ELLSWORTH (AP) — An energy company planning to tear down a gas station first has to find out whether anyone is buried below the site.
WABI-TV reports the proposal to replace the station with new pumps and a larger store in Ellsworth was brought up by R.H. Foster at a planning board meeting Wednesday.
The property was home to a church and cemetery in the 1800s. The company hired a team to use ground penetrating radar and found no evidence of a burial ground.
But a city councilor says graves are buried up to 15 feet behind the current convenience store.
Planning board officials suggested that the company re-examine the area.
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