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October 1, 2012
Norwood
Annual
Craft Affair
Curtains Up!
The new Norwood
Theatre opened its doors
Labor Day weekend.
One of the favorite fall shopping
stops for Norwood residents is the
Annual Craft Affair at Norwood.
For over 20 years, crafters have set
up tables in town and displayed
their goods to the eager eyes (and
wallets) of local consumers. This
year promises not to disappoint.
Norwood Town Common resembled its
own local version of Oscar night on the
grand opening of the new Norwood Theatre
August 31. The opening night gala coincided with the original theatre opening in
1927 which was proudly promoted on the
front marquee. The private thank-you reception was black tie and Norwood residents,
construction crews and their families, local
officials and business owners pulled out no
stops decked out in festive gowns and formal attire for the inaugural performance.
Saturday, Sept. 1, the world famous Hal
McIntyre Orchestra, directed by Don
Pentleton, featuring a tribute to Sinatra, starring America's Number 1 Sinatra vocalist
Steve Martin performed a complimentary
recital to a full crown and Sunday, Sept. 2,
families enjoyed two complimentary showings of the original 1964 Mary Poppins
Movie, starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van
Dyke.
Norwood residents have patiently (and anxiously) waited and watched for over a year
and half as owner Susan Lewis directed construction crews on the massive restoration.
Architectural drawings were immediately
prepared in hopes of an August, 2011 opening, but state regulations and safeguarding
the theatre's historical integrity and magical
spirit, however, came at a price. Time.
Lengthy waits for handicap permits, excavation of the basement for new bathrooms and
the installation of a new geo thermal energy
system delayed the opening act far beyond
its originally scheduled opening.
The Regular Guys of Comedy will have the
audience roaring in their seats on October 13.
There are many plans and prospects for many
acts and shows to be added to the program
list, including communal opportunities for
CURTAINS
Family concert performer Mister G. is
scheduled to take the stage October 6 and
continued on page 6
On Saturday, October 20, from 9
a.m.-2:30 p.m., the Coakley Middle School (1315 Washington St.,
South Norwood), will host approximately 60 crafters to showcase
their creative wares. Their goods
will include, quilting, gift baskets,
jewelry, pottery, hand-knit items,
photography, soaps, holiday ornaments and giftware, painted slates,
lampshade covers, stationery and
so much more. There will also be
numerous raffles, and opportunities
for rest and replenishment from
shopping with a bake sale and a
breakfast and luncheon donated by
local businesses.
The Craft Affair was created by
former Norwood High School
teacher Paula Pelaggi as a
fundraiser for the Norwood Post
Prom Party. Because of its economical success, however, it has
grown to not only aid its original
CRAFT
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October 1. 2012
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October 1, 2012
Representative
John Rogers Supports
Irish Cultural Center
of New England
Representative John H. Rogers
(D-Norwood) recently participated
in the annual charity golf tournament run by the Irish Cultural Center of New England. Located in
Canton, the mission of the Irish
Cultural Center is to promote and
organize Irish cultural, educational,
sporting and social events throughout the New England region.
Earlier in the year, Rogers met
with Irish Prime Minister Enda
Kenny during the Taoiseach’s 3day trip to the United States to promote cross cultural opportunities,
economic ties and better trade
partnerships, specifically with the
Neponset Valley Chamber of
Commerce, headquartered in Norwood.
Pictured left to right: Erich
Wohler, Tom Murphy, both of
Walpole, Rogers and John
O’Rourke, both of Norwood.
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Epic Lifetime Dental Care
Epic Lifetime Dental Care
(ELDC) opened their doors in Norwood on July 9th this year representing a unique philosophy
towards dental care. ELDC is a truly
family-oriented practice, offering a
full range of services to cover their
patients' health needs, not just for
today, but for a lifetime. ELDC is
comprised of four doctors, each
with their own definitive specialty,
ranging from pediatrics to orthodontics, to adult restorative and cosmetic
dentistry. This is a distinctive practice that services the entire family
and monitors and cares for their patients from their very first dental visit
through maturity.
"We specifically created Epic
Lifetime Dental Care to take patients from childhood throughout
their lifetime and service their
changing dental needs," office manager Nick Mihopoulos said.
ELDC also provides another valued benefit in its practice, and that is
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exceptional customer service. The
staff at ELDC is committed to providing an environment that is calm
and welcoming and where every patient is personally greeted and serviced with the genuine compassion
they expect and desire from their
dental office.
"We are very patient focused, not
a number at Epic Lifetime Dental
Care," Mihopoulos said. You are a
person from when you start to when
you leave."
even a little scary.
ELDC is a collaboration
of doctors and support
staff that previously worked together
at Dedham Medical Associates.
When that facility ceased offering
dental assistance in June, 2012, their
partnership formed with a primary
alliance to present a family oriented
dental office where a caring staff and
customer service are the leading priorities.
Pediatric specialist Dr. Felipe
Moreno was raised in Medellin, Columbia and received his DMD degree from CES University in
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Orthodontic Dentistry
Dr. Matthew Miner is a third generation dental practitioner and received his dental degree from New
York University College of Dentistry followed by a residency in
New Jersey. After serving two years
in the U.S. Navy, he attended Harvard School of Dental Medicine to
complete his post-graduate fellowship in Orthodontics. He also participates in research at Tufts and
Boston University Schools of Dental Medicine.
Dr. Laurice Fanikos offers her expertise in adult restorative and cosmetic dentistry She completed her
Bachelor of Science Degree at
Brandeis University, her Master of
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Pediatric Dentistry
That dedication is especially exercised with their younger patients.
Their pooled and diversified experience, combined with their expertise,
mixed with thoughtful consideration, allows even their smallest
guests to feel embraced and at ease
in an experience that is often intimidating and to them, and sometimes
tificate in Bioprocess Engineering at
the University of Massachusetts.
After several years in scientific research, she followed her passion
into dentistry and earned her Doctorate of Dental Medicine Degree at
Tufts University School of Dental
Medicine where she is currently a
clinical instructor. Dr. Fanikos is fluent in conversational Egyptian Arabic.
Epic Lifetime Dental Care is located at 315 Norwood Park South,
Norwood. For more information on
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visit www.epic-dental.com.
Columbia, South America. He
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the Boston University School of
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alma mater. Dr. Morena speaks fluent Spanish.
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October 1. 2012
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Norwood Welcomes New Vintage Shop
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Needham Bank to renovate Main
office on Great Plain Avenue
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Construction in Needham to begin in September, with
completion anticipated by summer of 2013.
Needham Bank, with five
branches throughout the greater
Boston area, is slated to begin construction for the expansion of its
main office, at 1063 Great Plain
Av., in November. Completion of
the 12,363 square foot complex is
slated within a year.
The estimated $4 million project
will be carried out in three phases.
During the first phase, Needham
Bank, in partnership with the
Town of Needham, will begin
renovations on the Eaton Square
parking lot. Construction of the
lot is scheduled to begin in midSeptember.
In order to accommodate construction of the parking lot, the entrance to Eaton Square (off of
Great Plain Avenue) and the present 59-space Eaton Square parking
lot will be temporarily closed.
However, 30 permitted parking
spaces will available for use. Those
using the 30 permitted spaces will
be able to enter and exit the lot
through Garden St., which will become a two-way access. This first
phase of construction is estimated
to take between four to six weeks.
At which point, a total of 59 parking spaces will be available at the
Eaton Square lot, with 20 reserved
for Needham Bank customer use
and 39 for town parking.
Ultimately, upon completion of
the estimated year-long Needham
Bank reconstruction project, 126
parking spaces will be available,
for use by the public and customers of the bank. The Eaton
Square entrance will be converted
to a new pedestrian walkway.
The Main office renovation project will significantly expand the
present building, estimated to be
80 years old. Main features of the
new Needham Bank facility will
include increased handicapped accessibility, major expansion of the
Loan Department, and a free-
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The Bank will remain open
throughout this entire project with
directions for entry clearly visible
during the construction phase.
However, customers are welcome
to visit other near-by branches in
Wellesley, Dedham, Westwood or
Medfield or take advantage of the
Bank’s many online and mobile
banking services during this time.
