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Norwood Firefighter Turns Soldier for Fourth Deployment Bronze Star Recipient Dennis Mawn Returns to Iraq BY CAITLIN FROST Firefighter Dennis Mawn said farewell to Norwood on Friday, December 17. Deployed for a year to Iraq, this will be Mawn’s fourth deployment in his 23 years of serving in the army reserve. Firefighters gathered around their fellow man the day before he left, slapping him on the back and wishing him a hearty goodbye.
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Norwood Theatre Redo Moves Ahead, Slowly BY CAITLIN FROST
“I thought it was the perfect day for recognition, to let him know we support him publicly,” fellow firefighter Dan Harkins said. “When I think of [Mawn], I think of John F. Kennedy’s speech, ‘Ask not what my country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.’ He serves the people of Norwood on the fire department and he serves his country. He’s always doing fundraiser with veterans and helping out organizations and charities. He always helps everyone else out,” said George Morrice, spokesperson for the fire department.
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Firefighter Dennis Mawn was deployed Friday, December 17, to serve a year in Iraq.
bration wouldn’t be complete without Norwood’s chief firefighter Mike Howard. “The chief really set the standard for taking care of vets. I was deployed when he was instated, and when I got back he immediately approached me about what he could do for me. I give him great credit for taking care of
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vets,” Mawn said. After completing his fourth deployment—three to Iraq and one to Bosnia—Mawn says when he returns, he’ll most likely think about retiring from the army. “It’s something I wanted to do. My father was from Ireland, and he taught me this was the land of
opportunity and that I needed to give back,” Mawn said. A Xavarian graduate and lifelong Norwood resident, Mawn will serve his MOS as a Military Police Officer; he is a master sergeant, a senior noncommissioned
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Since its construction in 1927, the Norwood Theatre has undergone many significant changes. Originally called the Premier Theatre, it was later renamed the Guild Theatre in the early 1930s when it was extensively remodeled by William G. Upham. Located in the center of town, the theater was designed to blend in with the existing Municipal Building, and since its opening, it has housed a number of theatre companies—including the Fiddlehead Theatre Company, which used the Norwood Theatre from 1997 to 2009—and has produced a number of productions from live theatre to motion pictures. Now, the Norwood Theatre is undergoing another significant and substantial transformation. Sue Lewis, a resident of Dover, Mass., and Isle of Palms, SC, has purchased the theatre with the intention of completing a full restoration of the building. “I want to restore [the building] as much back to its original state as a compliment to what’s left,” Lewis said. After working on the building for a year, Lewis reports the restoration is slow coming, and projects
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