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Cemetery commission approves ground-penetrating radar and presses town for certified title to Newtown Cemetery
Summary
At its April 9 meeting the Nantucket Cemetery Commission voted to spend about $14,000 for ground-penetrating radar in a section of Old North Cemetery and discussed steps to secure a certified title that would clarify Newtown Cemetery's official boundaries and add roughly an acre of burial space.
The Nantucket Cemetery Commission on April 9 voted to authorize a geophysical survey, accepting a quote of about $14,000 to perform ground-penetrating radar (GPR) across a section of Old North Cemetery.
The commission also discussed ongoing work to obtain a certified title for Newtown Cemetery so the town can formally recognize its boundaries. Commission members said formal recognition is a necessary step before the town can prepare a warrant article and seek town meeting action to protect and manage the parcel.
Why it matters: Commission members said GPR would create a detailed record of subsurface features in a roughly one-acre section of Old North that commissioners believe may contain unmarked burials; a certified title would resolve…
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