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After Hempstead cemetery mix-up, new management?

Quick ReadIn light of three burial mix-ups at the town's cemetery, Hempstead officials are taking a second look at proposals it once rejected to hire a private company to manage Greenfield.

The Greenfield Cemetery in Uniondale on Thursday. (Nov.

Photo credit: Joel Cairo | The Greenfield Cemetery in Uniondale on Thursday. (Nov. 19, 2009)

In light of three burial mix-ups at the town's cemetery, Hempstead officials are taking a second look at proposals it rejected in 2006 to hire a private company to manage Greenfield.

The town didn't enact the proposals because they were not economically feasible and wouldn't necessarily improve efficiency, according to town officials.

>>PHOTOS: Burial error in Uniondale

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