Greenwich Receives State Grant For Cemetery Repairs And Maintenance

GREENWICH, CT — Greenwich is one of 41 Connecticut municipalities to receive a state grant to help communities to provide "maintenance to neglected burial grounds and cemeteries," Gov. Ned Lamont announced this week. The grants, which total $5,000 each, are being released under the state’s Neglected Cemetery Account Grant Program, which is administered by the Connecticut Office of Policy and Management. "Cemeteries are sacred places, and maintaining them is essential out of respect for the dead and preserving our local heritage," Lamont said in a statement. "Particularly here in Connecticut,...