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Helen Abdallah Donohue appeared at the State Ethics Commission on Monday, seen here cross-examining Paul Eysie in defense ofallegations she acted improperly as a member of the Norwood Board of Selectmen. PHOTO BY MATTHEW MACDONALD

Facilities Manager Paul Riccardi listed hisrequests for capital projects in the next fis-cal year.

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Former Selectman Abdallah Donohuedenies ethics violations in court

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On Monday, Jan. 27, the State Eth-ics Commission held an adjudicatoryhearing at One Ashburton Place in Bos-ton regarding a confidential complaintfiled against former Board of Selectmen(BOS) member Helen Donohue.

The complaint – petitioned by theEthics Commission’s Enforcement Di-vision – revolves around Donohue’sactions concerning several BOS votesregarding Mina’s Café and Eysie Plaza(1237-1243 Washington St.) where it islocated.

The property – owned by Paul Eysie– is in close proximity to an undevel-oped lot located at 1223 Washington St.that is owned by the Olga AbdallahTrust. Abdallah is Helen Donohue’s sis-ter, and Donohue’s three adult daugh-ters are the trust’s beneficiaries.

Eysie is also the owner of 1021Washington St. – site of the formerBarry Paper Company – which he rede-veloped as six studio units of affordablehousing.

The project – located across fromDonohue’s residence at 1027 Washing-ton St. – began in 2006 and was com-pleted in 2009, against Donohue’s op-position.

The complaint puts forward, asstated in the order to show cause, that“at least since 2006 and continuing atall relevant times, animosity has existedbetween Donohue and Eysie.”

The order further contends that – inviolation of General Laws chapter 268A– Donohue acted in a way that wouldcause “a reasonable person” – knowl-edgeable of her daughters’ financial in-terest in the lot at 1223 Washington St.as well as her animosity toward Eysie –to conclude that she would be likely toact “unduly favorably toward her daugh-ters and unduly favorably toward Eysiein the performance of her official du-ties as selectman.”

It also states that – in violation ofsection 23(b)(3) of 268A – Donohue didnot make a public disclosure to dispelthe appearance of bias in her official ac-tions.

Specifically, the Enforcement Divi-

sion contends that Donohue’s violationsoccurred in instances in which she ei-ther voted on – or attempted to influ-ence – three Eysie Plaza matters that hadgone before the BOS without officiallydisclosing either her relationship withEysie or her family’s financial interestin 1223 Washington St.

The first BOS vote – taken on June14, 2016 – had Donohue as the sole op-position against Mina’s Café’s success-ful application for a beer and wine li-cense.

The second BOS vote – taken onSept. 20, 2016 – had Donohue as thesole opposition to Eysie’s successfulrequest that the Board place an articleon a Special Town Meeting (STM) war-rant to change Eysie Plaza’s zoning frombusiness/residential to business.

Donohue recused herself from thethird vote in question – taken on March28, 2017 – regarding Mina’s Café’s suc-cessful request for an entertainment li-cense. However, the order states that she

The School Committee met lastweek and voted in favor of several capi-tal improvement recommendations fromthe School District’s technology, facili-ties and transportation sectors.

The vote was unanimous, with mem-ber Joan Giblin absent. The big ticketitems, through the Facilities Depart-ment, included door access systems, thereplacement of the intercom systems atthe elementary schools, and design costsfor a new track and field at the highschool. The total recommendation was$620,880.

For Transportation, the School Com-mittee approved $120,000 and for tech-nology $584,600.

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The Old Parish Preservation Volunteers organization is seeking funds for a master plan to renovate, repairand preserve the old cemetery.

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Fanning updates CPC of plansfor Old Parish Cemetery


Old Parish Preservation Vol-unteers Coordinator PatriciaFanning stopped by theNorwood Community Preserva-tion Committee (CPC) last weekto present her group’s proposalfor funding for a Master Plan tostart rehabilitation and refur-bishing the Old Parish.

“So that we can get someideas about the restoration, pres-ervation and enhancement of theOld Parish Cemetery,” she said.

Fanning said the Volunteershave been repairing and main-taining the cemetery and docu-menting the history of its resi-dents, but she said they want togo to the next level by consult-ing with a landscape architect tosee what an outside professionalwould suggest to do with thecemetery.

“Especially there’s a particu-

lar area in the back of the cem-etery that has eroded and wewant to see how that can be re-paired or stopped from deterio-rating further,” she said.

Fanning said the fundingwould only be for the plan, andnot for any later work. She saidthe company being considered,the Halvorson Company, hasalso worked on the Mount Au-burn Cemetery, and the CPCsaid they were familiar and im-pressed with the work they’vedone. Fanning said that on thetwo-acre site, they have morethan 800 people buried in thecemetery.

She said the original estimatefrom Halvorson is $25,000 forthe plan, and Fanning said theywere confident on that number.The idea is to help further cleanand restore gravestones and addto the plantings and greenery ofthe area to make it more plea-surable for residents and visi-tors.

“It sounds like a beautifulproject and I wish you luck withit,” said CPC member ToniEosco.

Fanning said they have usedthe restoration of the Old Villagecemetery in Dedham as a basisfor their master plan, basicallyfor what they want to include.The plan for Dedham includedrepairs and restoration to theheadstones and foot stones, res-toration of the old iron work,landscaping and the establish-ment of a perpetual care fund.

“We are seeking improve-ments that Dedham realized;hardscape repairs and, for ex-ample, extensive wrought ironthat Dedham rehabbed,” shesaid. “It’s a comprehensiveplan.”

CPC member JosephGreeley thought the MasterPlan will be the easy phase ofthe project, and the purchasingand procurement of labor andmaterials for the actual workwill get more complicated.

“I think the concern of this

initial phase, the landscape ar-chitect, it’s not that it’s not im-portant, it’s a little less strin-gent than those next phases,which would include prevail-ing wages, materials, etc.,” hesaid. “Lee Leach and (Assis-tant Town Manager) BernieCooper ran into this with theCarillon project.”

Greeley said the limitedavailability of quality materi-als and workers for this projectmade the choices of who isable to actually do this worknarrow, and said they shouldconsider that.

Greeley said they should belooking closely at this projectto see what they could learn forany upcoming work at the EastWalpole Cemetery, of whichthe Town bought a portion ofat this year’s Town Meeting.

“I understand that it’s prob-ably an apples and orangescomparison, but if there’s any-thing at all we can learn withwhat you’re about to do andtranslate that up the street, itwould be helpful,” he said.

Fanning said they wouldkeep that in mind, but re-minded Greeley that the EastWalpole Cemetery is about100 years younger than theOld Parish, which was first in-stalled in the 1800s.

“It’s a much smaller area(East Wal[pole) that is as oldas Old Parish,” she said. “Ithink 1827 is the first burialat Old Parish, but there is asmall area that has grave-stones that have these sorts ofproblems that would have tobe reset, repaired and cleaned,but a good portion of it is re-ally 2th century granite stonesand things.”

Fanning added they arealso working on publishingthe history of the cemetery,both online and possibly inprint, so residents can see whois buried there and where theirstories started, not just wherethey ended.

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Citing resident comments, Selectmenbacktrack on name change


The Norwood Board of Se-lectmen met last night and votedunanimously to put a non bind-ing referendum on the upcomingballot to gauge residents’ opin-ion on changing the name of theirbody from the Norwood Boardof Selectmen to the NorwoodSelect Board.

The nonbinding referendumgives voters a chance to voicetheir opinions. Chair Paul Bishopsaid from that point, the questionwill be placed in front of TownMeeting for a final vote one wayor another. If Town Meetingelects to change the name, thenthe Norwood Board of Select-men would henceforth be knownas the Norwood Select Board.

The Board revisited the issueback up because of feedback theyreceived from family, friends andresidents and because of whatthey said was a period of deepreflection.

“Most of my friends said,‘don’t be a stubborn old crank,’”said Selectman ThomasMaloney. “And I said I’m notold.”

The Board discussed the is-sue at last week’s meeting, stem-ming from an initial conversationin 2017.

Norwood may join about 90other towns who have officiallychanged its name from Select-men to Select Board. The Mas-sachusetts Select Board Associa-tion just changed its name re-cently as well as the Massachu-setts Selectmen’s Association, aname it had since it started in1929. Maloney related a story inwhich he and a friend who worksin real estate were discussing theissue, and he said there was anargument he hadn’t even consid-ered.

