Mike, who does not want his last name published, holds an interesting gravestone he found mostly buried in a cemetery in Carthage with details of the woman’s life written on the back. He plans to build a display case in the cemetery for it. The photo was taken in Auburn in the parking lot of […]
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Roxbury gravestones down, selectmen told
ROXBURY — Selectmen advised the Cemetery Committee on Wednesday night to look into costs of restoring and securing 10 gravestones in the Frye-Mexico Cemetery on Route 120. Town Clerk Doreen Stinson said Thursday afternoon that age toppled the stones and not vandals. Selectmen learned about the problem at Wednesday night’s board meeting. In other municipal […]
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Maintenance tough as cemeteries age
LEWISTON — Ray Cloutier knows it was a tough winter — even for the dead. But he was appalled at the state of historic stones along Mount Hope Cemetery’s outer edge. “I don’t care if the person died 150 years ago; somebody is supposed to maintain his grave,” Cloutier said. The newer portion of the […]
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Police: Sleeping Lisbon man’s truck plows into Peru cemetery
PERU — Police said a Lisbon man escaped injury when he fell asleep and his truck struck gravestones and a monument in Demeritt Cemetery beside Route 108 on Friday. Ronald Roy, 68, told police he fell asleep, Oxford County Deputy Sheriff William Nelson said on scene. The accident happened shortly before 4 p.m. Med-Care Ambulance […]
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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. […]