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Catania wins SchoolCommittee race


A view of the Mercer building with the eastern wall of the Forbes Mansion. CommenterMark Rano brought up the proximity of the ultra modern building to the old estate as adrawback. Photo By Matt MacDonald

The numbers tell the basic story of Election Day. In the only contested race, challengerDavid R. Catania won every district in Town against Patrick McDonough to take theincumbent’s seat on the School Committee. COURTESY PHOTO

Monday, April 2 was Election Day in the Town of Norwood and with anabundance of uncontested races and a fast-moving morning snowstorm blow-ing through the area, turnout was predictably low.

Polling stations throughout the Town’s nine districts were open from 7 a.m.to 8 p.m. but found themselves all set up with not many voters.

Nonetheless, poll workers remained enthusiastic about the experience which,for most of them, ran the whole long day.

“It’s fun. It’s a good experience,” Ballot Clerk Ellie Dillon said while sta-tioned in District 5.

“It’s a good atmosphere. There were a lot of happy people,” Carol Quintilianiadded.

Split down the middle with yellow plastic tape dividing District 3 fromDistrict 5 and behind a hoop on the far side of the Civic Center basketballcourt, two more volunteers manned two large, mechanized voting machineswith digital screens displaying, at the bottom of them, the number of ballotsprocessed.

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The Forbes Hill Task Force met in the Willett Room of the Civic Center onThursday evening, March 22.

The focus of the meeting was to hear public commentary regarding courses ofaction for the Forbes property. Half a dozen private citizens participated in the ses-sion.

A few of the participants have been regular attendees of these meetings, whichhave been happening every other Thursday at 7 p.m. since late January. The otherfew, though not regulars, were faces familiar to many, if not all of the Task Force.

All had their own suggestions and concerns regarding the property, purchased atthe end of 2017 for $13 million and currently bonded out – for this year and the next– at temporary, relatively low interest, before kicking into higher rates once the twoyears are up.

Consequently, the Task Force is implementing strategy and procedure regardingthe future of the property, including the plan to bring in relevant experts for adviceand to issue a Town wide survey.

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Patrick McDonough – in his last meeting as a School Committee member – comments on the budget asMichele Eysie Mullen, Chair Myev Bodenhofer, and Superintendent David Thomson look on and listen.

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School Committee cuts over$500,000 to balance budget


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The School Committeegathered on Wednesdayevening, March 28 at the Sav-age Educational Center for ameeting centered on FY19budget matters.

This meeting, originallyscheduled for the prior offweek, had been cancelled dueto the weather.

Consequently, it replacedthe regularly scheduled onethat had been scheduled forthe Prescott ElementarySchool as part of the Travel-ing School Committee series.

The urgency of the agendawas due to a deadline set bythe Budget Balancing Com-mittee, which had requiredthat both the General Govern-ment and the School Depart-

ment submit their balancedbudgets (required by law)with enough time for the in-formation to be distributed forMay’s Town Meeting.

After reviewing the FY19budget history, which beganwith the School Department’sinitial budget request in De-cember 2017 and had gone

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Selectmen choose Maloneyas new Chairman


The Board of Selectmen meton Tuesday evening, April 3. Asit was its first meeting after theAnnual Town Election, the firstorder of business was its reorga-nization.

Helen Donohue, secondedby Allan Howard, nominatedThomas Maloney – and the boardapproved the motion unani-mously (Paul Bishop was ab-sent). Maloney will now act asthe Chairman of the Board andswitched seats with WilliamPlasko to take control of thegavel.

Chief William Brooks, in hismonthly report, shared someitems of interest, including hisupdate of a US DEA (Drug En-forcement Administration) wiretap investigation of a heroin dis-tribution ring based in Taunton –with elements of it based inNorwood – that was busted inJuly 2015.

The Norwood Police Depart-ment took part in the investiga-tion, which resulted in severalarrests, the the confiscation of akilogram of heroin and a shotfired at officers at the NorwestWoods apartment complex,which police had determined tobe the packaging site for thedrugs.

“The management had noidea that the trafficking was tak-ing place, or that the wire tap in-vestigation was underway,”Brooks said, while adding, “I dojust want to note – just for therecord – that Chestnut Hill Re-alty that owns Norwest Woodshas been a great partner with usand worked very hard to makesure that they maintain a safe andcohesive environment for thepeople who live there.”

One of the two suspects ar-rested at the apartment was con-victed on Monday of possessionwith intent to distribute morethan a kilo of heroin and dis-charging a firearm in relation toa drug offense. The other suspect

has pled not guilty and is sched-uled for trial in June.

Brooks also offered an updateon the Jan. 31 Walpole Streethead-on collision that left twoyoung people dead and abackseat passenger in criticalcondition. On Monday, he unex-pectedly met the young man andhis mother in the lobby of thePolice Station.

“He was in the station onother business, but he was look-ing none the worse for wear.”

In the other appointment ofthe evening, representatives ofNorwood Community Media(NCM) – formerly NorwoodPublic Access (NPA) – went be-fore the Board, with ExecutiveDirector Jack Tolman introduc-ing new President Gerri Slater,who filled the Board in on its lat-est updates.

“Public Access – which Idon’t know if the Board knowsbut I do know that our new TownManager knows – is a 30-year-old word, and really kind of outof use today. It doesn’t reflectwho we really are, and wewanted to update to really iden-tify ourselves with who we aretoday.”

She added that NCM wouldbe providing the same servicesas it has for the last 14 years, in-cluding extensive Town coverageas well as training and equipmentfor the public to provide its ownprograms.

Tolman went into detail re-garding NCM’s updated technol-ogy, including its ability to broad-cast from anywhere in Town, itsmulti-platform accessibility andutility, and its three HD (highdefinition) channels on NorwoodLight Broadband.

He also informed the Boardof Norwood News, a weeklynewscast highlighting the weekin Norwood.

In his addendum, Plasko in-formed his colleagues that hemay possibly be bringing for-ward two Town Meeting articlesat next week’s meeting.

One referred to a possibleway to charge auto dealers for

open lot storage. Last proposedby Judith Howard at the March22 Forbes Hill Task Force meet-ing, Plasko had told her that hewould look into it.

“I tried to look into it butcouldn’t find much but, some-how, Mr. Mazzucco uncoveredan obscure section of the law…”Plasko went on to say that thisobscure law – taken from the fireprevention section of the generallaws – enables a town to “licenseand charge appropriate fees asdetermined by the licensing au-thority which – in the Town ofNorwood – would be the Boardof Selectmen.”

Citing Cambridge,Foxborough, and Brookline asmunicipalities that have acceptedthis statute, Plasko said that hemay bring forward an article ask-ing Town Meeting to accept thelaw.

Plasko’s other possible articlereferred to the Town’s possiblePILOT (Payment In Lieu OfTaxes) agreement with MAPEnergy Funding Solutions,which is working in associationwith the MBTA on its solarcanopy project at Norwood Cen-tral commuter rail station.

If the PILOT is agreed to, anarticle will need to be submittedfor Town Meeting’s approval.

Paul Halkiotis was nominatedto be the Town’s Designee to theMBTA Advisory Board as a re-placement to the retiring An-thony Mastandrea. AssistantTown Manager Bernie Cooperwas re-appointed Alternate Des-ignee.

The next Board of Selectmenmeeting will on Tuesday,April10, at 7 p.m.


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IS THERE ANYACCOUNTABILITYAT ALL?

To the Editor:Massachusetts General Laws,

Chapter 40B, require a city ortown “to have 10 percent of itshousing units affordable to low ormoderate-income households ORaffordable housing on at least 1.5percent of its total land area.”(Emphasis added.) When the Leg-islature passed this dreadful lawin 1969, it allowed developers tooverride local zoning restrictions.Norwood’s industrial past permit-ted an extremely large number oftwo and three-decker homes to bebuilt for its workers. However, thelaw applies only to new construc-tion and existing multi-familyhomes are not counted toward ei-ther the 10 percent or the 1.5 per-cent option. Section 8 vouchersalso are not counted.

According to its Housing Pro-duction Plan written in April 2013,Norwood had 705 affordablehousing units. State records indi-cated Norwood needed 539 moreaffordable units to reach 10 per-cent. Out-of- town developers likeCampanelli filed a Chapter 40Bapplication and was allowed tobuild 264 apartment units fol-lowed by Davis/Forbes for 262and now Avalon at Plimpton Pressfor 198 totaling 724 apartmentunits in this already dense Town.Alternatively, the 1.5 percent op-tion of the Law was the avenueresidents thought Norwoodshould take from the beginningconsidering Town-owned openspace is preferable to for-profitapartment complexes. After fed-eral, state and local residential,commercial and industrial landuses were exempted, this optioncalls for 1.5 percent of the remain-der of land to be used for “afford-able housing purposes.” Norwoodalready had 1.1 percent.

