Norwood Updates Intersection Signals and Proposes Endean Ice Rink

Engineering Department Details Chapel Street Island Adjustments and Ice Rink Studies

Illustration depicting a 1968 ice skating rink study in Norwood, Massachusetts, featuring a plan for an enclosed, heated facility with an ice surface, seating, and changing rooms. A committee discusses plans at a table. In the background, a traffic signal installation project at the Chapel and Walpole intersection is shown with work crews and a sign detailing the project timeline and budget.

The town’s engineering department expects traffic signals to be installed at the Chapel Street — Walpole Street intersection in three or four weeks. The town began work there Monday and is making a smaller traffic island than the one there now. A total of $16,000 was appropriated for the work at the 1968 annual town meeting.

Concurrently, municipal development groups are shifting focus toward winter recreational layouts. The ice skating rink committee will request $3,500 from the June 25 special town meeting for preliminary plans and specifications, including site exploration, for a proposed ice skating rink. The committee is now interested in building the rink in the Endean Playground area. It wants an enclosed, heated facility with about 150 to 200 places to sit and change from shoes into skates; an 85 by 100-foot ice surface; dressing rooms for teams; a snack area and skate shop. The arena should accommodate 100 to 200 spectators, the committee feels. In a recent statement, the committee urged residents to contact their town meeting representatives and recommend approval of Article 7 for the rink plans.

Archival Note: This article has been dynamically reconstructed from the original public record print archives of the Patriot Ledger