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Sandy Hook Cemetery awarded grant for repairs, maintenance

The state Office of Policy and Management has awarded a $2,500 grant to Newtown for repairs to Sandy Hook Cemetery on Riverside Road.  The Newtown Bee reports that the neglected Cemeteries Grant Program funding will be used to make some tilted or fallen tombstones vertical again.  The cemetery doesn't have an association so the town performs routine maintenance.  The 2.3 acre fenced-in burial ground was active from 1813 through 1942. Newtown officials are seeking competitive bids from masons and landscapers for the improvement work, which should be completed by the fall.