Norwood purchased land forthe Light Department, and land onNichols Street, but it was still justshort of the 1.5 percent. Residentsknew group homes are subsidizedby the state (taxpayers). The onespreviously mentioned had three(3) acres of land that apparentlywere not included in the housinginventory of the Town or the State(DDS/DMH). Many wonder whynot. Many also wondered if acouple of homes could have beenpurchased for “affordable hous-ing” so that the land could becounted and surpass the 1.5 per-cent criterion within the two-year

safe harbor window between Sep-tember 2013 and September 2015.When Norwood appealed Davis’sapplication to the state’s HousingAppeals Committee as havingreached the 1.5 percent, the Townpublicly stated many times theywere confident with their num-bers. However, the Decision cameback in December 2016 thatNorwood was short by .03 percentof the 1.5 percent.

Faced with not one, not two,but three Chapter 40B high-den-sity rental housing complexes, theTown purchased Davis/Forbes for$13 Million and by doing so sur-passed the 1.5 percent thresholdby a large margin and avoided a40B development. Is Norwoodbetter off now with 40Bs andmore high-density housing on thehorizon? Is Norwood the onlyTown with 40B apartment com-plexes that also met the 1.5 per-cent? Is there any accountabilityon why this happened? Why haveother towns made differentchoices to these same challenges?The process leaves a great deal tobe desired. You, dear reader, canmake your own determination.

Judith HowardTMM – District 3

LWV EXPLAINS SCHOOLCOMMITTEE ACTIONS

To the Editor:The League of Women Voters

Norwood MA would like to takethis opportunity to clarify its ac-tions at their Candidates’ Forumon March 19, particularly as it re-lates to cancelling the SchoolCommittee portion of the event.

All local Leagues of WomenVoters are designated 501(c)(4)organizations by the Internal Rev-enue Service, and therefore mustabide by IRS rules about cam-paigning for specific candidatesfor any elected office – federal,state, or local. Additionally, as itrelates to the broadcasting of can-didate information nights, like ourForum, Leagues are also boundby the Federal Election Commis-sion rules regarding non-profit or-ganizations’ conduct in elections.The define a debate as an eventthat includes at least two candi-dates, is staged in a way that doesnot promote or advance one can-didate over another, and allows thecandidates to appear concurrently,in face-to- face confrontations,with opportunities to respond toeach other. The Federal Commu-nications Commission (FCC)regulates the broadcasting of these

debates. Under its regulations,such a broadcast must provide allother legally qualified candidatesfor the same office with equal op-portunities, specifically, the eventmust include at least two candi-dates. Local Leagues may spon-sor Candidate Forums as long asthese rules are followed.

Sometimes, only one candi-date in a contested election ac-cepts a debate invitation or, as withwhat happened the night of ourForum, a candidate cancels a de-bate appearance after agreeing toparticipate, leaving the debatewith only one participant. This be-comes what is known as an“empty chair debate.” If only onecandidate is able to appear in acontested race, the League cannothold that portion of the Forum, orit is in violation of the previouslymentioned IRS, FEC and FCCrules, which would put a League’snon-profit status in jeopardy. It isregrettable, as the League’s coremission is voter education, and webelieve that pluralism and diverseopinions are fundamental to theLeague’s values ofnonpartisanship and promotingcitizen participation in the demo-cratic process. To only present onecandidate in a contested race runscounter to these values.

When Mr. McDonough had tocancel because of a family emer-gency moments before the begin-ning of our Forum, we were leftwith the decision to cancel. Weregret not being able to present theentire Candidates’ Forum to theresidents of Norwood throughNorwood Community Media(formerly NPA-TV), as we knowmany people rely on this event tobe informed about candidates forlocal office. However, it is our re-sponsibility as a non-partisan,non-profit political organization toabide not only by the League by-laws that govern our Citizen Edu-cation Funds, but by the regula-tions that govern our nonprofit sta-tus. Presenting only one candidateviolates these rules, as well as ournon-partisan position of not sup-porting or opposing any particu-lar political candidate.

As to the editorial commentabout revising our rules, I hopethis letter provides an explanationfor the citizens that this decisionis bound by more than just Leagueof Women Voters Norwood MArules, and that it provides someclarity about our non-partisanstance and why balanced repre-sentation is so important to ourmission. We look forward to pre-senting a Candidates’ Forum inOctober 2018, focusing on ourstate and federal elected offices.

Voting matters,Courtney Rau Rogers

President, League of WomenVoters Norwood MA

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My Kindof Town/Joe Galeota

1st class send-off for a2nd responder

Whenever a f irst re-sponder dies on duty, the fu-neral and the wakes are wellorchestrated.

There is a lot of traditionand symbolism in the ceremo-nies, and the surviving fami-lies are very well compen-sated for life without theirloved ones.

Recently, a second re-sponder perished on the job.Daniel Coady Jr. was a tow-truck operator for Coady’sTowing in Lawrence. He re-sponded for the State Policeabout a disabled car on Inter-state 495. The 41-year-old fa-ther of two was no rookie op-erator; he had been a lifelongemployee of Coady’s Towingin Lawrence.

A Lawrence woman hadcrashed her Pontiac into anunoccupied BMW in thebreakdown lane which thenveered into the wrecker to hitCoady standing outside histruck. She was charged witha slew of offenses: vehicularhomicide, drunken driving,speeding, and other offensesin connection with the crash.She was arraigned at TuftsMedical Center, where sheherself was recovering.

As stated above, the fami-lies of traditional first re-sponders are extremely wellcompensated when theirloved ones die on duty.There’s even a case a numberof years ago in which a statetrooper, on his way homefrom a paid detail, rammedinto a bridge abutment; hisfamily was given a huge com-pensation package as if he haddied on duty.

Daniel Coady’s familyprobably will be given nosuch package. But they willremember the huge turnout byhis colleagues before and af-ter his funeral mass at St.Michael’s Church in his

hometown of North Andover,where 380 tow truck opera-tors showed up with theirwreckers in the NorthAndover Mall , throughwhich the funeral cortegedrove.

The funeral casket, car-ried on a sparkling Coadytow truck, passed by towtrucks with their yellowlights flashing and under-neath American flags at-tached to the cranes of thelargest trucks.

Many of these attendeespaying respectful tributewere not on the clock; theywere giving up their owntime/commission to pay theirrespects to one of their own.They had come from all overthe Commonwealth andother parts of New Englandto show their solidarity withone of their own.

Driving a tow truck maynot be as dangerous as work-ing on a fishing boat (usuallyaccorded the dubious distinc-tion of being the most dan-gerous career), but the State-wide Towing Association es-timates a tow truck driver na-tionwide is killed every sixdays.

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NHS Principal Jonathan Bournshortlisted for three job openings


Norwood High School Prin-cipal Jonathan Bourn, who an-nounced in early March that hewould be stepping down fromhis position at the conclusionof the school year – and his con-tract – on June 30, is currentlyon the short list of candidatesfor three different executiveopenings at area high schools.

Bourn is the only candidatestill being considered for theheadmaster position atBraintree High School.

This was confirmed lastweek in an email fromBraintree Assistant Superinten-dent James Lee, who added inhis message that “we continueto follow our processes for theselection of the next educa-tional leader of BHS. There isno set timetable for a decision.”

As reported in the Patriot

Ledger, Bourn was one of 24candidates who had applied forthe position and met “with par-ents and other stakeholders” atBraintree High School onWednesday, March 21.

He is also the sole finalistfor the principal position atBelmont High School, and par-ticipated in a community meet-ing on Monday night, April 2,that was held at the high school.This was confirmed byBelmont School DepartmentHuman Resources DirectorMary Pederson in a telephoneconversation earlier this week.

Bourn is also under seriousconsideration for the principalposition at Medway HighSchool.

As confirmed in a telephoneconversation with Ellen Quinn,assistant to SuperintendentArmand Pires, Bourn is one oftwo finalists for the MedwayHigh School position, along

with John Murray, associateprincipal of Lexington HighSchool. No definitive timetablehas been set for a decision.

There had been a third final-ist – Charles Caliri, principal ofMarlborough High School –but, according to Quinn, hewithdrew his application to ac-cept another position.

As reported by Wicked Lo-cal Norwood and confirmed byQuinn, the school districthosted a community forum tomeet the candidates lastWednesday, March 28.

