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Selectmen Authorize Water Main Connection and Space Transfers for Phased-Out Schools-June 26, 1974

Shaw Street Infrastructure Upgrades Approved While Winslow and Shattuck Buildings Repurposed for Town Services The Board of Selectmen enacted a series of municipal infrastructure and real estate management decisions during … Continue reading Selectmen Authorize Water Main Connection and Space Transfers for Phased-Out Schools-June 26, 1974

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Norwood FinCom’s Elias Refuses To Resign Amid Recall Threats-June 22, 1974

| A political standoff gridlocks the Finance Commission as a newly elected official breaks rank and drops out of municipal sessions

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Petition Expected For Recall Of Norwood FinCom Member-June 21, 1974

Colleagues blast an absent official as a rubber stamp while residents prepare a charter ouster petition.

Teacher writing school budget details on chalkboard with students listening and thinking about funding issues
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Gridlock Over $6-Million Junior High Rebuilding Plan and Norwood Arena Noise-This Day in Norwood History-June 27, 1971

A dual crisis hits Norwood in 1971 as a $6-million junior high deficit triggers political warfare and state experts condemn racetrack noise.

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Junior High Alternate Estimates Sought-June 25, 1971

A sharp debate divides Town Manager Walter Blasenak and finance officials over mounting unappropriated architectural fees for Boston design firms.

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Fire Department Salary Parity Defeated-June 11, 1971

A 70-minute quorum delay sets the stage for a tumultuous night of budget slashing at the 1971 Norwood Town Meeting, leaving town leadership reeling and firefighters without wage parity

Open ledger titled County Ledger 1969 with budget requests marked 'Budget Cut' and a judge's gavel on a wooden desk
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Norwood Kills Funds For School Addition-June 26, 1969

Voters approve a $1,000 Endean Park drainage compromise and reverse a zoning rule to relocate Carl A. Johnson's Norwood Cadillac Co. along Route 1.

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Harry B. Butters Testimonial Committee To Meet Tonight-June 24, 1969

Officials announce ticket pricing and a late-summer sales window for the upcoming civic banquet slated for September at Route 1's Roll-Land Hall.

Series of tall metal power transmission towers with electrical wires over fields and hills
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Norwood Voters To Consider Lighting Funds-June 26, 1968

The Finance Commission backs the utility expansion alongside a $163,000 sewer construction article, while the town master plan is deferred.

Stack of municipal budget documents titled City of Oakhaven Proposed Annual Budget with calculator and pen on desk
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Norwood Planners To Postpone Article On Master Plan-June 25, 1968

Planners vote unanimously to defy a Finance Commission veto, taking an eight-thousand-dollar intersection study request straight to town meeting.