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June 25, 2025

Discovery of unmarked graves leads to city closing alley next to Newtown Cemetery

By Lizzie Stone, city council reporter

City council members voted to close the alley adjacent to Newtown Cemetery which connects Hill and Sterling streets because of the evidence of unmarked graves in the space.

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June 17, 2022

Grant helps cover restoration of Newtown Cemetery’s oldest markers — one grave at a time

By Bridget Manley, Publisher

The Newtown Cemetery, one of ares’s most historic cemeteries, is getting rejuvenated — little by little — thanks to a grant through the state of Virginia. 

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