“I had a conversation withone person, a real estate inves-tor, who said, ‘you should sup-port this, no matter what you feelabout it, you better hope it passes,because of real estate values,’”he said. “She said people who aretown shopping like to find them-selves in places that have morefuture than past.”

Maloney added that this wasnot the only response and con-versation he and the Board havehad on the issue.

“We all received certain com-munication from people,incluyding phone calls, etc., andthere were a few emails, andfrankly I would describe them asoffensive if they weren’t so pu-erile,” he said. “But that’s a mi-nority and not a problem becausethe good Lord invented the de-lete button.”

Selectman Alan Howard saidhe originally wanted to wait onthe issue because both he and Se-lectman Bill Plasko are not run-ning for reelection.

“My comments last weekwere that I was never opposed tothis but rather I felt that the two

new people who will sit on theBoard after the election shouldhave input,” he said. “That cameback to me from quite a fewpeople who told me to just manup and vote on the issue.”

Selectman David Hajjar saidwhile he felt the historic natureof the Board lent itself to keep-ing the name, he said many ofhis friends asked him to look atit from the other way round.

“While I truly believe thecurrent name is not and was notmeant for men only, I know itwas named when only menserved as leaders,” he said. “Ifin 2020, the Board was namedthe Board of Selectwomen,would I find that incorrect?Yes I would.”

In other news, bothNorwood Police DepartmentChief William Brooks III andNorwood Fire Chief GeorgeMorrice gave their updates forthe month.

Brooks started with somegood news for the department,in that the hold on three hybridFord Explorer SUVs appearsto have been lifted. Last May,Town Meeting voted to acceptthe NPD’s proposal for severalnew hybrid SUVs that hadbeen pursuit rated by theMichigan State Police, whichBrooks said is unofficially thenational standard. But whenthe order went out, Norwoodfound it wasn’t the only mu-nicipality looking for thesevehicles. Town Manager TonyMazzucco said in a previousmeeting that about 7,500 othermunicipalities were lookingfor the vehicles and Ford toldthe Town that there was abacklog and a delay on deliv-ering them.

Brooks said three of thosevehicles slated for Norwoodhave arrived at a local dealer-ship, and will be outfitted bythe end of the next month andready for service in Norwood.

“It will take a few weeks,but within the next month orso we’ll have hybrid SUVs onthe road,” Brooks said.

Brooks also reported thatopioid overdoses and overdosedeaths are down in the Town.He said in 2019, there were 20overdoses and two fatalities,while in 2018 it was 31 over-doses and five fatalities.

“So it was a significantdrop,” he said.

Brooks said that four yearsago, that number was at 50overdoses and five fatalities.

“In the course of about fouryears, we’ve gone from 50overdoses a year to 20 over-doses,” he said.

Brooks said they are work-ing with more follow up in thedepartment as well to help ad-dicts receive treatment. Hesaid the Norfolk DistrictAttorney’s Office is also tak-ing all opioid data from mu-nicipalities in the NorfolkCounty in order to better co-

ordinate efforts to reducedeaths from opioid addiction.

Morrice related a storyfrom last week where the NFDresponded to a call for a seri-ous gas leak on EisenhowerRoad. He said a gas leak in theconnection to the meter wasable to follow the pipes into thehouse through a part of thefoundation. He said the foun-dation was not all stone andsome of it was dirt, which al-lowed the gas to enter the homeand build to a level which he saidcould have easily exploded. Hesaid NFD personnel deployedfans to air out the house and re-duce gas levels, while the gas com-pany capped the line to stop moregas escaping.

“We had a positive outcome onit, which is a good thing,” he said.

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Lottery winners galore School Committee continued from page 1

December Citizensof the Month

Grade 8: Janiah Harnett, Ryley Sullivan Alice Abdallah, Gerald FreyGrade 7: Johan Cruz Velazquez, Brian Dearborn, Alivia DiMarzioGrade 6: Alex Pallang, Jane Wyman, Mariya Joji Congratulations to the December winners of Dr. Philip O. Coakley Middle School’s Citi-

zen of the Month. Citizens of the Month exemplify the school’s mission statement and arechosen by teachers and staff. To celebrate their accomplishments, an end of the year breakfastcelebration will be held for students and their families.

Facilities Director forNorwood Public Schools PaulRiccardi went into detail onoptions the School Committeefaces for the track and field. Hesaid more and more holes areappearing in the field, and at aprevious meeting he said thetrack is in such a shape that theymay not be allowed to hold of-ficial school races on it. He saidthey are requesting $60,000 fora design study on the track andfield.

“We’ll probably get thisspring out of the track, we’renot sure, it all depends on theofficials and whether they thinkit should have a competitiveevent on it,” he said. “I think atthe end of the day it (the prob-lems with the track) was due tothe low bid and we got what wepaid for.”

Riccardi said the field isbeing repaired two to threetimes a year and more rips arehappening because the fiber isapparently breaking down. Hesaid the design study wouldencompass both projects, butadded there is an opportunityfor another investment.

“While we’re doing that,does it make sense, and this hasalways been controversial, toput lights up there?” he asked.“If you’re going to replace thetrack and dig up the field, onewould say, if you’re ever goingto put lights up, this would bethe time to do it.

“Having lights at the highschool would help get more useout of that field, especially ifwe are going to change the starttimes, particularly for fallsports,” he said. “Once we turnthe clocks back, it’s dark by 10

past 4 p.m. If kids aren’t get-ting out of school until 3:30p.m., that’s not much time forpractice.”

Riccardi added that becauseof planned obsolescence – thefact that many companies stopoffering replacement parts orrepair services for older prod-ucts – they will be replacing allof their card access systems.

“We are looking at replac-ing all of our card swipe sys-tems throughout the schools,”he said. “That’s to get into ourbuildings. We’re at end of lifewith all of these. They’re atleast 10 years old with us, butthey’ve been around long be-fore that, and companies justaren’t making replacementparts because they want to getyou to the next and best thing.”

He said that will cost$160,000.

Riccardi said for the nextfiscal year, FY20-21, the totalrequest is $5.04 million. Hesaid the top three items on hislist was what the School Com-mittee approved.

Riccardi added that the fieldreplacement would be, at leastin his mind, a town wide ex-pense, because if the CoakleyMiddle School’s replacementis approved by the MunicipalSchool Building Authority(MSBA), the plan could be tobuild it right behind theCoakley. He said that wouldmean that the field there wouldnot be usable, and they wouldneed to make sure all studentsare able to use the fields theyhave, especially at the highschool.

“I don’t want people to thinkthat $745,000 is a school ask, it’s

a Town ask,” he said.Educational Technology Di-

rector Joe Kidd presented hiscapital requests during the meet-ing, which included the replace-ment of smart boards, laptopsand wireless access points. Thebiggest ticket item on his list wasfor a new phone system for theentire district.

“One of the biggest thingswe need to do is have a newphone system, district-wide,”Kidd said. “When the highschool was built, there was adifferent phone system installedthere than in the rest of the dis-trict. So we have been livingwith two separate phone sys-tems, both of which are ex-tremely old now. We want totake this opportunity to unifythose phone systems.”

Kidd said they would beworking with Norwood Lightand Broadband to see if there isany point where they could joinforces with the Norwood LightDepartment, which is preparingto do a similar job of replacingphone systems in Town Build-ings.

“It doesn’t have to be thatway, but it might help with re-dundancies and knowledge ofthat nature,” he said. “We’ll beworking over the summer withthem. We have gotten a few quotesas well.”

Kidd said the work would bedone over the course of the up-coming summer, and he said de-pending on who the vendor is, heis hoping that the programmingand installation of the systemwould be completed before thestart of the next school year.

Kidd said the total for the re-quest is $584,600.

My Kindof Town/Joe Galeota

Advertisements forscratch tickets boasting ofwinners up to $100,000 usedto scream with exclamationpoints. Now it has becomeeven easier to reach this six-figure plateau: instead oftrotting up to the nearest con-venience store to plunk downa few dollar bills, merely be-come a state worker.

The comptroller has re-cently released informationfor 2019 stating that some18,680 workers for the Com-monwealth took home at least$100,000. Except for pos-sible feelings of jealousy onnon-state workers’ part, therewould be nothing discomfort-ing with the revelation ofthese figures, if these wereactual Lottery ticket winners. But these 18,000 plus peoplehave taken home and cashedthese golden paychecks withmoney from your and mytaxes—income, sales, andotherwise.

