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No volunteer care for neglected cemeteries

A cemetery-adoption program intended to help the Town of Oyster Bay preserve its most neglected burial grounds has garnered no official volunteers since its May launch, the town historian said.

"There are no active, formal applications" from groups seeking to care for the some 25 abandoned cemeteries, John Hammond said Tuesday. "It's not something that has a very high priority in a lot of...

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