“We’re excited that work on our
new state-of-the-art full-service facility is about to begin,” said Jack
McGeorge, CEO and Chairman of
the Board of Needham Bank. “In
addition to the benefits that this
construction will bring to the bank
and our customers, we are very
pleased to be able to give something back to the town, through additional spaces in the Eaton Square
lot, and with a new pedestrian
walkway that will add convenience and aesthetics to the area.”
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dance companies, music, corporate and family events and possibly film screenings. So stay tuned!
To learn more about future performances, make a reservation or
join their mailing list, visit the theatre's website at www.norwoodstage.com or call 781-255-6985.
The Norwood Theatre is located at
109 Central St., Norwood.
October 1. 2012
AFFAIR
beneficiary, it also provides donations to numerous Norwood school organizations.
In addition to its attractive attendance figures,
crafters enroll in the Norwood craft fair because
the affair is truly a community event. Norwood
students and athletes help prepare the gym and
set up tables and assist crafters carrying their
items inside, serving lunch and providing breaks.
They also help out in the kitchen, run the raffle
and bake sale tables and if anything is left at the
end of the day, help vendors carry their things
back to their cars. Any student that helps at the
Craft Affair is eligible to apply for funds for their
organization from the day's proceeds. Past organizations have included, Norwood sports teams,
the drama club, cheerleaders, SAAD (Students
Against Destructive Decisions), the fine arts department after school programs.
What is considered a premier craft fair in the
area, the Craft Affair at Norwood sees an average
of 1,800 customers walk through the door, while
in years during a stronger economy, as many as
3,000 to 4,000 have bought tickets. With that
kind of popularity, the craft fair is considered the
largest Norwood High School fundraiser and is
typically able to typically donate $2,000 to the
post prom party committee and up to $300 for
each school organization that applies.
Tickets are $3 for adults, and $2 for seniors and
children under 12 and are available at the door
the day of the event. Stop by for breakfast or
lunch, purchase some beautiful items, maybe
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schools.
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Halloween Costume Drive
For the past six years, Four
Points by Sheraton Norwood
has been hosting a Halloween
costume drive for the Children's
Hospital in Boston and giving
young, ill children a chance to
celebrate s holiday most people
take for granted. Once again,
Four Points is reaching out into
the Norwood community for
their support and generous costume donations for this worthy
cause.
The drive has received increasing support from the
hotel's 150 employees, corporate clients and local Norwood
neighbors since its inception.
The first year, approximately 80
costumes were donated through
the campaign and last year, that
number grew to 200 costumes
plus Halloween accessories,
thanks to the charitable efforts
of the hotel, their employees,
local businesses and Norwood's
compassionate neighbors.
the continued generosity of
Four Points employees, Berry
Insurance, who places boxes in
the Franklin Chamber of Commerce and Emerald Square
Mall, corporate clients Franklin
Sports Inc. and Instron, and
lastly, Norwood residents.
"I asked if we could continue
to do this every year because I
found it a worthy cause," Boyer
said.
Four Points Sheraton accepts
donations for their costume
drive throughout the year to
reach their goal of two carloads
of Halloween items for the hospital. For more information on
donating Halloween costumes,
contact Four Points by Sheraton
Norwood at 781-769-7900. To
donate a not too violent or scary
costume or Halloween accessory or decoration, a donation
box is located in the Sheraton
lobby at 1125 Boston Providence Turnpike (Rte. 1). Costumes are appreciated for all
ages.
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What Can I Do on
Columbus Day?
Columbus Day celebrates the anniversary of Christopher Columbus'
arrival in the Americas on October 8, 1942. The second Monday in
October was declared a federal holiday in 1937. This is one of those
holiday's, however, that continues to draw the question: what is open
today? Here is the answer as to what is open and closed on Columbus
Day, October 8, 2012.
Closed
Federal, State, County and Town Offices
Banks
Post Office-No Mail Delivery
Norwood Public Schools
Norwood Senior Center
Morrill Memorial Library
Open
Stock Market
Retail Establishments
Grocery Stores
"Considering the recession
and people losing their jobs, I
am blown away from how
many people donate, Corporate
Sales Manager Kelli K. Boyer
said.
Convenience Stores
Restaurants
Tavern/Bars
Gas Stations
The drive was initiated in 2007
by the hotel's Franchiser, Starwood. Boyer as spearheaded the
campaign the subsequent five
years and credits its success to
Liquor Stores
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HALLOWEEN, Norwood Style
Halloween in Norwood has become a grand spooktacular
month! There are many children,
teen, adult and family events offered throughout town, from hairraising parties to decorating
contests to communal trick ora
treat festivals. So dig out those
scary, creepy and chilling decorations and costumes and join in the
fun in true Norwood fashion!
Halloween Costume Swap
This NEW event is for residents
who want to encourage a GREEN
Halloween. Bring your child's
gently worn Halloween costume
on or before October 11 and come
back on October 17, 4-7 p.m., to
possibly find a new costume for
your child for this year. For ages
infant-8 years old.
Halloween Trunk or Treat
Decorate your cars and bring
candy to hand out in the municipal parking lot for Norwood's
FIRST Trunk or Treat! Children
will be welcome to go from vehicle to vehicle in their costumes
Halloween treats. Vehicles may
enter the lot from 4:15-5 p.m.
Saturday, October 20, 5-6 p.m.
Can't attend? Donations of
wrapped candy are welcome for
the event.
Pumpkins & Scarecrows
on the Common
Pumpkins and scarecrows will
invade Norwood's Town Common with this NEW fun-filled fall
festival. Families can work together to design creative pumpkins or scarecrows and enter the
contest. A wood post will be provided and decorations brought
from home the day of the event.
Prizes will be awarded to the most
uniquely-carved pumpkins and
scarecrows.
Saturday, October 20, 10 a.m.-1
p.m. Cost is $10 per pumpkin
entry, $10 per scarecrow entry.
Pumpkinfest
The ever-popular Pumpkinfest
is returning this year and participants of all ages will enjoy the opportunity to decorate their
pumpkins in extraordinary and
unusual designs. Participants will
be provided all materials to create
their pumpkins with ornamental
motifs or ghoulish features with
decorative materials, such as hair,
hats, glitter and paint. There is
October 1. 2012
staff available to assist younger
artists.
Thursday, October 25, 3:305:30 p.m., in the Civic Center.
Cost is $5/Norwood residents,
$10/non-residents. Register with
recreation code HS28.
Halloween Spooktacular
This event will play with the
lighter side of the celebrations
with themed games, crafts, music,
dancing, refreshments and more.
In addition, participants are encouraged to enhance their Halloween spirit by wearing
costumes and joining the costume
parade. This event is intended for
ages 3-8
Saturday, October 27, 3- 4:30
p.m., Civic Center gymnasium.
Cost is $5/Norwood residents,
$10/non-residents. Register with
recreation code HS23. Signing up
early is recommended.
Spooky Decorating Contest
The Spooky Decorating Contest
is an opportunity for the entire
family to display their mischievous and sinister spirits with a so
decked out it will stun the neighborhood and the entire town! Residents are encouraged to bring out
all the stops in their Halloween
decorating and earn the right to be
called the 2012 scariest-looking
house in Norwood. Judging will
be considered with only the
home's exterior and will be
judged on originality, arrangement and theme. In addition to
bragging rights, a gift certificate
will be awarded to the winner.
Committee judging will take
place on the evening of Tuesday,
October 30. Cost is $5 per household. Fill out an entry form at the
Civic Center and receive the
event's rules. Recreation code
HS29. This event is open to Norwood residents only.
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Jim Stanton
www.JimStanton2012.com
You are cordially invited to:
A Walpole Rally for Jim Stanton
2012 Candidate for State Representative
12th Norfolk District
Featuring:
Charlie Baker (20120 Candidate for Governor)
Andrea Taber (President & CEO of Ever So Humble Pie)
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Tuesday, October 2nd 2012 from 6:00pm - 8:00pm
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Light Refreshments will be served. Suggested Contribution: $50, $100, $250, $500
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Please RSVP by email or call by Sept. 30, 2012:
[email protected] • (508) 660-7653
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October 1. 2012
Norwood Bank Donates $5000 to
Norwood Housing Rehab Program
Norwood Bank has donated
$5000 to the Norwood Housing
Rehab Program. This program has
been administered by the Planning
Department since 2004. Since that
time 37 homes have been rehabbed including 4 emergency
projects. The program is funded by
a Community Development Block
Grant which originates from HUD
and is awarded by the State’s Department of Housing and Community Development through a
competitive grant application
process. The program assists
homeowners who meet location
and income requirements by providing them with the necessary
funds to improve their living conditions. Funds are used to repair
code violations and improve
energy efficiency. Some of the
most common projects include
roof repairs, updating of electrical
Tracey Robbins, Norwood Bank VP Residential Lending, Chris Dixon, Norwood Bank President, Allan Howard, Town of Norwood Selectman, Pamela
McCarthy, Norwood Housing Authority CDF Coordinator, and Steven
Costello, Norwood Town Planner.
