In lieu of flowers,contributions in memory of James M. Conley may be made to the DanaFarber Cancer Institute, P.O. Box 849168, Boston, MA 02284-9168.

HILTONJoseph E. Of Norwood, formerly of Roslindale, passed away on April

11, 2019, at the age of 84. Beloved husband of Alice F. (O’Laughlin) Hiltonfor 59 years. Devoted father of Alice A. Stapleton and her husband Jack ofWest Bridgewater, Carol J. Levitsky and her husband John of NorthAttleboro, and Joseph F. Hilton of Newton. Brother of Joyce Smith ofNorwood and her late twin sister Janet McCarron. Cherished grandfatherof John, Jessica, Michael, Sara, Hannah and Zachary. Also survived bynieces and nephews. Son of the late Joseph H. and Anna (Walsh) Hilton.Joseph was a member of the Norwood Knights of Columbus, the RetiredMen’s Club of Norwood and Brookmeadow Country Club. Joseph was aUS Marine Corps. Veteran, serving during the Korean War. Funeral fromthe Kraw-Kornack Funeral Home 1248 Washington St., NORWOOD. Burialwith military honors at Highland Cemetery, Norwood. In lieu of flowers,donations may be made in his name to the Stanley R. Tippett Hospice Home,920 South St., Needham, MA 02492. kraw-kornackfuneralhome.com. Fam-ily Owned and Operated.

PARASJohn J. Of Norwood, passed away

on April 8, 2019, at the age of 91.Beloved husband of Mary T. (Kelly)Paras. Devoted father of Claire Parasand her husband Glenn Smith ofBedford, John Paras and his wifeMelanie of Milford, Brian Paras andhis wife Mary of Hopkinton, GerardParas and his wife Dianne ofWeymouth, Joseph Paras ofNorwood, and Caroline Paras ofNorwood. Brother of Stella Bulgarisof Randolph, Sofia Paraskevas ofBourne, and Mary Paraskevas ofBourne. John is survived by his grand-children Alexander & Rebecca Smith,Brendan, Meghan, James, Emily,Jack, and Katie Paras. Also survivedby many beloved nieces and nephews.Son of the late James and Artemesia(Papachristo) Paraskevas. Funeral from the Kraw-Kornack Funeral Home,1248 Washington St., NORWOOD, MA. Burial with military honors atHighland Cemetery, Norwood. John was a U.S. Navy veteran, serving dur-ing WWII and Korea. He also was a 4th degree Knight and PGK with theKnights of Columbus of Norwood. John grew up in the Mission Hill sec-tion of Boston. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from NortheasternUniversity, and also attended MIT and Wentworth colleges. He worked 35years as a mechanical engineer for Polaroid Corp. Donations in John’s namemay be made to Father Bill’s Place, 38 Broad St., Quincy, MA 02169. kraw-kornackfuneralhome.com. Family Owned and Operated.

RYANJames J. Of Norwood, formerly of Dorchester, passed away, April 8,

2019. Beloved and devoted husband of 33 years to Carol (Manfra) Ryan ofNorwood. Loving brother of Gerald P. Ryan and Nayda of Winthrop, Wil-liam F. Ryan and his wife Margaret of Sandwich. Dear brother–in-law ofMarilynn Manfra of Cranston, RI, and her late husband Everett Willis andMichael Manfra of Wilmington. Jim was the loving son of the late Jeremiahand Helen (Waitkus) Ryan. He was the adored son-in-law of the late Georgeand Mary Manfra. Jim is also survived by many loving nieces, nephews,cousins and friends. Funeral from the Gillooly Funeral Home, 126 WalpoleStreet (Rte. 1A), NORWOOD. In honor of his late mother, donations maybe made in memory of Jim to the Alzheimer’s Association, 480 PleasantStreet, Watertown, MA 02472 or www.alz.org Gillooly Funeral HomeNorwood 781-762-0174. www.gilloolyfuneralhome.com

SATTERRobin L., of Plainville, formerly of

Norwood, passed away unexpectedlyApril 3, 2019. Beloved daughter of thelate Joe l Sa t t e r and t he l a t eLore t t a (Shambl in )Nigro. Loving sister of MarshallSatter of NH, Jill Sudman and herhusband Paul of Norwood, DavidSatter of Westwood. Cherishedaunt of Thomas Clancy, TabathaAntone l l i , Dylan Sa t t e r, Je ffSudman, Nicole Santora, ScottSatter, Daniel Sudman and MattSatter. Dear friend of ValerieSmith. Relatives and friends at-tended Robin’s Committal Ser-vice in Highland Cemetery onApril 17th at 11AM.

