🗞️ Norwood Highlights Through the Years Lifeguards wrap up summer at Hawes Pool; Ortins cops local softball title. A Norwood man trains with Harbor Defense. Over 500 attend hospital dedication. A backyard fair boosts the Jimmy Fund. A locally-based plane lands safely after a mid-air scare in Hyannis (🗓 1946). St. Catherine’s pastor dies at 63. A veteran family faces eviction. Elizabeth Hills earns her stewardess wings. Vets housing needs funds; memorial fund nears $80K. 200 kids join playground field day. Ideas for Norwood (🗓 1913). “Old Tavern” relocated (🗓 1901). Real estate listings round out the week.
500 Witness Hospital Dedication Ceremony-This Day In Norwood History-August 30, 1962
Heavy Rains Force Exercises Indoors With the dedication ceremonies for the new West wing of the Norwood Hospital transferred to the Norwood junior high school yesterday afternoon due to the … Continue reading 500 Witness Hospital Dedication Ceremony-This Day In…
Norwood Man on Maneuvers With Harbor Defense-This Day In Norwood History-August 30, 1962
Paul N. Sinesi of 23 Inverness road, Norwood, of Harbor Defense Division 1-1 which drills monthly at the U. S. Naval Reserve Training Center in Lynn, participated in Harbor Defense … Continue reading Norwood Man on Maneuvers With Harbor Defense-This…
Hawes Pool Lifeguards-This Day In Norwood History-August 30, 1962
LIFE GUARDS assigned to Hawes Brook Pool this season are shown here with Richard E. Ready, Superintendent of the Norwood Recreation Department. In the photo, front row, (left to right) … Continue reading Hawes Pool Lifeguards-This Day In Norwood History-August…
Ortins Cop Local Rec. Softball Championship-This Day In Norwood History-August 30, 1962
Ortins Cop Local Rec. Softball Championship Ortin’s Sporting Goods softball team, had just won the Norwood Recreation League championship, and Manager Jack Walker was happy. “You know softball isn’t as … Continue reading Ortins Cop Local Rec. Softball Championship-This Day…
Backyard Fair Aids Jimmy Fund-This Day In Norwood History-August 30, 1956
The backyard of 530 Walpole Street, Norwood, the scene of much activity one recent Wednesday afternoon when Judy Con- dron and Judy DeLorrio, assisted by Nancy and Marge Aldrich and … Continue reading Backyard Fair Aids Jimmy Fund-This Day In…
Day Street
Day Street is one of Norwood’s richest historic corridors, home to some of the town’s most architecturally significant and culturally meaningful properties. Each house tells a different chapter of Norwood’s … Continue reading Day Street
Norwood Mourns Skating Club Members-This Day in Norwood History–January 29, 2025
Norwood Mourns Skating Club Members Lost in Washington, D.C. Mid‑Air Collision January 29 now carries a solemn weight in Norwood’s civic memory. On this day in 2025, a mid‑air collision … Continue reading Norwood Mourns Skating Club Members-This Day in…
2025 This Day In Norwood History: Industry & Workplaces Wrapped
A year of factories, shop floors, printing presses, ice cream plants, car lots, tanneries, department stores, and every workplace that helped build Norwood’s identity. Norwood’s history has always been written … Continue reading 2025 This Day In Norwood History: Industry…
2025 This Day In Norwood History: Crime & Mystery Wrapped
Some stories rise to the top because they’re gripping. Others because they’re tragic. And some because they leave behind questions that echo for decades. In 2025, Norwood readers returned again … Continue reading 2025 This Day In Norwood History: Crime…
2025 This Day In Norwood History: Community Traditions Wrapped
A year of parades, pageants, celebrations, and the rituals that bind Norwood together. If 2025 had a theme, it was togetherness. Readers gravitated toward stories that captured Norwood’s shared traditions … Continue reading 2025 This Day In Norwood History: Community…