Ridgeleigh Residents Ponder Solutions for Oakleigh Pet Cemetery
The community is willing to pitch in and help clean up the property, which an expert called 'neglected', but only if they can find others interesting in helping.
The long-beleaguered Oakleigh Pet Cemetery could be the focus of one community's efforts to beautify their neighborhood if they are able to partner with other organizations on the effort. The cemetery, located at 8408 Oakleigh Road, has been declining for about 20 years—headstones are broken, vandalized or misplaced and graves sunken in—and is a serious concern for residents who live nearby and those who have pets buried there. About 35 people with ties to the property, either neighbors or property owners, attended a recent Ridgeleigh Community Association meeting regarding the cemetery, where they heard from "Bigg" Jim Jones of the Paranormal Research and Investigative Society of Maryland. Jones, who has 40 years experience documenting …
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Joe Tragesser
12:47 pm on Friday, March 8, 2013
My issue with the owner is why have an alleged "agent" to "organize" a cleanup. Why isn't the "owner" more involved in the process? But he bought the property originally as "an investment". I have other issues with Cindy. But to unilaterally state that we cannot be on the property, which we have paid plots on, and that we cannot take photos. Really? What do they have to hide out at the cemetery … more ›