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Volunteers, residents press Manchester to lock cemetery gates and increase patrols amid litter, drug use reports
Summary
Multiple residents and volunteers reported vandalism, needles, human feces and drug use at Valley Street and Pine Street cemeteries and asked the board for more frequent patrols or nightly gate closures. Aldermen asked public safety and parks staff for an expedited plan and a presentation at an upcoming meeting.
Volunteers and neighborhood residents told the Board of Mayor and Aldermen they are dismayed at increased drug use, human waste and vandalism in Manchester’s historic cemeteries and asked the city to step up patrols and security.
Valley Cemetery volunteers said they routinely clean headstones and maintain the site but have encountered needles,…
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