Norton Approves Memorial Bench at Evergreen Beach in Honor of Angel Pina

The Norton Board of Selectmen approved a request from a resident to place memorial bench on Evergreen Beach.

The request, from resident Sandra Oullette, is to memorialize her daughter Angel Pina, who died in a Route 24 crash last summer.

“A lot of her friends hung out there,” she said. “It was something special to the kids.”

Oullette said the funds for the bench have already been collected, and they just needed selectmen permission.

She said they will clean up and maintain the area.

“We’ve had a lot of donations,” she said. “It was something special for the kids. We’ll clean up and make it look nice. There is a lot of poison ivy.”

Selectmen agreed to the request.

“It was so tragic,” said selectmen chair Robert Kimball. “It is a very pretty spot.”

“It’s like we’re adopting the beach,” Oullette said. “I plan on taking care of it, it only takes me two minutes to walk there.”

She said it will be a marble bench, going right along the landscape.