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Norwood Scrapbook-August 3

A comprehensive daily compilation of historical news from Norwood, Massachusetts on August 3. Featuring stories of town planning, public safety efforts, regional transportation, local achievements, and community concert traditions.

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Norwood Zeroes In On School Vandals-August 3, 1977

A newly formed blue‑ribbon security committee convened to confront a surge of costly vandalism at Norwood’s public schools. Members reviewed structural, technological, and community‑based deterrents while assigning formal research duties for a comprehensive townwide response.

Silhouettes of students running through shattered walls with arrows labeled growth, population, overcrowding, and expansion in a school-themed comic style
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School Board Rejects ‘Floating Principal’ Proposal-July 03, 1974

The Norwood School Committee held a contentious session on the evening of July 2, 1974, where, following two weeks of deliberation and a lengthy 90-minute executive session, the board voted … Continue reading School Board Rejects ‘Floating Principal’ Proposal-July 03, 1974

Yellow school bus at Oakwood Elementary School entrance with students walking
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Bells Are Ringin’-July 3, 1970

The Norwood School Committee overhauled its student transportation system and faced an $8,000 wave of structural school vandalism in July 1970