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Town will remove hazardous trees at small, town‑maintained cemetery; broader maintenance gaps noted
Summary
Public works will remove two dead trees threatening a small town‑maintained cemetery on Log Cabin Road for under $1,000; board members said the town maintains about 13 small cemeteries but lacks capacity for large-scale gravestone restoration.
Public works reported June 8 that two dead trees in a small town‑maintained cemetery on Log Cabin Road risked damaging graves and that Meadow Crest Trees provided a removal quote for under $1,000.
Staff said the site is a town‑maintained cemetery even though the parcel recently sold and lies outside the town right-of-way. The town will undertake removal because it exceeds the routine crew's scope.
Board members also discussed the wider issue of small, often hidden cemeteries around town — including burial sites containing veterans from the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 — and said the town maintains roughly 13 cemeteries. Members noted the town lacks capacity for headstone repair and that a previous cemetery committee proposal for funding and restoration had not been completed.
Public works will monitor the identified sites and follow up as staffing and funding allow.
