Article: Board sorry for its hasty approval; Historical Commission protests plans for garden, memorial on Town Common.(LOCAL NEWS)

Byline: Betsy Haley-Cormier

WESTMINSTER - Plans for a memorial garden and granite benches atop Academy Hill have been put on hold until town officials can agree on where they should go.

Selectmen met with the Westminster Historical Commission on Wednesday night to discuss the procedure for the placement of both gifts, which were offered to the town earlier this year.

Elaine Jones, mother of Westminster soldier 1st Lt. Ryan-Patrick Jones, had planned to place granite benches around the town gazebo on Academy Hill in memory of her son, who was killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq in May. In a separate project, a memorial garden honoring all branches ...

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