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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Five Things You Need to Know Today in Norwood: Town Meeting Tonight

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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. There will be a Special Town Meeting tonight in the Norwood High School Performing Arts Center at 7:30 p.m. All citizens are allowed to speak at Town Meeting, whether or not they are a voting member. For the full warrant of articles, click here. 2. Charles River Running hosts Saucony for their 5th Group Fun Run from the Charles River Running store tonight at 6 p.m. Saucony will be bringing their lightweight Cortana 2 shoe for runners to test drive on the 3 mile route through Norwood. This event is for runners and walkers…

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Five Things You Need to Know Today in Norwood: Board of Selectmen, Town Meeting Thursday

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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. Bring your friends, family members or co-workers to Lewis' tonight to play Stump! Trivia, starting at 8 p.m. Test your knowledge of everything ranging from the Simpsons to world history, music, sports, movies and more with the chance to win great prizes. 2. The Norwood Board of Selectmen will meet tonight at 7 p.m. in the Town Hall. The meeting will also be carried live on NPA-TV. 3. Luminaries are now available for purchase for the Norwood Circle of Hope's annual Luminary Night, to be held Dec. 1. They are $5 each and …

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Five Things You Need to Know Today in Norwood: Veterans' Day

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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. The Morrill Library will be closed today in observance of Veteran’s Day, as well as the Norwood Public schools. Several local businesses offered deals for veterans in honor of the holiday, some of which extend to today as well. Click here for details. 2. Join runners and walkers from the community at Charles River Running for 45 minutes of gentle stretching and breathing at 6:30 p.m. Yoga is lead by instructor Jen Prohaska of The Doorway to Wellness and cost is $6. 3. Luminaries are now available for purchase for the …

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RINC Presents Check for $45K to Town for Feasibility, Traffic Studies on Rink Location

The Recreation in Norwood Committee and Rep. John Rogers attended Tuesday night's Board of Selectmen meeting to discuss the donation and use of these funds.

At Tuesday night's Board of Selectmen meeting the Recreation in Norwood Committee (RINC) presented the town with a check for $45,000 to cover the expense of both a feasibility study and a traffic study on the proposed hockey rink construction project. Representative John Rogers - a strong supporter of the project who secured the state funding of $5.6 million for its construction - joined the Committee in this presentation. The rink would be a construction of the state Department of Conservation and Recreation, and with the donation from the RINC for the required studies Rogers said moving forward would not cost the town of Norwood any money. RINC co-chair Sue Brown said that the funds - $20,000 for the traffic study and $25,000 for the …

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Agenda for the Board of Selectmen, Oct. 2

Highlights from the agenda for the Norwood Board of Selectmen meeting, Oct. 2.

The Norwood Board of Selectmen will meet tonight at 7:00 p.m. in room 34 of Town Hall. Here are the highlights from issues on tonight's agenda: For a full agenda of tonight's meeting and minutes from previous meetings check out the town website here. To see video from previous meetings, visit the NPA-TV website here.

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Town Meetings No Longer a Big Draw

It’s town meeting season in Massachusetts, and the age-old democratic tradition that once drew overflow crowds to vote on town business is prompting aggravation in some communities south of Boston, including Norwood.

Norwood Annual Town Meeting Begins Tonight

The Annual meeting will be held Thursday night at 7:30 in the Norwood High School auditorium.

The Norwood Annual Town Meeting will begin tonight at 7:30, with 11 articles on the warrant for discussion and vote. Originally the meeting was set for Monday, but the Special Town Meeting - with 29 articles - ran over its allotted time and into Monday's meeting. Essentially all of the articles on the warrant have to do with budgets, and the transfer or borrowing of funds within the town government. To see the full warrant, or find out who your Town Meeting representatives are, check the town website. Although only Town Meeting members can vote on the articles, Norwood citizens are encouraged to attend and comment on the issues. The meeting can also be viewed live on NPA-TV. Is there an issue before the Town Meeting that you think is …

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Town Meeting Member Vacancies Available

There are available positions in all nine districts for Norwood Town Meeting Member, elections to be held April 2.

The Town Clerk's Office wishes to inform the residents of Norwood there are currently vacancies for the office of Town Meeting Members in all nine Town Meeting Districts. Because the town’s district boundary lines had to be re-drawn this year to comply with the state-wide redistricting, all Town Meeting Members must now run for re-election at the April 2 town election.  There are a total of 28 Town Meeting Member positions to be included in the ballot in each nine Town Meeting Districts. Any current Town Meeting Member who did not file the required "intent to seek re-election form" with the office of the Town Clerk must do so by the legal deadline of Monday, February 13, by 5:00 p.m. Anyone else who is not currently a Town Meeting Member …

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Town Meeting Votes to Reduce School Committee to Five

Those in favor said this is not a reaction to previous troubles with committee members.

On Monday night, the Norwood Town Meeting members voted to reduce the size of the School Committee from seven to five members in the next two elections. During the discussion, those in favor noted that this motion was not in reaction to the recent issues and resignations among the committee - specifically the allegations against former members Mark Joseph and William Plasko Jr. With the motion passing, there will be one seat available on the committee for the 2012 elections with two members' terms expiring, reducing the board to six. The same will be true of the 2013 elections, reducing the board to five for the 2013-2014 school year. Town Meeting member Gerri Slater said reducing the number of members in the  School Committee has been …

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