Article: Cell phone tower spot won't bother residents; Edina moves to change its ordinances so cell phone towers can be erected in cemeteries.(NEWS)

Byline: Mary Jane Smetanka; Staff Writer

Much to Dan Kantar's irritation, sometimes his cell phone connection fades when he's at work at Adath Yeshurun Cemetery in Edina.

"I hate to call it a dead zone, but we have a lot of dropped calls in the area, and we're in the center of it," he said.

Sprint has a plan to fix that kind of problem.

If Edina approves, the company will erect a 70-foot cell phone tower at the center of the historic cemetery at France Avenue and 56th Street. But first, the city must change its ordinances to allow such an installation.

While similar proposals have stirred controversy and cries of sacrilege in ...

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