Bourn, who will end his ten-ure as NHS Principal on June30, began his term on July 1,2015 after being selected to re-place George Usevich and sign-ing his three-year contract inMarch of that year.

LIBRARY GIVES THANKS FOR SUPPORTTo the Editor:Our Second Annual Norwood 101 New Resident Program was

held at the Morrill Memorial Library this past Monday evening.We again invited representatives from Norwood’s Town depart-

ments and non-profit organizations to the March 26, 2018 event. Lo-cal businesses were contacted and asked to provide promotional ma-terial for the give-away bags generously donated by our sponsor,Norwood Bank. China Rama, for the second year in a row, generouslysupplied each new resident with a $10.00 gift certificate. The NorwoodHistorical Society offered free one-year memberships to new resi-dents.

Other businesses generously donated gift certificates for our raffles:Bamboo Café, Band Gig, China Rama, Chroma Design, College HunksMoving/Junk Removal, D & G Deli, The Candy Bar, The DanceForce, The Norwood Historical Society, The Takeaway as well as TheNorwood Theatre. The Library’s very supportive Friends of the MorrillMemorial Library and Board of Library Trustees provided printingand postage invites to over 900 residents who recently moved toNorwood.

The Library also received enthusiastic support from Town Man-ager Tony Mazzucco, Assistant Town Manager Bernie Cooper, Se-lectman Tom Maloney Police Chief William Brooks, Norwood PubicSchools Superintendent David Thomson, all of whom were in atten-dance along with other town department representatives from the Boardof Health, Public Works, Norwood Municipal Light/Norwood LightBroadband, Norwood Fire, Norwood Public Schools and Recreationwho participated and provided valuable information to pass along tonew residents. Thirteen local non-profit organizations: Baystate Ani-mal Cooperative, Girl Scouts, League of Women Voters, NorwoodEvening Garden Club, Norwood Historical Society, Norwood RotaryClub, Norwood Lions Club, Together Yes, Progress Norwood,Norwood Food Pantry, Friends of Norwood Center, Women’s Busi-ness Network and Women’s Community Committee, brought theirenthusiasm and welcome. Our own Council on Aging Departmentand HESSCO Elder Services were also on hand to provide a wealth ofinformation to our new senior residents. We are also grateful to NPA-TV for recording the event for future viewing on cable TV.

The Library looks forward to hosting this event again in the springof 2019 to welcome new residents and to introduce them to all of thewonderful Town and Library services, non-profit groups, and busi-nesses that our great town has to offer.

Patty BaileyTechnical Services Assistant/

U.S. Passport Acceptance AgentMorrill Memorial 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 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.

In Thanksgiving, B.D.

Miracle PrayerDear Heart of Jesus, in the pastI have asked You for manyfavours. This time, I ask youthis very special one (mentionfavour). Take it, dear Heart ofJesus, and place it within Yourown broken heart where YourFather sees it. Then, in Hismerciful eyes, it will becomeYour favour, not mine. Amen.Say for three days, promisepublication and favour will begranted.

—M.T.

The public commentary sessionserved as another aspect of thisand was posted and advertisedboth through Town outlets aswell as through local media out-lets.

The ideas given over thecourse of the brief and sparselyattended meeting ranged fromthe straightforward and rela-tively uncomplicated to the farreaching and involved.

As an example of the former,Task Force meeting regularMark Rano suggested the ideaof keeping access to the ForbesMansion open to the public dur-ing the weekends through thespring, in order for residents toexplore the property and famil-iarize themselves with it at theirown convenience.

However, because each ac-cess point and the roads leadingup to them are controlled by pri-vate entities, Rano also sug-gested working out an arrange-ment with Campanelli (whichcontrols Planters Field Road) toprovide that temporary opening.

Though he had not yet spo-ken to Campanelli about this,Task Force Chair WilliamPlasko felt confident enough tosay that he didn’t think that theUpland Woods developer wouldhave a problem with that.

As an example of the latter,Judith Howard presented her sug-gestion to charge each car dealeron the Route 1 Automile $50-$100 annually for the storage ofeach unregistered vehicle, whilegiving likely conservative esti-mates (at 5,000 cars stored peryear) of $2.5-$5 million in rev-enue for the Town.

Plasko pointed out that thiswould take legislative action(which he stated an openness tofollowing up on) because whatHoward was proposing wouldequal a tax, which is, unless

granted by the Commonwealth,beyond the scope of Town gov-ernmental powers.

An additional idea was pre-sented by Toni Eosco, acknowl-edging the current budget situa-tion and handing a Boston Globeadvertisement run by the Town ofWeymouth seeking a non-profit torun its historic Emery Estate andput forward the same suggestionfor the Town and the Forbes Man-sion.

“You would hope that it couldbe brought back to a better, morepristine historic accuracy thanwhat it is now,” Eosco said, speak-ing of her hopes for the Mansion,which she had had the opportu-nity to visit prior to the mid-nine-ties corporatizing of the interior.

Informed by Plasko of thismassive interior overhaul, Eoscoexpressed her disappointment. Asa counterpoint to this, Anne MarieHaley argued that the interiorchanges made to the house willjust as likely be changed againbased on the needs of whoeverbuys it.

“Don’t be too hard on the factthat there are some walls that arenow painted a yucky off-white,and that there are other things thathave been displaced because,whomever buys that place is go-ing to want to – just like you dowith your home – make it theirown,” Haley said.

The public commentary sec-tion of the meeting, featuring onlya handful of speakers, finishedrelatively quickly, with Task Forcemembers updating themselves onpending matters.

Bankers and developers whohad been approached to speak onthe Forbes property were all un-available, although the plan is stillto bring them in to offer their ad-vice and expertise.

Speaking of his communica-tions with real estate development

professionals regarding whatmight work for the site, Plaskoshared the current trend of resi-dential rather than commercialdevelopment.

He cited being advised by de-velopment specialists that the hillyterrain as well as the fact that itwas south of Waltham as two det-rimental factors to commercialdevelopment for the Forbes site.

“It’s a lot easier to develop,based on what people are tellingme, into residential type devel-opments than commercial typedevelopments,” Plasko said.“Anything’s possible, but it’scostlier, more difficult, and notas desirable to developers in thatfield as it would be in residen-tial.”

In relation to this, he did,however, bring up one of those“anything’s possible” examples.

“We were very fortunate toget Moderna (nearby the Forbessite), and I remember that samediscussion,” Plasko said. “It wasa big thing that we were able toget Moderna to come south toNorwood, south of Waltham.”

The Task Force is also plan-ning on scheduling at least onepublic tour of the Mansionand, at some point, the site,although Plasko made anacknowledgement of whatseems to be public apathy to-ward the $13 million Townowned property.

“I haven’t seen a lot of in-terest so that I’m going toexpect big crowds,” Plaskosaid. “But we should stillmake it (the tour) available,go through the process, andhope that I’m wrong and a lotof people do show up and showtheir interest.”

The next Forbes Hill TaskForce meeting will be on April5 at 7 p.m. at the same location.


SolarSolarSolarSolarSolarContinued on page 14

This rendering of South Weymouth Station with solar canopies is similar in design to what Norwood Centralwill look like once they have been installed there later this spring.

COURTESY PHOTO

Solar canopies may be comingto light at Norwood Central


This past Jan. 9, the MBTAappeared before the Board ofSelectmen to present it withits plan to install solar cano-pies in its parking lot at theNorwood Central commuterrail station on Lenox Street.

As explained to the Select-men by Chief of MBTA RealEstate Janelle Chan, the sta-tion would be one of 37 lo-cated across the transit systemto be developed in this way,with completion of the entire

project anticipated to beginthis spring and to be finishedby December of this year.

MAP Energy Funding So-lutions/Omni Navitas SolarEnergy Development – underagreement with the MBTA –will be installing the canopiesand leasing the land from theT for a 20 year term once theprogram has been imple-mented.

In this capacity, MAP be-gan talking with the NorwoodLight Department regardingthe project in early 2017 andhas been in negotiations with

the Town regarding the pos-sibility of entering into a PI-LOT (Payment In Lieu OfTaxes) agreement with the or-ganization..

The MBTA is not requiredto seek any permits from theTown to carry out this project.

Although William Plaskostated as Chairman at thatJanuary meeting that theproject did not warrant thistype of an agreement, heseemed to soften somewhat in


School Committee continued from page 2through three passes with theBudget Balancing Committee,Chair Myev Bodenhofer an-nounced the deficit to be$544,763.

She then presented a list ofbudget reduction options thatwere proposed but not recom-mended by principals and de-partment heads to the Com-mittee.

The majority of these pro-posed reductions involvedpersonnel and many would beapproved.

