Junior and Senior High School Bands Head to NH Camp-August 28, 1967

Seventy-five Norwood junior and senior high school band members traveled to Camp Kehonka in Wolfeboro, N.H., for a week of musical rehearsal and recreation.

School Committee Discloses Closed-Session Debate Over Elementary School Principalship Merger-August 25, 1967

School committee minutes revealed a shelved plan to merge Shattuck and Winslow schools

School Committee Considers Sweeping Administrative Reorganization Plan-August 24, 1967

School Committee Chairman Francis X. Sheehan Jr. proposed a sweeping administrative reorganization creating an associate superintendent to streamline Norwood school management

Schools Prepare for 5th Annual New Teacher Orientation-August 22, 1967

Superintendent Dr. Philip O. Coakley welcomed 58 incoming educators at the fifth annual teacher orientation institute at Prescott School, introducing new faculty across secondary and elementary schools.

School Committee Custodial Payroll Test Awaits Town Counsel Ruling Amid Wage Dispute-August 22, 1967

Town Accountant Bartley W. Connolly deferred action on school custodial payrolls containing disputed wage increases, turning to Town Counsel Walter J. Gotovich for a ruling amid a fiscal autonomy standoff.

Probate Court Approves Petition to Use Veterans Memorial Fund for Civic Recreation Center Addition-August 16, 1967

Probate Judge Joseph Ford approved Town Counsel Walter J. Gotovich's petition allowing Norwood to use the 22-year-old Veterans Memorial Fund toward a $390,000 Civic Recreation Center addition.

Building Permits Double Over Previous Year as Construction Rebounds from 1966 Low-August 14, 1967

Bolstered by available mortgage money and a major Star Market warehouse permit, Norwood building valuation reached $2.25 million for the first half of 1967, outpacing the previous year.