Undoubtedly a number ofthese people deserved to be inthis lofty income category—lawyers, doctors, CPA’s, ten-ured university professors,computer techies, mastertrades people—but I wonderif the failure of managementto oversee and cutback onuseless overtime has contrib-uted to this astronomic rise,growing more than 10% from2018 when the numbers ofsuch earners reaching thislofty plateau was only 16,940. Mind you, these are allstate workers per se: none ofthese figures involves work-ers for various state authori-ties, a creation of the statewhere our elected state offi-cials have even less input,except when they want vari-ous relatives to work there. Thus the Mass ConventionCenter Authority, Mass PortAuthority, Mass Bay Trans-portation Authority (the “T”),Mass Higher Education Au-thority, and other authoritieshave no employees on this re-cent revelation, but you can

be pretty sure that they willhave plenty of “Lottery”winners when their salaryfigures are announced.

Some of the “Lottery”winners even scratched a bo-nus section: 960 state work-ers cashed pay checks formore than $200,00 including325 out of the 2200 statetroopers. The good news isthat only 17 state workerstook home more than a halfa million buckaroos, as over-time spending increased tomore than $300 million, an-other upward percent fromlast year.

The “Megabucks” winnerwas the chancellor at UMassMedical, who pulled in 7 fig-ures while the provost theredid likewise. No heavy lift-ing, no 3 AM phone callsfrom ailing patients, and nohours of standing to performdelicate surgery for thesetwo lucky ones.

If any aspect of these highsalaries elevated by hugeamounts of overtime is both-ersome, it is that so manymanagers refuse to cut backon overtime. But what ifjobs cannot be performed/finished during regularworking hours, assumingthat workers are striving tofinish them during their regu-lar time/shifts? Hire moreworkers? I dunno. OK,maybe a tad of overtime.

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Norwood drives towarda AAA bond rating

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FINCOMFINCOMFINCOMFINCOMFINCOMContinued on page 6

The Finance Commission(FINCOM) met Thurs. Jan. 23to discuss Norwood’s financialtrends, which showed that theTown is positioning itself toraise its bond rating from AAto AAA, the highest ratingavailable.

A municipality’s bond rat-ing shows how attractive acommunity is for investors. Italso impacts interest rates thatthe Town would pay over time,as the increased rate would bedecreased.

For example, a debt servicecost comparison showed a dif-ference of $1,625,000 in coststo the Town at 3.75 percent ver-sus 4 percent on a $76,000,000bond.

Members discussed movesthe Town has been making tostrengthen its financial base.

“One of the things thatwe’ve been working on, andwe’ve been harping on foryears, is building up the stabi-lization fund,” Alan Slater saidof the Town’s financial policy.“If we could be consistent forthe next two, three, four years,showing an increase in thosebalances, we’ll take ourchances and see what they say.”

Slater noted that the early

returns on the cherry sheetswere promising for Norwood.

Also, chair Anne MarieHaley announced that the stateDepartment of Revenue (DOR)certified that Norwood’samount of available funds, or“free cash,” as of July 1, 2019is $3,414.849. Norwood alsoreceived $91,890 in CPA funds.

Slater said it is important tonote that the charges that theTown incurred were down.

“We’re going to realize thatentire gain, which generallyyou don’t see,” he said, addingthat free cash should not be putinto recurring budget items.

Judith Langone noted thatthe submission of documenta-tion was two months late. Haleysaid this was due to the conver-sion to MUNIS software andwas expected. Also, the stateprioritized certification fortowns with fall Town Meetings.

Langone also stressed thatNorwood is one of the fewtowns that has an elected, ratherthan an appointed, FinanceCommission.

“We actually report to thevoters,” she said. “I think that

drives the difference.”Haley called it “the indepen-

dence theory.”Bob Donnelly said in deter-

mining a bond rating, bothMoody’s and Standard &Poor’s, is looking for a numberof financial trends.

“What they’re looking for inaddition is a history of sur-pluses and deficits and struc-tural balances and reoccurringdeficits and expenditures,” hesaid. “I think we have tackledthat issue quite effectively overthe last year with changes infree cash and by reducing our

dependence on one-time fund-ing sources.”

“With all the new moneycoming in from the state, andwith some grants and the over-ride, we’re in really goodshape,” Langone said. “Theframework that we have aroundthe five-year plan is very doablenow. Frankly, the hardest job is

not spending it just for the sakeof spending it.”

Having the department bud-get increases capped at threepercent aids in supporting thatframework, Donnelly added.

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Alex Berenson, center, joins Norwood officials for his talk on theperhaps underreported side effects of cannabis.

COURTESY PHOTOThe Finance Commission believes the Town is in a good situation now after the override and the eliminationof its structural budget deficit to attain a Triple A Bond Rating, which will lead to more credit and morefinancial wiggle room in future budgets.

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Kids and marijuanaFormer New York Times reporter Alex Berenson, an award-

winning author who most recently published the book “Tell YourChildren” – based on researching the science around cannabisand mental illness – hosted an intimate gathering at NorwoodHigh School on Thursday.

A crowd of about 75, primarily consisting of residents andsubstance-use prevention and mental-health professionals, en-gaged with Berenson for two hours on a topic in which newinformation continues to emerge and reshape the evolving dis-cussion.

Berenson presented the history and research around mari-juana use, stressing the importance of science over public per-ception and industry messages.

“You can’t just deny the science when it doesn’t agree withyour ideology,” said Berenson, who while working for the NewYork Times from 1999-2010 covered the drug industry andHurricane Katrina, among other things, while serving two stintsas a correspondent in Iraq.

Berenson, who grew up in Englewood, N.J. and graduatedfrom Yale University in 1994 with degrees in history and eco-nomics, has written 12 John Wells novels and two non-fictionbooks. His debut novel, “The Faithful Spy”, won the EdgarAward from the Mystery Writers of America for Best First Novel.

Berenson’s presence was arranged by the Norwood PublicHealth Department and Impact Norwood, with a goal of en-hancing the community’s education and understanding on thetopic.

“We are trying to create a dialogue around marijuana use.This is a public health issue, and we should look closely at theresearch and understand the risks like any substance or drug,”said Sigalle Reiss, Norwood Public Health Director.

of Understanding (MOU),Donnelley said that there wasa commitment to put $250,000into the OPEB pension and re-tirement fund annually.

The Light Department hasits own stabilization fund,which FINCOM will discusswith Norwood Light when it istime to prepare the budget re-quests.

FINCOM also voted unani-mously to approve a change tothe language in the debt man-agement policy, after Haleythat said she had caught an er-ror.

“I reviewed a tape of thethree boards, and I found thatwe made an error in our tran-scription,” Haley said.

She worked to rewrite thedebt policy with SelectmenChairman Paul Bishop andSchool Committee ChairTeresa Stewart. The language

referenced the LightDepartment’s non-utility oper-ating budget, rather than itscurrent non-utility revenue.

The language that had beenapproved previously was,“The Town will have a maxi-mum debt limit equal to 5% ofthe non-utility operating bud-get.” After the meeting be-tween Haley, Bishop andStewart, the language waschanged to the following:

“The Town will maintainannual fund debt service lev-els at a target range of approxi-mately 5% of current non-util-ity revenues, except for debtexcluded tax revenues. Debtservice levels shall include an-nual debt service requirementsand short term financing costsof capital expenditures.”

The FINCOM voted tounanimously approve thechange, which was taken from

the Town’s Financial Policiesof Oct. 2008 as suggested atthe April 2019 FINCOM meet-ing. The School Committeevoted to approve the languagethe night before at its meeting.The Board of Selectmen willvote on it at its meeting onTuesday.

On another topic, Haleysaid she talked to the SchoolDepartment about forming achart of all the grants availablewith details. Informationwould include factors such asthe awardee, the amount, thenumber of employees, numberof dollars received, involve-ment of matching funds, andwhether they were automati-cally renewable grants.

FINCOM decided to meetwith the School Committee onFeb. 13. They traditionallymeet around Valentine’s Day.

Also, Langone announcedthat she will be running for re-election to the FINCOM. Theelection is on Mon., Apr. 6.