These included cuts in pro-posed new positions($143,985), a resignation andtwo retirements to be left un-filled ($183,122), another re-tirement reduced by hiredown ($32,257), the reductionof two elementary paraprofes-sionals ($45,572), and the re-duction of a librarian to half-time ($36,000).

One of those cuts was dueto the retirement of a thirdgrade teacher whose positionwas eliminated because theclassroom numbers wouldstill be within state require-ments.

While this did not meanthat the classroom numberswould stay within Common-wealth guidelines, Superin-

tendent David Thomson didmake clear that, once the bud-get was balanced, moneycould be moved around withinthe Department to meet theneeds that may arise.

In the case of the parapro-fessionals, it remains to beseen at this time whether anylayoffs will occur, withThomson subsequently ac-knowledging the possibilityof at least one, while alsokeeping the option of reas-signment open for both indi-viduals based on other factors.

An item on this list that setthe tone of the proceedingscentered on the retirement ofan instrumental music teacherwhose vacant position wasmotioned to be left unfilled,thus eliminating fourth gradeinstrumental instruction andcreating a gap leading to fifthgrade instrumental music.

In the discussion that fol-lowed, the fact that the fifthgrade instrumental programhad earlier been noted for itsprize-winning appearance atthe MICCA (MassachusettsInstrumental & Choral Con-ductors) Festival was ac-knowledged, as were the ben-efits of the elementary andmiddle school music pro-

grams.“I definitely would want to

put in a reduction, but I amworried about trying to findplaces that we can do thingsthat are going to be relativelyeasy to put back without leav-ing holes,” Bodenhofer said,voicing her hesitancy.

“Let’s all be honest. We’venever put anything back thatwe’ve ever cut. Ever,” mem-ber Maura Smith said. “Be-cause this Town doesn’t haveenough revenue. So maybe wejust want to keep all of that inmind: it probably won’t comeback. Just let’s be honest.”

The motion was tabled butthen revisited when the bud-get had been reduced to$93,875, almost the exactamount of the position’s sal-ary.

At this time, Smith spokeup again, suggesting the par-tial reduction from differentprograms in an effort to avoideliminating any one entirelyand to keep the possibilityopen that should the Town’sfinancial situation improve,they could be restored to theirproper functioning levels.

“The whole point is to, byhook or by crook, make itthrough this year with thehope that everyone will real-ize we’re sinking and we havehands on all sorts of leakingplaces,” Smith said.

Smith’s suggestion re-sulted in the hire down – thehiring of a replacement at alower salary – cutting$32,257, followed by the re-duction of the CoakleyMiddle School Librarian’s po-

sition to half time and Athleticand Fine Arts budget cuts inthe amount of $40,000.

These reductions not onlybalanced the deficit, but alsoprovided for $14,382 to beadded to the Snow & Ice Re-moval account, which hadbeen zeroed out during theprior School Committee meet-ing in order to bring the defi-cit down.

The largest single cut ofthe night was the reduction of$101,376 from 2.6 elementaryadjustment counselors – twofull-time equivalents and onepart-time equivalent coveringthree days – to 0.6.

In the discussion regardingthis motion, it was discoveredthat by adding the 0.6 adjust-ment counselor, the four (twofull-time and two at 0.7 sta-tus) already within the Dis-trict could be brought up tothe equivalent of four full-time counselors without anyadditional increase in ben-efits.

Another cut reduced of outof district special education(SPED) student placementsby $60,000.

Spanish and French at theCoakley took a hit as a pro-posed part-time teacher wascut, as was the proposedTASC (Therapeutic/Aca-demic Support Class) Aide atthe High School.

An additional cut that wasdiscussed but not approvedwas the elimination of a pro-posed In School SuspensionAide at the High School,which is a legal requirement.

“The problem is, if youhave one kid, maybe you canhave them sitting in the of-fice,” Thomson said. “Youhave five kids and it becomesproblematic.”

The possibility of increas-ing Athletic and Fine Artsfees was also discussed but

left alone when the increasedrevenue was estimated at ap-proximately $5,000 for Ath-letics and much less for FineArts.

Having finally balancedthe budget, there was an al-most tangible feeling of re-l ief , with PatrickMcDonough joking aboutconfett i popping out asBodenhofer typed in the lastline item.

However, in the SchoolCommittee Addenda, the im-mediate relief was temperedby the situation at large.

“A balanced budget doesnot mean a sufficient bud-get,” member Teresa Stewartsaid. “This budget is bal-anced, but it is not sufficient.There are still needs of ourstudents that are not beingmet.”

“We did some good worktonight, given what we werefaced with having to do, butit’s still a problem we werefaced with having to do this,”Bodenhofer said.

She went on to speak ofjust how close to the edge ev-erything in the District hasbeen cut, while looking for-ward to trying to figure outsome sort of a long-term planwith the Budget BalancingCommittee, Town ManagerTony Mazzucco and TownClerk Tom McQuaid.

“I think there’s recogni-tion at the Board of Select-men level and the FinanceCommission level that weneed to talk about a long-termsolution, but we have a lot ofwork ahead of us,” she said.

The next School Commit-tee meeting is scheduled forApril 11 at the Savage Cen-ter.

The Prescott School Com-mittee meeting date has beenrescheduled to April 25.

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At about 7 p.m., District 3 hadtallied 256 and District 5 hadtallied 102, with the District 3machine minder – who wishedto remain unnamed – jokingthat he was doing all the workand his District 5 counterpart –who also wished to remain un-named – retorting that he wasgetting the quality votes.

“This is the first time we’veused the machines and they’vebeen great,” said the District 5poll worker, adding that manyhad been leaving with smiles ontheir faces after seeing the ma-chines at work. “They come allthe way here to vote for this onecontested category. Theyshould walk away with the feel-ing, ‘I voted.’”

At the Balch ElementarySchool – polling station forDistrict 6 and 7 – it’s set up thesame way and slightly lessbusy, with 98 ballots processedin District 6 and 186 sentthrough in District 7.

When asked if she thoughtshe would hit 100 in the lasthalf hour of business, BallotClerk Gretchen Rowell, man-ning her voting machine sincethe polls opened that day saidthat she hoped so.

A Norwood Community

Media (formerly NorwoodPublic Access, unveiling itsnew look and name for the elec-tion) truck is parked next toTown Hall on WashingtonStreet, with lines of wires run-ning through a window into thefoyer of Memorial Hall.

At the other end of thewires, cameras are set up andhosts are interviewing as manyof the small crowd of Town of-ficials and candidates as theycan.

Ballots are intermittentlydelivered into Memorial Hall,serving tonight as the countingarea and off limits, in large duf-fel bags by district wardens andtheir police escorts.

Shortly after they come in,Town Clerk Tom McQuaidbrings out a long strip of add-ing machine paper, shares theinformation with an NCM techwho brings it out to the truck,and attaches it to the paneledwall by the doorway to Memo-rial Hall, just out of camerashot.

Members of the assembledgroup, almost all running un-contested, lean in to see howthey did as the TV hosts breakto read the graphics showing onthe monitor in front of them: the

district results for the one con-tested race of the night.

The two candidates forSchool Committee are thereand as the results hanging onthe wall begin to add up and theresult becomes inevitable, in-cumbent Patrick McDonoughstays behind the crowd in thenearly empty lobby of TownHall quietly receiving commis-eration, as challenger DavidCatania and his wife Jenniferedge closer to the front of thegroup toward the hanging tal-lies and the cameras.

“I think my opponent ran agreat campaign. They had a bigsocial media presence and theywere able to get people out tovote,” McDonough said. “Atthe end of the day, it was up tothe voters and they decided. I’ma true believer in that, so herewe are.”

Thinking back on his deci-sion to run while still a seniorat Norwood High School threeyears ago, he spoke of a schoolsystem that wasn’t doing thebest it could and reflected onhis three-year term on theSchool Committee.

“I tried to change it up and,hopefully, I think people willsee it is a different system fromthree years ago,” McDonoughsaid. “It’s completely differ-ent.”

Going into more detail re-garding the biggest positivechanges that he played a rolein, McDonough cited the hiringof Superintendent DavidThomson and updating poli-cies.

“I think that you had a lotof outdated policies that justdidn’t reflect a modern schoolsystem, and now they do,” hesaid.

“I’m going to focus on myeducation at Bridgewater [StateUniversity], and I’m going tofocus on my family, and gofrom there,” McDonough said.

“I didn’t expect to win,”Catania said a few minuteslater, explaining that aNorwood political veteran hadtold him that morning that hisodds were about 30 percent towin. “I had no idea. There’s nopolling. There’s no gut feeling.I had never run before. I justtried to connect with whom-ever I could and listen tothem.”