Police Logs continued from page 9would like her son to leave. Partywas gone prior to officer’s ar-rival.

1942 911 - Disturbance ServicesRendered Location/Address:Walpole St Caller heard screamscoming from a neighbor. Offic-ers report that was a person whohad a bad dream.

2228 Phone - Animal ComplaintServices Rendered Location/Address: - Avon Rd. Dog barkscontinuously, owner verballyabusive to caller. N665 reportsall quiet upon arrival.

Friday April 120220 Initiated - Assist Citizen Ser-

vices Rendered Location/Ad-dress: North St N669 reports amale party was dropped off atMobil Station by a “LIFT” driverso he could run in for a soda andthe driver left without him. Hiscell phone and other personalitems were in vehicle. Attemptswere made to contact CustomerService to no avail. N669 gavecourtesy transport to Foxboro.He will follow up with companyin the morning.

1039 Phone - Susp Activity *Re-port Filed Location/Address:Plymouth Dr Party advised on aSP package.

19-8479 1133 Phone - WELL BE-ING CHK SERVICES REN-DERED Location/Address:Winter St + Spruce Rd Partychecks out, all is well.

1249 Phone - B & E Of Motor Ve-hicle *Report Filed Location/Address: Cleveland School -Marlboro St Caller reports thather car may have been enteredduring the night. The car was leftunlocked. N666 is responding.

1532 Walk-In - Assist Citizen Ser-vices Rendered Location/Ad-dress: Norwood High School -Nichols St Party advised on anHPO and sent to Juvenile COurt.

1616 Phone - Disturbance Gone OnArrival Location/Address:Adams St Party yelling at ten-

ant.1654 Phone - Disturbance Services

Rendered Location/Address:Adams St Caller reports partyknown to PD yelling and caus-ing a disturbance. Officersspoke to that party and he wasgiven his last warning for thenight.

1725 Initiated - Complaint Of MvServices Rendered Location/Address: Birch Rd + Pellana RdN662 locates 3 cars squirting wa-ter guns at each other. N662spoke to the parties involved, itwas a senior prank and theyhave been advised.

1852 911 - Assist Citizen ServicesRendered Location/Address:Hampden Dr Caller requestingofficer’s assistance with son af-ter he arrived home late. Partywas advised.

2107 Phone - Disturbance ServicesRendered Location/Address:Adams St Caller reports partyknow to PD yelling and bangingon the walls. Officer’s spoke tothe party and advised him toquiet

2214 Phone - Drunk Driver*Arrest(S)Made Location/Ad-dress: Seven Hens - Washing-ton St Caller reports seeing aparty passed out in a Jeep Ren-egade. NFD notified and re-sponded. N663 placed one partyunder arrest and transported herto the station. S/M 8337 at 2237,E/M 2238 at 2240. Negoshian’stowed MA PC ANG2. P/C:Malvone, Angela Jeanine Ad-dress: 10 Howard St Norwood,Ma Age: 48 Charges: OUI-LiquorOr .08% Protective Custody

Saturday April 130107 Phone - Trespassing Gone On

Arrival Location/Address: BankOf America ATM - WashingtonSt Security reports male partysleeping in ATM vestibule andwould like him removed.N666,N673 responded. No onethere or in the area.

0113 Initiated - Susp Vehicle Spo-ken To Location/Address: BankOf America (ATM) - Walpole StN668 reports a vehicle parkednext to ATM and driver appearsto be sleeping. ( UBER drivertaking a break. All set. ( Ma. Reg#4KM251)

0949 Phone - Assist Citizen UnderInvestigation Location/Ad-dress: Weld Ave Neighbor dis-pute. Officer can only speak withone.

