Springfield City Council approves subdivision plat surrounding 200-year-old family cemetery

But the process to get there was longer than is typical — from mid-March up to this week — and the subdivision plan prompted tension and scrutiny, as a developer’s subdivision plans conflicted with centuries of family tradition.

The owner of the project, TAG Property Development, wants to subdivide the 26-acre site into 18 lots for single-family homes, plus common areas.

But the plan had a major hiccup. A local family, the Dorans, have a private cemetery located on the land owned by the developer…

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