Following the discovery of PCB-contaminated soil off Dean Street, Norwood residents petitioned local and state health officials to investigate neighborhood cancer rates.
Aaron Guild School Leased to Norwood CETA Consortium and EdCo for One Year-August 1, 1979
Norwood selectmen voted unanimously to lease the closed Aaron Guild School for one year to the Norwood CETA Consortium and the Educational Collaborative of Greater Boston (EdCo) for $148,000.
Norwood Taxpayers Association Formed to Monitor Local Spending-August 2, 1977
Civic activist Walter J. Grady launched the Norwood Taxpayers Association, a grassroots, non-partisan watchdog group designed to prevent municipal waste and give residents a stronger voice in local government.