STARKS — “Mapping of Historic Cemeteries Using Ground Penetrating Radar” will be one of two featured presentations when The Maine Old Cemetery Association convenes its Spring Program at the Starks Community Center on Saturday, May 17. Registration, $3, begins at 8:30 a.m. and continues until 9:10. The program is hosted by the Starks Historical Society […]
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Jay looks to fill temporary grounds care position
JAY — The town plans to hire a temporary, part-time worker to help Larry Wright take care of the grounds of the town and the cemeteries. The job runs from May 5 to June 30, selectperson Chairman Steve McCourt said April 14. The money for the position for the rest of the summer was cut […]
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Residents question new cemetery regulations, price of upkeep
HEBRON — Fifty residents gathered at the Hebron Station School last Saturday to attend the annual town meeting. Residents and selectmen had different views on how much should be spent to upkeep cemeteries for the 2014 to 2015 year. The Hebron Budget Committee recommended that $4,000 be allotted for maintenance and upkeep on cemeteries in […]
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C. Patten: Maintaining gravestones
Congratulations to the Monmouth students who were working in a Monmouth Cemetery (Sun Journal, Oct. 28). Cemeteries are, indeed, a link to the past and a record of our history. I appreciate all that various school groups do to help maintain cemeteries. I was concerned, though, at what I saw in some of the photos. […]