Lenox Cemetery Commission Elects New Chair, Adds Two Members

Other Committee · Meeting of July 28, 2026

Lenox Cemetery Commission reorganizes, weighs how to fund unfinished restoration work. New Chair Peter Williams and Vice Chair Patricia "Pat" Flynn were elected alongside Clerk Cheryl Ressitots, as new members Maria Carr and Chris Marsden joined the five-person board succeeding longtime chair Karen. Flynn reported the Cemetery Trust Fund holds $133,104.45 after a roughly $300,000 withdrawal funded a multiyear restoration of the cemetery's oldest section.

The town added $10,000 in new discretionary funding this fiscal year, bringing the combined highway-cemetery budget line to $16,000, while $44,000 in reallocated Community Preservation Committee grant money — originally intended for the Hearst House — will fund a second restoration phase on the cemetery's vault building. A stalled flagpole memorial area, where bids topped $10,000 against just $5,000 in available funds, prompted member Chris Marsden to warn: "I just have trouble spending a whole lot of money on letting this take a life of its own."

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Source: the Other Committee meeting of July 28, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.