Catania went on to speak ofhis steadily increasing involve-ment in the community in theseveral years since he and hiswife moved to Town.

“If you just go to work andcome home, it’s not enough,”he said. “You need to reallycelebrate what this Town is,and its personality. And I re-ally feel that it’s one of thegreatest towns you could pos-sibly wish for.”

While standing by his cam-paign message of getting ev-eryone to work together,Catania did acknowledge thelearning curve he will be ne-gotiating as the newest memberof the School Committee when heexplained how he would be pre-paring for his first meeting onApril 11.

“They’re bringing a pickuptruck full of documents for me toread, I believe,” he said. “So, I havea lot of reading to catch up on.”


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AVERY

Edna M. (Robinson) 97, ofNorwood, Wednesday March 28.Born in Hovedgaard, Denmarkshe was the daughter of the lateEdward and Laura (Lauridsen)Robinson. Beloved wife of thelate Paul A. Avery. Devotedmother of Pamela Macdonald ofBurlington, and Bruce Avery ofBarton, Vt. Cherished grand-mother of Philip and DarrenMacDonald, and ElizabethAvery. Loving great-grand-mother of Colin and AndrewMacdonald. A gifted artist whopainted many personal portraits,Edna was a graduate of the NewEngland School of Art. She wasa WWII U.S.M.C. Veteran, andwas the Proprietor of the LadyBug Shop in Walpole. Agraveside service with MilitaryHonors will be held on Monday,April 9, at Highland Cemetery at11 o’clock. Arrangements byGillooly Funeral Home, 126Walpole St. (Rt. 1A) Norwood.In lieu of flowers, expressions ofsympathy may be made in Edna’smemory to the Neponset ValleyHumane Society, P.O. Box 544,Norwood, MA 02062.

CUFFJohn Francis “Jackie” A Life

Well Lived 86, of Norwood,passed away peacefully in theearly morning hours of March 28,2018. Jack was a lifelong residentof Norwood and varying Buz-zards Bay beach communitiesfrom Gray Gables to MashneeIsland and for the past 50 years,his beloved Wings Neck inPocasset. He is predeceased byhis wife of 55 years, Joan H.“Joanie” Cuff. He is survived byhis daughter, Susan E. Herron ofVirginia Beach, Va. and his sonsJ. Christopher Cuff of Torrance,Calif. and Kevin M. Cuff ofAndover, Mass. Jack is also sur-

vived by four grandchildren:Chris, Jack, Jake and Hannah;and two great-grandchildren:Bella and Chris, III.

Jack was born in Norwood in1931 as the only child of Frankand Hannah Cuff. He graduatedfrom Norwood High School in1950 and honorably served hiscountry as an infantryman in theUS Army First Cavalry Divisiondeployed to Korea 1951 - 1953.Jack attended Boston College onthe GI Bill upon his return andsettled into a quiet and comfort-able family life in Norwoodwhere he never missed a highschool football or baseball game,track meet or band concert, vari-ety show or school play from1977 - 1982. Jack’s life was aCape Cod summer. He dedicatedhis life and legacy to the love ofhis family, faith, the sea, summerand the great game of baseball.Jack will rest in peace knowingwell that his legacy is alive andwell through the shared interestof each of his children, grand-children and great grand-chil-dren. The piano bar at theCataumet Chart Room will beone tenor silent come this sum-mer solstice.

A private mass of celebratoryremembrance and Christianburial will be celebrated for bothJackie and Joanie on PatriotsDay, April 16 at St. Catherine’sof Siena and burial at HighlandCemetery in Norwood. Onlinecondolences may be offered tothe family at hdoliver.com

FLEURYElizabeth 94, of Norwood,

Sunday March 25. Daughter ofthe late Celestin and Julia A.(Martin) Fleury. Sister of the lateRobert, Joseph, and Paul Fleury,Mary McNulty, LeonaMcDonough, and TheresaYetman. Sister in-law of JeanFleury of Carver. Aunt of DianeMaggio of Norwood, and PatriciaCody of Lakeville. Also survivedby many other nieces and neph-ews. Elizabeth was a graduate ofJamaica Plain High School andworked many years as a QualityInspector for Raytheon. A memo-rial Mass will be celebrated onSaturday, April 14 in St .Catherine of Siena Church,NORWOOD at 11 o’clock. Pri-vate interment was at Mt.Benedict Cemetery, WestRoxbury. Funeral arrangementsby Gillooly Funeral Home, 126Walpole St., Norwood. In lieu offlowers, expressions of sympathymay be made in Elizabeth’smemory to the Make a WishFoundation, 1 Bulfinch Place 2ndFlr. Boston, MA 02114.

RILEYFLORENCE Loretta (Fay) of

Franklin formerly of Walpole andNorwood passed away on April1, 2018 at the age of 94. Devotedmother of Judith M. Riley ofFranklin and the late Maureen L.Riley. Loving sister of VirginiaFay of Dedham, June M. Gibbons

of Quincy and the late Paul, Pe-ter and William Fay. CherishedNana of Michelle J. Mills and herhusband Stephen of Franklin.Great Nana of Daniel andKatherine Mills. Devoted andSpecial aunt of Donna Fay,Allison Forde and many othernieces and nephews. Daughter ofthe late Henry G. and Florence M.(Scott) Fay. Florence was a mem-ber of the American Legion inDedham and Past Commanderand Chaplain of the NorwoodDAV. She was a WWII US ArmyAir Corp Veteran and was a Vol-unteer at the VA Hospital Phar-macy in W. Roxbury for 11 years.The Golden Girls are togetheragain Agnes, Eileen and Flo-rence. The family would like togive a special thanks to all theDoctors and Nurses at the VAHospital W. Roxbury for all theirCompassion, Kindness and Pro-fessionalism for her over manyyears. Also the family would liketo thank the Staff from the ClarkHouse at Fox Hill Village inWestwood for their kind andcompassionate care. Funeralfrom the Kraw-Kornack FuneralHome 1248 Washington St .Norwood, Thursday April 5,2018 at 8 a.m. followed by a fu-neral mass at 9 a.m. in St .Catherine of Siena ChurchNorwood. Visiting were held onWednesday, April 4, 2018 from4-7 p.m. Burial will be at St. Jo-seph Cemetery W. Roxbury withUS Army Honors.

WASIL

An Honor Guard memorial ser-vice will be held for Norwood bornentrepreneur Richard “Dick” Ed-ward Wasil on Friday, April 6 atnoon at Highland Cemetery onWinter Street in Norwood. Dickwho died unexpectedly last March30, 2017 in Palm Beach Florida atthe age of 86 was born in Norwood.All are welcome to attend and cel-ebrate Dick’s life. Dick is survivedby his older brother Stanley “Stan”J. Wasil of Norwood, his daughterDebbie Wasil and son in law KimGlowacki of Duxbury, grandsonsCharlie and Jack Glowacki, daugh-ter Donna Dietz of Forestdale,Mass, grandsons Rickie and DevonDietz, nephew Paul Wasil ofBraintree and nieces LindaJohnson of Austin, Texas, JudyFlanagan of Lakeville, and JeanWasil of Greenwich, Conn. Dickwas preceded in death by his par-ents Emilya and StanleyWasilauskas of Norwood and hisformer wife, Heleanna “Ellie”Wasil of Mashpee. Dick attendedthe Guild school in Norwood be-fore later entering the Army AirForce where he served for fouryears during the Korean conflict.The hard-working couple’s manybusinesses (Dick and Ellie’s res-taurant, Dick and Ellie’s MiniGolf and Driving Range, andDick and Ellie’s Flea Market) arefondly remembered by Cape visi-tors and Mashpee locals alike.Dick also invested in real estateand was an avid fisherman andhunter as a member of theFalmouth Rod and Gun Club.

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As rains fall, Mustangs rise to open seasonagainst Dedham and Bellingham

Spots up for grabs inBay State swan song for softball

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Janelle Kelleher, a four-year varsity player and now captain for the Norwood High softball team, is lockedin at first base and the cleanup spot for the Mustangs. But head coach Carol Savino said that Kelleher isathletic enough to play anywhere on the diamond should the need arise. PHOTO BY JAKE LEVIN

Carol Savino knowswho’s on first, who’s on sec-ond and who’s on third forthe Norwood High softballteam this spring.

Ask her who’s in left,who’s in center and who’s inright, and that’s another mat-ter entirely. But now in herninth season as head coachof the Mustangs – and her54th as a softball coach inMassachusetts – Savino willundoubtedly make it work,just as she seemingly alwayshas. Her track record of sixBay State Conference –Herget Division t i t les ineight seasons, with a tourna-ment appearance in everyseason, speaks for itself.

