Guilford Receives Neglected Cemetery Funds
April 16, 2025Guilford is one of 37 municipalities chosen to receive grant money to address neglected cemeteries. The town will receive $8,000 through the Neglected Cemetery Account Grant Program.
Bluff Head Cemetery will benefit from the clearing of weeds, briars, and bushes, as well as the repair and/or restoration of memorial stones.
The program is administered by the Connecticut Office of Policy and Management (OPM). Established in 2014, it is funded from revenue collected by the Connecticut Department of Public Health through the issuance of death certificates. To be eligible for a grant, towns and cities must have applied to OPM.
Grants can be used by municipalities to support basic maintenance of cemeteries, including the clearing of weeds, briars, and bushes; mowing of the ground’s lawn areas; repairing the ground’s fences or walls; and straightening, repairing, and restoring memorial stones.