DEATHS

AHEARNMary Teresa (Sheehan) of

Norwood, died on Tuesday, Janu-ary 21, 2020 at the age of 92. Bornon March 1, 1927 in Somerville,MA, she was the daughter of thelate Timothy & Kathleen (Daly)Sheehan. Loving wife of the lateFrancis X. Ahearn. Belovedmother of Kathleen Cooper & herhusband Chip of Portland, ME,Timothy Ahearn & his wife Pamelaof Norfolk, Ellen Norton ofNorwood and Thomas Ahearn ofNorwood. Proud Grammy of Tim,MaryPat, Meg, Krista, Kara, DJ,Nicholas, Caroline, Maeve, andSeamus. Devoted sister of WilliamSheehan, Francis Sheehan,Kathleen Canty, Paul Sheehan, andthe late Margaret Joyce. SpecialAunt. Wonderful friend to many.Funeral from the Gillooly FuneralHome, 126 Walpole St.,NORWOOD. Interment in High-land Cemetery in Norwood. Dona-tions in Mary’s memory may bemade to the Norwood Food Pan-try or Pine Street Inn.www.gilloolyfuneralhome.com

BIELSKILillian C. (Jankowski) of

Norwood, formerly of Needham,passed away on January 22, 2020at the age of 94. Beloved wife oflate Matthew Bielski. Devotedmother of the late Nancy Bielski.Cousin of Jeannette P. Shilo ofNorwood. Godmother of PaulShilo of Millis and Jerry Pesta ofMillis. Sister of the late Agnes J.Gradzewicz and Helen J. Balen.Daughter of the late Konstanty andMary (Stravinski) Jankowski. Dearfriend of Joan and Heinz Baum of

Canton and Helen Donohue ofNorwood. The family would liketo thank all the doctors and nursesat the Beth Israel Deaconess Hos-pital in Needham and Cancer Cen-ter. Also the family would like tothank all her caregivers that caredfor her over the past year. Funeralfrom the Kraw-Kornack FuneralHome, 1248 Washington St.,NORWOOD, MA. Burial at High-land Cemetery Norwood, MA. Inlieu of flowers, donations may bemade in her name to Dana-FarberCancer Institute, P.O. Box 849168,Boston, MA 02284-9168www.dana-farber.org Kraw-Kornack Funeral Home. kraw-kornackfuneralhome.com. FamilyOwned and Operated, 781-762-0482.

DeCOSTA

RITA L. (Phaneuf) of Norwoodpassed away on January 26, 2020at the age of 93. Beloved wife ofthe late David V. DeCosta Sr. (Re-tired Norwood Police Officer). De-voted mother of David V. DeCostaJr. and his longtime partner Carla

Story-Divoll of Sutton, Steven P.DeCosta and his wife Joan ofNorwood and Gail A. Geary and herhusband George of Norwood. Cher-ished grandmother of Kelli DeCosta,Daniel Geary, Casey Geary, David T.DeCosta, Samantha Conley, Kim-berly Proia and Michael DeCosta.Also survived by 6 great grandchil-dren, Neive, Abigail, Ellie, Devyn,Christopher, and MacKenzie. Life-long friend of Shirley Noel ofRaymond, NH. Daughter of the lateWilfrid H. and Annie B. (Bacigalupo)Phaneuf. Rita was a member of theWacky Women’s Wanderers ofNorwood. She was also a member ofthe Westwood Senior Center and ArtClub. Funeral from the Kraw-Kornack Funeral Home 1248 Wash-ington St. Norwood. Burial at High-land Cemetery Norwood. In lieu offlowers donations may be made in hername to the Dana-Farber Cancer In-stitute, P.O. Box 849168, Boston, MA02284-9168 www.dana-farber.org

FRASERHARRY A. of Norwood passed

away on January 26, 2020 at theage of 92. Beloved husband of thelate Laura M. (Boch) Fraser. Devotedfather of Kathy L. Fraser-Hurley ofNorwood, Thomas F. Fraser and hiswife Cathy of ME, Evelyn A. Caronand her late Husband Stephen C. ofAttleboro, Lisa D. Rose and her hus-band Harry of Wrentham and AndrewP. Fraser and his partner Susan Lynchof Norwood. Brother of LaurieMontero of Nova Scotia, Canada andthe late Doris Proulx. Cherished grand-father of 11 grandchildren and 5 greatgrandchildren. Son of the late FrancisA. and Evelyn (Maclean-Macleod)Fraser. Also survived by many niecesand nephews. Harry was a member of

the Norwood Art Association and theWalpole Writers Club. Visiting hourswill be held on Thursday, January 30,2020 from 3pm-6pm at the Kraw-Kornack Funeral Home 1248 Wash-ington St. Norwood, MA 02062. Atthe request of the family burial will beprivate. In lieu of flowers donationsmay be made in his name to the MorrillMemorial Library 33 Walpole StreetNorwood, MA 02062.

GRANSKIE

Mary P. (O’Malley) ofNorwood, passed away on January24, 2020, at the age of 88. Devotedmother of Thomas H. Granskie ofBoston, Linda M. Zogalis and herhusband Joseph of Mansfield,James M. Granskie and his fianc?eWendy Kramer of Needham andthe late Paul Granskie. Loving sis-ter of Richard O’Malley and his wifeFaith of Norwood. Cherished grand-mother of Lisa, Christine and Jamie.Aunt of David O’Malley ofNorwood. Daughter of the late Tho-mas and Bridget (Keran) O’Malley.Mary was a former member of theSt. Timothy’s Church Choir inNorwood. Funeral from the Kraw-Kornack Funeral Home, 1248 Wash-

ington St., NORWOOD. Burial atHighland Cemetery, Norwood. Kraw-Kornack Funeral Home. kraw-kornackfuneralhome.com FamilyOwned and Operated 781-762-0482.

HAGGERTYFRANCES M. (Riles) of

Norwood passed away on January27, 2020 at the age of 89. Belovedwife of the late Gerald J. Haggerty.Devoted mother of John J.Haggerty of Norwood and Timo-thy P. Haggerty and his wife Valerieof Millville. Cherished grand-mother of Patrick Haggerty andMontana Haggerty. Sister of Mar-garet Carol Mackstroph of SC andmany other late brothers and sis-ters. Daughter of the late Perry M.and Mary E. (Hicks) Riles. Franceswas a life member of the DightonYacht Club and a former memberof the Ladies Sodality at St.Catherine of Siena Church. Funeralfrom the Kraw-Kornack FuneralHome 1248 Washington St.Norwood Friday, January 31, 2020at 9:00am followed by a funeralmass at 11am at St. Catherine ofSiena Church Norwood. Visitinghours will be held Friday morningonly from 9:00am-10:30am. At therequest of the family burial will beprivate. In lieu of flowers dona-tions may be made in her name tothe Franciscan Children’s Hospi-tal 30 Warren Street

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BUILDING A HOUSE TO LAST 400 YEARSThe Fairbanks House in Dedham MA, home to

eight generations of the Fairbanks family, is the old-est wooden structure still standing in North America(c. 1637). How did it get to be so old? The short an-swer: hard work, dedication, and luck. Join FairbanksHouse Curator Daniel Neff at the Morrill MemorialLibrary on Monday, February 3 at 7:00 p.m. as hediscusses who built the house, and how and why theybuilt it that way. He will also bring a model of thehouse and talk about how the house has been pre-served over the centuries, its biggest threats, and theongoing efforts to make sure it lasts another 400 years.To sign up for this event, funded by the Friends of theLibrary, please go to our events page atnorwoodlibrary.com/morrillcalendar, call 781-769-0200 x110, or stop by the library Reference or Infor-mation Desk.

AGING WITH DIGNITY, ANINFORMATIONAL EVENING

Are you and your family ready to start having con-versations about how you’ll manage the aging pro-cess? Join the Morrill Memorial Library on Wednes-day, February 5 at 6:30 pm for Aging with Dignity, aseven-part video series produced by the WestwoodMedia Center and the Neponset River RegionalChamber Elder Care Alliance. In this series of vid-eos, follow the story of a family dealing with hardand important decisions that come with the aging pro-cess. The video will be followed by the opportunityto ask questions of panelists from the Elder Care Al-liance of the Neponset River Regional Chamber. Lightrefreshments will be offered and informational re-sources will be provided by the panel of profession-als. Please register by visiting the library’s onlineevents page, norwoodlibrary.org/morrillcalendar, bycalling the library at 781-769-0200 x110, or by visit-ing the Reference or Information Desk.

