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Applicant to document historic significance of Mill River Cemetery; final CPC application expected next meeting
Summary
Ben Benson told the Community Preservation Committee that the Mill River Cemetery project will be a preservation effort (not gravestone repair); he will document the site's historic significance and submit a final application at the committee’s next meeting.
Ben Benson presented an overview of the Mill River Cemetery submission and clarified that the project is intended as preservation rather than repair of gravestones.
Benson said the cemetery’s historic significance rests with the fact that those buried there are members of families found in other, older town cemeteries and that the site embodies Deerfield’s local history. He told the committee he will document that significance and bring a final application to the CPC’s next meeting.
The committee did not vote on the application at this meeting; Benson’s work will provide supporting documentation for a future decision.
