An old, large black cherry tree with a trunk some 5 feet in diameter snapped 30 feet above the ground and fell recently at Griffin Cemetery in North Scranton.

For Montville, which has 54 to 64 cemeteries, depending on the source, many have been abandoned.

At another abandoned Black cemetery in Clearwater, disturbed graves now rest underneath an office building's parking lot. The site had previously been where the St. Matthews Baptist Church and ...

Long Island Suffolk Volunteers restoring LI's abandoned cemeteries Babylon Town Board member Lindsay Henry is shown next to some historic graves in Babylon Cemetery on Deer Park Avenue.

TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. – An effort in Florida’s Legislature to repair and preserve abandoned and historic cemeteries throughout the state – including lost Black burial grounds – is making ...

Florida Sen. Janet Cruz and Rep. Fentrice Driskell filed new legislation to correct what they call historic wrongs, and restore the dignity of Florida’s abandoned African American cemeteries.

local Abandoned cemeteries a growing issue in Minn. Deep in the woods of southern Minnesota, lies a cemetery that is slowly coming back to life. Abandoned cemeteries a growing issue in Minn.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida legislators are expected to hear a bill this session that addresses land access when erased or abandoned cemeteries are on private property.