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Five Things You Need to Know Today in Norwood: PMA Fundraiser, Choral Collage and More

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Five Things You Need To Know Today is a Patch column that provides readers with essential, daily information at a glance. Check back later for more, and let us know what you think of the feature in the comments section. 1. Head to the Chateau Restaurant today for lunch or dinner, take-out or eat in, and help support the Norwood PMA and the music students. Twenty percent of the proceeds will go to the benefit and five percent more if you buy a Chateau gift card and use it that day. Download the flyer for details here. 2. Tomorrow night will be the second annual Choral Collage at the Norwood High School from 7-9 p.m. Admission is $5, free for elementary students. 3. A downloadable PDF has been posted for the Morrill Library's Fireside Reads …

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Graduation Party Planning Guide

Simple ideas to help ease the stress of planning a graduation party.

It is that time of year again where families are getting ready to see their loved one, friend, parent or son/daughter walk the stage to accept their diploma signaling a new chapter in their life journey. Graduation, whether from High School, higher education, military services or another career specialty, is a treasured time for every graduate. At this point in the year, many families are beginning to think about graduation parities. Whether you plan on attending multiple parities or are throwing your graduate one, it appears that caps and gowns are on everyone's mind. Throwing a graduation party can seem like a daunting task at first. You may find yourself asking questions such as, "where should it be held - at home or an event venue?" …

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Five Things You Need to Know Today, Apr. 25

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1. Mustangs baseball, softball, lacrosse and volleyball are all in action today. Be sure to check back in with Norwood Patch for scores and updates. 2. A free babysitting course for boys and girls of grades 6-8 will be held at the Coakley Middle School on May 2-6 from 2:45 to 4:00 p.m. This course is sponsored by the Women's Community Committee. Registration forms available at the Morrill Memorial Library, Coakley Middle School, St. Catherine's School and the WCC Thrift Shop. Deadline for registration is today. 3. Tomorrow evening the Morrill Memorial Library is holding an inter-generational poetry night from 7:00-9:00 p.m. The event is open to all, featuring the PROPOPEs (Prose, Poetry and People), a poetry group from the Norwood Senior …

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PatchCast: High School Addition, Police Chief and Lacrosse

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NHS Hosts Workshop on Concussion Concerns

Several local speakers will discuss the dangers and management of concussions in youth sports.

Tomorrow night the Norwood High School Athletic Department is hosting a workshop on Adolescent Sports Concussions and Management with four local panelists. The event is designed for, "parents of all school age children, youth coaches, anyone interested in learning signs and symptoms of concussions and its impact on learning," according to the release from the Athletic Department. The speakers panel includes Norwood High School Athletic Director Brian McDonough, N.H.S. guidance counselor and assistant girls hockey coach Molly Barefoot, N.H.S. physical trainer Bob Barksdale, and Dr. Adam Strauss, pediatrician and partner at Westwood-Mansfield Pediatric Associates with a special interest in sports medicine. Over the course of the night the …

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Five Things You Need to Know Today, Jan. 16

Think the Pats can pull off another 45-3 victory?

1. The Coakley Middle School Fine Arts Department presents Guys and Dolls, Jr. The show will be performed at the Savage Center. Peformances will be held on Friday, Jan. 21 at 7:00 p.m.; Saturday, Jan. 22 at 7:00 p.m.; and Sunday, Jan. 23 at 2:00 p.m. Tickets are $8 for general admission and $5 for students and seniors. Please contact the Fine Arts Office with any questions at 781-440-5916. 2. Tomorrow is Martin Luther King Jr. Day and an official holiday for Norwood Schools. 3. The New England Patriots take the field against the New York Jets at 4:30 p.m. today. Let us know your favorite place in town to catch the game! 4. The Norwood High School Spirit Club is holding Operation Santa - Send All Norwood Troops Affection to start off the …

Students Share Holiday Music With Shoppers

Norwood High School's Celtic Strings serenaded shoppers at Barnes and Noble.

The Norwood High School Celtic Strings played at the Barnes and Noble in the Walpole Mall, entertaining shoppers and those siting in the cafe with holiday classics and some of their own favorites. With a 13-piece group the students set up at the entrance to the store's cafe and played from about 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The Celtic Strings will be playing next Wednesday evening at Perks Coffeehouse.

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Roadway Changes in Store for High School Project

The Board of Selectmen voted to allow for a change at Peabody Road and Nichols Street.

The Board of Selectmen gave general approval to Director of Public Works Mark Ryan and Town General Manager John Carroll to move forward in changing the intersection at Peabody Rd. and Nichols St. in conjunction with the high school construction project. Carroll and Ryan will meet with the Permanent Building Committee Tuesday night to discuss further details. "The idea here is to take a complicated and confusing intersection, simplify it, to pave the road going up to the high school and to put in granite curving on both sides of the street," Carroll told the board. The change would cost about $90,000, he said - a cost that both Carroll and Ryan said should be born by the high school project. Ryan said that even before the high school …

Boys Hockey Faces Off Against Last Year's Challenges

The Mustang team starts this season with the support of all its members - on and off the ice.

The Norwood Boys Hockey Team is looking to build off last year's successes and learn from its tragedies. The team finished 10-8-2 last year, qualifying them for the state tournament. The Mustangs lost to a Weymouth team (3-2) in the tournament, who eventually advanced to the South Sectional Finals. Despite losing nine seniors, many of this year's returning players come with valuable experience, some learned on the ice, but much of the lessons and wisdom come from off the ice. Fellow teammate and classmate Matt Brown suffered a traumatic injury during a game on January 23, that forever changed all of their lives in an emotional year no one will ever forget. Brown returns to the team this season as a junior, and Head Coach Bill Clifford said…

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