“I know we’re solid in theinfield. I don’t know whatwe have in the outfield,”Savino said after yet anotherpreseason practice in theNorwood High gymnasiumon Monday – as of which,the team still hadn’t beenoutside yet, making it next toimpossible to work on flyballs.

It’s the right side of theinfield where the Mustangsare particularly rock solid,wi th co-captains Er inMurphy and Janelle Kelleherpenciled in at second andfirst base, respectively.

“I want good leaders, andboth Erin and Janelle havebeen great with these kids,”Savino said of the 2018 cap-tains.

Bryn Garczynski, fullycapable of playing any posi-tion on the diamond, willcontinue to turn heads as alef t -handed catcher forNorwood, whi le Del iaBartucca and Emma Maturowill stabilize third base andshortstop, respectively.

Those positions could befluid, however, as Savino be-lieves both Bartucca andMaturo are capable of play-ing the outfield, too.

In reality, Savino won’thesitate to put anyone in theoutfield – not as punishment,but because of the collectivefaith she has in each indi-vidual on the team. Young-s ters such as HeatherGagilard, Grace Sullivan orJenna Mazzola, as well as

the team’s pi tchers –Amanda Olbrys and KatieWelch, on days when theyaren’t on the hill – could seetime roaming the grass atCleveland ElementarySchool

“I don’t care if you don’tcatch the ball, I just care ifyou’re going all out,” Savinosaid of the mentality shewants the prospective out-fielders to take. “In yourmind, as an outfielder, it

helps if you can read a balloff the bat. But what’s mostimportant is in your mind, ‘Ican get there.’ No quit. Tellyourself, ‘I want to catch the


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It’s early, but the NorwoodHigh girls’ lacrosse team is look-ing like it has the makings of anoffensive juggernaut.

The Mustangs (2-0) are al-ready halfway to last season’swin total after back-to-back sea-son opening romps overBellingham High and DedhamHigh with scores of 16-4 and 15-7, respectively.

Now in his second season ashead coach of the team and witha much better understanding ofthe game, Chuck Allen thinksNorwood just might be able tosneak up on some teams this year– that is, until the opposition seesthe scores the Mustangs have putup in the early going.

Never satisfied, however,Allen sees plenty of ways in

which Norwood can still im-prove.

“We’re still making a lot ofmistakes out there, a lot of turn-overs,” he said after the win overthe Marauders at Norwood HighSchool on a rainy Tuesday, inwhich the Mustangs nevertrailed. “We’re trying to run someplays where people get involvedrather than the one-on-one all thetime.”

Scoring through the elementscame easy for Norwood in itshome opener. Allie McDonoughnetted a team-high six goals forthe Mustangs, firing on all six ofher shots on goal. Maggie Curranand Alex Scavato had three goalseach for Norwood, while ErinnWagner and Julia Higgins hadtwo apiece in the win.

Wagner, Caroline Davey and

Freshman Maggie Curran is having little trouble adjusting to the varsity game, her three goals vs. Dedhamthe latest example.

PHOTO BY JAKE LEVIN


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Sean Munro, a captain for the baseball team this spring, will serve asNorwood's primary catcher and a featured bat in the lineup.

PHOTO BY JAKE LEVIN

Carol Savino has led the Mustangs to the Bay State Conference - Herget Division title in six of her first eightseasons as head coach at Norwood High. Can she help the team capture lucky No. 7 in the team's finalseason in the league? PHOTO BY JAKELEVINball’ vs. ‘I can’t make it.’”

Garczynski will again beperched atop Norwood’slineup as its leadoff hitter, aslot she’s occupied since shestepped on campus as afreshman. Mazzola projectsas the No. 2 hitter in thelineup, followed by Maturo,Kelleher and Murphy.

Beyond that, much likethe outfield, spots in theback of the lineup are up forgrabs for the Mustangs.

This being Norwood’s fi-nal season in the Bay StateConference, Savino said shewouldn’t be putting any ex-

tra emphasis on trying to pryback the Herget title fromWalpole High af ter theRebels snapped a four-sea-son run on dominance by theMustangs.

“Their goals are whatcounts,” Savino said. “Mygoal is to develop playersand make them better. That’smy ultimate goal. If we canwin the conference in themeantime, great.”

While Walpole won theHerget last spring, it wasNorwood that had the lastlaugh by eliminating theRebels from the Division 1

South tournament, 13-10.The Mustangs finished

last season at 13-5 in theregular season and 15-6overal l , bowing out toMilford High in the sectionalquarterfinals.

Weather permit t ing,Norwood opens the seasontomorrow af ternoon atBrockton High at 4 p.m. Thehome opener for the Mus-tangs is on Monday, whenBraintree High is scheduledto visit Cleveland Elemen-tary at 3:45 p.m.

It’s never a bad problemto have a roster loaded withtoo many athletes.

Many positions aroundthe diamond remain unde-fined, but the Norwood Highbaseball team is set to embarkon its final season in the BayState Conference with alargely-untested yet balancedgroup that remains in thesteady hands of managerKevin Igoe, set to begin hissixth season at the helm forthe Mustangs.

All starters from the 2015State Championship teamhave now graduated, withonly JV or freshmen playersfrom the historic season scat-tered about the roster.There’s no stopper in the ro-tation, Igoe said, but there’s

Norwood falls instraight sets in opener

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Framingham High, two years removed from a state championship in vol-leyball, boasted that pedigree vs. Norwood on Monday. PHOTO BY JAKE LEVIN

Even in defeat, NorwoodHigh boys’ volleyball headcoach Paul Nimblett saw aMustangs team on the riseduring Monday afternoon’sseason opening straight setloss to Framingham.

Breaking in an array offirst-time varsity playersalongside the rock that isJake Fleming, Nimblett wasencouraged by several prom-ising signs throughout thematch – most notably, a sec-ond set in which Norwoodpushed the Flyers to thebrink before falling short,27-25. The Mustangs fell inthe first set, 25-15 and thefinal set, 25-14.

“To be right with a teamthat usually has a good pro-gram – and they’re tough thisyear again with tough hittingand tough serving – we wereright with them,” Nimblettsaid. “It’s just a huge launch-ing pad to build off of goinginto the rest of the season.”

Framingham is one of thetop boys’ volleyball pro-grams in the state, winninga state championship in 2016and advancing to at least theCentral sectional semifinalsin each of the last three sea-sons.

Nimblett stated prior tothe season that one ofNorwood’s goals was to be-gin taking sets from teamsthat have given the Mustangsfits in the past – whetherthat’s Framingham,Needham, Newton North,e tc . Norwood had i tschances in the second setbefore being ultimately be-ing done in by a communi-cation error when trailing26-25. A large swath of themiddle of the court was left

uncovered, but it’s some-thing the Mustangs are morethan capable of improvingupon as the seasonprogresses.

“It’s going to take a littlewhile, but the things I sawtoday were definitely reas-suring,” Nimblett said. “Ithink we win that second set,and who knows what hap-pens. We take that second setand momentumturns…sometimes the balljust doesn’t bounce yourway. They made a pretty bigplay at the end; the kid putit where a guy wasn’t there.Give it up for Framingham,it played a good match andwe were right there withthem.”

If Fleming can continueto play like he did againstthe Flyers, when he regis-tered a team-high of 15 kills,it’s only a matter of time be-fore the rest of the lineupfalls into place.

“He just makes plays,”Nimblett said of Fleming, afour-year varsity player andteam captain. “He just makesthings happen. With him be-ing able to do that, and thenwith the other guys learningand growing, we’re going toget better. We’ll be muchbetter than we were today.”

Ryan Garczynski, one ofNorwood’s only other play-ers with steady varsity expe-rience, posted a team-highsix blocks on the afternoon.Sean Pugatch led the team inservice receptions, with 12.

The Mustangs won theirseason opener last seasonagainst Concord-CarlisleHigh, the last time the teamwas above .500.

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Kevin Igoe said that Matt Jeannetti will be Norwood's starter on Opening Day, which depending on theforecast, could be as soon as tomorrow at Balch Elementary School. PHOTO BY JAKE LEVIN

as many as eight capablearms who’ll keep opposingbats at bay. And with theleaguewide switch to alumi-num bats taking effect thisspring, Igoe can foresee alineup that’ll smash the ballaround the field at Balch El-ementary School and beyond.

“We’re good, we’re justuntested,” Igoe said. “We’vegot some juniors, sopho-mores and a couple of fresh-men that can flat out play.The experience factor mightget us at the beginning, butby mid-season we’ll be readyto roll. We’re excited.”

