On August 23

Below you will find links to all our posts about the ongoing demolition at Norwood Hospital. Do you have photos or videos of the demolition work at Norwood Hospital you … Continue reading Draper Building Demoltion Underway-August 23, 2022

Norwood selectmen approved a cable franchise for Verizon, making it the 55th Massachusetts town to get FiOS and giving residents a third TV provider alongside Comcast and Norwood Light.

Led by CEO Bill Beloff, Norwood-based GZA GeoEnvironmental has grown into a 500-person national leader in environmental remediation, brownfield redevelopment, and risk-based cleanup techniques.

Health and physical education department head Joseph Katchpole has been named acting vice principal of Norwood High School, succeeding George Usevich in the school administration.

Computer equipment giant Analog Devices plans a 50,000-square-foot headquarters facility in a new 33-acre Route 1 industrial park, pending state and local sewer connection approvals.

Norwood Health Board Chairman Kenneth Webber criticizes Public Health Director Bartley King over faulty restaurant inspection logs.

Nine-year-old cousins Jodi Young and Jeanelle Tebeau are making waves as the first girls in the Norwood Civic Center’s self-defense boxing program, while the Board of Health outlines fall swine flu vaccination plans.

Approximately 150 Norwood junior and senior high school musicians traveled to Lake Winnipesaukee in Wolfeboro, N.H., for a week of intensive band practice and camp activities sponsored by the Music Association.

Backed by a $10,000 town appropriation, the Norwood Planning Board is launching a master plan study to guide industrial development across the 200-acre Route 1 Meadows tract.

This Day In Norwood History-August 23, 1962-Meet The Nitros-Pete Dixon

BROKEN WINDOWS—Some of the shattered windows at the Winslow School are shown above where they have been covered with cardboard until they can be replaced. Vandalism is blamed for the … Continue reading Broken Windows at Winslow School-August 23, 1962

CLASS REUNION — Over 50 members of the Class of 1947 of the Norwood High School held a reunion at Gundlack’s In Plainville last Thursday night. The members came from … Continue reading 1947 Class Reunion-August 23, 1957

This Day In Norwood History-August 23, 1956-Detroit Controls Seeks Zoning Change

This Day In Norwood History-August 23, 1956-‘Butch’ Songin Recalled To Canadian Grid Wars

Norwood last Friday began to receive the benefits of the new era of ultra-modern communications. At 8 a.m. lines from the local telegraph office were cut into the world’s first … Continue reading Local Telegraph Office Now Linked With World’s…

This Day In Norwood History-August 22, 1947-Johnson-Flood Cabinetmakers Known For Fine Workmanship

New Swimming Pool Dedicated The “Hawes Brook” swimming pool was dedicated on Sunday, August 23, 1936, and the occasion was marked with a swim meet. Harry B. Butters, Chairman of … Continue reading Hawes Swimming Pool Dedicated-This Day In Norwood…

An exciting chase after the stolen automobile of Frank H Carbee, 80 Park at, Lynn, tonight resulted In the arrest of Max Rosenberg, 14 Garden st, Roxbury, and Walter Barrett, … Continue reading Two Arrests After Wild Auto Chase-This Day…