Remembrance Tree returns for 10th anniversary
Fri, 12/05/2014 - 11:30am
Stevie Coburn, left, of New Hope For Women, Lisa Kristoff of the Boothbay Register (and member of the former Domestic Abuse Prevention Council), and Julia Hatfield, the community-based advocate at New Hope’s new Wiscasset office, decorate the Remembrance Tree Dec. 5.
Martin Page arrived on the scene much earlier staking the tree and getting the signage into the semi-frozen ground. Many thanks to Rev. Sarah Foulger and the Congregational Church of Boothbay Harbor for purchasing the tree.
KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register
Stevie Coburn, left, of New Hope For Women, Lisa Kristoff of the Boothbay Register (and member of the former Domestic Abuse Prevention Council), and Julia Hatfield, the community-based advocate at New Hope’s new Wiscasset office, decorate the Remembrance Tree Dec. 5.
Martin Page arrived on the scene much earlier staking the tree and getting the signage into the semi-frozen ground. Many thanks to Rev. Sarah Foulger and the Congregational Church of Boothbay Harbor for purchasing the tree.
KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register
This Remembrance Tree stands on the lawn of the Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library to honor the lives of Chellie Calloway and Sally Murray.
Ten years ago, on Aug. 21, Calloway, a teacher at Cony High School and former resident of Boothbay Harbor, and her mother-in-law, Murray of West Boothbay Harbor, were shot and killed at Murray’s home by Murray’s son.
A remembrance tree, like the one pictured above, was first erected in December of 2004 by the former Boothbay Region Domestic Abuse Prevention Council (DAPC).
The sign to the left, the council’s mission statement, has become the region’s mission — to live free from abuse and violence.
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