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Column: Hawaiian Memorial Park Cemetery expansion needed for cultural, environmental purposes

JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM
                                A plot of forest just outside Hawaiian Memorial Park Cemetery in Kaneohe was photographed in November. Several neighboring residents are challenging a plan by the cemetery owner to enlarge the cemetery with 30,000 more plots on 28 acres, which includes this forested area near their homes.

JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM

A plot of forest just outside Hawaiian Memorial Park Cemetery in Kaneohe was photographed in November. Several neighboring residents are challenging a plan by the cemetery owner to enlarge the cemetery with 30,000 more plots on 28 acres, which includes this forested area near their homes.