Westwood Special Town Meeting voters approved funding for a new Fire Station 1 on Oct. 26 with 89.5% support, but the $34.8 million debt exclusion still needs voter approval as Question 10 on the Nov. 3 state election ballot.
One Westwood obituary notice was published this week: Murphy, Anthony R., 83, of Westwood, who died October 10, 2026, after 56 years of marriage to his wife, Ann. He is also survived by his children, Ted, Katie, and Bill.
Westwood Select Board backed restoring full-service hospital care in Norwood and adopted new rules for legal services. Board members voted unanimously to send a letter supporting restoration of acute care, including an emergency department and a cardiac catheterization lab, at Norwood Hospital.
The Westwood Planning Board voted unanimously to deny violating the state's open meeting law after a complaint tied to a zoning dispute over a child care facility.
Westwood Youth Soccer's Board of Directors is set to meet Oct. 25 at 7 p.m., the club's website shows, as registration continues for its Winter Futsal League (grades 2-9, Sundays) and Winter Skills sessions (grades PreK-2, Saturdays).
Two Westwood obituary notices were posted this week: Conley, Patricia Ann, and Stoddard, David Ernest. Conley, 83, died October 5 and is being laid to rest from Holden, Dunn & Lawler Funeral Home with services and burial at St. Margaret Mary Church and New Westwood Cemetery this week. S…