Gate at Westfield’s Old Burying Ground now restored after 2022 car crash

Westfield Historical Commission Chair Cindy Gaylord points to where Dave Procopio of Iron Pioneer Ironworks repaired the gate to the Old Burying Ground in Westfield, which had been damaged by a hit-and-run car crash in October 2022. (CLIFF CLARK / THE WESTFIELD NEWS)

WESTFIELD — With the repair of the Old Burying Ground's wrought-iron gate completed, the Historical Commission will rededicate the city's oldest cemetery at noon, Saturday, June 17.

The wrought-iron posts and gate doors needed extensive repairs after a car crashed through it in late October, said Cindy Gaylord, the chair of the city's Historical Commission.

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