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Postal Customer Local Vol. 5 No. 6
December 1, 2014
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Why Shop Local? By Donna Lane Have you been shopping in Norwood center recently? If not, you should! Despite a few empty storefronts, there are a number of vital businesses just waiting to give you the personal service that is missing at the mall and on-line. Brenner’s Children’s Shop has been a downtown mainstay for 42 years come January. The shop carries clothing for infants and toddlers in sizes 4 to 6x, boys suits from toddlers to husky as well as
First Communion and Christening garments. Aron and Martha Greenfield own the shop. As a former Girl Scout leader, I was delighted to see a local supplier of badges and uniforms. Martha says, “We are the only store that carries both Boy Scout and Girl Scout uniforms and badges in the MetroWest area. We have stocked them for the past 30 years.”
Norwood residents for the past 27 years. My two favorite items in the store were a gold and amethyst bracelet and a pair of Swarovski crystal blue jays. Pascale chuckled and said that they were the two most expensive items in the store. Of course! I wasn’t surprised. She pointed out that they had gift items starting at $20 and said their Wind &
Moving down the block, I stopped in to Chelala’s, the new jewelry and gift shop owned by Pascale and Philippe Chelale,
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How Norwood Voted in the November General Election Norwood residents chose Charlie Baker in the governor’s race and supported keeping casino gambling in the Bay State.
By Liz Taurasi The November General Election brought a new governor to office for the first time in eight years, and finally settled everything in the decision to bring casino gambling to the Bay State. Here’s a look at how Norwood voted in the Nov. 4 general election: In the governor’s race, LOCAL voters choose Charlie Baker over Martha Coakley (5,665 to 4,393). Norwood voters also re-elected long-time serving State Representative John Rogers, who garnered 61.88 percent of the vote receiving 6,244 votes to challenger Tim Hempton’s 3,836. Norwood also voted in favor of keeping the current gambling laws to allow casino gambling in the Bay State. Downtown Norwood
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