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Historic Burial Grounds of the New Hampshire Seacoast By Glenn A. Knoblock

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Quoting Death in Early Modern England: The Poetics of Epitaphs Beyond the Tomb By Scott L. Newstok

An innovative study of the Renaissance practice of making epitaphic gestures within other English genres. A poetics of quotation uncovers the ways in which writers including Shakespeare, Marlowe, Holinshed, Sidney, Jonson, Donne, and Elizabeth I have recited these texts within new contexts. Visit Palgrave Macmillan and purchase your copy today!

Living by the Dead By Ellen Ashdown with illustrations by Mary Liz Moody.

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Graveyards of Chicago: The People, History, Art, and Lore of Cook County Cemeteries By Matt Hucke And Ursula Bielski.

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Epitaphs: The Magazine for Cemetery Lovers By Cemetery Lovers

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Guardians of the Soul: Angels and Innocents, Mourners and Saints with photography by John Bower and foreword by Claude Cookman

Indiana's remarkable cemetery sculpture is now available. Please visit Studio Indiana for more information.

West Springfield Massachusetts: Stories Carved in Stone by Rusty Clark

Features information on early New England gravestone carvers with more than two hundred photos and illustrations. Please visit the Dog Pond Press website.

Cemetery agrees to pay fine PDF Print E-mail
Written by DeadGirl   
Wednesday, 15 February 2006
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
By MARY ELLEN LOWNEY

SPRINGFIELD - The state Department of Environmental Protection has fined the Springfield Cemetery for failing to properly monitor the airborne byproducts of the cremation process.
The state announced yesterday that the cemetery at 171 Maple St. has agreed to pay a $5,000 penalty, plus an additional $6,500 which was suspended providing operators comply with the terms of the agreement.

In a statement, the state agency said the crematorium lacked the legally required and regulated pollution control equipment on a secondary chamber designed to release cremation byproducts.

"Regulated entities have an obligation to swiftly correct problems associated with the operation of air pollution control equipment," said Michael Gorski, director of the department's regional office in Springfield.

"These requirements are designed to ensure a safe workplace and a safe environment," he said.

As part of the settlement with the state, cemetery officials have agreed to modify equipment at the facility and operate in accordance with state regulations.

An official at the crematorium, who refused to give his name, said in a telephone interview yesterday that there was no pollution. He said the problem was with the an emission monitor and that at the time of the inspection the system was not running.

The cremation process takes two to three hours, with the temperature in the chamber reaching 1,650 degrees. A monitor tracks temperature variations to keep the process efficient.

The state inspects the crematorium periodically to ensure that it meets pollution standards.

http://www.masslive.com/chicopeeholyoke/republican/index.ssf?/base/news-2/1139993635228470.xml&coll=1
 
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