Shred it.
And forget it.
Norwood Bank
Community Shred Day.
Save the date. Protect your identity.
Shred Day is back on Saturday,
October 27th in our parking lot from
9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., which is free
and open to the public. You may
bring up to two boxes of paper
contents, including old bank
statements, cancelled or unused checks,
and other confidential documents.
You’ll receive a recycled Norwood Bank grocery
tote, along with coupons for special offers.
systems, replacing faulty heating
systems, new windows, insulation, and elimination of asbestos
and lead paint. Norwood Bank’s
donation has been targeted to the
control of lead paint within the
home. This donation also allows
the grant funds to stretch further
thereby allowing more projects to
be completed.
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Living Healthy
it’s delivered in a setting that feels
nothing like a typical gym; Koko FitClub is a fitness oasis.
Koko FitClub is Changing Lives in
Mansfield, Plainville and Walpole
If you’re one of that huge group of
people, who would love to be fit but
have not found a fitness solution that
works for you, it’s time to visit Koko
FitClub.
mansfield residents andy and
christine Johnston are excited
about bringing Koko Fitclub to
mansfield, Plainville and Walpole.
Koko Fitclub is revolutionizing the
fitness industry and helping thousands of americans achieve their
fitness goals.
How Smartraining Works, By
Michael Wood, CSCS, Chief Fitness Officer
Koko Strength Training is different
than traditional weight-lifting. It’s
“circuit-based” strength training.
Rather than working one muscle at a
time and resting between sets, circuit
training works multiple muscle
groups on every exercise and eliminates the “resting phase” by having
you work opposing muscle groups
during that time. It’s highly efficient
and very effective. With Koko, it’s all
customized specifically to your individual strength level, adapting each
day to your progress to increase effectiveness and eliminate boredom. Personally, I see the difference Koko
Smartraining makes every day. As an
exercise physiologist at Tufts Research Center on Aging, I helped conduct comprehensive studies on the
“We are incredibly passionate
about bringing Koko to the area,”
says christine. “as busy parents,
we struggled to find a fitness solution. We needed efficiency, affordability, and real results, on our own
schedule. Koko delivers all of those
things! once we found it, we knew
we needed to share it with others.”
Koko FitClub is the
“Future of Fitness”
Koko FitClub is the world’s first and
only automated personal training stu-
dio. Developed with assistance from the
founding director of the MIT
Center for Sports
Innovation, Koko
provides members with a
fast and effective workout that helps
them reach their fitness goals without
having to turn their lives upside down.
It is like having a world-class personal
trainer coaching you every time you
exercise – making sure you’re always
doing precisely the right exercise, the
right way, at the right pace, for the best
possible results.
Why choose Koko FitClub
If you love the idea of a personal
trainer coaching you through every
step of your workouts as you move
closer to your goal of a lifetime of
health and fitness…then you’ll love
Koko. Koko provides the
same service but
without
the
scheduling hassles and expense
of hiring a personal
trainer.
By combining the latest in computer
technology with workouts and training plans designed by nationally recognized trainers – including Michael
Wood, Kathy Kaehler and Rob Parr –
Koko FitClub has created a revolutionary approach to achieving and
maintaining physical fitness. Each
workout is precisely customized to
your body and your strength level.
And, Koko tracks all of your results
on your personal Koko key and automatically adapts each new session
based on your previous progress. All
of the thinking is done for you! And,
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impact of various exercise methods on
different populations. At Tufts, we
viewed an 8%-10% strength gain in
eight weeks from participants as “effective”. A 10%-15% gain was considered “outstanding”. At Koko, our
average member achieves a 19%
strength gain in their first 8 week program! That number increases to 25%
after two programs and 33% after
three! The numbers say it all. Koko
works. And in just 30-minutes, three
times per week, it works into our
members’ busy lives as well. With
Koko Cardio Interval Training, we automatically manipulate the proper balance of workout intensity and
recovery in short durations. The result
is you get the same calorie burn of
steady-state cardio, but in half the
time! That’s right, 15 minutes of Koko
Cardio is like 30 minutes or more of
traditional cardio. Koko Cardio acts
like your personal coach; motivating
you and manipulating your intensity
every step of the way to keep you motivated and engaged.
How you can get started?
Contact or visit any of our local
Koko FitClubs to schedule a complimentary session!
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October 1. 2012
Sweet Treats
for Halloween
Halloween is a time for costumes
and candy. Americans spend roughly
$6 billion per year on Halloween
candy. After Christmas, Halloween is
the country's second-biggest commercial holiday.
• Chocolate lollipops: All
it takes is a mold, heating
device and some chocolate
candy melts to make delicious and eye-catching
homemade lollipops. A
visit to the craft store will probably
yield all of the ingredients you need.
Some kits feature squirt bottles that
can be filled with chocolate, heated in
the microwave and then easily
squirted into the candy molds.
Although many people like the convenience of buying bags of pre-made
candy, they will not have control over
the amount of sugar or the other ingredients that are being put into these
confections. This Halloween, celebrants may want to make their own
sweet treats to hand out or share at
Halloween festivities.
• Cake pops: A revolution in dessert,
cake pops can be made in two ways.
The first method is baking a cake and
then crumbling it up into a bowl. Then
a container of cake frosting is added,
making the mixture moldable. The
mixture is then formed into balls,
which are put on lollipop sticks and
dipped into melted chocolate. The
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second cake pop method is to purchase pans or special waffle-iron-type
devices that turn batter into balls while
cooking. Then the cake balls are put
on sticks and covered in frosting or
chocolate.
• Candied fruit: Caramel-covered
apples are an autumn tradition, but
you also can dip bananas into chocolate or pieces of pineapple for a
pseudo-healthy treat.
• Chocolate bark: Create a healthy
and delicious mixture of ingredients
by melting dark chocolate and adding
in nuts, dried cranberries, raisins, sunflower seeds, or anything else you can
think off. Pour the mixture on a piece
of waxed paper and allow to harden in
the refrigerator. Then cut into chunks
and enjoy.
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Living Healthy
Everything You (Didn't) Know About Headaches
CONTRIBUTED BY JOHN VACOVEC,
OWNER AND THERAPIST OF
PHYSICAL THERAPY AND SPORTS
REHAB, INC.
The common response to a
headache is "Let me pop a
painkiller and hope the pain goes
away". While this isn't necessarily
a bad idea, it's not a long-term solution for headaches, particularly
the ones that that have a musculoskeletal origin.
Most patients are unaware that
physical therapy can play an important role in the treatment of
headaches. Did you know that a
physical therapist can evaluate
symptoms and create a plan to reduce headache by restoring muscle
balance? With certain types of
headache, this has the potential to
reduce or even eliminate the need
for medication. For example, did
you know that strengthening of the
muscles surrounding the neck and
jaw helps in the treatment of
headache? It’s true; physical therapy can restore balance and relieve
strain on muscles and joints in the
head and neck region.
The prescription of a home exercise program to improve posture
and movement patterns can be another part of the treatment process.
Unknown to most patients, poor
posture contributes to head and
neck pain.
Depending on the severity of
your headache, physical therapy
can be a valuable adjunct to medications prescribed by a physician.
While medications help control the
pain of headache, a regimen of
physical therapy improves the
body's inherent ability to fight factors that trigger headaches.
joints in the upper back, neck and
shoulder are under stress, they become inflamed and cause pain.
Due to the complex and interconnected network of nerves and
blood vessels in the upper body,
this pain often spreads upwards,
triggering a headache or a debilitating migraine.
This is exactly where a physical
therapist can help. With a precise
combination of exercises, manual
therapy and relaxation techniques,
the therapist can facilitate pain relief. If you've been suffering from
headaches, a viable, drug free option is available to you. You don't
have to live with pain any longer
because physical therapy is a viable, scientific treatment option.
