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Bow board directs town manager to craft cemetery extended-hours waiver after public petition
Summary
Select Board directed the town manager to consult counsel and draft a waiver allowing immediate family limited after-hours cemetery access; the board kept enforcement moratorium in place and asked for procedural safeguards after hearing public comment and a petition of 278 signatures.
The Bow Select Board voted to direct the town manager to work with counsel to draft a formal 'extended hours' waiver of liability that would let immediate family members access town cemeteries outside posted hours. The decision follows public comment and a petition urging more flexible access for grieving family members.
Lisa Wilson, a Bow resident, told the board she started an online petition that gathered 278 signatures in about three weeks and said grieving family members need reasonable access: “This petition…
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