1011 Phone - B & E Residence*Complaint/Summons Location/Address: Chapel St Investiga-tion results in charges againstthree.

1209 Phone - Well Being Chk*Report Filed Location/Ad-dress: Rite Aid (Store# 10145)- Walpole St Subject appearsconfused. Located and trans-ported here. NFD then trans-ports to hospital.

1612 Phone - Well Being Chk*Report Filed Location/Ad-dress: West St Caller reportsher co worker will not open thedoor and she is worried shemay be intoxicated. NFD noti-fied to make entry.

1956 Initiated - Assist CitizenAssisted Party Location/Ad-dress: Castle Island BrewingLlc - Astor Ave N663 reportsparty flagged him down to as-sist with a patron.

2212 Walk-In - Assist Citizen*Report Filed Location/Ad-dress: Yew Dr Walk in reportspackages taken from her frontporch.

2224 Phone - Susp Vehicle Spo-ken To Location/Address: Pu-ritan Pl Caller reports a blkChevy pickup running in frontof the residence. N665 spoketo that party they are justdropping someone off.

2310 Phone - Assist Citizen Ser-vices Rendered Location/Ad-dress: Nichols St Party wouldlike to pick up some belong-ings. N667 reports party hasher belongings.

Sunday April 140105 911 - Assist Citizen Fire Dept

Notified/Responded Loca-tion/Address: Countryside LnLift assist. NFD respondedand handled same . 0211 Initi-ated - Susp Person Spoken ToLocation/Address: GeorgeWillet Pkwy N668 reports maleparty walking on Geo WillettPkwy and stops to speak withhim. Party known to the Po-lice and just walking home. Allset.

1303 Phone - Complaint Of MvArea Search Negative Loca-tion/Address: Winfield StComplaint of a go kart drivingon the public road. N666 re-sponding.

1339 Phone - Hit And Run *Re-port Filed Location/Address:Winnresidential- One Upland- Upland Woods Cir Vehicle hitin the lot.

1711 Phone - Assist Citizen Spo-ken To Location/Address:Savers - Bos-Prov Hwy Man-ager of the store reports cus-tomers are complaining abouta male party taking pictures ofthem. N669 reports it was aautistic child taking pictureshe was spoken to by his mom,the store was satisfied.

1828 Phone - Disturbance AreaSearch Negative Location/Address: Olde Derby Rd Twoparties arguing.

2202 Phone - Noise ComplaintSpoken To Location/Address:Garden Pkwy Caller reportsneighbors are being loud. N667reports upon arrival all is quite.


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THE REALITY OF AGINGAND HOW IT TRANSFORMS US

Aging, the Spiritual Journey- a Bless-ing, a Covenant, and a Grace at St.Catherine of Siena Parish- School Cafete-ria, Monday, May 6 from 7:00-9:00 p.m.Join Chaplain Timothy Duff for his pre-sentation on the reality of aging and itspower to transform us spiritually throughthe challenges faced throughout the agingprocess. Seen through the lens of faith,these challenges become beacons of lightshining through as blessings, covenant andgrace, and deepening the Christ-life withinby bringing new meaning to loss, depres-sion, dependency, etc.

Chaplain Timothy Duff, STM, A, ERDand BCC Coordinator of Spiritual Careand Hospital Chaplain at Emerson Hospi-tal in Concord, Ma. Tim also teaches forthe Archdiocese of Boston, giving work-shops for the Pastoral Care to the Sick andHomebound. He has been a hospital chap-lain for eighteen years with extensive ex-perience in the spirituality of aging.

WCC FREE BABYSITTING COURSEThe Women’s Community Committee

(WCC) is sponsoring a FREE babysittingcourse for 6th, 7th and 8th grade Norwoodstudents. The one-week course will beheld from 2:45 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Monday,May 6th through Friday, May 10th at theCoakley Middle School. Registrationforms are available at the Middle School,St. Catherine of Sienna School, the MorrillMemorial Library and the WCC ThriftShop, 1091 Washington Street, Norwood.(Thrift Shop retail hours are Wednesdays6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Thursdays 9:30a.m. to 3 p.m. and Saturdays from 9:30a.m. to 12:30 p.m.)