STRETCH & TONE TUESDAYSWhy stand still when you can walk in place, tap your

feet, and do some simple stretches to achieve a full-bodyworkout? Fitness instructor Eileen Smith will return tothe Morrill Memorial Library on four consecutive Tues-days in February, from 12:15-1:00 p.m. to lead a seriesof fun fitness classes set to energizing music. Theseweekly classes will provide an overall workout that in-cludes cardio, stretching, and strengthening. All are wel-come as long as you can attend at least three of the foursessions to be held on February 4, 11, 18, and 25. Tosign up for the series, funded by the Friends of the Li-brary, please go to norwoodlibrary.org/morrillcalendar,call 781-769-0200 x110, or stop by the library Refer-ence or Information Desk. Class size is limited to 15.

TRAIL OF TWO CITIESLet’s get walking and explore the great outdoors

in our two towns! Join us for this introduction to theWalpole and Norwood Trails Committees on Thurs-

day, February 6 at 6:30 pm at the Morrill MemorialLibrary. These groups not only work on walking trailsin their own towns, but have started joint projects. Learnwhat trails have been discovered, which ones are be-ing created, and how suburban trail areas contribute toour well-being and the health of our environment. Fromtrails for the tougher hiker, to the easy walker, and tothose with little kids, there’s a trail for everybody! Therewill be opportunity for questions, suggestions, and dis-cussion. To sign up for this program sponsored byProgress Norwood and TogetherYes, please visit ouronline events calendar at norwoodlibrary.org/morrillcalendar, call 781-769-0200 x110, or visit thelibrary’s Reference or Information desk.

FEBRUARY FILM FESTSnow is falling and movies are calling! Join us for

a three-part February Film Fest at the Morrill Memo-rial Library in which we’ll show several highly antici-pated movies from the last year. In honor of Black His-tory Month, we’ll kick off the series on Monday, Feb-ruary 10, with “Harriet,” rated PG-13 with a run timeof just over 2 hours. This film depicts the true story ofHarriet Tubman, an American hero who led hundredsof slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad.Then on Thursday, February 13, we’ll show the 2 hourPG-rated film, “Downton Abbey,” which continues thedramatic story from the hit television series of the samename. Finally on Tuesday, February 25, we will showthe star-studded PG-13, 2 hour film “The Public,” amoving story about a Cincinnati librarian who takes astand to shelter homeless patrons on a fatally cold night.All of these films will be shown at 6:30 pm in thelibrary’s second floor Simoni Room, and popcorn willbe served. To sign up, please visit the library’s onlineevents calendar at norwoodlibrary.org/morrillcalendar,call 781-769-0200 x110, or visit the Reference or In-formation desk.

THE WAR OF 1812: DOLLEY TELLS ALLJanet Parnes, founder of Historical Portrayals by

Lady J, will return to the Morrill Memorial Library onWednesday, February 12 at 7:00 p.m. to appear asDolley Madison in her original dramatic production,“The War of 1812: Dolley Tells All.” While the menthought she was embroidering, First Lady Mrs. Madi-son was registering every word she overheard as herhusband and his advisers discussed war-related strate-gies, consequences, and predictions. Dressed in periodcostume, Dolley will address topics that include theUnited States’ lack of preparedness to battle the Brit-ish Empire, the nicknaming of the USS Constitution“Old Ironsides,” the writing of our national anthem,the burning of Washington, as well as triumphs andmishaps of what has been labelled America’s Forgot-ten War. To sign up for this entertaining and histori-cally accurate program, funded by the Friends of theLibrary, visit our events page at norwoodlibrary.org/morrillcalendar, call 781-769-0200 x110, or stop bythe library Reference or Information Desk.

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SPECIAL PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY REGISTRATIONThe Board of Registrars wishes to inform the residents of the Town of

Norwood that a special registration session has been set for the March 3,2020 Presidential Primary Election. An evening special registration ses-sion will be held at the Municipal Building, Room 32 on Wednesday,February 12, 2020 from 4:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. This is the FINAL REG-ISTRATION SESSION prior to the Presidential Primary Election. Dailyregistration of voters will be conducted at the Town Clerk’s office, Mon-day through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 P.M. A mail-in registrationform is now available at Norwood Morrill Memorial Library and theNorwood Post Office. You may also register to vote on-line atsec.state.ma.us Qualifications to register to vote are that the applicantsmust be 18 years old on or before election day and must either be born inthe United States or be a Naturalized Citizen.

BLESSING BOUTIQUENew and gently used household items and clothing. Open Sat. Feb. 8

10:00-2:00. First Baptist Church, 71 Bond St., Norwood.” Call 774-277-7881 should you have any questions.

THE WALPOLE FOOTLIGHTERS ANNOUNCEPERFORMANCES OF “OTHER DESERT CITIES”

Performances of Other Desert Cities will be given at the WalpoleFootlighters Playhouse at 2 Scout Road in East Walpole. Evening perfor-mances will be given on February 7, 8, 14, 15, 21 and 22 at 8:00 PM.There will also be matinee performances on February 16 and 23 at 2:00PM. Concessions will include wine and beer at Friday evening perfor-


Novena to St. JudeOh Holy St. Jude Apostle and Mar-tyr, great in virtue and rich inmiracles, near Kinsman of JesusChrist faithful intercessor of all whoinvoke your special patronage in timeof need, to you I have recourse fromthe depths of my heart and humblybeg to whom God has given suchgreat power to come to my assistance.Help me in my present and urgent pe-tition. In return I promise to makeyour name known and cause you tobe invoked. Say three Our Fathers,three Hail Marys and three Glorias.Publication must be promised. St.Jude pray for us and all who invokeyour aid. Amen. This must be said fornine consecutive days. This Novena hasnever been known to fail.

—J.R.G.

The Record Book continued from page 8mances. Tickets are $20 and allseats are reserved. Discounts areavailable for groups of 10 or more.To purchase tickets, call the Box Of-fice at 508-668-8446 or purchaseonline at www.footlighters.com.This production is sponsored in partby the Walpole Cultural Council, alocal agency, which is supported bythe Massachusetts Cultural Coun-cil, a state agency.

FOVA LOOKING FORVOLUNTEERS

The Friends of Visual ArtsNorwood (FOVA) invites potentialvolunteers to attend its next meet-ing on Tuesday, February 4 in theArt Room at the Coakley MiddleSchool at 6:30 p.m. FOVA is dedi-cated to assisting the Norwood Pub-lic Schools’ arts programs. Pleasevisit fovanorwood.org to learnmore.

INCREASING PEERCRUELTY AND WHATTO DO ABOUT IT

Wednesday, February 26, at theSavage Educational Center – Room219, 275 Prospect Street, Norwood,from 6:30 - 8:30 PM. In this age ofincreasing narcissism and entitle-ment, we have witnessed an in-crease in peer cruelty and a decreaseof moral and emotional intelligence.This session examines peer cruelty,from the pattern of proactive ag-gression in our youngest children torelational aggression andcyberbullying in our middleschoolers. Proven approaches foraddressing this continuum of caus-ing intentional harm will be the fo-cus. This workshop is for familieswith children from toddler to earlyelementary years. To register con-tact Beverly Boudreau, NorwoodPublic Schools, CFCE Office at781-440-5983 or [email protected] registering please provideyour name, e-mail address andphone number.

MENTAL ILLNESSSUPPORT GROUP TO MEET

The South Norfolk Mental Ill-ness Family and Friends SupportGroup will hold its monthly meet-ing in the Willett Conference Roomin the Lorusso Building at NorwoodHospital (800 Washington St.,Norwood, MA) from 7-9 pm onThursday, February 6. Note: this isthe conference room beyond theCafeteria. Mental illness isa label for a variety of diseases ofthe brain. Often it strikes in late ado-lescence, devastating the afflictedperson and the family. The SouthNorfolk Mental Illness Family andFriends Support Group is composedof such families who find mutualsupport and join together to advo-cate for their loved ones.

We welcome all families in theSouth Norfolk Area who are deal-ing with mental illness and their

loved ones. In case of inclementweather, we will align with theNorwood schools. If they close, themeeting will be cancelled. For fur-ther information call Ray at 508-668-2941.