Physical Therapy and
Referred Pain
One of the causes of headache is
referred pain (from other parts of
the body). When the muscles and
After a complete evaluation, the
physical therapist may decide to
use manual therapy, which includes joint mobilizations and
massage to provide welcome relief
to overworked tissues. The result
is relief from the pain of headache
and a smile on your face.
A migraine is a severe headache
that may require medical attention.
It is a disorder of the central nervous system involving blood vessels
and nerves, resulting in intense
pain. Once the cause of the migraine has been identified and
treated by a physician, a physical
therapist can facilitate a quick recovery to help the patient resume
a normal, healthy life.
Pain Relief at the Source
One of the objectives of physical
therapy intervention is adjustment
of soft tissues and correction of
mechanical dysfunction associated
with the headache. There are several ways that a physical therapist
can help achieve this. If sensitive
tissues (blood vessels, nerves) in
the neck are compressed, the physical therapist can use mechanical
or manual traction procedures to
facilitate decompression, improve
circulation and relieve pressure
around the affected tissues.
Just call us and we’ll get you
started. We'll do everything we can
to put that smile back on your face.
Physical Therapy and Sports
Rehab. Inc has 2 convenient locations. Call our Norwood office (at
781-769-2040) or Norfolk location
(at 508-384-7020) today! Go to
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October 1. 2012
All Signs Point to Norwood for a
Growing Manufacturing Company
SAK Environmental recently
provided a wide range of environmental services to Steel Art, a
premium architectural sign manufacturer, who moved from their
Allston location, to a larger,
50,000 sq. ft. building in Norwood. The Steel Art Company,
who has been manufacturing premium quality architectural signage, metal letters and logotypes
for the sign trade since 1952 in
their 15,000 sq. ft. Allston facility,
was looking to expand into larger
quarters. SAK’s work including
Phase I and II environmental site
assessments; building assessment; securing environmental operating permits for manufacturing
operations; and implementation
of a new health and safety program for the new facility.
“SAK Environmental’s responsiveness in providing the required
technical assessments and testing
was instrumental in helping us to
complete the move to the new facility on schedule,” said Steel
Art’s Vice President Stew Dobson, “SAK has been helping us
with periodic environmental compliance at our Allston facility, and
it was a natural progression to
turn to them for assessment and
permitting at the new property.”
The new property is located on
Dean Street. The existing building
was previously occupied by
electronics and technology man-
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ufacturers and there was documentation of oil and chemical
use. The site’s industrial history
required the soil and groundwater
at the site to be assessed for petroleum and hazardous chemical to
assure there was no significant
contamination at the site prior to
purchase and occupancy. The
subsurface investigation, which
included the installation and testing of several soil borings and
groundwater monitoring wells,
resulted in no findings of any contamination above MA DEP allowable levels. A hazardous
materials survey for lead and asbestos was also conducted in the
building and limited asbestoscontaining roofing materials were
removed and properly disposed of
as part of Steel Art’s renovation
of their new home.
SAK also conducted the
USEPA and MADEP filings for
environmental operating permits,
including air, hazardous waste,
storm water, wastewater, and toxics use filings, for their manufacturing processes and materials
storage at their new facility.
“The SAK team is pleased to assist Steel Art with their vision of
relocating to a larger, state-of-theart facility that allows them to continue growing their specialized
manufacturing firm here in Massachusetts. The services we provided are consistent with our goal
of environmentally sustainable reuse of underutilized properties. We
wish Steel Art continued success
in their new location,” says Maureen Sakakeeny, Principal, SAK
Environmental.
SAK Environmental specializes
in pollution assessment and remediation, sustainable development, environmental support
during construction, and environ-
mental permitting and compliance throughout Massachusetts,
Southern New Hampshire, and
New York. Their goal is to deliver technically sound advice
and practical solutions enabling
clients to carry out their initiatives with confidence and peace
of mind. SAK Environmental is
a privately owned environmental
consulting business founded in
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PET CORNER
The BIG CAT
Adoption Edition
Meet “Worthy” aka Grizzle
This cat is truly a “Big Boy”.
Grizzle’s was named after a grizzly bear as he has the biggest double front paws and large frame you
can imagine without being overweight. He is long haired, and
walks like a small grizzly bear. He
has lived outside with stray and
feral cats for quite some time and
the neighborhood welcomed him.
However no one was willing to
care for his medical needs. BSAC
supplied flea treatment, vaccines
and neutered this cat until it was
evident that the commitment from
any single person within this community was not enough for this
“Worthy” cat. After a dental cleaning, including extractions, the cat
we named Worthy was taken into
foster care. Subsequently, Worthy
aka Grizzle, tested positive for Feline immunodeficiency virus
(FIV) which can not be transmit-
ted to humans and is not typically
fatal for cats. Since it is transmitted
primarily via deep bite wounds
and scratches, living with other
cats is highly possible for this mild
mannered BIG BOY. We feel a
family would be LUCKY to have
this lovable, affectionate, BIG
BOY as part of their family mix.
Got Fleas?
Ya. They are everywhere. As
with many of you, shelters and rescue groups battle the flea problem
annually. Surrendered cats, stray
cats and feral cats are all invaded
by fleas that naturally exist. Fleas
are outdoors and unfortunately
come indoors on us and our animals and infest our homes and animals. There are many ways to
battle these creatures from “Krypton”, as one of our dedicated foster
volunteers has called them, but
throwing a beloved indoor pet outside to fend for itself because of
this problem is NOT an acceptable
treatment.
All pets should be flea treated by
veterinary recommended products
monthly during flea season
whether they go out or not. Look
for signs of itching, hair loss and
licking of fur as indications that
your pet may be battling the flea
invasion. Many pets are seriously
allergic to fleas and one flea can
cause major skin irritations and
discomfort to your pet.
Uncontrolled flea infestation can
and does lead to death in owned
pets, and stray and feral cats and
kittens each season due to anemia
related conditions.
Feel free to contact us for recommendations of a variety of flea
products for your pet and home
based on our experiences with
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his Big Brother
“Norton”
These two boys BIG
grey tiger kitties are
seeking a new home.
Ralph and Norton are
neutered 3.5 year olds.
They would not be
comfortable in a shelter/cage environment
so we are hoping to
find them homes directly out of their current home. The owner
can no longer care for
them. Ralph was less
flustered by outside
visitors but Norton
chose to hide and observe
from afar, coming out to inspect
our volunteer when met at their
home. Both boys are very “BIG
BOYS” exceeding 15lbs each.
They enjoy each others company
also. They are the kind of cats that
hang out together and just look for
a quiet spot in the sun. We feel it is
in the best interest of Norton to be
adopted together though Ralph
Coyote
and
Predator
Alert
Once again the lost cat signs can
be scene throughout the communities we live in. This is usually an
indication that beloved owned cats
are being taken by predators that
also live among us. We can not reiterate enough to keep your
beloved cats indoors. If you want
ideas and suggestions on how to
make your outdoor cat a safe indoor cat please email us for assistance. We can not tell you how
many friends and people we meet
who say their cat stays in the yard
or is in every night that later tell us
that one night the cat did not come
home or drifted further than the
yard and never returned. PLEASE
keep you cats safe, they rely on
US.
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Here We
Grown
Again
Thank you to the PetsMart Charities
organization in conjunction with PetsMart Stores we have expanding out
adoption options into the new Walpole PetsMart Store. Visit our cats for
adoption at this store now. We are
seeking responsible volunteers to participate in our adoption counselor
training and become a qualified adoption counselor at this facility immediately. Additional socialization and
care taker shifts are also available. A
volunteer coordinator at this location
is also needed, inquire.
would probably be just fine if
separated. We hope to let these
boys live together for a long time
so we are seeking the perfect home
for these two BIG BOYS!!!!
We are also seeking additional assistance at our flourishing super large
adoption space at the Petco Store on
Rt. 1 in Norwood. Consider a weekly
shift at this center assisting the many
cats in need or weekend meet and
greet shift.
Serious volunteer inquiries please
contact
us
at
[email protected]
New Donation
Campaign
Each month we are going to select a large much needed item to
request donations for. Each following month we will report the
status of the fundraising and keep
you all posted on the purchase of
the item once funds are ample.
Please consider donating to these
items as we truly need them to
For inquiries, adoptions,
volunteering visit us at
www.baystateanimals.org
or email us at
[email protected].
