Reporter Alana Gomez recently spoke with Newton North principal Jennifer Price and visited with some of the Committee as they toured a possible site next to City Hall.
Newton 9-11 Remembrance Service this Sunday
Please visit this link to find out more about the city’s memorial service on the tenth anniversary of the September 11 attacks.
September 14 Event at City Hall
On Wednesday, September 14, please join us at a special event being held in the War Memorial Auditorium at Newton City Hall from 7pm – 9pm. Author Jessica Locke will share her remarkable story about how helping to heal NYC firefighters who survived 9/11 rescued her in the process.
Refreshments will be served, books signed, and raffle held.
Newton 9-11 on Newton Newsmakers
We recently appeared on Charlie Shapiro’s NewTV show, Newton Newsmakers, to discuss the effort and the progress so far:
Whole Foods Event: A Big Success!
Thanks to all who attended our fundraiser on Saturday! We raised over $800. Special thanks to Ava and Toya from Whole Foods for all their help and hard work!
FDNY 9/11 Memorial Tribute: Reading of the Names: The Firefighters
Please watch the following moving tribute to the New York City firefighters who gave their lives on September 11. It was sent to us by friend of the Committee Jessica Locke.
Whole Foods Event on August 27
Upcoming Events!
Please join us at one or more of the following fun events:
Hyde Community Center Music and Movie Night
Friday, July 29, 6:30pm-7:30pm
90 Lincoln Street
Hyde Community Center Music and Movie Night
Friday, August 19, 6:30-7:30pm
90 Lincoln Street
Saturday, August 27, 12pm – 4pm
916 Walnut Street
Fundraiser & Booksigning
Featured Speaker-Jessica Locke
Wednesday, September 14, 7pm-9pm
Newton City Hall, War Memorial Auditorium
Newton 9-11 Memorial Committee at the St. Mary of Carmen Festival
Volunteers from the Newton 9-11 Memorial Committee were at the St. Mary of Carmen Festival last weekend. Our thanks to the St. Mary of Carmen Society for allowing us to participate.
Newton 9-11 Memorial Committee Selects Design
Tuesday night at Newton City Hall, the design jury of the Newton 9-11 Memorial Committee, Inc. convened to select the final design for the memorial to the Newton residents killed in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Mark Sangiolo, an architect and Upper Falls resident, submitted the winning design.
The selection of Sangiolo’s design followed presentations by him and three other architects: Susan Israel of studio2sustain and Anatol Zukerman, both of Newton, and Elena Kalman of Elena Kalman Architect, Stamford, Connecticut. The jury had time to question the architects, reflect on the designs, and listen to jurors’ commentary.
Among the most moving of the comments was provided by Newton fireman Jay Bourgeois, who participated in rescue operations at the World Trade Center site. Bourgeois explained that he was voting for Sangiolo’s design because it plainly referenced the day when thousands died. Fifty years hence, Bourgeois explained, no one will encounter Sangiolo’s monument and wonder what it represents. Continue reading “Newton 9-11 Memorial Committee Selects Design”