Thursday, December 13, 2012
Here are ten ways to have fun and spread holiday cheer in Norwood without breaking the bank.
This year’s holiday season can be special for you and your family regardless of your budget. Here are some fun tips for creating new holiday traditions while saving money. 1. Make your cards from recycled materials. Cards can be made from paper grocery bags, cereal boxes, used file folders and even last year’s holiday cards. Feature your family’s artwork and use recycled wrapping paper or paper from catalogs and magazines for backgrounds. A great resource for making cards from recycled materials is "Creative Correspondence" by Michael and Judy Jacobs, available at Barnes and Noble in nearby Walpole or on Amazon.com. 2. Have fun together and create a festive decoration by making a gingerbread house. You can bake the gingerbread yourself and…
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
We're compiling a list of Norwood stores and restaurants that will be open during the holidays.
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Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Norwood business owners: Is your store or restaurants open during the holidays? We're making a list and checking it twice. If you'd like to be included, leave your business' store hours in the comments below for Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. You can also email your store or restaurant's hours on those days to Norwood@Patch.com. Please provide your store's hours no later than Monday, Dec. 17 so we can give everyone advance notice of your store's hours during the holidays.
Monday, November 26, 2012
The winter holidays are a time for celebration, and that means more cooking, home decorating, entertaining and an increased risk of fire due to heating equipment.
The following was submitted to Norwood Patch by the Norwood Fire Department: The winter holidays are a time for celebration, and that means more cooking, home decorating, entertaining and an increased risk of fire due to heating equipment. The Norwood Fire Department asks you to follow these safety tips for a safe holiday season! Holiday Decorating: Christmas Trees: Carefully decorating Christmas trees can help make your holidays safer. Candles: On average, a candle fire in the home is reported to a U.S. fire department every 34 minutes. More than half of all candle fires start when items that can burn, such as furniture, mattresses, bedding, curtains, or decorations, are too close to the candle. The risk of a fatal candle fire appears …
Friday, November 23, 2012
Did you decorate your house for the holidays this year? Enter our "Deck the House" contest and you could win $100,000 for your local school district and $500 to pay your electric bills!
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Friday, November 23, 2012
We’re launching our annual Deck the House Contest to find the most over-the-top holiday decorations in America - the best “decked” house in the country - the one home so spectacularly decorated that everyone in town jokes your holiday decorations could rival Rockefeller Center’s. If this sounds like your house, upload a photo or video of your home to our contest page. The contest begins Nov. 26 and ends Dec. 16. To enter, visit deckthehouse.patch.com/contest/norwood. Only residents of Patch towns are eligible to enter. We’ll select 24 regional finalists, and from them, pick one grand prize winner. Patch will pay up to $500 of the utility bill for each finalist, while our national winner will have $100,000 donated to his or her local school…
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Tips for a safe turkey day from the Norwood Fire Department and the National Fire Protection Association.
Thanksgiving remains the leading day for cooking fires, with three times as many cooking fires as an average day, according to statistics by the nonprofit National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), which also found that cooking equipment fires are still the leading cause of U.S. home fires and fire injuries, and the third leading cause of fire deaths. “Thanksgiving is a holiday of feasting, but it’s also a day of intense cooking, when stovetops and ovens are working overtime,” said Lorraine Carli, NFPA’s vice president of communications. “These culinary activities bring an increased risk of fire particularly when people are trying to prepare several dishes while entertaining friends and family." The NFPA offers the following cooking …
Monday, November 19, 2012
If you have not bought a Thanksgiving turkey yet, take a look at the local turkey prices as Thanksgiving approaches.
Turkey prices range from 49 cents to $3.29 per pound this week at the grocery stores in Norwood. Here's a sampling of turkey prices (per pound) at Hannford's Market, Stop & Shop, and Shaw's in Norwood. At Shaw's, fresh Wild Harvest turkeys are $2.99 per pound or $2.49 with a card, fresh Jennie-O for $1.39 or 99 cents with a card and frozen Honeysuckle for $1.19 or 69 cents with a card. At Stop & Shop, Nature's Promise is $2.59 per pound or $2.29 with a card. A fresh Stop & Shop turkey is $1.29 per pound and a frozen Stop & Shop turkey is 59 cents per pound. At Hannaford's, frozen Marval turkeys are 49 cents per pound (limit one per person) and Hannaford Premium Frozen turkeys are 69 cents per pound. Both Shaw's and Stop and Shop advertise …
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Some easy drink recipes to serve on Thanksgiving, or whenever the mood strikes!
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Your neighbors and fellow Patch readers have provided easy drink recipes to try this Thanksgiving and throughout the holiday season. A reminder: These drinks should only be consumed by responsible adults over 21 years old. Do not drink and drive. --- Rum Punch Provided by Ashley Troutman, North Reading Patch Editor Combine over ice in a punch bowl: 1 quart orange juice 6 oz. lime juice 1 quart club soda 1 quart unsweetened pineapple juice Add one 750 ml. white or gold label rum --- Caramel Apple Martini Provided by Katie Curley-Katzman 2 parts Schnapps, butterscotch 2 parts Sour Apple Pucker 1 part Vodka Mixing Instructions: Shake ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. --- Pumpkin Pie Martini …
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10:01 am on Thursday, December 13, 2012
Norwood wine and Liquors open x- mas eve 10 - 6 All liquor stores closed x- mas day. State law. New Year's Eve 10 -9 New Year's Day closed. Shaw 's / T J Maxx plaza 140 Nahatan Street more ›