CONCERTS ON THECOMMON PRESENTS2020 WINTERCONCERT SERIES

The Town of Norwood Con-certs on the Common Committee ispleased to announce our 2020 Win-ter Concert Series. This year therewill be four concerts each Sundayafternoon beginning on Sunday,January 26th and ending on SundayFebruary 16th.

Dan Gabel and the Abletonesperform on February 2nd. On Feb-ruary 9th is the Roy Scott Big Band,followed by theTom Nutile BigBand and February 16th. Allconcerts are free and open to thepublic. A free raffle is held at eachconcert.

Concerts are generously spon-sored by: GOLD BATONS - Rich-ard and Beverly Armour, Bank ofCanton, Herb Chambers Motors,Dedham Savings Bank, NorwoodBank, The Norwood Record,Norwood Woman’s Club - MorrillFund, Rojo/Dean Street Car Washby Dianne Shalbey & Family, InMemory of Delite & Ed Sweeney;SILVER BATONS - Cadillac ofNorwood, Four Points by Sheraton,Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foun-dation, Deborah Liu, HorizonHouse Publications, Norwood En-gineering, John S. Marini, NorwoodWomen’s Community Committee,Roche Brothers Supermarkets;BRONZE BATONS - Bay StateFederal Charitable Foundation,Paul & Kathleen Bishop, C & EAuto Body, Central Chrysler, Jeep,Dodge, Ram, Buick, GMC, Kia,Fiat; Central Dental Associates,Dempsey Insurance, Flower Power,Jack Madden Ford, Norwood FireDepartment - Local 1631, NorwoodPolice Association, Norwood Ro-tary Club, , Poirier Sales & Ser-vice, The Regal Press, RocklandTrust, Tom & Catherine Maloney,Myer Dana and Sons; andFRIENDS - Café Fresh Bagel,Marion Boch, John & PennyCarroll, Democratic Town Com-mittee, Attorney David Hern,Honey Dew Donuts, Allan &Renie Howard, Jack Perry, J. C.Jacobs Plumbing Co. Inc, Rich-ard & Barbara Kinter, NorwoodLions Club, Minas Café , Repub-lican Town Committee and Vil-lage Green Nurseries. Raffle do-nors are: Bon Caldo Ristorante, Brookside Café, Byblos Restau-rant, Colonial House Restaurant,Conrad’s Restaurant, Daddy’sDairy, The Feisty Greek, Lewis’Bar & Grill, Old Colonial Café,Olivadi Restaurant, The VeniceCafé and Vico Ristorante Italiano.

All performances are 2 - 4 pm

at the Norwood High School. Formore information please call theNorwood Town Hall at781.762.1240 or visit http://www.norwoodma.gov/.

LEAGUE OF WOMENVOTERS TO CELEBRATE100 YEARS

The League of Women Vot-ers Norwood and the NorwoodHistorical Society are proud topartner with an exciting presen-tation. Come celebrate the 100thbirthday of the League ofWomen Voters with tea, cakesand an author presentation. Wewelcome WGBH CMO and au-thor Tina Cassidy to help us cel-ebrate 100 years of women’s ad-vocacy and activism with a dis-cussion of Mr. President, HowLong Must We Wait? Alice Paul,Woodrow Wilson and the Fightfor the Right to Vote.

This event will take placeWednesday, February 12, at 7:00pm in the Great Hall of the FredHolland Day House, 93 DayStreet, Norwood MA. Admissionis free; donations to the Histori-cal Society and the League ofWomen Voters Norwood are ac-cepted and welcomed. Ms.Cassidy will have her book forsale at the event as well. PleaseRSVP [email protected] toconfirm attendance for refreshmentand seating planning purposes.”

DOG LICENSESNOW AVAILABLE

The Town Clerk’s Office would liketo inform the residents of the Town ofNorwood that the 2020 Dog Licensesare now available. All dogs three monthsold or over must be licensed. Licensesare issued on a calendar basis, January1st through December 31st. Fees are$20 for both Male and Female dogs,$15 for Spayed Female and NeuteredMale. Certificate showing the dog wasspayed or neutered must be shown.Rabies Certificate must also be shown.The Town Clerk’s office hours are Mon-day through Friday from 8:00 AM to4:00 PM.

NOMINATION PAPERSAVAILABLE FOR PICK UP

The Town Clerk’s Office wishes toinform the residents of the Town ofNorwood that nomination papers for theAnnual Town Election to be held onMonday, April 6, 2020 are available inthe Town Clerk’s Office. Requirementsfor filing nomination papers: Majoroffices need 50 signatures of qualifiedvoters. Anyone wishing to run for TownMeeting Member who is not a candi-date for re-election needs to obtain 10signatures of qualified voters in their dis-trict. The nomination papers must besubmitted to the Town Clerk’s office byTuesday, February 18, 2020 by 5:00PM.

PRESCOTT SCHOOLCELEBRATION OF SUCCESS

The Prescott School was recentlydesignated a 2019 Blue Ribbon Schoolby the US Department of Education.On Friday January 31st from 3:30pm-5pm, the Prescott staff will be hostingan open house to celebrate this achieve-ment as well as the school’s 60th birth-

day! The afternoon will consist of toursof the building, student demonstra-tions and a unique view of the past60 years. We are particularly inter-ested in having alumni and past staffcome and see the exciting things thatare happening at the Prescott and re-flect back on 60 years of success!Please give us a call at 781-762-6497or email Principal Bryan Riley [email protected] with anyquestions.

LITTLE MUSTANGSPRESCHOOLREGISTRATION

Norwood Public Schools is regis-tering NOW for the School Year 2020-2021, 3 and 4 year old program. Ap-plications available at the preschool of-fice located at The James R. SavageCenter, 275 Prospect St., Norwood orcall 781-440-5802 x3600.


Donohue Trial continued from page 1did not withdraw her Feb. 21, 2017 let-ter, in which it contends she requesteda denial of the license (Donohue chal-lenged this during the hearing, statingthat her letter had requested the vote’sdelay pending the advice of Town Coun-sel).

At Monday’s hearing, Donohue rep-resented herself before the hearing’spresiding officer, Ethics CommissionerR. Marc Kantrowitz, while AssistantEnforcement Counsel Tracy Morong –representing the petitioner – presentedthe Enforcement Division’s case.

After Kantrowitz had opened theproceedings and each side had made itsopening statement, the first witness –Paul Eysie – was called. He recountedhis redevelopment of the Barry PaperCompany building in relation to thecomplaint.

In addition to investing his ownmoney, Eysie also required an $835,000federal grant in order to complete theproject. However, he testified thatDonohue put his development in jeop-ardy when she threatened to appeal theZoning Board’s approval of it to Supe-rior Court unless he agreed to a list ofconditions that he thought were unfair.

Nonetheless, Eysie agreed to themat the suggestion of Town Planner SteveCostello (deceased), with whom he hadbeen working closely to obtain the grantand who advised that – if Donohue wereto follow through on her appeal – the$835,000 would be lost.

Eysie put forward that – because ofthis development – he has not, since thattime, been treated fairly in his dealingswith the Selectmen. “I feel – and this isnot just my opinion – the colleagues onher Board, people in the community,everybody can see…”

“Objection.” Donohue interjected as

Kantrowitz overruled her.“Everybody can see as clear as day.”

Eysie continued. “It’s obvious and evi-dent.”

“What’s obvious and evident?”Kantrowitz asked.

“That I have been treated unfairly byMrs. Donohue when I go before thatBoard, and the record – if you go to theminutes and you go to the decisions – itwill substantiate itself.”

Kantrowitz responded. “So whatyou’re saying is that everybody in thecommunity knows the hostility that shehad toward you?”

“Yes.” Eysie answered.Donohue’s cross examination of

Eysie, while civil, at times became testyand emotional, veering from interroga-tory to testimonial, as she – at severalpoints – used Eysie’s responses to explaindecisions that she had made that had be-come pertinent to the case.

These included her explanation for herconditions on the Barry development –built on a lot too small, by zoning code,for the number of units proposed – whichshe said she had imposed to try to keepthe property as close as possible to zon-ing guidelines.

Donohue also used her cross exami-nation to explain why she had votedagainst Eysie Plaza’s STM re-zoning ar-ticle, claiming that Eysie had tried to rushit through without public hearing, whichan STM article approval by the Select-men bypasses.

Eysie countered by stating that he hadtried to go through the Planning Board –which would have entailed a hearing –but that it was unsuccessful becauseDonohue’s now deceased husband Paulwas its chairman.