Norwood returns a solid1-2 punch atop the rotation incaptain Matt Jeannetti andMat Rice, while captain DanQuinn and Marc Murphy aimto fill out the back end. Allfour pitchers can consistentlythrow in the mid-70s and mixin quality off-speed pitchesand most importantly, throwstrikes.

Jay Wladkowski justmight be the Mustangs’ stron-gest all-around player, a jun-ior who’ll start in center fieldand hit leadoff. If a needarises, he can take the moundfor Norwood, too, with afastball that can eclipse 80mph.

“Everything looks to be anonissue,” Igoe said ofWladkowski’s health status,as he continues to work hisway back from a meniscusinjury that cost him all of hisbasketball season and part ofhis football season this year.

Jeannetti will hit secondin the l ineup behind

Wladkowski and play firstbase on days when he’s notpitching, followed by captainSean Munro in the No. 3 holeat catcher. Paul Murphy, an-other captain, projects as theteam’s cleanup hitter andright fielder.

Beyond that , both thelineup and defensive align-ments remain a work inprogress.

“It’s a good problem tohave,” Igoe said. “We’ve gotathletes all over the place. It’sjust a matter of putting themin the right spot.”

The Mustangs weren’table to take to the field atBalch until this past Monday.They’re currently slated toopen up the regular season to-morrow afternoon vs.Needham High at Balch at3:45 p.m., but given the fore-cast, it would be a surprise tono one if the game getsbumped back.

Not that Igoe appears to bein a hurry for the season to playout, because once it’s over,Norwood is bound for the Tri-Valley League in all sports.Igoe said he hopes to be ableto fill out his nonleague slatein future seasons with twogames each against Walpoleand Braintree, two of the otherpremier baseball programs inarguably the strongest publicschool baseball league Massa-chusetts has to offer.

“My goal is to have twoWalpole games, two Braintreegames and two Xaveriangames each year and then batthe ball around on [Route]109,” Igoe said.

Even with the pendingleague switch, Norwood willcontinue to compete in the Di-vision 1 South tournament forat least the next four seasons.The Mustangs are 14-5 in theplayoffs in Igoe’s six seasonsas manager, although the teamhas gone one-and-done in eachof the last two postseasons.Norwood was stunned byAttleboro in extra innings, 1-0, in 2016 before a lopsided15-0 loss to Walpole last springthat was in no way indicativeof the kind of team the Mus-tangs had in last year’s 11-9campaign.

“I know the last twopostseasons haven’t beengreat, but the cavalry’s com-ing,” Igoe said. “We’ve got alot of kids that are really, re-ally athletic and powerful.They’re committed to baseballand committed to this team.We think we’ll struggle earlybut come the middle of the sea-son and end of the seasonwe’re really excited aboutwhere we’re going to end up.We’re going to surprise a lotof people.”

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Billy Mosca lines up for a serve in Norwood's straight-set loss vs.Framingham on Monday.

PHOTO BY JAKE LEVIN

their first road game of theseason on Wednesday atWellesley High in an eventheld after the Record’s dead-line. Norwood is back at

home tomorrow afternoonagainst Braintree High, withthe first serve scheduled for4 p.m.

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Captain Julia Higgins was on the team the last time Norwood qualifiedfor the tournament. It’s early, but the Mustangs haven’t started like thissince 2014-15, either. PHOTO BY JAKE LEVIN

Marian Donovan found their wayonto the scoresheet with assistsin the win.

The Mustangs encounteredlittle resistance on draw controlsin the game, winning 13 of the22 attempts. McDonough woneight of her attempts, whileCurran won three and Higginswon two in a collaborative effort.

“It was a tough day out hereweather wise, the girls couldn’tfeel their hands, but they battled,”Allen said. “You’d rather be coldand win than be cold and lose. I’mhappy with the way they played.”

Freshman Zoe Irving madeeight saves in net for Norwood.Only once all of last season did

the Mustangs allow fewer than thefour goals they allowed in theopener against Bellingham, a signthat the defense anchored byFranki DeVingo, Meghan Quinn,Ally Naumann and ChristinaReilly is firing on all cylinders asthe season gets underway, too.

“She’s very confident outthere, she’s pretty good,” Allensaid.

Madison Rella scored fourgoals to Dedham to lead the team.

Norwood is slated to be athome this afternoon againstWeymouth High at 4 p.m. as theteam continues a four-gamehomestand and a stretch of eightgames out of nine overall at home.


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Library continued from page 10Solar continued from page 7that stance at Tuesday’s meet-ing.

“We’re going to continuediscussions on behalf of theTown,” he updated the Board.“It might be possible that ourposition changes and we be-lieve that a PILOT is the rightway to go instead of just a nor-mal taxing process.”

Town Manager TonyMazzucco added that most so-lar arrangements within theCommonwealth are donethrough a PILOT agreementin order for participating en-ergy companies to have thestability of a locked in costestimate over the 20 year termof a project.

He explained further that– although towns have the op-tion of taxing as personalproperty – solar personalproperty is depreciated at 80percent.

“So if the value of thisproject is, let’s say, $100,000,you can tax it at $100,000 thefirst year, but with the specialdepreciation schedule thatthey’re on, it would be taxedat $20,000 a couple of yearslater.”

Although negotiations areongoing between the Townand MAP, Ms. Chan – speak-ing last week about the solarcanopy project as it relates toNorwood Central – held to ananticipated construction startdate of sometime before July,with an expected duration pe-riod of approximately 10

weeks.She explained that solar

canopy projects in towns withmunicipal light plants are be-ing prioritized in the projectroll out in order to take advan-tage of solar renewable en-ergy credits (SREC) beforethe deadline to claim themhits sometime over the sum-mer.

She also reiterated whatshe had said back in January:that construction will bephased in order to minimizeany parking disruptions thatmay occur while the solarpanels are being installed.

While the parking lot isowned and maintained by theMBTA, any installed solarpanels would be owned andmaintained by the developer.Chan went into the T’s strat-egy.

“When we look at anempty parking lot – or a fullparking lot – we look at it andsay, ‘Is there something morethat we can do with it? Canwe decrease our maintenancecosts somehow that we takeback and put into the transitsystem?’ And when we startedlooking at solar panels, wewere, like, ‘Oh! This is a greatidea!’”

The installed canopieswould connect to the electri-cal grid, and the energy pro-duced by them would be –according to MAP’s SachinPatel (who also spoke on be-half of the project at the

Selectmen’s meet ing inJanuary) – purchased byNorwood Light at a dis-counted price.

This would be broughtabout by the fact that the en-vironmentally beneficial en-ergy is locally-sourced, thusavoiding transmission, dis-t r ibut ion, and wheel ingcharges (the fee for electric-ity transmitted over a thirdparty’s system).

Chan also noted that com-muters will also benefit fromthe canopies at a more tan-gible and immediate level,with cars cooled by theirshade during the summermonths and protected fromsnowfall during the winter.The LED lighting under thecanopies will also provideadditional nighttime illumi-nation.

“Those are all benefitsthat we see from this project.It’s not necessarily one ofthem that compelled us to doit,” Chan clarified beforetouching on the progression.

“It started with, ‘How dowe generate enough revenueto make sure our systems runwell?’ (she estimates that –if all 37 sites are fully imple-mented – the T will bring innearly $1.9 million annuallyfrom leasing the sites), butthen it became much morecompelling, understanding allof the other benefits that wewould extract from it.”

She also got at the philoso-phy behind it:

“I think it goes back to theidea of being progressive andforward thinking in terms oftechnology and also what’sgood for our environment.”

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sense. In her dramatic presenta-tion, “Myths & Miracles of Vic-torian Medicine,” she will haveyou cringing and gasping in aweas you learn about the milestonediscoveries, quaint practices, andhorrifying procedures that charac-terized medicine in the Victorianage. Parnes will portray MissMyrtle Mills, a fictional Victorianlady who has endured myriadbouts of the “vapors.” Miss Millswill also share her personal trialsas well as her often conflicted per-spectives on medical matters ofthe day. Janet Parnes is thefounder and proprietor of Histori-cal Portrayals by Lady J and hasappeared at the Norwood Libraryon several occasions. To sign upfor this performance, funded bythe Friends of the Library, call781-769- 0200, x110 or 222,email [email protected]

LETS FIGHT AGAINSTPARKINSONS DISEASEFUNDRAISER

There will be Raffles, Food, aCash Bar, Dancing, A DJ and Fun!Please join us on April 20, 2018at 7 p.m. The fundraiser will belocated at the Norwood Elks 1124,Norwood, MA. 02062. Donation$20.00

STORYTIMESSpring session starts on Tues-

day, April 24. Toddler Time is onTuesdays at 9:30 and 10:30 a.m.and is a drop-in program. On MyOwn Storytime for ages 3 and upis on Thursdays at 10 a.m. Regis-tration is required. Babes n Booksfor infants up to 18 months is onFridays at 10:30 a.m. Drop in. Ournext PJ Storytime is on Thursday,April 5 at 7 p.m. Drop in.

