LD 286, "An Act To Allow Oak Grove Cemetery To Operate a Crematorium on a Parcel of Land Less than 20 Acres" was passed and became effective on 05/24/11. Current law allows crematoria only in cemeteries with 20 or more acres of land, which have been operated for at least two years. This bill specifically exempts Oak Grove Cemetery in Gardiner and Kelley Family Cemetery in Steuben from these criteria. The full text of the bill may be read at on the Maine Legislature's web site.
06/02/11
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Cemetery vandals’ sentences include $20,000 in restitution
Two convicted vandals of Riverside Cemetery in Lewiston were ordered by a judge Tuesday to pay $20,000 in restitution — roughly half the estimated damage to more than 100 toppled headstones and monuments. Read the entire article on the Bangor Daily News.
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