Conservation Commission Closes 43-Year Wetlands Case at Cary Place Commercial Site

NORWOOD — January 28, 2026 — Norwood Conservation Commission unanimously closes a 43-year-old wetlands case and holds off on costly dam repairs. The three-member quorum — Chair Kelsey Quinlan, Catherine Walsh, and John Carbone — voted 3-0 at its January 28 meeting to issue a complete certificate of compliance for the commercial Cary Place development at 206 Dean Street, resolving an order of conditions that had been open since 1983 and unresolved under local bylaw since a 1997 review by then-Conservation Agent Goetz confirmed all conditions were met. Attorney Dan Kalenda, representing the Montagnetti family, said the unresolved encumbrance was blocking the sale of two commercial buildings. On Guile Pond Dam, the commission declined to pursue interim cofferdam options after engineering firm Parga reported a concrete block cofferdam would last five years at most at an estimated $185,000 to $335,000, and a sandbag alternative would last two to three years at $166,000 to $293,000. Commissioner Walsh reported the Community Preservation Committee is advancing approximately $431,000 in projects — including a $115,000 town hall cannon restoration, $92,000 in Cleveland Field dugout sunshades, and a $100,000 playground improvement at Father Max — toward town meeting, with a CPC decision meeting set for February 4.