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Middletown Cemetery Among Most Beautiful 'Hidden Gem' Graveyards In US, Survey Says Middletown Cemetery Among Most Beautiful 'Hidden Gem' Graveyards In US, Survey Says
Middletown Cemetery Among Most Beautiful 'Hidden Gem' Graveyards In US, Survey Says A new national survey has found that some of the country’s most beautiful “hidden gem” cemeteries can be found right here in the Northeast. Insurance company Choice Mutual surveyed more than 3,000 respondents for its ranking of the 140 Most Beautiful Hidden Cemeteries in the US. The survey highlighted how many of these historic cemeteries blend landscaped grounds, Victorian-era architecture, and quiet corners where history and memory meet. Visitors described them as peaceful places to reflect, especially in autumn when fall foliage adds to the beauty. Nationally, Mount Hope Cemetery in Roc…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Vandals Damage, Destroy Nearly 100 Headstones At Historic CT Cemetery Vandals Damage, Destroy Nearly 100 Headstones At Historic CT Cemetery
Vandals Damage, Destroy Nearly 100 Headstones At Historic CT Cemetery Nearly 100 headstones and monuments at St. Patrick’s Cemetery were toppled, cracked, and gouged in a sweeping act of vandalism that police believe involved more than one suspect. Meriden police said they were called Tuesday morning, Aug. 12, to the cemetery at 94 Wall Street after several residents reported “significant vandalism and damage” to graves. A responding officer joined the property maintenance company to walk the grounds, where they found a trail of destruction. Some of the damaged headstones dated back to the 1800s and were “cracked in half and look to be unrepairable.” Others w…

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
K-9 Attacks Bystander At Funeral For Slain NYPD Detective K-9 Attacks Bystander At Funeral For Slain NYPD Detective
K-9 Attacks Bystander At Funeral For Slain Nypd Detective A Suffolk County police K-9 broke free from its handler and bit a bystander during a packed funeral service for fallen NYPD officer Didarul Islam, Daily Voice has learned. The incident happened Thursday, July 31, during services for Islam, who was among four people shot and killed earlier this week inside a Manhattan highrise on Park Avenue. A Suffolk County Police spokesperson told Daily Voice the door of a police vehicle became ajar during the funeral, allowing the department’s K-9 to escape. The dog bit a bystander before officers were able to intervene and restrain it. “The dog's handl…

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by Michael Mashburn & Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Man Accused Of Murdering Mom Of 3 In CT Cemetery Held On $3M Bond: Police Man Accused Of Murdering Mom Of 3 In CT Cemetery Held On $3M Bond: Police
Man Accused Of Murdering Mom Of 3 In CT Cemetery Held On $3M Bond: Police Authorities have arrested a 55-year-old Connecticut man who they say fatally stabbed a woman in a New Haven cemetery last week. Edwin Arroyo-Roman, of New Haven, is charged with murder and tampering with evidence, police said. He was arrested on Tuesday, May 6. A man walking his dog at Evergreen Cemetery on Friday, May 2, discovered the body of 35-year-old Naysha Mendez on a footpath near the crematorium around 7:45 p.m. She had been stabbed multiple times. Original report: Body Of Murdered New Haven Woman Found In Cemetery Investigators said Mendez was stabbed in the Ella T. Grasso Bou…

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
Police ID Woman Found Dead In CT Cemetery; Death Ruled Homicide Police ID Woman Found Dead In CT Cemetery; Death Ruled Homicide
Police ID Woman Found Dead In CT Cemetery; Death Ruled Homicide Authorities have identified the body of a 35-year-old woman found in a Connecticut cemetery on Friday, May 2, and confirmed she was the victim of a homicide.  The body of Naysha Mendez was discovered at Evergreen Cemetery in New Haven, officials said. A man who regularly walks his dog through the Ella T. Grasso Boulevard cemetery found the body on a dirt path near the crematorium shortly after 7:45 p.m. New Haven Police Chief Karl Jacobson said the state of the body, along with the fact that Mendez had suffered “multiple wounds,” led investigators to conclude she was murdered. However,…

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
Headstone Heist: CT Police Searching For Family's Stolen Grave Marker Headstone Heist: CT Police Searching For Family's Stolen Grave Marker
Headstone Heist: CT Police Searching For Family's Stolen Grave Marker Police are asking for the public's help to find a gravestone stolen from a Connecticut cemetery. A family contacted Connecticut State Police this summer after the joint granite headstone for Gloria Benard and her son Michael Benard was taken from South Cemetery in Brooklyn, Windham County. The family is offering a $2,500 reward for information on who took the Twilight Red stone, state police said. An anonymous benefactor who heard of the theft paid to replace the grave marker, but the family wants the original back and the person who took it punished.  Police are asking anyone with i…

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by Josh Lanier