MBTA Adding Long-Awaited Wheelchair Accessibility to Norwood Central-August 24, 1989

Following years of advocacy and a dramatic protest by Robert Haskell, the MBTA signed a $1.4 million contract to build a wheelchair ramp and renovate the Norwood Central commuter rail station.

$1.8 Million in Major Traffic and Safety Improvements Recommended-September 1, 1972

Comprehensive Traffic and Safety Overhaul Recommended for Norwood in Final Federal TOPICS Report A comprehensive and exhaustive final engineering report, recently delivered to local town selectmen, has outlined a sweeping, … Continue reading $1.8 Million in Major Traffic and Safety Improvements Recommended-September 1, 1972

FinCom Recommends $2.5-Million Expenditure-June 21, 1968

A massive infrastructure recommendation heading to a special town meeting could alter Norwood's utility footprint and spark eminent domain protests.

Airport Authorities Will Be Requested To Reconsider Norwood-August 15, 1947

Following a state funding rejection, Town Engineer Albert W. Thompson will petition the Massachusetts Airport Commission to reconsider matching funds for paving the impassable Metropolitan Airport access road off Neponset Street.