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Hempstead hires consultant to deal with cemetery
Quick ReadThe Hempstead Town Board hired a consultant to address problems at the cemetery it runs in Uniondale.
Photo credit: Newsday/Joel Cairo | At Nicole Pailiere's request a man digs in her son Mallory Pailiere's grave while the body that was mistakenly buried in her sons site is placed into the correct gravesite at Greenfield Cemetery in Uniondale. (November 12, 2009)
Uniondale mother realizes another person has been buried with her son in the family plot
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The Hempstead Town Board hired a consultant Tuesday night to address problems at the cemetery it runs in Uniondale, where in the past year three bodies have been buried in the wrong graves.
The board voted unanimously to hire Greenfield Cemetery Consultants of Brooklyn, which will begin work immediately for a fee of $2,000 a week. The principals, David Jacobson and Arthur S. Friedman of Brooklyn,...
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