New book, touted by Newsweek

Here's a new book about cemeteries and graves in America, courtesy of Newsweek.

2005 article on land squeeze, but timely nonetheless

Here is a piece from the Mississippi Business Journal in October 2005, published after Hurricane Katrina, and it addresses some of the problems of getting re-established after such a devastating storm. But even though it's a couple of years old, the dilemma remains the same. Thanks to the folks at findarticles for keeping this around.

Plan for NJ town would impact cemetery

A plan to reroute Route 322 through a Gloucester County town purportedly would disturb the edge of a longtime cemetery, but despite that circumstance, the local governing body gave its thumbs up to the project.

O'Hare plan ... more planes means moving graves

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from a Chicago-area cemetery that would be removed -- lock, stock and barrel -- to make way for more runways at O'Hare International.

Cell tower plan

T-Mobile's plan to eradicate "dead zones" along the Mass. Turnpike has caused a stir, because they want to place the 40-foot tower in an old cemetery in Framingham. Here is a Boston Globe version of the story.

Endangered species threatens cemetery project

Everything was going well for the folks in one Massachusetts town. They had recognized the dilemma of their rapidly filling local cemetery. They voted to create a new one. And then, along came the Eastern box turtle. Or, actually, because not many of these turtles do come along anymore, the project could be faced with delay. Perhaps there is a way to turn this into a green, or natural, cemetery?