OPINION: A $5.4 Million Dollar Gift for Norwood

Norwood's Laurie Shea thinks the town has a very unique opportunity to make an investment in the community.

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Five Things You Need to Know Today in Norwood: Rink Location Info Packets Available

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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. Rink Site Selection Committee packages on potential rink sites are now available to the public. The packages can be obtained at the Town Manager's Office in Town Hall from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Recipients will be required to sign out for the copies. The Rink Site Selection Committee will be meeting again on Jan. 9. 2. The Board of Selectmen will meet tonight in the Town Hall at 7 p.m. For highlights from tonight's agenda, click here. 3. Jimmy Tingle Live will perform in the Norwood High School Paul M. Alberta Performing …

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Town Meeting Members Voice Concern Over Proposed Rink Location

The first night of Norwood's Special Town Meeting was dominated by a discussion of article 5, regarding feasibility and traffic studies on the proposed hockey rink project.

Of the 10 articles discussed during the first night of Norwood's Special Town Meeting on Thursday, it was article 5 - a motion by the Board of Selectmen for the members to approve the expenditure of a $45,000 donation on traffic and financial feasibility studies on a proposed hockey rink location - that garnered the most attention. After nearly two hours of discussion, the members approved the article. Representatives from the Recreation in Norwood Committee began the conversation with a presentation on the process up to this point and their findings regarding the specific proposed location (the current location of the tennis courts at the Coakley Middle School), the benefits to the town and the management of the rink. Bill Naumann (…

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Letter to the Editor: Navigating Norwood, Supporting the Community

Norwood resident Bernie Troilo on the proposed hockey rink and the benefits for the town.

Special Town Meeting Warrant Includes Hockey Rink Studies, Strong Chief Law

There are 22 articles on the approved Special Town Meeting warrant for Nov. 15.

On Nov. 15 there will be a Special Town Meeting to discuss and vote on the 22 articles on the Town Meeting Warrant which was approved by the Board of Selectmen last week. Article 5 on the warrant addresses the feasibility and traffic studies on the proposed Norwood hockey rink. While the article calls for the appropriation of funds for the study, at last week's Selectmen meeting the Recreation in Norwood Committee (RINC) presented the town with a donation check for $45,000 - which should cover the expense of both studies. Selectmen Chair Michael Lyons said at the meeting that the vote of the Town Meeting members on this article would be basically conceptual, to find out whether or not the community would approve of the project in general. …

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