Town Schedules Cemetery Cleanup

Bedford officials have announced the fall cleanup of the town cemetery grounds will begin sometime after Nov. 11.

Healthy and vibrant flowers and/or plants will remain at gravestones at Joppa Hill Cemetery, Old Bedford Cemetery, Bedford Center Cemetery and Beals Road Cemetery, but maintenance crews will remove any dead floral arrangements and shrubbery will be removed by the maintenance crew.

Ceramic, granite and thick Rubbermaid-type plastic container will also remain at the grave sites, but any thin plastic containers will be removed if they contain dead flowers and/or plants.

Small, loose memento-type items may be blown away by leaf blowers.

Those who have placed any of the aforementioned items are encouraged to remove them now, until cleanup is complete.

The water is shutoff for the winter.

For more information, or to relate questions or concerns, residents may contact a cemetery trustee through http://www.bedfordcemeteries.org.

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