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Bow selectmen ask staff, counsel to draft ordinance on cemetery hours after residents describe grief visits
Summary
After public comments describing late-night visits to gravesites, the Bow Board of Selectmen directed staff and town counsel to draft an ordinance to replace dusk-to-dawn hours with a narrower overnight closure and to explore a family waiver; police were asked to temporarily stand down enforcement while a draft is prepared.
At the Oct. 14 meeting of the Town of Bow Board of Selectmen, members directed staff and town counsel to draft a new cemetery-hours ordinance after residents described nighttime visits to graves and urged the board to allow limited after-hours access.
The discussion began when a board member, Selectman Colby, said residents had reported being asked to leave the cemetery when visiting outside “dusk till dawn” hours and asked for alternatives that balance safety and grieving. "Grief doesn't hold normal business hours," Colby said.
The Selectmen discussed options including setting a fixed overnight closure window (one…
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