Our adoption application is
on our website. For fastest
response email your
application to us. DO NOT call
continue to grow our
rescue mission.
ITEM OF THE
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October 1. 2012
Hurray for Norwood Day!
When Norwood residents
awoke on Saturday, Sept. 15,
they were likely a little concerned. The sky was cloudy,
there was a mist in the air and it
appeared that the sun had taken a
late summer vacation day. Didn't
Mother Nature know that it was
Norwood Day? Well, apparently
she did, because just as the
booths were opening, the grills
were ignited and the rides
plugged in, sunshine was making
its way through the clouds and a
bright, festive day was on the
horizon.
Downtown Norwood quickly
filled with local residents (and
many from surrounding towns)
to check out the booths that lined
Washington St. and kids starting
to gather and proudly display
their Norwood Day buttons for a
chance to ride on many of the
kiddie rides or climb the rock
wall. Music was almost continually playing from the bandstand
at the intersection at Walpole St.
and close to noon, lines began to
form under the large tents on the
Town Common as neighborhood
restaurants began serving lunch.
teens look forward
to each year. It's a
day that friends and
neighbors can explore downtown retailing, connect with local organizations and
sample the delicious food from
area restaurants. It is also an oldfashioned event where the town
comes together and residents can
walk down the street, spot familiar faces, meet new
friends and witness
what makes this town
so special.
Other events that drew a lot of
attention and participation included pony rides, the Home
Depot woodworking benches
and the short family film and
tours at the Norwood Theatre.
Now in its tenth year, Norwood
Day has become a community
tradition that children, adults and
Norwood Day 2012
October 1, 2012
Norwood Day 2012
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October 1. 2012
2012 Norwood TONY Award Recipient: Anu Ravi
The Norwood TONY (Ten Outstanding Norwood Youths) Awards
were initiated over 40 years ago to
recognize exceptional Norwood
youths for their voluntary contributions to the community.
Through anonymous reviews of
the student's volunteer record and
a 300-word essay, the Norwood
Masons, who acquired the program 17 years ago, named the
2012 TONY Award winners at a
banquet held January 30. The
award includes a citation from
Governor Patrick, a plaque from
the lodge, a $1,000 savings bond
and a gift card from Perk's coffeehouse. Two supplementary awards
also included an additional $500
savings bond.
Recent Norwood High School
graduate Anu Ravi just began her
pre-med studies at the University
of Massachusetts-Amherst in September, but her introduction and
preamble into medicine actually
began four years ago. Since 2008,
Ravi has clocked in 500 hours of
volunteer work at Norwood Hospital in departments ranging from
radiology to the nursing units.
"I really wanted to see if I wanted
to go into the medical field at the
beginning of 9th grade," Ravi said.
"I really liked it so I continued
doing it. Going into the 11th grade,
I knew this is the field for me."
Ravi rotated her efforts throughout the hospital, and while providing valuable assistance to various
units she was also able to assemble
a personal foundation for her education and her future.
I just went in
there whenever
I could and
eventually
worked there,"
Ravi said. I
liked everything about the
library."
I visited all over the hospital,"
Ravi said. "I did paperwork for radiology, the nursing area, delivered
stuff from labs and a shadow program for the radiology department.
I got to see different doctors doing
different things so I really thought
this is for me."
Between her time at Norwood
Hospital and her schoolwork, Ravi
still managed to fit another passion
into her volunteering schedule.
Since grade school Ravi paid almost daily visits to the Morrill Memorial Library, and eventually it
seemed only natural when a librarian asked if she had any interest in
helping out on Saturdays. Ravi
was enthused to share her love of
books with younger library patrons
and for the next few years spent a
lot of her time at the children's
desk, assisting customers and helping kids in the crafts room. She ultimately accepted a part-time job
at the library, but still continues to
volunteer whenever she can.
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adults with a profile of each student each month in our newspaper.
Norwood High School graduate
Anu Ravi is the eighth student profile in our 2012 TONY Award series.
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Ravi excelled
in math and
science programs
and
earned membership into the
national honor
society in both
departments
and shared her
knowledge tutoring fellow students. Ravi was also a member of
the French and Friendship Clubs
and participated in various community programs, such as Norwood Day and scooping ice cream
at Bird Park in Walpole.
Ravi remembers liking science
for as long as she can remember.
She fondly recalls her ninth grade
biology teacher, Mrs. Hareiman, as
an exceptional motivator and
skilled at engaging her students in
the field of science. From that early
experience, and an internship at
Biogen Idec this past summer targeted to get kids excited about bio
technology, Ravi is leaning towards scientific research as a career.
She taught the subject really well
and made it so I really wanted to
learn more," Ravi said."Some people say it might be boring being in
a lab every day, but I thought it was
exciting."
October 1, 2012
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Door to Open at Terrace Cafe
By PaTriCk COLEMan
Last month, the transformation
from an ice cream shop to a
restaurant was completed as the
doors to The Terrace Cafe
opened. It has been anything but
an overnight change. Gone are
the ice cream freezers that
housed treats served by Tootsie's
Ice Cream, the former occupant
of 36 South St. They're now replaced with a full bar. The black
and white checkered floor which
fit Tootsie's 50's style decor has
been replaced with dark wood
floors which now compliment
the updated look of the downtown eatery. The space also
lacked an important feature
every cafe needs -- a kitchen. So
the new owner had to build one
from scratch. "It has been a long
process," says Nancy Lockwood, owner of The Terrace
Cafe. "We've done most of the
work ourselves."
Lockwood, a longtime Wrentham resident, is opening the
cafe with her son Josh Walker, a
veteran of the war in
Afghanistan. The two, along
with friends, have been working
on getting the place just right.
The renovation started in January, and it wasn't until now that
she felt the place was ready to
open. "You only get one chance
to make a first impression," she
says.
The restaurant will run seven
days a week from 7 a.m. to midnight serving breakfast, lunch
and dinner and offer a full bar.
The menu will feature a variety
of items from crêpes to specialty
sandwiches and a selection of
salads. In the fall there will be an
offering of soups, and there will
be a gluten free menu as well.
People have the option of dining
in the newly renovated space or
out on the patio. "People will be
able to eat out here and listen to
the Concerts on the Common,"
Lockwood says.
The Terrace Cafe will also host
live music in the style of James
Taylor with some jazz performances on the weekend. Inside the
restaurant, the artwork of two
different local artists will be on
display each month and patrons
may purchase the art. The proceeds go directly to the artists.
The patio is available for private
parties and Lockwood plans to
hold beer and wine tastings.
Another feature of The Terrace
Cafe will be its support of the
Wounded Warrior Project. On
certain nights, the profits from
Budweiser sales will be donated
directly to the charity with the
mission of helping wounded
service members. "It's very important to us," Lockwood says.
"Very important."
Lockwood, a former social
worker, got her experience in the
restaurant business by running a
small retail bakery on the Cape
that featured the baked goods of
Modern Pastry in Boston. The
Terrace Cafe will feature the
same baked goods.
The downtown has changed
significantly over the past year.
Marcia's Sweet Pantry closed its
door, and Bambi's vive le chic
closed its retail shop as well.
Tootsie's remains but has moved
down a few doors into a smaller
location. Despite being the new
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October 1. 2012
St. Catherine of Siena School
Students Showcase iPad Expertise
At Norwood Day 2012
Norwood Day 2012, an annual
mid-September event in the town
of Norwood, provided an opportunity for middle school students
from Saint Catherine of Siena
School in Norwood to show off
some newly-acquired skills and to
give on the spot demonstrations to
interested bystanders on how iPad
technology is changing education
at their Catholic elementary
school.
Students showed onlookers the
ways in which they use iPads as a
tool for learning. A range of applicatons are actively used daily by
students for class work and homework as well as to communicate,
collaborate, link to assignments
and tutorials, take notes, organize
their schedules, and do research in
all subjects.
The Administrative team decided
to use Norwood Day as a way to
showcase the iPad Initiative at St.
Catherine of Siena School and
other new learning experiences at
the school, particularly new science and math rooms at the elementary level and a content-rich
Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten curriculum.
As one teacher at Saint Catherine’s explained: “We realized that
it fit into the model of what we
could do, what we needed, and the
desire to do something innovative
and excellent in the pursuit of
being the best elementary school in
the Archdiocese. This 1-on-1 initiative is student centric, interactive
and engaging, while creating collaborative education for 21st century learning.” A parent at St.
