SOLON – One of the oldest, most well-known types of businesses is trying to reinvent itself. It’s normally thought of as recession-proof. Now, owners are turning a place typically filled with sorrow into a scenic, social center. One of the most popular places to host an event in Solon sits right next to a cemetery. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘swine flu’
30 Sep
Funeral Homes Prepare for Possible H1N1 Surge
As Americans await the release of the H1N1 vaccine, companies, families and individuals are doubling down their efforts to inoculate themselves against the possible pandemic. One industry preparing for a run on product is the last industry you’ll rely on: the funeral home.” “We need to make sure we have enough embalming fluid and caskets,” [...]
29 Sep
Compost in the Sky: Eco-Friendly Burials Trend Include Liquid Nitrogen, Pine Boxes
Ashes to ashes. Dust to dust. If it were that simple, then funeral parlors wouldn’t have so much work to do. There is a lot involved preparing a loved one for their final resting place. With a world population closing in on 7 billion, that means there could be around 7 billion dead in the [...]
18 Sep
Women Arrested After Bodies of “Cremated” Dogs Found Dumped in Field
They had paid to have their much-loved pets cremated and some had forked out extra so they could keep the ashes. Now the dog owners have learned to their horror that the ceremonies never took place and that the bodies of their pets were dumped in a field. The corpses of four dogs were identified [...]
2 Sep
Funeral Directors: Track Swine Flu Outbreaks in Your Area
While we wait for scientists to perfect a vaccine for the H1N1 virus, researchers at Children’s Hospital Boston and the MIT Media Lab have offered up a helpful tool in our arsenal against the flu: the Outbreaks Near Me iPhone app, which allows users to report and track infectious disease outbreaks as they happen. Read [...]