APRIL SCHOOL VACATIONDuring April school vacation,

children are invited to come andpaint a Kindness Rock. TheNorwood Park and RecreationDepar tment , the NorwoodCounci l on Aging and theMorrill Memorial Library arejoining together to bring theKindness Rocks Project to ourtown. For more informationabout Kindness Rocks checkout the webs i te , KindnessRocks Pro jec t , h t tps : / /www.thekindnessrocksproject.com.Come to the library and createyour Kindness Rock on Tues-day, April 17 from 10 a.m. -12:30 p.m. Drop in. All ages.

Do you like to build? Joinus on Thursday, April 19 from10 a.m.-noon for “Block On!”Come build with friends! We’lluse Lego, Lincoln Logs, andMega Blocks. You can build onyour own or create as a group.Drop in. All ages.

On Friday, April 20 at 1-2:30p.m. Kim Larkin from KlassicKreations will be here to presenta Teen and Tween ChocolateMake and Take Program. Theprogram highlights youngchocolate entrepreneurs, the his-tory of chocolate, chocolatetrivia and make and take choco-late creations with a demonstra-tion of a commercial temperingmachine. This program is for fourthgrade and up. Registration is re-quired.

STEVE RUDOLPHTRIO RETURNS

Get your toes tapping as theSteve Rudolph Trio applies its dis-tinctive jazz styling to the music ofGeorge Gershwin, RichardRodgers, Cole Porter, DukeEllington, and many others at theMorrill Memorial Library on Sun-day, April 22 at 3 p.m. as the SpringMusical Sundays concert seriescontinues. It’s a joyous sampling ofthe best of American popular mu-sic of the ‘30s, ‘40s, and ‘50s. Pia-

nist/vocalist Steve Rudolph has per-formed extensively for over 40years in the U.S. and Europe in ven-ues ranging from jazz clubs tochurches. Steve is joined by AlanTrebat on drums and Bill Dube onsax and clarinet. To sign up for thisconcert, made possible through thelibrary Endowment Fund,

SCOTLAND’S NORTH SEAGAS TO PERFORM

One of Scotland’s most popu-lar folk bands, with fabulous vocalsand three-part harmonies, North SeaGas will appear at the Morrill Me-morial Library on Sunday, April 15,at 3 p.m. as the Spring Musical Sun-days concert series continues. Thetrio of Dave Gilfillan, RonnieMcDonald, and Grant Simpson hasbeen performing traditional andcontemporary music together forover 35 years. Guitars, mandolins,fiddles, bouzoukis, harmonicas,whistles, bodhrans, banjos, andgood humor are all part of the en-tertainment. North Sea Gas has re-leased 10 albums, received Goldand Silver Disc awards from theScottish Music Industry Associa-tion, and regularly sells out showsat the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Tosign up for this concert, made pos-sible through the library Endow-ment Fund, please call 781-769-0200, x110 or 222, [email protected].

THE BIG DIG, UNEARTHEDWhile construction on the Big

Dig may be over, the controversycontinues. Come to an illustratedtalk with historian and Big Digspokesperson David Kruh at theMorrill Memorial Library onWednesday, April 11 at 7 p.m. tolearn the inside story of this mas-sive undertaking and how Bostonhas changed over the past 400 years.From the reduction of Beacon Hill,the filling in of Back Bay, and con-cluding with the country’s most ex-pensive construction job, you’lljourney inside the project’s tunnelsand above the towers of Boston’sstunning new bridge spanning theCharles River in Mr. Kruh’s lecture,funded by the Friends of the Library.In addition, you will learn about theamazing technological advances in-volved in implementing this projectand how the cost eventually sky-rocketed to a reported $22 billion.To sign up, please call 781-769-0200, x110 or 222, [email protected].

REAL HOLLYWOODROYALTY: GRACE &RITA FILM FEST

The Morrill Memorial Librarywill screen a series of four moviesbetween April 4 and April 27 inanticipation of American actressMeghan Markle’s wedding toPrince Harry at Windsor Castlethis May. The film fest – RealHollywood Royalty: Grace andRita – features movies starringtwo other American actresseswho married royalty, GraceKelly and Rita Heyworth. Theseries kick offs with “HighNoon,” starring Grace Kelly andGary Cooper, on Wednesday,April 4 at 6:30 p.m., followed by“Separate Tables,” with RitaHeyworth and Burt Lancaster,on Tuesday, April 10 at 2 p.m.The film fest continues with“Happy Thieves,” starring Ms.Heyworth and Rex Harrison, onWednesday, April 25 at 6:30p.m. and concludes with “TheBridges at Toko-Ri,” featuringMs. Kelly and William Holden,on Friday, April 27 at 2 p.m. Tosign up for any of these films,call 781-769-0200 x100, [email protected], or stopby the library Reference or Infor-mation Desk. Complimentary pop-corn will be provided by Regal Cin-emas in Bellingham.


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The Record BookGARDEN CLUB’S 14TH ART INBLOOM TO USHER IN SPRING

Art in Bloom is a community event thatdisplays artwork generated by Norwood andWalpole High School students coupled withinterpretative floral designs composed bymembers of the Norwood Evening GardenClub. This year marks the 14th year of thishigh school/garden club collaboration.

The historic George H. Morse House at1285 Washington St. in South Norwood willonce again host Art in Bloom on Saturday,April 7 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday,April 8 from 1 to 5 p.m. Admission is freeand the public is welcome and encouraged toattend to support the student artists.

NORWOOD BANK FOOD DRIVEJoin Norwood Bank and its employees

to help support the Norwood Food Pantry.During the month of April Norwood

Bank, and its employees will be collectingnon-perishable food items for the Ecumeni-cal Food Pantry of Norwood. Over the pastthree decades the Food Pantry has servedover 2,500 local families in Norwood andWestwood. For more information about thewonderful work the food pantry does pleasevisit their website atwww.norwoodpantry.org. Just drop yournon-perishable food item in the box providedin the lobby and Norwood Bank will deliverto the food pantry. Some popularly requesteditems are listed below.

Cans of soup, canned fruits and veg-etables, tuna, meat and stews, baked beansand chili, juice, baby food, peanut butter andjelly, pasta sauce, pasta macaroni and cheese,cold and hot cereals & cake and browniemixes.

Neighbors helping Neighbors located at11 Central St., Norwood, MA 02062 781-762-1800 www.norwoodbank.com

BLOOD DRIVE AT TEMPLE ALIYAH Please consider participating in an

American Red Cross blood drive at TempleAliyah on April 8 from 9 a.m.–2 p.m.Donors are requested to sign up in advanceat www.redcrossblood.org and enter“Aliyah” in the blood drive search box.Every two seconds someone in the U.S.needs blood; you can help by donating! For

more information contact Rachel Weinstock,[email protected].

FREE PARENT WORKSHOP TOOLSFOR CALMING CHILDREN

The event takes place on Wednesday, April25, at the Savage Educational Center – Room219 275 Prospect St. from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Handling tantrums and outbursts, under-standing why these outbursts occur, teachingchildren skills for self-soothing, teaching an-ger management/stress management skills.This workshop is for families with childrenfrom toddler to early elementary years. To reg-ister, contact Beverly Boudreau in the CFCEOffice at 781-440-5983 or e-mail [email protected]. TheNorwood Public Schools CFCE Programs arefunded through the 237 Grant from the Mas-sachusetts Department of Early Education andCare’s Coordinated Family and CommunityEngagement Grant.

THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE FORMENTAL ILLNESS MEETING

The National Alliance for Mental Illness– South Norfolk affiliate will hold its monthlymeeting in Cafeteria B of the Lorusso Build-ing at Norwood Hospital at 7 p.m. on Thurs-day, April 5.

Mental illness is a label for a variety ofdiseases of the brain. Often it strikes in lateadolescence, devastating the afflicted personand the family. The South Norfolk Alliance iscomposed of such families who find mutualsupport and join together to advocate for theirloved ones.

We welcome all families in the South Nor-folk Area who are dealing with mental illnessand their loved ones.

In case of inclement weather, we will alignwith the Norwood schools. If they close, themeeting will be cancelled. For further infor-mation call Ray at 508-668-2941.

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