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On behalf of the Dedham Vietnam Veterans Memorial Committee, I would like to thank Dedham Savings and Mr. Jerry Lavoie for their recent donation.

With sadness I accepted the fact that the stimulus money designated for special education was spent on special education transportation.

Thank you to Norwood Selectmen, Town General Manager John Carroll, and the Engineering Department for beginning the work to contain the flow of traffic on Harrow Road.

We’ve seen the high water mark in terms of highway travel in this society because world oil supplies are declining quickly, and only new, crazy highs in oil prices will jump start oil exploration in the far reaches of the world where the few new supplies now lie.

On behalf of the Willett Early Childhood Center PTO, our students, and staff, I would like to extend thanks to all those who attended our fifth annual Eighteen Holes Around the Willett Golf Day event, held in May.

The Norwood Circle of Hope Foundation would like to thank the people in the town for supporting us in our new fundraiser “Dancing with the Norwood Stars.”

Kudos to Westwood Fire Chief Paul Scoble. Chief Scoble has defined requirements for Wildstar Farm that are necessary for the public safety of not only the proposed 25,000 square-foot stable but also the neighborhoods of Sandy Valley Road, Farm Lane, Cedar Hill, Fox Meadow Road, and the “jewel of Westwood, ”Lowell Woods, with the wildlife that call it home.

The Ecumenical Community Food Pantry of Norwood salutes and thanks the letter carriers that collected over 10 tons of food on May 9 and the households who donated the items.

Much has been written about the proposed commercial horse stables and indoor riding ring at 401 Sandy Valley Rd., but very little detail about the physical structures, the impact of the 25 horses upon the land, or the immediate and long-term impact on the wetlands and the neighboring residents is commonly known.

Less than 1/3 of registered voters made the decision to replace Norwood High School with a “model school” that is smaller, will have two fewer athletic fields, and is planned to last only 50 years.