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Here’s the first round of New England cemetery news for 2012… First, some good news! Man Who Catalogued Cemetery Given Highest Geneology Award Middletown Patch, January 23, 2012 They shouldn’t have to clean up after inconsiderate people New London cemetery cleans graffiti from monuments New London Day, January 3, 2012 New London man [...] One more Cemetery News update before the end of the year… Gardening and cemeteries go hand in hand… New Hartford preservation Garden club looks into ways to ensure care for cemetery Waterbury Republican American, Nov. 28, 2011 And speaking of garden cemeteries… WHO LIES HERE: Mt. Pleasant Cemetery third in country designed to evoke [...] It’s probably because of the season, but there is an awful lot of cemetery news coming out of the New England area these days… As I said, “Tis the season”…for ghost hunting! Connecticut Ghost Seekers Investigate Local Hauntings East Hampton-Portland Patch Oct. 26, 2011 Exploring The Paranormal In New London And Beyond New [...] Since Halloween is a few days away, I thought it would be a good time to get updated with the latest cemetery news in New England. And away we go… Tour the tales the gravestones tell Martha’s Vineyard Times Oct. 19, 2011 Here’s a couple of stories about the Sarah Osgood statue from the Yantic [...] Saturday night’s (Oct. 1) Haunted Lantern Tour at Center Cemetery in East Hartford has been cancelled This tour, sponsored by Friends of Center Cemetery and the Connecticut Gravestone Network, was one that yours truly had signed up to be one of the tour guides for the evening. But the threat of rain washed it [...] Yes, it’s that time of year again when things go bump in the night. October means Halloween in New England and that means haunted houses, cemetery tours, country fairs, and lots of parties! Here’s a listing of events that I know about now. More listings will follow as I find out about them. ================================= The [...] Here’s some recent cemetery related news around Connecticut and New England… A Chance To Learn About Historic Bristol Cemeteries The Hartford Courant Sept. 14, 2011 Bone found in Norwich church cellar linked to cemetery move in 1846 The New London Day Aug. 25, 2011 Scout’s cemetery project digs deep into Lisbon’s past The Norwich Bulletin [...] Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know…. You don’t want to hear any excuses and I don’t feel like giving any. All I’ll say is I WAS BUSY!!! Between volunteering part-time at Mystic Seaport (Thanks to Maribeth Bielinski and Paul O’Pecko at Library and Collections for allowing me to to do so), volunteering at the Windham Textile [...] Connecticut Gravestone Network Annual Spring Symposium ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Connecticut Gravestone Network Annual Spring Symposium (co-sponsored this year by the Connecticut Society of Genealogists and Friends of Center Cemetery Inc., East Hartford) will be held on Saturday March 19th 2011, from 9am to 4pm Admission is $10 a person: $5 for CGN & FCC & CSG members. Location: South Senior Center, 70 [...] Hello, I’m back! For those of my readers (all two of you) wondering what happened to me for the past month or so, I haven’t gone away. I tend to hibernate during the of the worst winter season (when I’m not shoveling, that is). But it looks like the groundhogs (Punxsutawney Phil and Connecticut’s own [...] |
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