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Estimated 70,000 Brave Heat to View Fourth of July Parade-July 5, 1990

A record crowd of 70,000 spectators turns out for Norwood's Fourth of July parade featuring marching bands, political figures, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

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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.

Multiple stacks of US hundred-dollar bills bundled and placed on a wooden table
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Budget to Benefit Norwood-July 9, 1988

Discover the 1988 legislative achievements that brought $400,000 to Norwood, supporting everything from the Grant Gear PCB site blood testing to the Pulse hotline and Summerhill House.