Calling all cemetery lovers!
The volunteer Friends of Middletown Cemeteries is being reactivated and will meet Monday, March 30 at 1 p.m. at the Town Hall to discuss possible projects and activities.
The group was active for several years, recording headstone inscriptions, cleaning monuments, tidying grounds, trimming brush and doing other tasks to improve local cemeteries.
There is a need for volunteer help once again, as resources are thin and manpower dwindling. Town of Middletown Historian Diane Galusha has called the meeting to recruit former and new volunteers and solicit ideas for group or individual projects to do in 2026.
All are welcome. If you cannot make the meeting, call 845—586-4973 to be kept informed of Friends activities and ways to help.
Ben Erickson fills a hole at the old Halcottsville Cemetery in 2020.