A Changing Landscape on Route 1 Long-time Sumner Street resident Pauline Stonis, 71, can vividly recall when the Neponset Valley Ice Cream store stood virtually alone along Route 1 in … Continue reading From Manufacturing to Retail: The Evolution of Route 1 in Norwood-October 17, 1994
Norwood Town Meeting Rejects Elderly Housing Zone and Adjourns Amid Quorum Collapse-October 18, 1974
Town Meeting Overwhelmingly Rejects Nahatan Village Expansion Friction over suburban density and municipal growth dominated a turbulent session of the Norwood Town Meeting, where members resoundingly rejected a proposed zoning … Continue reading Norwood Town Meeting Rejects Elderly Housing Zone and Adjourns Amid Quorum Collapse-October 18, 1974
Milton Developer Plans Indoor Ice Rink for Norwood-July 12, 1972
The proposed 240-by-100-foot steel arena aims to serve youth hockey teams and the public, with an anticipated opening in November 1972.
Norwood-Canton Make Pitch As NASA Location-August 8, 1963
This Day In Norwood History-August 8, 1963-Norwood-Canton Make Pitch As NASA Location
Condition of Nichols Street Prompts Complaints-August 3, 1961
Pictured: "SPEAKS FOR ITSELF—Nichols street awaits completion of heavy construction work in Westover before the Town will resurface. The auto at the center is parked on the median strip. Although it is an accepted Town Way, Norwood has posted Nichols street...." (McLean)
New Role For Old Village Hall-This Day In Norwood History-October 18, 1946
New Role For Old Village Hall This Day In Norwood History-October 18, 1946
Development of Norwood-This Day In Norwood History-August 20, 1899
This Day In Norwood History-August 20, 1899-Development of Norwood
Rapid Growth of Norwood-This Day in Norwood History-May 28, 1897
Pictured: This 1890's photograph looks south on Washington Street from the top of the Universalist Church on the corner of Nahatan Street (now the United Church). On the east side of Washington street you can see Village Hall and the original site of the First Baptist Church, which was moved to Bond Street in 1951. In the distance behind the church is the Everett school, which stood approximately where the Norwood Post Office is today. Note the difference on the west side. Some twenty years after this photo was taken, as George Willett enacted his plan to create a business friendly downtown area, many of the prominent homes at the top right of this photo were moved further back onto Cottage, Vernon and Day streets to make way for retail business blocks.