Check out Dedham Transcript's new cartoon Table Manners by Dedham resident Brendan Hayes.

Check out Dedham Transcript's new cartoon Table Manners by Dedham resident Brendan Hayes and Dan Franch.

Check out Dedham Transcript's new cartoon Table Manners by Dedham resident Brendan Hayes and Dan Franch.

Growing up, my Armenian grandmother was part of the Barsamian household. Thanks to her, my siblings and I were exposed to a different language, ethnic foods and, most importantly, what life was like in another country.

This understanding, however, wasn’t something I wanted to expose my friends to. As a kid, cross-cultural exchange wasn’t encouraged nor acknowledged. I wanted to be as assimilated as possible.

1) The students: No child should have to eat meals in the hallway next to the laminating machine. Without a cafeteria or on-site kitchen, students retrieve prepared lunches from the school’s basement and dine in the already cramped classrooms or hallway.

Dear Neighbor,

I write to respectfully ask you to join me in support of a new Avery School, a critical choice for all of Dedham. Your support is gratefully appreciated by many, especially as we are in the midst of some very challenging economic times.

To the Editor:

As a longtime Dedham educator, I know that buildings and fields alone do not make a vibrant school community.

To the Editor,

The citizens of Dedham have an opportunity to make a positive investment in the future of the youth of our community with a “yes” vote on the ballot questions in the Special Election on Jan.19. 

We, with our children, own a small business that could add a job or two to the economy tomorrow, but we wait apprehensively, not knowing how pending congressional legislation will affect our ability to create or keep jobs. Proposed health care “reform” promises everyone increased taxation, fees, and regulations while, daily, growing less care oriented, more expensive, and more corrupt. Cap and Trade will raise all energy bills astronomically and increase cost of living via increased cost of goods and services. We believe the common sense candidacy of Scott Brown for US Senate to be the only viable approach to these issues.

Dear Dedham Voters:
Here is my personal reason to vote for the new Avery School and Dedham High athletic field projects on Tuesday, Jan.19. My reason is simple. Make the new Avery and the DHS track and fields handicap accessible.