SAVE WABAN BRANCH LIBRARY

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SAVE WABAN BRANCH LIBRARY PETITION

July 2008

To Mayor David Cohen, Library Director Nancy Perlow, and the Board of Trustees of the Newton Free Library:

We, the undersigned Newton residents and supporters of the Waban Branch Library, respectfully request that you reverse your decision to close the Waban Branch Library. Waban is a small village with no cultural amenities that serve the whole community other than our beloved Branch Library. Our branch also serves as headquarters for the Newton Food Pantry, amplifying its importance to the whole Newton community.

With community involvement, we believe we can make giant strides toward helping our branch evolve into a "library of the future." We ask you for the chance to make the Waban Branch a vibrant community center and model for all communities that seek to help their libraries grow. We ask that you reverse your position to close the Branch Libraries.

Thank you for your consideration.

261 Signatures

  • Michael Morin
    • Zip Code
    • 02468
  • Lauren Paul
    • Address
    • 16 Stetson Way
    • Zip Code
    • 02468
  • maureen reilly meagher
    • Address
    • 342 quinobequin road
    • Zip Code
    • 02468
  • Alice Jacobs
    • Comments
    • The branch libraries are a critical element of the great Newton culture. Without them we have lost our credibility as a city that values learning, education, new ways to learn.
    • Address
    • 1800 Beacon St. Waban
    • Zip Code
    • 02468
  • Caryn Dombrow
    • Zip Code
    • 02468
  • Patricia Morris Beeler
    • Address
    • 22 Warren Rd.
    • Zip Code
    • 02468
  • Judith Funkhouser
    • Zip Code
    • 02468
  • Judtih Funkhouser
    • Zip Code
    • 02468
  • Steffi Aronson Karp
    • Comments
    • This is a community that wants to help Newton, please let us.
    • Address
    • 458 Woodward Street
    • Zip Code
    • 02468
  • Lester Krumholz
    • Comments
    • please reopen the waban branch
    • Address
    • 33 Brewster Road
    • Zip Code
    • 02461
  • Ann Wolf
    • Address
    • 133 Waban Ave
    • Zip Code
    • 02468
  • gail wintersteiner
    • Address
    • 22 Irvington St
    • Zip Code
    • 02468
  • Debra Berenbaum
    • Zip Code
    • 02468
  • Lewis M Schneider
    • Address
    • 54 Ridge Rd
    • Zip Code
    • 02468
  • Christopher Pitts
    • Comments
    • Not only must we rescue the branch from extinction but we need to revive it to full time use to the community!
    • Address
    • 1756 Beacon Street
    • Zip Code
    • 02468
  • Terri Noyes
    • Comments
    • If the library had been open on evenings and weekends, I would have used it a lot! Now, we have the opportunity to bring it back, with better hours, free wireless, and other amenities.
    • Zip Code
    • 02468
  • Ari Berenbaum
    • Zip Code
    • 02468
  • Marc Miller
    • Comments
    • the way the branch closing has been managed is *shocking*
    • Address
    • 24 Ferncroft Rd
    • Zip Code
    • 01238
  • Marisa Berenbaum
    • Comments
    • В
    • Address
    • В
    • Zip Code
    • 02468
  • Teddi May
    • Zip Code
    • 02468
  • Robert Pressberg
    • Zip Code
    • 02468
  • Barbara Scolnick
    • Zip Code
    • 02468
  • Lynne Friedman
    • Zip Code
    • 02462
  • Carole Noveck
    • Comments
    • My community is not the same without the branch library and I feel the system has violated my rights as a taxpayer and concerned citizen
    • Address
    • В
    • Zip Code
    • 02468
  • Linda Lynch
    • Address
    • 131 Windsor Road, Waban MA
    • Zip Code
    • 02468
  • Eric Karp
    • Comments
    • Closing this branch library is a shortsighted decsion that undermines the very character of the village atmosphere that is a special and unique attiribute of living in Newton
    • Address
    • 458 Woodward Street
    • Zip Code
    • 02468
  • Deborah Garnick
    • Comments
    • The loss of this branch library is a serious undermining of the quality of life in Newton. I have used this library at least once a week for years and mourn its loss. Please overturn this unwise decision.
    • Address
    • 1717 Beacon Street, Waban MA
    • Zip Code
    • o2468
  • carol laibson
    • Zip Code
    • 02468
  • Sandra and Charles Delaney
    • Address
    • 150 Moffat Road
    • Zip Code
    • 02468
  • Arza Goldstein
    • Zip Code
    • 02468
  • Brian Goldstein
    • Zip Code
    • 02468
  • Barbara Epstein
    • Zip Code
    • 02468
  • Joan F. Beer
    • Address
    • 41 Avalon Road
    • Zip Code
    • 02468
  • Pia Bertelli
    • Comments
    • This local library gave independence to my young daughters who could bike down to the branch on their own and take out books and then had to be responsible for returning them ontime. Closing the branch takes away more than just books.
    • Zip Code
    • 02468
  • Hope
    • Address
    • 44 Gould Road
    • Zip Code
    • 02468
  • Jon Ashner
    • Address
    • 44 Gould Road
    • Zip Code
    • 02468
  • Lise Elkind
    • Zip Code
    • 02468
  • Toby Hollander
    • Zip Code
    • 02468
  • Barbara Brustowicz
    • Zip Code
    • 02468
  • Karin Chin
    • Zip Code
    • 02468
  • Michelle Black
    • Address
    • 46 Holly Road
    • Zip Code
    • 02468
  • Barry Klegman
    • Zip Code
    • 02468
  • tracy miller
    • Comments
    • the waban branch has been a treasure for our family - it's a lovely walk from our home (as opposed to a drive to the main branch), helped us feel a little bit grounded in our community when we moved from CA in the middle of the summer, and has provided special time with my pre-schooler when my older son is at karate. we discuss how lucky we are to have our local branch in a "castle" - a fitting place for the "magic" libraries contain...if they're open
    • Address
    • 24 ferncroft rd.
    • Zip Code
    • 02468
  • Jessica Miquel
    • Zip Code
    • 02468
  • Jack Lifsitz
    • Address
    • 116 Winslow Road
    • Zip Code
    • 02468
  • Anne Raisner
    • Address
    • 37 Gould Road
    • Zip Code
    • 02468
  • Suzanne Posner
    • Address
    • 21 Palmer Road
    • Zip Code
    • Waban, MA 02468
  • Miriam Rabinovitch
    • Address
    • 2077 Washington Street
    • Zip Code
    • 02462
  • Barbara Berenson
    • Address
    • 39 Karen Rd.
    • Zip Code
    • 02468
  • Richard Berenson
    • Address
    • 39 Karen Rd.
    • Zip Code
    • 02468