Catherine’s recently stated, “It is
amazing that the students will get
a chance to use this technology for
learning more about today’s world
in an instant – something the rest
of us (older generations) never had
a chance to experience.”
The students themselves are excited about using the iPads for their
homework and research projects.
One student told us, “I know the
power of technology and I'm looking forward to the new learning experience at Saint Catherine's.” The
Pre-K through Grade 8 school in
Norwood, MA is the first Middle
School in the Archdiocese of
Boston to use this new technology.
The principal, in her latest press release commented, “Catholic
schools have always viewed academic excellence as an expression
of Catholic faith and values. By
having our students and teachers
use iPads for teaching and learning, we expect them to develop
deeper learning and a greater facil-
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Grandparent’s Day
Brings ‘Big Smiles’ to
Victoria Haven
Sunday, September 9, was a very
special day. For many residents at
Victoria Haven Rehabilitation and
Skilled Nursing Facility, it was
Grandparent’s Day.
Family members and friends
celebrated during a lovely
brunch party. Children of residents listened to favorite stories
of the past and shared their current accomplishments of the
grandchildren in tow. Entertainers Victoria and Jake of Big
Smile sang favorite tunes and encouraged all to dance. Kids of all
ages visited with facial artist Virginia who painted intricate butterflies and small pumpkins off
the vine.
The brunch buffet rivaled any of
Norwood’s Sunday brunch
restaurants. Beginning with bacon
and eggs, it was a challenge to
have a little bit of everything on
the plate. Delicious turkey, homemade meatballs, lasagna, confetti
rice and scalloped potatoes were
some of the selections offered.
Dessert was a mixture of healthy
and sweet with fresh sliced fruit
and fresh baked cookies.
The staff at Victoria Haven welcomes special occasions like
Grandparent’s Day to visit with
the families that residents fondly
talk about during every day. It is a
chance to connect, share the work
their achievements and hard work
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October 1. 2012
WinSmith Mill Market - The
Revitalization of the Historic
Winslow Brothers Tannery
BY DORIS J. DICKSON
If you have not done so, take a
short trip down Walpole Street to
visit the reformation of a piece of
Norwood history – the Norwood
Commerce Center on Endicott
Street. In years gone by, the area
was the home of the Winslow and
Smith Brothers tannery. Today, it
is a revitalized set of mill buildings, a section of which is appropriately devoted to warehouses
filled with antique, vintage and
repurposed furniture, accessories,
tools, “doohickeys,” etc. Another
section houses artist lofts. The remaining portions house manufacturing
and
commercial
businesses.
The History
The history of the tannery is rich
and includes many of the town’s
well-known families for which
our buildings, parks and streets
are named. As many of the businesses that have come and gone
over the years, it tells the story of
who the people were, where they
came from, how hard working
they were and how much they
cared about their town.
It begins in 1776 when Abner
Guild built the original tannery –
described as “small.”
That
“small” business became one of
the longest, continuously operating businesses in the history Norwood (originally part of South
Dedham and often-called Tiot).
In 1791, Abner took John Smith,
at age seven, as an apprentice in
the tanning trade - converting
rawhide into leather. After years
of mentoring, Smith eventually
became Guild’s successor. Smith
repeated the process with George
Winslow who, after serving his
apprenticeship at John Guild’s (a
relation of Abner) tannery in Roxbury, came to work under Smith.
He subsequently married Smith’s
daughter, Olive, and eventually a
partnership between John Smith
and George Winslow formed the
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to work.”
The partnership
thrived.
However, in 1852, due to competition between Lyman’s sons
and the Winslow brothers (in
number an uneven partnership),
the union dissolved.
The
Winslows remained in the original location and renamed their
firm George Winslow & Sons.
The Smiths built on Railroad Ave
(where XX now stands) and
called it Lyman Smith & Sons.
Although George died in 1877
and Lyman in 1883, both companies continued to grow steadily
with each employing more than
100 men. (In fact, the Winslow
Brothers tannery employed 150
men in 1890 and 275 men in
1894.) In the late nineties, wool
pulling and scouring were added
to the other activities performed.
Francis (the youngest of the
Winslow children) married
Martha and had two daughters,
Clara and Edith. In 1893, Edith
wed George Willett from Walpole. In 1895, George Willett acquired controlling interest in the
tannery. Shortly after the WillettWinslow wedding, Frank Allen
(from Lynn) entered the picture
and in 1897, he and Clara wed.
In 1901, George Willett and Edward Mills secured Lyman
Smith’s Sons (its new name after
Lyman Smith’s death) and con-
solidated the two companies into
Winslow Brothers and Smith
Company. Allen, who became a
close and trusted advisor to Willett, eventually became president
and chairman of the board.
After continued growth (at one
time the largest handler of sheepskin in the world) and mergers
with other leather companies, in
1928 Frank Allen, as president,
merged Winslow & Smith Brothers with Eastern Leather Company.
Around World War II, the firm
saw diminishing need for its product as well as increased operational and raw materials costs.
With labor conflicts between
workers and owners in 1933,
1938 and 1949, first the Railroad
Avenue facility closed and in
1952, the original facility ceased
operation. The Railroad Avenue
buildings were demolished; those
on Endicott Street were occupied
by several businesses. The property was eventually divided into
approximately 13 acres and 23
acres. For many years, Zimble
Drum owned the 13-acre lot,
which has been unoccupied since
approximately 2002. For a period, Atlantic Properties owned
the 23-acre lot.
TANNERY
continued on page 24
October 1, 2012
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Norwood Sports
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BY
CHRISTOPHER TREMBLAY
With their new high school
just about complete, Norwood
is hoping to put up some impressive numbers in the winlose column to inaugurate the
facilities this coming school
season.
“We generally have good
teams,” Norwood High School
Athletic Director Brian McDonough said. “I’m particularly
satisfied with the number of students participating in sports. We
have well 400 athletes, by far
the best I’ve since in ten years.”
A high number of this year’s
athletes are coming from the incoming freshman class, something the AD attributes to the
brand new school.
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entering the high school this fall
and they all want to play in this
nice new facility,” McDonough
said.
Although facilities within the
school and a majority of the
fields are play-ready, Norwood
is still working on the front field
where the field hockey team
competes. For approximately
another year or two. teams that
use this field will be forced to
play elsewhere, but McDonough is working diligently on
getting all those teams at least
two games on the new football
field.
“Instead of having them play
away from the school we are
trying to get them each a few
home games,” the Norwood AD
said. “It’s not the same when
you play on the road, a home
game allows you to draw our
fans and give us that home
game feeling. Athletes like to
play in front of their friends as
well as the rest of the hometown
crowd.”
Having a turf football field
may be something new to Norwood but it’s nothing the Mustang athletes haven’t seen in the
past. Playing in the Bay State
Conference, a good number of
the schools have artificial turf so
Norwood is used to playing on
the faster surface.
One other minor incident that
McDonough is working on is
the lack of lights on the field.
“We only have about three
hours before the darkness starts
to set in,” McDonough said.
“I’m trying to move games
around, push practices back and
do a little creative scheduling so
that we can get the games in on
the new field.”
Norwood High
School Cross Country
Team Faced Two
Tough Teams In
Opening Meets
The Norwood High School Cross
Country teams opened up its 2012
season against two of the strongest
teams in the Bay State Conference,
Walpole and Brookline. Both the
boys and girls teams unfortunately
came up short handed (boys 15- 50
and 15- 50) (girls 15-50 to Brookline and 15-40 Walpole). But it's a
long season and the Mustang's are
ready to give it their all.
In the boys race, John Maloney
was the first Norwood runner to
cross the finish line with a time of
19:43. J.J. O'Donnell was right behind with a time of 19:47 and
Freshmen Josh Acero and Clifton
Clark competed in their first varsity
meet taking 3rd and 4th respectively. George Meltzer finished in
the 5th spot for the Mustangs with
a time of 21:23
The girls team had Norwood's
only senior, Kelsey Colbert, take
the number 1 spot for the Mustangs
with
a
time
of
22:14. Alana Keady was number
two for the Mustangs with a time
of 22:45, followed by Sam Baturin, Devon Bartlett, Hallie Miller,
and Nency Sangani
Norwood has a very young team
with some good numbers competing in the JV meet.
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square feet.
In the fall of 2011, Gerry hired
Rich Bruno as property manager.