Presenters at the 66th annualbabysitting course will include theNorwood Police Department’s safety of-ficer, a Norwood fire fighter, a registerednurse, a professional babysitter, a nursery

school teacher, and a librarian. Certifi-cates from the WCC (an all-volunteer,non-profit community service organiza-tion) and from the Massachusetts Exten-sion 4H will be given to students who com-plete the course.

KATHRINE LOVELL FEATUREDAT ARTIST DEMONSTRATION

The NORWOOD ART ASSOCIA-TION holds their monthly ARTIST DEM-ONSTRATION on the 3rd Thursday ofeach month at 6:30 p.m. in the SimoniRoom of the Norwood Morrill MemorialLibrary, located at 33 Walpole Street inNorwood. These demonstrations areFREE and the public are welcome andencouraged to attend! Light refreshmentsare served and there is a raffle of a pieceof art donated by the attending artist.

On Thursday, May 16th, the NAA’sfeatured demo artist will be KathrineLovell. Kathrine was born in Sydney Aus-tralia, but now resides in Tiverton, RhodeIsland. Her family is full of artists fromher watercolorist mother to her graphicdesigner uncle. For additional informa-tion or to become a member, please con-tact Frannie Downey, the Norwood ArtAssociation President, [email protected] and visit them onFacebook.

Patriotic Rosary Thursday, May 2,1:00 p.m. at the St. Catherine of SiennaChurch, 547 Washington St. Rte. 1A Norwood. Come join us and pray the beau-tiful Patriotic Rosary for our Country! Forinformation please call 781-762-4391.

HISTORICAL COMMISSIONTO HOLD WORKSHOP

The Massachusetts Historical Com-mission will be conducting a workshop onWednesday, May 1, from 10:30 am to12:30 pm, at the Morrill Memorial Li-brary. At the request of the Norwood His-torical Commission, Christopher C.

Skelly, Director of Local Government Pro-grams, will provide an overview for iden-tifying, evaluating and protecting historicresources here in Norwood. The meetingis open to the public.

DAR ANNOUNCES GARAGE SALEThe Aaron Guild Chapter of the

Daughters of the American Revolution(DAR) will be holding their Annual Ga-rage/Estate Sale on Saturday, April 27from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on BarlowLane in Westwood (First house on the righton Barlow Lane just off Route 109). Forsale will be household items, jewelry,kitchen utensils, bric-a-brac, toys, books,and small furniture. Come early for thebest selection. Call Sunny O’Malley formore information at 781-326-7799.

The proceeds will be used to supportDAR’s patriotic, historic, and educationalendeavors, such as the Good CitizenAward given to four deserving high schoolseniors, who were chosen as Good Citi-zens by their classmates and teachers. Atgraduation in June, each will receive acheck from the Aaron Guild Chapter. Thechapter also donates the magazine “Ameri-can Spirit” to four public libraries in thearea: Westwood, Walpole, Canton andNorwood. The Aaron Guild Chapter wel-comes new members. Call Regent TerryWhetstone at 781-329-8463 for more in-formation if you are interested in joining.

NAMI TO HOLD MEETINGThe NAMI- South Norfolk will hold

its monthly meeting in the RANI confer-ence room of the Lorusso Building atNorwood Hospital (800 Washington St.,Norwood, MA) at 7 PM on Thursday, May2. Mental illness is a label for a variety ofdiseases of the brain. Often it strikes inlate adolescence, devastating the afflictedpersonand the family. The support groupis composed of such families who findmutual support and join together to advo-

cate for their loved ones.We welcome allfamilies in the South Norfolk area who aredealing with mental illness and their lovedones.

