🌱 NORWOOD: Everything Going On Today (Mon, Oct 18)

Hello, neighbors! It's me again, Mary Ellen Gambon, your host of the Norwood newsletter,

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny and breezy. High: 61 Low: 42.

Here are the top stories in Norwood today:

1. Norwood's Selectman David Hajjar Dies Unexpectedly Saturday (Norwood Patch)
2. Boston College holds belated commencement for 2020 graduates (The Boston Globe)
3. Annissa Essaibi-George to roll out new Mass and Cass plan as she, Michelle Wu make their pitches about Methadone Mile (Boston Herald)
4. Otterly adorable: Blue Hills Trailside Museum reopens with newly renovated otter exhibit (The Patriot Ledger)
5. Milton's Blue Hill Observatory receives $90,000 grant to digitize climate data (The Patriot Ledger)
6. With Boston Public Schools in crisis problems are mounting. Can the system save itself? (The Boston Globe)

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Today in Norwood:

• Outdoor ArtPlay - Morrill Memorial Library (10:30 AM)
• Budget Sub Committee Meeting via School Committee - Remote (3:30 PM)
• School Committee Budget Sub Committee Meeting - REMOTE MEETING ONLINE (3:30 PM)
• Library Community Listening Workshop (6:00 PM)
• Finance Commission Meeting - Town of Norwood (6:15 PM)
• Town Meeting - Town of Norwood (6:30 PM)

Norwood Patch Notebook

• NORWOOD RECREATION DEPARTMENT: "We’d like to congratulate our summer staff members who were on this years homecoming court, you are all deserving of this recognition. Congrats to Tim D for being crowned king! Keep up the great work and enjoy senior year!!" (Facebook)
• NORWOOD RECREATION DEPARTMENT: "Wings and Wheels is off to a great start! If you are heading to the area there is a car show on the route here so give yourself extra time. Event is until 1 pm, come on down and enjoy the beautiful day and airport" (Facebook)
• Balch PTO: "Balch School Monster Mash 🎃 👻 Tonight’s Monster Mash was was a huge success. 8th Grade Coakley students volunteered their time tonight to help this event run smoothly, they were a tremendous help and we appreciate their willingness to ..." (Facebook)
• Norwood Community Media - NCM: "FOOTBALL LIVE AT 2: The ladies of NCM are ready to produce a top-notch broadcast covering the football team as they take on Holliston! Watch the game live on the NCM Community Channel or stream live at http://reflect-npa.cablecast.tv/cab..." (Facebook)
• Trinity Community Church: "10/17 - Believe in Jesus, John 6:43-59" (Facebook)
• Norwood Police Department: "Norwood Morrill Memorial Library is conducting long-term planning for the library’s future and they want your input to reflect community members’ needs and desires. There will be several listening sessions in the upcoming weeks with the ..." (Facebook)
• Norwood Community Media - NCM: "Are you in need of insurance but are sick of the big companies that won't return your calls? Norwood’s own Zammito Insurance will cover all your needs with that hometown feel. @zZammito Insurance and Zammito Realty Inc." (Facebook)
• Norwood Community Media - NCM: "Earlier this week runners from across the state and country made the 26.2 mile trek from Hopkinton to Boston for the postponed Boston Marathon. Marathon participant and Norwood resident, Matt Brown recapped his experience this year." (Facebook)
• Norwood Community Media - NCM: "Last Saturday tons of families gathered in the DPW lot to grab some candy and show off their Halloween costumes. Trunk or Treat is made possible by the rec department, the DPW, and the creative residents who decorate their cars in the Ha..." (Facebook)
• Morrill Memorial Library: "Join Miss Dina for Halloween fun for Teens October 29. To sign up, please go to: https://norwoodlibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/teen-halloween-party/" (Facebook)
• Morrill Memorial Library: "Have you filled out our survey yet? Library Director Clayton Cheever explains the survey and how patrons can help improve our library!" (Facebook)
• Morrill Memorial Library: "From the JFK Library and Museum..." (Facebook)
• Morrill Memorial Library: "Coming right up this Monday and Tuesday...join us for one of these In-Person workshops! To take our Library Community Listening Survey, please click here: https://bit.ly/MML-SURVEY-2021" (Facebook)

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— Mary Ellen Gambon

About me: I am a Freelance Massachusetts Editor covering the towns of Canton, Dedham, Norwood, Westwood and Walpole, MA. I am a Boston native who began my journalism career in 1994. I graduated from Boston University, where I received bachelor's degrees in journalism and political science. In 2002, I graduated from the University of Massachusetts Boston with a master's in public administration. I am a 1994 Pulliam Fellow, a national award given to 10 graduating college seniors who are pursuing careers in journalism. I previously was a staff reporter for Gazette Publications, Inc., The Dedham TImes, The Daily Transcript and The Parkway-West Roxbury Transcript. Over the past four years, I have been a freelance reporter at Bulletin Newspapers, Inc. and Gannett, Inc. covering greater Boston. I also write for The Hopkinton Independent.

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