Without making this political, the aid to cities and towns, during the past 8 years has been severely reduced. Meriden has for many years been suffering from the exodus of their small industrial base, and the tax burden fell on a residential base of lower incomes. Funding the maintainance of a municipal property which doesn’t benefit the living taxpayer isn’t high on their list. Further, that cemetery, historical as it may be, is essentially closed, as there are no more plots available.
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