Overgrown grass and weeds at East Erie’s Lakeside Cemetery have drawn attention and concern in recent weeks, prompting coverage from Erie News Now and questions from families with loved ones buried there.
While the cemetery’s new owners say they’re working to address maintenance challenges, a group of local kids decided not to wait, they took action themselves.
Erie News Now’s Mark Soliday visited the site where the young volunteers spent the day trimming grass and clearing weeds around grave sites, doing their part to restore dignity to the resting place…