Since the property had become a
dumping ground, one of his first
priorities was cleanup. Rich and
his team (including a 30-hour a
week groundskeeper) have hauled
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addition of gates, signage and an
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decreased dramatically.
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Inside the buildings, the individual units are cleared, one-by-one,
of refuse left behind from previous tenants, teenagers, squatters,
etc. The walls are painted, bathrooms and windows repaired, exit
signs and fire extinguishers added
(all to code). As was the case in
its hay day, there is one central
source of heat for all of the buildings.
The small pump house abutting
the pond is also being spruced up
and repurposed with hand painted
murals on the exterior and a soon
to be installed decorative water
wheel. The hope is to use the
building as a café to serve tenants
and visitors.
Today’s Vision
During the last year, a vision
formed. According to property
manager, Rich Bruno, it started
out as a “limited warehouse opportunity for people who are storing their goods” on the internet.
Original tenants included as ReMARKable Estate Clean Outs
(which also has a retail store on
Washington Street) owned by
Mark Waters, Ramblin Rose Cottage owned by Sheryl Elliot and
soon after, Old Bean Antiques
owned by Christine Malmquist.
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It is a “safe place,” a “neutral
place,” other than their homes,
that buyers can view merchandise
prior to purchasing.
Since the first three vendors
moved in, the vision has grown to
build an “antique village” for, currently, some 11 vendors. This has
resulted in a decrease in the vacancy rate from 40% to 25%
since late last year. Contrary to
rumors spread earlier this year,
Rich Bruno says, “There are absolutely no plans to sell the Norwood Commerce Center to any
developers.”
In fact, by the time this article is
printed, a meeting will have been
held to discuss awarding a special
retail permit for the property. The
intent is that the vendors will open
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday to
provide one-stop antique shopping not currently available in the
area – a far cry from the days of
squatters, teenage parties, trash
disposal and high vacancy rates of
years gone by. Limited partner,
Gerry Gillis says, “An excellent
turnaround since last October.”
The spaces – they are as unique
as the vendors. Some of the
spaces feature brick walls; some
are painted wood. Some of the
floors are painted cement, others
hardwood. The windows are
large; the ceilings are tall. Some
of the vendors offer space for
smaller vendors. Others sell all
their own products. Some offer
antiques; others offer repurposed
items and still another that offers
items ready to be repurposed.
The vendors currently include
ReMARKable Closeouts, Ramblin Rose, Old Bean Antiques,
Vintage Thymes, Vintage Peacock, Attitudes Boutique, Posh
Market, Gallery Two, Blue Bird
Studios, W.G. Holding Co., and
G.T. Vintage.
The following material was used
to write this article: Fanning, Patricia, Norwood: A History,
Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2002, McDermott, Charles
H., A History of the Shoe and
Leather Industries of the United
States Volume 2, Boston: Charles
W. Denehy and Company, 1920,
Mosher, Bill and Fanning, Patti,
Tannery, Norwood, Mass: Copper
Mill Press, 1983, Tolles, Jr.,
Bryant Franklin, Norwood: The
Centennial History of a Massachusetts Town, Norwood, Mass:
Norwood Printing Company,
1973,
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The League of Women Voters of Norwood and the League of
Women Voters of Walpole/Westwood will be presenting a
Candidates' Forum on Thursday, October 18, 7 p.m., in Memorial
Hall at the Norwood Town Hall. All of the candidates for local and
regional positions on the ballot for the November election have
been invited to attend. In addition, representatives both for and
against two of the Ballot Questions have been invited to present
their points of view on the questions. The questions on the ballot
are: Prescribing Medication to End Life, and Medical Use of
Marijuana. This Candidates' Forum is open to all and the public
is encouraged to attend.
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October 1. 2012
Resource Officers
BY DORIS J. DICKSON
The Norwood Local Town Pages
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Chief Brooks, that beginning this
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a different facet of the goings on at
the Norwood Police Department.
We thought it would be a good opportunity to continue Chief
Brooks’ “spirit of candor.” If there
are any topics, you would like the
Chief and his team to address,
please contact us at Norwood
Local Town Pages.
Up Close with Norwood’s
School Resource Officers
Please meet the Norwood
schools’ two resource officers. At
the high school is Paul Murphy, a
25-year veteran patrol officer. Officer Murphy is also the town’s
Safety Officer. At the middle
school, replacing Detective Paul
Ryan, is James Mahoney who has
been a police officer for 12 years.
According to Chief Brooks, Officer Mahoney does a “terrific job,”
was a “natural selection” and was
selected unanimously by the command staff to take over for Detective Ryan at the middle school.
Both officers have children in the
Norwood school system and feel it
is a great advantage that they know
kids through their own children.
Between the two, they and their
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the fine line in the law."
According to Officers Mahoney
and Murphy, the two most prominent issues are bullying and alcohol and drug use prevention.
Officer Mahoney first discusses
both issues in fifth-grade health
education class.
Regarding bullying, Officer Mahoney says, “if I don’t seek help,
I’m not going to get help” thus,
kids are taught as early as the fifth
grade health class to report. Students may report incidents in person, using a printed form, or with
the electric anonymous bullying
reporting forms on the school’s
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twenty years ago, there was not.
Text messages and emails are
“ammunition to go after them
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According to Officer Murphy,
“kids are smoking pot before
drinking alcohol.” Due to mounting evidence and statistics of the
result of early alcohol and marijuana use on the brain, “the longer
they wait to introduce alcohol, the
better off they are.”
According to the Office of National Drug Policy Control
(ONDCP), “Marijuana and other
illicit drugs are addictive and unsafe especially for use by young
people.” “Drug addiction is a progressive disease and the earlier one
starts, the more likely are the
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how the brain works. And the science, though still evolving in terms
of long-term consequences of
marijuana use, is clear: marijuana
use is associated with addiction,
respiratory and mental illness,
poor motor performance, and cognitive impairment, among other
negative effects.”
Officer Murphy says, “I understand it is not easy being a
teenager.” He is disappointed
when he thinks “a kid gets it and
they find out otherwise.” Therefore, he asks kids to please, “Think
about things before you do them.”
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Family Adventure
Norwood Civic Center, 7 p.m.
Come and view a slide show highlighting the April Vacation Costa Rica
Family Adventure offered through
Collette Vacation Tours and the Norwood Recreation Department.
October 3
"Jump Start Your Genealogy
Research"
Morrill Memorial Library , 7 p.m.
Genealogy expert Joe Petrie will return to the library to offer another
presentation on researching your
family tree. He will offer handy tips
and introduce you to helpful websites
and databases to consult to aid in your
genealogy research. Sign up at the library reference or information desk
or call 781-769-0200, x110 or 222.
October 6
Norwood Animal Hospital Yard
Sale Fundraiser
437 Walpole St., (Rte. 1, across
from Hanniford's Plaza)
9 a.m.-2 p.m.
The Norwood Animal Hospital is
holding their 5th Annual Yard Sale to
raise money for the holiday season
for less fortunate Norwood families.
Rain date, Oct. 7.
Family Concert: Mister G.
Norwood Theatre, 6:30 p.m.
If you love chocolate and music,
then don’t miss the CD release party
for Mister G’s new, bilingual album
Chocolalala! Mister G’s concerts are
highly interactive, and equally entertaining for adults and kids. He’ll be
performing songs from his albums
Pizza for Breakfast, BUGS and, of
course, Chocolalala, at this one-of-akind dance party. Tickets are
$7/adults and $5/children. To buy
tickets, call the box office: 781-5519000, x202 or visit the box office
Monday-Friday 10 a.m.-12 p.m. and
3-5 p.m.
October 11
Workshop for Women:
Make Time For Yourself
6:30-8:30 p.m.
Life Skills Facilitator Deb Titus will
present her third and final workshop
for women called "Make Time for
Yourself." This class will show
women how making some simple
changes can free up time in their busy
lives to pursue their own interests.
Sign up at the reference or information desk or call 781-769-0200, x110
or 222.
October 12
Halloween Costume Swap
Norwood Civic Center, 4-7 p.m.
Bring a gently work Halloween
costume on or before October 11 and
return today to possibly find a new
costume for your child. For ages infant to eight years old.
Middle School Laser Tag Night
Players compete in teams to find
and tag their opponents using hightech lasers. Obstacles on the battlefield create opportunities to hide and
ambush. It's a blast for teens! For
grades 6-8. Cost is $10 per person.