After Eysie had finished his testimonyand Donohue took the witness chair on

her own behalf, she testified that she hadcontinued to work with him on differentcommittees after the Barry rift (Eysiedenied this during his cross examination).

She also argued that the conflict ofinterest law ruled out the Barry disagree-ment as part of the case because it hadhappened more than six years ago(Kantrowitz explained that it was admis-sible in order to show the relationshipamong the parties).

Donohue also asked the Ethics Com-mission to take all of the case’s evidenceinto consideration, rather than just theexcerpts of it that had been cited, saying,“If you read the whole scope, it clearlyreflects how I have been doing my job toprotect the interests of the entire citizenryof the Town of Norwood.”

A key element of her testimony – andMorong’s cross examination – wasDonohue’s sworn interview (conductedby Morong) in October, 2018.

Donohue – citing serious health prob-lems that she (hip replacement, severalsurgeries and hospitalizations) her sister(stroke), and her husband (lengthy, ter-minal illness) had been suffering from atthe time of her interview, and their cu-mulative effect on her state of mind –requested that material be struck from it.

In a concession, Kantrowitz grantedDonohue two weeks to go over the tran-script to note, as he explained it: “Here’swhat I said. Here’s what I should havesaid.”

Despite that, Morong’s cross exami-nation focused almost exclusively on thatsworn interview, and questionedDonohue’s statements from it.

Responding to several, Donohue ac-knowledged that what she had said wason the record, while adding that shedidn’t remember the statements she hadmade.

“So you weren’t telling the truthwhen you came in for your interview?”Morong asked during one such ex-

change. Donohue responded by build-ing on her earlier statement about herhealth when the interview had takenplace.

“At the time, I tried to tell the truth,”she answered. “At the time, I thought Iwas telling the truth. But it’s not thesame feeling that I have when I’m well.I told you: I wasn’t well. One of thecriteria for testimony is [being] ofsound mind.”

“So you weren’t of sound mind?”Morong followed.

“I might not have been.” Donohuereplied.

“Are you today?”“Yes, I am.” Donohue continued.

“And under no duress. And under noduress.”

“You’re not under stress today.”“Duress.” Donohue corrected. “I

didn’t say ‘stress.’”“Are you under duress today?”“No. No I’m not.”At the conclusion of Donohue’s tes-

timony, Kantrowitz revisited a pointthat he had brought up at the beginningof the hearing: the fact that the entirecase was based on Donohue not hav-ing filed a disclosure, and whether ornot one was necessary when the infor-mation in question was already com-mon knowledge.

Kantrowitz addressed Morongabout Eysie’s earlier testimony. “Yourown witness testified that everybodyknew that there was a problem.” Whilemaking clear that he had not yet madehis decision regarding the case, he con-tinued. “If the purpose of the statute isthat, then she’s essentially guilty of atechnical violation: failing to file.”

After a brief discussion regardingwritten and “de facto” disclosures, thematter was left with both sides sched-uled to make their final arguments tothe full Ethics Commission on April 16at 9:30 a.m. at One Ashburton Place.

Monday, January 201109 Radio - Be On The Lookout Services Rendered

Location: [FRN] BOLO for well being check onMA PC 8CJ415, maybe in train station lot, alsomay have her dog in the car, missing adult for 2days. N662,N677,N666 checked all 3 MBTA sta-tions and all hotels-not there.

1109 Radio - Be On The Lookout Services RenderedLocation: [Wap] BOLO for well being check oneither MA PC 773WB3 or MA PC 5PB118, since0400 Hrs, cell call to State Police, call had indica-tions that she might be a victim of domestic vio-lence.

1127 Phone - Assist Citizen Spoken To Location/Ad-dress: Donna’s Styles To Dye For - Rockhill StParty in lobby reports neighbor shines spotlight onher home and sounds an air horn when she bringsdog outside and it barks. N663 spoke to all parties,told neighbor to stop.

1234 911 - Civil Dispute Services Rendered Loca-tion/Address: Stash’s Pizza - Dean St Report dis-gruntled employee over schedule not being readybut then during call caller stated he left. N662 con-firmed he left.

1515 Cellular - Animal Complaint NACO/WACOnotified Location/Address: Hillside Ave Residentcoralled a dog. N.A.C.O. Substitute Officer tohandle.

Tuesday, January 210855 Phone - Larceny *Report Filed Location/Ad-

dress: Norwood Hospital - Washington St Infor-mation received that a patient at hospital may havestolen hospital I-pad. Also see: Call#: 20-1587, Re-port#: 20-25-AR.

1031 Phone - Drug Law Violation *Report Filed Lo-cation/Address: Norwood High School - NicholsSt SRO Murphy will file report.

1435 Phone - Warrant Service *Arrest(S)Made Lo-cation/Address: Norwood Hospital - WashingtonSt Information that patient we wanted to talk to isbeing released. As a result, N450,with N408 as-sisting, places subject under arrest and then bothofficers in N662 transport him to station. FalmouthPD notified-they do not want to talk to prisoner.Also see: Call# 20-1560, Report#: 20-87-OF. Re-fer To Arrest: 20-25-AR Arrest: Driscoll, Jeffrey JAddress: Homeless Homeless, Ma Age: 32Charges: Warrant Arrest Larceny From Building

1716 911 - Assist Citizen Spoken To Location/Ad-dress: Fales Ave Caller reports someone walkedup her front stairs.

2113 Phone - Dog Bite Services Rendered Location/Address: Railroad Ave Emergency room nurse re-ports a female was bit by a dog, N678 spoke to thatparty. NACO was notified.

Wednesday, January 220248 Initiated - Susp Person Spoken To Location/

Address: Morrill Rd + Bond St N668 reports maleparty dressed in black riding a bike. Party checksout and was on his way home to Norwest.

1158 Phone - Susp Person Gone On Arrival Loca-tion/Address: Winslow Ave Female caller reportsan unfamiliar male standing on the sidewalk.

1212 Radio - Warrant Service *Arrest(S)Made Loca-tion/Address: Exterior Designs Landscape Co. -Lane Dr BCI places three subjects under arrest.Refer To Arrest: 20-26-AR Arrest: Disangro, BryanE Address: 169 Lane Dr Norwood, Ma Age: 39Charges: Drug, Possess Class B Credit Card, Re-ceive Stolen C266 §37b(B) Refer To Arrest: 20-27-Ar Arrest: Allan, Robert D Ii Address: 169 LaneDr Norwood, Ma Age: 39 Charges: Drug, PossessClass B Drug, Possess Class B Drug, Possess ClassE Refer To Arrest: 20-28-Ar Arrest: Bonomo-Reale,Mary Address: 169 Lane Dr Norwood, Ma Age: 44Charges: Drug, Possess Class B

1304 Phone - Susp Activity Spoken To Location/Ad-dress: A&J Automotive/ Also Atlantic Gas Station- Washington St Blond female urinated against theside of building and left in a Silver Nissan MaranoSouth on Washington Street .BOLO SDistrict.Officers spoke with the store owner andthe video there was not helpful and they are satis-fied.

1813 Phone - Well Being Chk Spoken To Location/Address: Davis Ave Caller reports she would like acheck on her sister that lives at this residence, sheis concerned about some statements she made re-cently. Officers report she is in good spirits andwill call her sister.

2111 911 - Well Being Chk Spoken To Location/Ad-dress: Liberty Ln Caller would like a check on hismother, she fell a few days ago and wants to makesure she is ok. N662 spoke to that party and allchecks out ok.

2259 Phone - Assist Citizen Services Rendered Loca-tion/Address: Philbrick St Caller would like her 21year old son removed from the residence. Uponarrival N666 reports he was already gone.

Thursday, January 230823 Other - Well Being Chk Could Not Locate Lo-

cation/Address: Adams St Units conduct a well be-ing check on behalf of SRO Mahoney. Subject wasnot home, units will return.

1130 Initiated - Assist Citizen Services Rendered Lo-cation/Address: Edgehill Rd Female seeking ad-vice on a possible HPO in relation to a past animalcomplaint and ongoing neighbor issues.

