Cemetery Board urges parents to stop playground activity; Select Board backs restriction
Cemetery Board members reported repeated incidents of children from the Game of Village playing in the cemetery, prompting the Select Board to affirm the cemetery is not an appropriate playground and to encourage use of the ballfield instead.
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Members of the Nelson Cemetery Board told the Select Board July 29 that children from the Game of Village have repeatedly been observed running, throwing objects and balancing on fragile stone walls in the town cemetery. Elaine Giacomo said maintenance staff nearly struck a child while mowing and that several headstones — some dating back about 200 years — are extremely fragile and at risk of damage.
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