HALLOWELL — Lori Beaucage, of Belgrade, walked around the Hallowell Cemetery while her car was being repaired at a nearby auto body shop earlier this month and was dismayed by damage to some ...

It might not seem like the goals of a land conservation organization would align with the business of burying dead bodies. But a local land trust may have the model for future cemeteries as the demand ...

A new nonprofit group has been established to preserve and restore Jewish cemeteries in southern Maine. The newly established Southern Maine Jewish Cemetery Association has taken ownership of two ...

No sense in burying the lede: I’m sold on cemeteries. That’s why I’m tempted to move to Weld, Maine, a town of about 400 people that’s 90 miles north of Portland. If I moved to Weld — which, OK, I’m ...

It’s a sunny February day as Cathie Murray walks up a trail in Fayette, Maine, snow crunching beneath her boots. She comes upon a grove of tall cathedral pines and oak trees. It’s silent except for ...

A grave dug for a green burial at the Baldwin Hill Conservation Cemetery in Fayette in January 2023. It's about 30 inches deep and pine boughs are laid in and alongside the grave. No concrete vault, ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. PORTLAND — Bishop Robert Deeley has announced that the Diocese of Portland ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Leaning and fallen grave stones are seen Thursday in Maple Cemetery in ...