Friday, January 24 1036 Initiated - Warrant Service *Arrest(S)Made Lo-

cation: Providence, Ri District Court As the resultof an extradictable warrant, Lincoln,RI police placessubject under arrest. Upon court hearing, subjectwaves his right as fugitive from justice and N450places him under arrest with the assistance of aMassachusetts State Trooper and transport him herein State Police unmarked unit. N666 assists in book-ing. Refer To Arrest: 20-29-AR Arrest: Catalfano,Joseph Address: 933 Main St Warren, Ri Age: 55Charges: Warrant Arrest

1452 Phone - Larceny *Report Filed Location/Ad-dress: All State Painting ( K.C.N. Reality) - Day StLarceny from a past employee.

1607 Phone – Larceny *Report Filed Location/Ad-dress: Norwood Hospital - Washington St Secu-rity reports employee stealing and vandalizing prop-erty.

1843 Phone - Well Being Chk Services Rendered Lo-cation/Address: Brookview Cir Caller requestingcheck of friend she is unable to get in touch with.Officers made contact, he is fine and will contacther.

2241 Phone - Susp Activity *Complaint/SummonsLocation/Address: Hoyle St Regarding 20-1916.Caller reports moped leaning on his truck and maleparty hiding in bushes. Male party took the mopedand left the area. Officers located him and a licenseddriver picked him up.

2340 Phone - Assist Citizen Services Rendered Loca-tion/Address: Casey St + Fulton St Caller reports16 year old refusing to go home. Daughter reunitedwith her Mom. Matter resolved.

Saturday, January 25 0645 Phone - Susp Vehicle Spoken To Location/

Address: E Cross St + Neponset St RI. REG#DP470. Concerned caller states vehicle has beenidling by fence next to Gulf Station and has nowshut its lights off. N666 responded and spoke todriver who was an Uber driver waiting for his cus-tomer. All in order.

0803 Cellular - Parking Violation Services RenderedLocation/Address: Rama Wine & Spirits - Wash-

ington St Report MA PC 8EX566 parked for 2days in the 10 Minute limit spot. Call to owner-hewas at doctor and then subsequently hospitalized.Caller notified.

1330 Walk-In - Phone Harassment Spoken To Loca-tion/Address: Engamore Ln Report text messagesasking resident out. N666 reports they are comingfrom a disposable phone, resident will recall policeif calls continue.

Sunday, January 260017 911 - Assist Other Agency Spoken To Location/

Address: Norwood Healthcare - Washington St Pa-tient complaining he is not getting medical atten-tion from the staff when he rings the buzzer and iscausing a disturbance. Officers responded andspoke to patient and staff. Matter resolved.

0210 Initiated - Susp Vehicle Spoken To Location/Address: Broadway Used Auto Sales Inc. - Broad-way Railroad worker stopped to use his phone.Party checked out, no action required.

0945 Phone - Animal Complaint NACO/WACO no-tified Location/Address: Wood Dr Report coyotewith injured leg ran through yard and into woodedarea behind #40. N.A.C.O. Substitute Officer no-tified.

1346 Phone - Mischief (Kids) Services RenderedLocation/Address: Cleveland School (Acct#1381d) - George Willet Pkwy Kids banging onthe sheds out back and may have gained access.Group left prior to arrival. No damage or accessgained.

1557 Phone - Susp Activity Services Rendered Lo-cation/Address: Casey St SP male at the door at1:30 asking about a deck permit. Orange vest, W/M, nothing further. Officer will check the areatonight.

1618 911 - Assaults *Report Filed Location/Address:Dean St Report of juveniles smoking marijuana.N663 reports an assault occurred as well.

1759 Phone - Assist Citizen *Arrest(S)Made Loca-tion/Address: Mobil Gas - Wash./Rr Av - Wash-ington St Employee reports a female party cryingin the bathroom and will not open the door. As aresult N663 returns to the station with one underarrest. MA PC 8AC132 was towed by CenterAuto Body. Refer To Arrest: 20-32-AR Arrest:White, Kimberly M Address: 55 Anne RdNorwood, Ma Age: 35 Charges: Drug, PossessClass A

1904 Phone - Assist Citizen Civil Matter Loca-tion/Address: Norwood Hospital - WashingtonSt Patient expressing concerns about discharge,language barrier. N666 states he was upset abouthaving to do chores. Advised.

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SENIOR NEWS BASIC COMPUTER COURSE: A four-

part basic computer course is frequently of-fered to those who wish to learn how to use acomputer. Sign-up at the front desk. New classstarting on February 5, at 10:00 AM for 4 weeks.$2.00 a class.

BINGO: Every Wednesday, from 12:45PM to 3:00 PM, $5.00 to get started. We havebegun a new game, for $1.00, with a winnertake all prize! You must be here by 12:45 PMto play the new game!

BLOOD PRESSURE CLINIC: WalpoleVNA will be available for blood pressurescreening on the first Wednesday of each month.Ellis Nursing Home will offer blood pressurescreening on the 2nd Wednesday of each month.The Walpole VNA will provide blood pressurescreening on the third Wednesday of eachmonth at 11:30 AM. Walpole VNA on the 5th.

BOOK CLUB: Our next Book Club willbe meeting on Feb.24th at the senior center.

BRIDGE: Our Bridge Club meets onThursdays at 9:00 AM, in the Library. The Tues-day group has been cancelled.

CAMERA CLUB: Join the club to shareyour love of photography, and learn new skills.Group meets on February 12th and 26th at 11:30am.

COMPUTER CLUB: The Computer Clubmeets every Wednesday at 1:00 PM –

COUNCIL ON AGING: COA BoardMeeting will be held on March 5, at 1:00 PM –There is no meeting in February.

CRIBBAGE: Our seniors meet every Mon-day at 12:45 PM to play cribbage. New Classon Fridays at 12:45 (except the 4th Friday).

DIGITAL PHOTO ORGANIZATION &EDITING: will take place the 1st and 3rdWednesday of the month.at 11:30 AM.

DRAWING WITH COLORED PEN-CILS– Classes held the first and third Tuesdayof the month at 11AM-12:15PM. $3.00 a ses-sion all materials included. Feb. 4th & Feb.18th.

FRIENDS EVENING DANCE: February21st, 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM Dave Valerio.

GLEE CLUB: Glee Club meets everyTuesday at 11:15 AM.

HANDCRAFTERS: Join knitters, cro-cheters or any other handcraft every Mondayfrom 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM. All are welcome!

HEARING SOLUTIONS: Hearing Aide

clinic on Wednesday, February 26th at11:30AM.

LEARN TO PLAY MAH JONG -Thurs-days and Fridays at 12:30 PM.

LINE DANCE Classes are held each Tues-day. Class will be held from 1:00 PM - 2:00PM.

MAH JONG: Mah Jong players meetMonday, Wednesday, and Friday 10:00 AM -Noon.

MASSAGE THERAPIST: Karen Tracy ishere on the first Monday of each month. Pleasesign up at front desk. Massages are $30.00 forhalf an hour. Feb. 3rd.

NORWOOD RETIRED MEN’S CLUB:The Board of Directors meets on the 1st Tues-day of each month at 10:30AM, at the SeniorCenter. The Club Membership meets the 2ndTuesday of each month at the Norwood ElksLodge, at 10:00 AM.

SCRABBLE: Thursday afternoons at 1:00PM. Come and join us for a game.

SHINE: We have two SHINE Counselors.

Carole is here to help you with your medicalinsurance needs on Tuesdays from 10:00 AM.- 2:00 PM. Jill will be here on Fridays from10:00 AM - 2:00 PM Please call 781-762-1201for an appointment.

TAP DANCE-Thursdays at 11:15 AM. Alllevels are welcome and encouraged to join thefun.

WATER COLOR: The next session isscheduled for Thursday, February 13, at 9:00AM. Payment of $20.00 must be made at timeof sign up.

WAXING with Erin February 24. 9:00 AM– Noon.

WHIST: Whist players meet on Tuesdaysat 12:45 PM, in the library.

Let’s Laugh Yoga, Monday, February 3rdat 1:00 pm.

Wheel of Fortune, hosted by Home InsteadSenior Care Thursday, February 6th at 1:00 pm.

Joey B Bop, Sings Elvis, Thursday, Febru-ary 13th at 1:00 pm.

Brain Healthy Cooking for One, Friday, Feb-ruary 21st at 12 Noon, limited to 25 people.

TRIAD, Aubrey Ciol-Norwood HealthDept. Monday, February 24th at 1:00 pm.

The Gentleman from Norwood, Frank Allen,Jerry Kelleher-Friday, February 28th 2 1:00 pm.

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