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In its weekly voxpop, the Advertiser asked people’s opinions on non-Newark residents not being able to be buried at the cemetery. At a Newark Town Council meeting, councillors decided only Newark residents will be allowed to be buried at the cemetery – unless there are exceptional circumstances. A working group investigating the burial provisions in the town found out it might only be seven years away from reaching its capacity. Ivan Trotter said: “We are running out of space at the cemetery. “It is sad for people who want to be buried there. I think it is a good decision to preserve what spac…

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