Big changes are coming to Newark Cemetery to help expand its lifespan. Newark Town Council has decided only Newark residents will be allowed to be buried at the cemetery – unless there are exceptional circumstances. A working group was set up last year to investigate burial provisions in the town and make plans for Newark Cemetery, which the council has responsibility for, after it was found it might only be a few decades away from reaching capacity. During discussions at the council’s finance and general purposes committee meeting a number of proposals and amendments were put forward to funda…