GARDEN CLUB TO HOSTFRUIT TREE EXPERT

If you’re interested in sustainability orjust want to know which fruit trees woulddo best on your property, you won’t wantto miss “Fruit Trees: An Integral Part ofToday’s Edible Landscape” hosted bythe Norwood Evening Garden Club onTuesday, April 23, 6:45 p.m. at the Car-riage House behind the First BaptistChurch, 71 Bond Street, Norwood. Thepublic is invited to attend for a smalldonation. Refreshments will be served.Dr. Wesley Autio, fruit tree expert, pro-fessor, and Director of the University ofMassachusetts’ Stockbridge School ofAgriculture will share his vast knowl-edge of the topic. While many fruittrees (apple, pear, peach, plum, andcherry) can be included in our New En-gland edible landscapes, some speciesare more suited than others. Dr. Autiowill talk about how to determine whetheror not your site is suitable for growingfruit trees and how the variety you se-lect will make the difference betweensuccess and failure. He will discuss themost important pests you need to knowabout and how to control them (or livewith them), and what you need to knowabout the basic physiology that controlsa fruit tree’s response to management.He will also discuss techniques to reducepruning and improve fruiting, as well asbasic pruning and training techniquesthat can help keep fruit trees in smallspaces. For information about theNorwood Evening Garden Club, visitwww.NorwoodEveningGardenClub.com.


The Record Book continued from page 13EMMANUEL LUTHERANHOSTING RUMMAGE SALE

Emmanuel Lutheran Church, corner ofBerwick Street and Gardner Road, (justoff Route 1A) in Norwood, MA, is host-ing a Spring Rummage Sale. The sale willbe held on Friday, April 26 and Saturday,April 27 from 9am-1pm. In addition togently worn clothing, small housewaresand books, we are having our special col-lectibles and antiques table again thisspring. On Saturday, at 12:00pm (for thelast hour) we will have a bag sale. For$5.00 attendees can fill a big trash bag.

HELP NORWOOD LETTERCARRIERS STAMP OUT HUNGER

The Letter Carriers’ food drive is heldannually on the second Saturday in Mayin over 10,000 cities and towns in all 50states, the District of Columbia, PuertoRico, the Virgin Islands and Guam. It re-mains as important as ever, with manypeople facing economic struggles. Hun-ger affects about 50 million people aroundthe country, including millions of children,senior citizens and veterans. Letter car-

riers see these struggles in the communi-ties they serve, and believe that it is im-portant to do what they can to help. As inprevious years, all food donated in theNorwood community will be sorted anddelivered to the Norwood EcumenicalFood Pantry. If you can, please help ourneighbors in need by leaving one or morebags of food by your mailbox Saturday,May 11. The food will be picked up ascarriers deliver your mail on their regularroute. All types of non-perishable food are welcome, includingpeanut butter, coffee, canned fruit, cannedtomato sauces/paste, diced and whole to-matoes, canned meat and hash. The onlyrequirement is that all cans and boxes mustbe new and in good condition. Anythingoutdated or opened has to be thrown awayfor health reasons.

PRESCOTT SCHOOLGRADUATE AWARD

The C. J. Prescott School P.T.O. willpresent two special achievement awardsin June at the Fifth Grade Musical. Theawards will be given to an outstanding girl

and boy who attended the Prescott Schoolin fifth grade, are presently residing inNorwood, and are graduating from highschool in June, 2019. The awards willconsist of a $500 check presented to eachwinner. Application forms are available atthe Prescott School and at the NorwoodHigh School Guidance Office. Applica-tions must be returned to the PrescottSchool by Friday, May 3rd.

BALCH SCHOOLPTO GRADUATE AWARD

The Balch School is currently accept-ing applications for the Balch SchoolPTO Graduate Award. This award is pre-sented to two deserving high school se-niors who graduated from the Balch El-ementary School. Application forms areavailable at the Norwood High SchoolGuidance Department and at the BalchSchool Office. The application deadlineis 3:00pm May 10. Please call the schooloffice at 781-762-0694 with any ques-tions.

COMPLIMENTARY EVENTS ATEPOCH DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY

St. Catherine of Siena Church, 547Washington St. A Solemn celebration forDivine Mercy will be held on Sunday,

April 28th. The Sacrament of Reconcili-ation (Confession) will be available from1-2:30 pm in the chapel and the schoolgym. The recitation of the Most HolyRosary will begin at 2:10pm followed bythe Divine Mercy Chaplet in the Church. Celebration of Holy Mass in honor of theSolemnity will be celebrated at 3 pm andwill include veneration of the DivineMercy Image. The presider and homilistwill be Rev. John Gavin, S.J. with Rev.Stephen Donohoe, Rev. Thomas Sullivanand Rev. Anthony Medairos asconcelebrants.

