Residents press Seneca Falls board to settle cemetery boundary and remove unsafe waterfront structures

Oct 8, 2025

Residents reported unpaid 1991 cemetery lease items, falling trees at Bridgeport Cemetery, and unauthorized structures on town waterfront property; the town attorney said a proposed agreement and map were under review and the board will have the attorney follow up.

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A resident raised a longstanding dispute about a strip of land next to a town cemetery and asked whether an agreement with a Catholic party was on record; the town attorney said a proposed agreement and a map had been received and were under review. Residents said the back of Bridgeport Cemetery has many old, dead trees that have already fallen and that nearby, dilapidated houses and trailers have been placed on town waterfront land without authorization.

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