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Letter: New Canaan Historical Society Seeks Information on ‘Maple Street Cemetery’
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To the editor:
The Merritt Village approval, which came late Tuesday night, Nov. 29, after the Planning & Zoning Commission hearing, was made with conditions which were to be released to the public as early as Nov. 30. The Board of the New Canaan Historical Society has requested, and would like to receive, the document containing the conditions, since many are understood to relate to the historic Maple Street Cemetery, an “ancient burial ground,” according to state statutes. Results from the second GPR (ground penetrating radar scan), completed in mid-November, contained at least two anomalies, which resulted in a soil test of Parcel P and surrounding area, prior to Thanksgiving. We would also like to know what resulted from this soil test. Were human remains, grave shafts, or other items found in this area?