Nearly 180-year-old cemetery left untouched by vandals, until now

AUSTERLITZ — In 1830, Ithamer and Hannah Lane left the property that is now the Austerlitz Cemetery to the town. In the almost 180 years that it has been there, the graves of those buried there, many belonging to families with a long history connected to the town, have been left alone. But in one night almost three weeks ago, around 20 stones were destroyed and now the cemetery board must pick up the pieces, quite literally, left by vandals.