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The gravesite of Charlie and Braden Powell is shown still covered by a cemetery canopy, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012, in Woodbine Cemetery in Puyallup, Wash. Pierce County Sheriff's officials said Wednesday that the Crimestoppers anti-crime organization has purchased the plots on either side of the Powell boys, to make sure their father, Josh Powell, who killed the boys and himself when he set fire to his house on Feb. 5, 2012, isn't buried next to them. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Josh Powell's family backs off cemetery decision

Last updated Thursday, February 16, 2012 - 10:28pm

SEATTLE — The man who killed his two sons in an explosive house fire in Washington state will not be buried in the same cemetery as the children, his family said Thursday.

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Tiffany's Memorial Pet Cemetery is the resting spot for many pets in Ogden. Photographed Thursday, Oct. 28, 2004, at the Ogden City Cemetery. (WHITNEY CURTIS/STANDARD-EXAMINER)

Cemetery opens plots for pets next to humans

Paula Schleis Akron Beacon Journal

Last updated Thursday, February 2, 2012 - 11:21am

KENT, Ohio -- Families have been known to skirt cemetery rules in trying to reunite Fido or Patches with their owners, slipping a tiny tub of ashes into a casket or sprinkling their remains at a grave site when no one's looking.

But come spring, animal lovers won't have to be surreptitious anymore at Standing Rock Cemetery.

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West Haven offers discount on burial plots

Amber Weston Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, January 13, 2012 - 12:27am

WEST HAVEN -- The city is ready to sell burial plots in the new cemetery and is offering a discount for early purchases.

City residents or property owners can go to City Hall between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. Jan. 23 or 24 to purchase plots at the discounted price of $450. After the presale, the plots will cost $550.

"It's a great public service to the residents," said West Haven Parks and Recreation Director Brock Randall.

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Centerville restricts rights and hikes fees for nonresident burials

Tanna Woods Standard-Examiner correspondent

Last updated Wednesday, May 4, 2011 - 9:27pm

CENTERVILLE -- Centerville is restricting the sale of burial rights for nonresidents to only at the time of need; it's also increasing fees for nonresident burials to equal or exceed those charged at private cemeteries.

Staff prepared an ordinance regarding burials in Centerville City Cemetery after a March discussion with the city council. That ordinance has been drafted by city staff and was planned for an early April meeting, but has been postponed to a meeting sometime this month.

The new ordinance limits the sale of single-depth burial spaces to nonresidents to the time of actual need, though it does allow surviving spouses to purchase a future right when their wife or husband dies.

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