In a message dated 6/13/04 4:23:19 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Soszkaej@aol.com writes: << it.  This right-of-way may be taken away due to a company wanting to build homes in that area & they have a no trespassing sign posted (needless to say, we did not pay attention to it) - the company is Lighthouse Bluff LLC.  I will be in contact with the Planning Board of the Town of Esopus regarding this cemetery! >> I am pretty sure there are laws about this subject. Please let me know what you find out. A friend of mine in Rhode Island fought a huge construction company and the town and, sure enough, there were laws prohibiting taking away the right of way and the company had to adhere to a lot of rules regarding how far around the cemetery was sacred ground and couldn't be built upon. This is a very important subject and I would like to know all I can on it. Elaine Decker

Elaine I recently had a similar discussion abt a Clarke Cem in Oswego. I think 'the company moved the bones' and set up a memorial. Was that sufficient and legally satisfactory? Lauren -----Original Message---From: ElaineDecker@cs.com [mailto:ElaineDecker@cs.com] Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2004 5:51 PM To: NY-CENTRA-L@rootsweb.com Re: [NYCENTRAL] TOWN OF ESOPUS CEMETERY In a message dated 6/13/04 4:23:19 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Soszkaej@aol.com writes: << it.  This right-of-way may be taken away due to a company wanting to build homes in that area & they have a no trespassing sign posted (needless to say, we did not pay attention to it) - the company is Lighthouse Bluff LLC.  I will be in contact with the Planning Board of the Town of Esopus regarding this cemetery! >> I am pretty sure there are laws about this subject. Please let me know what you find out. A friend of mine in Rhode Island fought a huge construction company and the town and, sure enough, there were laws prohibiting taking away the right of way and the company had to adhere to a lot of rules regarding how far around the cemetery was sacred ground and couldn't be built upon. This is a very important subject and I would like to know all I can on it. Elaine Decker