October 13
The Regular Guys of Comedy:
Jimmy Dunn, P.J. Thibodeau and
Tony V.
Norwood Theatre, 8 p.m.
They have wives and kids and
mortgages. They have maxed-out
home equity lines. They drive Hondas. They bet on football. They mow
their own lawns. They drink moderately on weekends. They’ve had
awkward conversations with their
doctor. Their cholesterol level is “a
concern”. They can’t remember their
anniversaries, but they know Shark
Week starts on the first Sunday of
August. They are just like you, but
much funnier. Tickets are $20.To buy
tickets, call the box office at 781-5519000, x202 or visit the box office
Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. and
3-5 p.m.
October 9
Bully Proofing
Norwood Civic Center
11 a.m.-1 p.m.
This program is designed to be preventative and proactive so children
can avoid being bullied and if they
are, know how to stop it. For ages 710. Cost is $38 for Norwood residents/$48 for non residents.
Norwood Women's Club
Formal Tea
Emmanuel Lutheran Church, 24
Berwick St., 12:30 p.m.
Get out your hats and gloves and
enjoy a traditional formal tea accompanied with keyboard entertainment
by Dave Cuddy. You need not be a
member or a resident of Norwood.
Call Trina Mallet at 781-762-8173
for further information.
Babysitter Lessons and Safety
Training (BLAST)
This is an American Academy of
Pediatrics course that covers how to
handle the basics of infant childcare,
how to react responsibility to medical
emergencies and injuries, perform
first aid for common childhood injuries and illnesses and set up and run
a babysitting business. Bring a snack
Calendar
and drink. For ages 11-13. Cost is
$48 for Norwood residents/$58 for
non residents.
October 14
Musical Sundays: Intermezzo
Chamber Players
3-4 p.m.
The talented Intermezzo Chamber
Players, a Boston-based classical and
contemporary string ensemble, will
present a free concert at the library to
kick off their fall Musical Sundays
series. Sign up for this concert at the
reference or information desk or call
781-769-0200, x110 or 222.
October 15
Sew-Stainability
Workshop:
Mending and Handing Sewing
7-8:30 p.m.
"Mending and Hand Sewing" is the
third in a series of four free workshops presented by the organization
Together Yes, dedicated to promoting
sustainable living, and Sew Easy of
Norwood. You will receive lots of tips
on techniques for hand sewing.
Sewing machines will be provided.
For more information, email Susan
Clare at [email protected], stop by
the reference desk or call 781-7690200, x110.
October 16
CPR
Norwood Civic Center, 6-9:30 p.m.
Learn the life saving skills of CPR
and the Heimlich Maneuver to treat
adults, children or infants suffering
from sudden cardiac arrest, heart attack, stroke, choking or other serious
illness or injury. For ages 12+. Cost
is $45 for Norwood residents/$55 for
non Norwood residents.
Together Yes Film Series: Screening of ADDICTED TO PLASTIC
7-9 p.m.
The organization Together Yes,
dedicated to promoting sustainable
living, will present a free screening
and brief discussion of the awardwinning documentary Addicted to
Plastic, the second part of their fall
film series. Sign up at the library reference or information desk or call
781-769-0200, x110 or 222.
October 17
Register to Vote
Norwood Town Hall
Today is the last day to register to
vote in the State/Presidential election.
Head town to the Norwood Town
Hall and register today!
Boston Globe Movie
Critic Ty Burr
Morrill Memorial Library, 7-9 p.m.
Back by popular demand, Globe
movie critic Ty Burr will return to the
library to talk about his new book
"Gods Like Us: On Movie Stardom
and Modern Fame." Copies of his
book will be available for sale after
the program. Sign up at the library
reference or information desk or call
781-769-0200, x110 or 222.
October 18
League of Women Voters Candidates Forum
Norwood Town Hall, Memorial
Hall, 7 p.m.
The League of Women Voters of
Norwood and the League of Women
Voters of Walpole/Westwood have
invited all the candidates on the local
and regional ballot to present their
points of view. In addition, representative will present their points of view
on the ballot questions: Prescribing
Medication to End Life, and Medical
Use of Marijuana. This Candidates'
Forum is open to all and the public is
encouraged to attend.
October 19
Walpole Footlighters Presents,
"The Foreigner"
2 Scout Rd., Walpole, 8 p.m.
A shy young man overcome with
feat of making conversation with
strangers is disguised as a foreigner
that speaks no English. Once alone,
the fun really begins as he overhears
more than he should. For tickets or
more information, visit www.footlighters.com or call 508-668-8446.
October 20
Craft Affair of Norwood
Coakley Middle School, 1315
Washington St., 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
Approximately 60 crafters will
showcase their creative wares. Their
goods will include, quilting, gift baskets, jewelry, pottery, hand knit items,
photography, soaps, holiday ornaments and giftware, painted slates,
lampshade covers and stationery.
There will also be numerous raffles,
a bake sale and refreshments.
Pumpkins & Scarecrows on the
Common
Norwood Town Common
10 a.m.-1 p.m.
This is a fun-filled family fall festival where everyone can get involved
and decorate a pumpkin or scarecrow
and submit it to this local competition. Wood posts will be supplied,
bring all the necessary accessories.
Cost is $10 per entry for pumpkins or
scarecrows. Prized will be awarded.
Halloween Trunk or Treat
Norwood Municipal Parking Lot
, :15-6 p.m.
Decorate the cars, vans or trucks
and bring candy to hand out at the
municipal parking lot for Norwood's
first Trunk or Treat event! Spots are
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limited, so register early at the Civic
Center.
"The Foreigner"
October 22
Beekeeping Talk with Gerry
Canelli
Morrill Memorial Library,7-9
p.m.
Join backyard beekeeper Gerry
Canelli as he shares his knowledge of
two years of beginning beekeeping.
He will bring in slides and video clips
of his bees and provide samples of his
own honey for tasting. Sign up at the
library reference or information desk
or call 781-769-0200, x110 or 222.
October 23
First Aid
The goal of this course is to emphasize the importance of accident prevention, the need for first aid training
and appropriate first aid skills for the
citizen responder that will benefit the
victim of illness or injury. For ages
12+. Cost is $45 for Norwood residents/$55 for non Norwood residents.
October 25
Halloween Pumpkinfest
Norwood Civic Center, 3:30-5 p.m.
Decorate your pumpkin with hair,
feathers, hats, glitter glue and more!
All materials will be provided and
staff will on hand to assist. For all
ages. Cost is $5 for Norwood residents/$10 for non Norwood residents.
America's Most Dangerous Days:
The Cuban Missile Crisis
Morrill Memorial Library,7-9
p.m.
Historian Gary Hylander will return
to the library on the 50th anniversary
of the Cuban Missile Crisis to talk
about the most dangerous confrontation of the Cold War. For 13 days in
October, the United States and the
Soviet Union teetered on the brink of
nuclear war. Sign up for this program
at the reference or information desk
or call 781-769-0200, x110 or 222.
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Norwood Animal Hospital's 5th
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Discover some new treasures and
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Norwood Animal Hospital (NAH)
employees have had a busy month
receiving, sorting and tagging merchandise for their annual yard sale
fundraiser. The date is quickly approaching for this successful community event and savvy shoppers
will soon have the opportunity to
discover new household items,
treasures and bargains while helping
local families enjoy a joyous holiday
season.
raffle baskets. This widely-spread
and combined communal benefit
raised over $4,000 with all proceeds
providing Thanksgiving dinners,
Christmas gifts and gift cards for
needy Norwood families and the
Ecumenical Food Pantry of Norwood.
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on Saturday, Oct. 6, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
(rain date, Oct. 7), in the NAH parking lot, 437 Walpole St., across from
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the abundance of merchandise and
eager shoppers. The event was actually extended two hours to accommodate the consistent flow of
customers with still a large variety
of items available for sale.
This event is made possible
through volunteer efforts of the Norwood Animal Hospital employees
and owner Dr. Tris Carpenter, who
pays his employees throughout the
month of September to organize and
tag all donated items and closes the
veterinary hospital to donate the
parking lot the day of the sale.
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Community Shred Day
Norwood Bank, 9 -11:30 a.m.
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Halloween Spooktacular
Join in for games, dancing, crafts,
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Raffle tickets will be on sale until
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