3rd ANNUAL WALK/RUNThe Society of St. Vincent de Paul of

Walpole will hold their 3rd annual Walk/Run on Saturday, May 4. Hosted by MickMorgan’s Irish Pub and Restaurant lo-cated at the junction of Routes 1A and27 on the Walpole-Sharon line. Regis-tration will begin at 9am with the racestarting at 10am. If you sign up in March,you can save $5.00 off the registrationfee! All proceeds will be used to supportindividuals and families in our commu-nity in need of food, utilities, rent andother emergency needs. For further in-formation and to register go towehelppeople.racewire.com.


One hymn most of us will not hear in churches onEaster Sunday is, “Alleluia! Alleluia! Let the HolyAnthem Rise.” It’s viewed as too waltzy, as if there isanything inherently objectionable to 3/4 time. Anyobjection to its inclusion should be based on word con-tent——and the lyrics to this rousing anthem form nobasis for prohibition: indeed its message is powerful.

The singing of “I Know My Redeemer Lives”seems to be more widespread in churches of differentdenominations these days, and right that it should be,because of the startling admission contained in the title. All of which leads —in your scribe’s humble opinion——to the ne plus ultra of Easter music, “Jesus Christ IsRisen Today.” Some congregations relish this trium-phant hymn so much that in the weeks following Eas-ter they omit the first verse about “risen today” andstart with the second stanza.

May these and many other hymns continue to stirand sustain us in these turbulent days.

Galeota continued from page 2SENIOR NEWS BINGO: Every Wednesday,

from 12:45 PM to 3:00 PM,$5.00 to get started. We havebegun a new game, for $1.00,with a winner take all prize! Youmust be here by 12:45 PM to playthe new game!

BLOOD PRESSURECLINIC: Walpole VNA will beavailable for blood pressurescreening on the first Wednesdayof each month. Ellis NursingHome will offer blood pressurescreening on the 2nd Wednesdayof each month. The WalpoleVNA will provide blood pressurescreening on the third Wednesdayof each month at 11:30 AM.

BOOK CLUB: Our nextBook Club will be meeting onApril 22, at the senior center.

BRIDGE: Our Bridge Clubmeets on Thursdays at 9:00 AM,in the Library.

COMPUTER CLUB: TheComputer Club meets everyWednesday at 1:00 PM –

CRIBBAGE: Our seniorsmeet every Monday at 12:45 PMto play cribbage. New Class onFridays at 12:45 (except the 4thFriday).

DIGITAL PHOTO ORGA-NIZATION & EDITING: willtake place the 1st and 3rdWednesday of the month at 11:30AM.

DRAWING WITH COL-ORED PENCILS– Classes heldthe first and third Tuesday of themonth at 11AM-12:15PM. $3.00a session all materials included.

GLEE CLUB: Glee Clubmeets every Tuesday at 11:15AM. New members are alwayswelcome.

H A N D C R A F T E R S :Handcrafters meet every Mondayfrom 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM.

HEARING SOLUTIONS:Hearing Aide clinic on Wednes-day, April 24, 11:30AM.

LEARN TO PLAY MAHJONG -Thursdays and Fridays at12:30 PM.

LINE DANCE Classes areheld each Tuesday. Class will beheld from 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM.

MAH JONG: Mah Jongplayers meet Monday, Wednes-day, and Friday 10:00 AM -Noon.

MANICURES: Friday April26, 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM.

NORWOOD RETIREDMEN’S CLUB: The Board ofDirectors meets on the 1st Tues-day of each month at 10:30AM,at the Senior Center. The ClubMembership meets the 2nd Tues-day of each month at theNorwood Elks Lodge, at 10:00AM.

SCRABBLE: Thursday af-ternoons at 1:00 PM. Come andjoin us for a game.

SHINE: We have twoSHINE Counselors. Carole ishere to help you with your medi-cal insurance needs on Tuesdaysfrom 10:00 AM. - 2:00 PM. Amywill be here on Fridays from10:00 AM - 2:00 PM Please call781-762-1201 for an appoint-ment.

