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Anthony Paul "JuJu" Mucciaccio Jr. (January 10, 1938 – January 1, 2025) was an American parks and recreation director in Dedham, Massachusetts. He was described by Town Clerk Paul Munchbach as "a Dedham icon" and someone who "dedicated his whole life to the town." [1]
Dedham (/ ˈ d ɛ d ə m / DED-əm) is a town in, and the county seat of, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States.Located on Boston's southwestern border, the population was 25,364 at the 2020 census.
[2] [1] He led a campaign to reopen the pool, including raising $30,000 by starting and organzing Dedham Day at Barnes Memorial Park. [2] [1] Control of the pool was then transferred from the Dedham Public Schools to the Recreation Department. [1] [a] In 1976, Mucciaccio founded the Dedham Clipper Swim Team. [2]
In 2011 the Town of Dedham celebrated its 375 anniversary. A steering committee was appointed by the Selectmen to coordinate a year's worth of activities marking the occasion. The Committee was composed of Marie-Louise Kehoe, Donna Greer, Nancy Baker, Mayanne Brigss, Dan Hart, Michele Heffernan, Joan Jolley, Brian Keaney, Vicky Kruckeberg, and ...
The first line was a branch connecting Dedham Square to the main Boston-Providence line in Readville. In 1848 the Norfolk County Railroad connected Dedham and Walpole and in 1854 the Boston and New York Central ran through town. [153] The train bridge over Wigwam Creek, near the intersection of East and High Streets, had a red roof. [159] Mrs.
The town protested the Stamp Act and then celebrated its repeal by erecting the Pillar of Liberty. Townsmen joined in the boycott of British goods following the Townshend Acts, and they supported the Boston Tea Party. Dedham's Woodward Tavern was the site where the Suffolk Resolves gathering was first convened.
As a result, the town was called into court in 1675 and then again in 1691. [4] Other schools, including Boston Latin School and the Town of Rehoboth have claimed to be the first public school, but Dedham's was the first to be supported exclusively by tax dollars.
It is bordered to the east by the town of Winthrop and the Boston Harbor Islands, to the northeast by the cities of Revere, Chelsea and Everett, to the north by the cities of Somerville and Cambridge, to the northwest by Watertown, to the west by the city of Newton and town of Brookline, to the southwest by the town of Dedham and small portions ...