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Resident Tom Barakas urges selectmen to address neglected private cemetery and consult trust expert
Summary
At the meeting, resident Tom Barakas described maintenance lapses at a private perpetual-care cemetery trust set up in the 1940s, said the fund had been reported as depleted, and proposed contributing personal funds or hiring contractors; trustees urged the cemetery trustees to consult Terry Knowles for guidance under RSA requirements.
Tom Barakas, a Greenland resident, urged the Board of Selectmen to help clarify options for a private family cemetery that he said was set up with perpetual-care funds in the 1940s but has since suffered maintenance lapses.
Barakas recounted that the original bequest was significant at the time and that the trust covered maintenance for years before stopping about a decade ago. "Perpetual doesn't mean perpetual," he said, describing his surprise after contacting state…
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