Southern New Jersey cemetery needs assistance

The Philadelphia NBC affiliate reports on a neglected African American cemetery in Lawnside, New Jersey, that could use some TLC.

Feud brews over allowing dog owners to use California cemetery

Some cemeteries use dog-walkers' use to raise money, but here's a place in California where there are some concerns over such use.

Vets struggle to find cemeteries close to home

USA Today reports that despite the openings of some new veterans cemeteries, many vets still don't have a cemetery close by. This article includes a link to an interactive map showing all the vet cemeteries across the country.

VA gives $10 million for cemetery in Kansas

Propertly next to a veterans hospital in Leavenworth will be developed as officials OK expansion of the Leavenworth National Cemetery. According to a report, the project will:

providing approximately 14,000 additional gravesites at the 123-year-old
cemetery. The new phase will include pre-placed double-depth crypt gravesites,
traditional gravesites, a columbarium and in-ground cremation sites as well as a
committal shelter, water distribution systems, roads, utilities, signs and
landscaping.

Corpus Christi, Texas, annexes land for veterans cemetery

Here's an excerpt from a report on action by the Corpus Christi council to acquire land for a veterans cemetery:

- approved the annexation of about 55 acres near the intersection of Carbon
Plant Road and Interstate 37 for a veterans’ cemetery. The land annexation is a
step needed before the land can become a cemetery. The cemetery will have space
for 4,500 burial plots during its first phase of construction, which state
officials have said will take about 10 years to fill. After the Texas Veterans
Land Board completes the cemetery’s site plan, it will ask the U.S. Department
of Veterans Affairs for $9.3 million for the project. It is expected to take
about 18 months to build.

Massachusetts National Cemetery picks firm for expansion

An architectural firm in Boston has been chosen to design the expansion of Massachusetts National Cemetery. The primary reason for the project is the increasing number of deaths of World War II-era veterans. Construction should begin next year and be finished by 2012.

U.S. Senate considers veterans cemetery in Colorado

The Senate introduced a bill to establish a veterans cemetery near Colorado Springs. Colorado Sens. Michael Bennet and Mark Udall back the plan.

New York eyes converting a cemetery to one for veterans

Sen. Charles Schumer is pushing for creation of a veterans cemetery in western New York. He is backing a plan to acquire Cheektowaga's Pine Lawn Cemetery and turn it into a facility for veterans, saying that money for the project could come from the federal stimulus bill.

Plans for veterans cemetery scrapped in Alaska

Some lawmakers are upset that Gov. Sarah Palin's 2010 budget plan scraps plans for a veterans cemetery in Alaska. Here's a second report on the same subject. The state needed to commit $750,000 ($250,000 over each of the next three years) in order for the federal government to contribute the other 90 percent of the funds for the project

North Carolina veterans cemetery closer to becoming a reality

Officials in Snow Hill, in eastern North Carolina, say they look favorably at a plan to provide a veterans cemetery. The town has a 59-acre plot of ground the town bought in 1996 with the idea of turning it into a cemetery.

Funds released for Hawaii project

Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle released more than $1 million in funds to improve the state Veterans Cemetery. The project is part of a $1.87 billion economic stimulus project to improve the infrastructure.