TAP DANCE-Thursdays at11:15 AM. All levels are welcomeand encouraged to join the fun.

TRIAD: Monday, April 22 at1:00 PM, Selectman WilliamPlasko.

WAXING with Erin: April 22,Monday, 9:00 AM – Noon.

WHIST: Whist players meeton Tuesdays at 12:45 PM, in thelibrary.

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Pay to Play Plan continued from page 1likely that fine arts, athleticsand extracurriculars will notexist as they do today ifthere’s no override.”

Stewart said the district’slegal counsel has suggestedthat they set up a 501c3 non-profit revolving fund to try toraise the money if the over-ride fails, but given the tim-ing of the vote on June 3rd,that doesn’t leave much timefor the district to raise thefunds needed by the follow-ing September. Also, thecommittee could not agree on

how those funds should becollected and distributed.

Stewart said fees for pro-grams could help, and i twould be legal to deny stu-dents who couldn’t pay thefees the chance to take part,but she said that is a decisionfor a later date.

“Whatever the fee is weset some students won’t beable to afford it, so how dowe approach that?” sheasked.

In terms of donations,some members were con-

cerned that allowing residentsto donate to programs theyfavor could be detrimental tothose that aren’t as popular.

“There’s no way we’regoing to raise $700,000 in timeto save all these programs,”said member MyevBodenhofer. “How can weraise money for a specificthing? I don’t want to set upany system saying you can’traise money for a specificthing; that you have to raisemoney for the whole system.For that to work, we’d haveto put out a list stating thatthis is what we’re going tofund first, and then this, andif what you want to supportis number 10 on the list,

you’re not going to want tosupport it.”

School Superintendant Dr.David Thomson said the situ-ation on his end is bleak aswell.

“It’s a no-win situation,”he said.

Thomson said they havealready started appointing lo-cal coaches for sports start-ing in September, but thecontract states, as it statesevery year, is that the hiringis contingent on funding.

“We would need to (fundthem) one or two days be-fore the games start,” hesaid.

Thomson said two teach-ers have now resigned be-cause of fears of the over-ride, a Para-professional ofkindergarten and a grade 3teacher at the ClevelandSchool.

“They needed commit-ments and could not wait tosee if the override passes,”he said.

Norwood Recreation Su-perintendent Travis Farleyalso dropped by the meet-ing to inform the committeeof the department’s plan toins ta l l a wal l a t the o ldtrack behind the CoakleyMiddle School. He said thetrack has fallen out of use

and is owned by the RecDepa r tmen t , no t t heschools, but given its prox-imity to the Coakley, hewan ted t o ge t t heCommittee’s blessing on theproject. He said funding forthe $50,000 wall is beingdona ted by con t r ac to rDellbrook JKS ConstructionManagement, and was theidea of Norwood Girls La-c ros se P re s iden t MikeLodge.

“The girls lacrosse num-bers are starting to grow,and the thing is if you can’tthrow and catch, you can’tplay lacrosse,” he said. “Alot of time it’s tough to findsomeone to throw with andthe wall is a great way towork on your stick skills.”

The wall would be ableto service 20 to 25 studentsat a time and be used forother spor ts l ike tennis ,soccer or baseball.

“I wholeheartedly rec-ommend this, and my catch-ing abilities are still horribleso I need the practice any-way,” said Thomson.

The proposal was votedin unanimously. The nextregular School Committeemeeting is scheduled for April25 at 7 p.m. at the NorwoodHigh School Library.

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

Oh, most beautiful flower of Mt.Carmel, fruitful vine, splendor ofHeaven, Blessed Mother of the Sonof God, Immaculate Virgin, assist mein this necessity. Oh Star of the Sea,help me and show me herein youare my mother. Oh Holy Mary,Mother of God, Queen of Heavenand Earth, I humbly beseech theefrom the bottom of my heart to succorme in my necessity (make request).There are none that can withstandyour power. Oh Mary, conceivedwithout sin, pray for us who haverecourse to thee (three times). HolyMary, I place this cause in your hands(three times). Say this prayer for threeconsecutive days and then you mustpublish and it will be granted to you.

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