Study Committee includes historic burial ground in district boundary
Study Committee adds colonial cemetery to historic district plan. The Local Historic District Study Committee voted unanimously March 11 to include the Dole Pasture Burial Grounds as a non-contiguous parcel within the proposed Lower Green historic district, following testimony from Bill Plummer,
Local Historic District Study Committee · Meeting of March 11, 2026
NEWBURY — Study Committee adds colonial cemetery to historic district plan. The Local Historic District Study Committee voted unanimously March 11 to include the Dole Pasture Burial Grounds as a non-contiguous parcel within the proposed Lower Green historic district, following testimony from Bill Plummer, trustee of Evergreen Cemetery. Chair Robin Etheridge and Vice Chair Joy Michaud will coordinate public hearing notices, with a form letter to property owners set for mailing by March 23 and public notices targeted for early April publication; the public hearing location is tentatively set for the firehouse.
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Source: the Local Historic District Study Committee meeting of March 11, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
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