Camden, N.J., diocese opens new cemetery

The Catholic Diocese of Camden in New Jersey has opened All Saints Cemetery in mostly rural Franklin Township in Gloucester County. The diocese says it opened the location here, because the membership has widened beyond the traditional urban/suburban locales. Here is a photo gallery from the Courier-Post site.

Georgia county zoning board considers family cemetery

The zoning board will consider whether a family can establish a cemetery. The measure also must get county OK.

Planners in Tennessee at a loss over cemetery zoning regulations

A local surveyor in Dyer County, Tennessee, said he has been asked to establish a family cemetery on private grounds, but the planning commission does not know what the current regulations require.

New cemetery in Henrietta, New York

Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Henrietta has begun work on a new, 109-acre cemetery. It initially will have 8,000 graves, but could eventually grow to 100,000 officials say.

New cemetery planned for southern New Jersey

Plans are under way to create a new mausoleum/cemetery in Medford Township, Burlington County, NJ. The new operator is a former employee of NFL Films.

New cemetery planned for Las Vegas

The Clark County Commission has given an OK to build a new cemetery in Las Vegas. Here is another TV report on the matter. Here's our link to an earlier report on this.

Cemetery plan hit by opposition in Las Vegas

Residents in a section of Las Vegas are upset at a proposed cemetery plan, saying it will hurt property values, and will be too close to homes and the local high school. More to come on this story as it develops.

Update on Soldotna, Alaska, seeking site for cemetery

Residents' and voters' opposition has knocked down plans for a cemetery in Soldotna, Alaska, and so officials in the town are continuing their search to find a site to locate a cemetery. Here's another article on the same subject, as the new year and new government begins. Here is the first time we brought you this story. And here is a 2002 proposal by the town's cemetery committee.

Alaska community seeks solution to cemetery dilemma

Soldotna, a community in Alaska has been wrestling for months on whether to establish a cemetery. There have been decisions, objections, reversals, a non-binding referendum, and, now, a community task force created to decide where best to put a cemetery in town.