The Norwood Legion Branch 300 recently made a sizeable donation to the Asphodel Norwood Cultural and Heritage Committee. The committee in turn has designated the generous $1,000 donation to a special project they have been working toward for several years now, the digitization of their large collection of Norwood Register newspapers. Legion president Bob Tytko made the official donation presentation on April 16 at the legion’s Thursday Wings Night.

Started more than a decade ago the legion’s weekly Wings Night has grown steadily over the years and in spite of the occasional hiccup, including a pandemic shutdown and a hiatus for a kitchen remodel, their wings nights have become very popular. The branch is a busy place on Thursday evenings, especially in the kitchen where a small army of volunteers expertly prepare a tasty array of deep fried foods available to order. The menu includes more than just breaded and plain chicken wings (and more than a dozen sauces), they also have fries, onion rings, chicken strips, deep fried pickles and mushrooms, poutine, mozza sticks and nachos. Wings Night starts at 4:30 p.m. Orders are made (and paid, cash only) at the kitchen window. You can also phone your order in by calling 705-639-2374. 

Returning to the aforementioned newspaper digitization project, the Historical Committee is very fortunate to have in its archives a very large number of old Norwood Register newspapers. The collection spans nearly the entire 134 years the paper was in........

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