June 17, 1938-The widow of Edmund J. Shattuck, Emma Louise Shattuck, offered a gift of land to the town of Norwood through the Board of Selectmen on Tuesday night which may make possible a new parkway connecting the cemetery, Shattuck Park, Nichols Street, and the town. Mrs. Shattuck has offered the town a portion of her land on Winter Street for this parkway which would connect the center of the town with the Nichols Street parkway. The proposed connecting street, Shattuck Park Road, connects the Cemetery and Winter street to Shattuck Park and Nichols street today as Mrs. Shattuck intended.
G.H. Bateman Elected Selectman, Roads Are Hot Topic-This Day in Norwood History-May 6, 1893
Appropriations and Lively Discussions Town meeting, No. 3, took place Monday afternoon and evening. Contrary to expectation the orators were very moderate in their speeches and there was just enough … Continue reading G.H. Bateman Elected Selectman, Roads Are Hot Topic-This Day in Norwood History-May 6, 1893
Dedication of Norwood’s First High School, The Beacon School-This Day in Norwood History-May 24, 1890
Norwood's first High School, the Beacon school, was dedicated on this day in Norwood history in 1890. The article includes excerpts from speeches made by dignitaries present that day and gives a history of the building project- a process which took almost 20 years to complete.