Bayside Cemetery

10/16/2026

The autumn colors have peaked here on the Raquette River and winter is nipping at our heels. Be sure to get a nice walk in around beautiful Bayside Cemetery while we still have some color.

10/16/2026

The North Country’s self-proclaimed “crazy cemetery lady” has officially cleaned more than 3,000 gravestones- a six-year endeavor that’s culminated in national attention.

https://www.wwnytv.com/2026/10/15/this-crazy-lady-is-just-getting-started/

04/30/2026

Volunteers (left to right) Bob Josephson, Garnet Learned, and Whitney Darmstadt recently planted five Princeton American elms and five hackberry trees at Bayside Cemetery in Potsdam.

Donations to support the Bayside Cemetery Association may be mailed to P.O. Box 491, Potsdam, NY 13676, or made online at baysidepotsdam.org/donate. As a 501(c)(13) nonprofit cemetery organization, contributions are tax-deductible, as allowed by law.

For more information about Bayside Cemetery, visit baysidepotsdam.org or email [email protected].

04/15/2026

Thank you, Clarkson University students!!!

11/19/2025

Clarkson University Honors students are getting their hands dirty to preserve local history through a partnership with the Bayside Cemetery Association in Potsdam. As part of the Clarkson Honors …

10/31/2025

Home - Home > News & Events > Clarkson Honors Students Help Preserve Potsdam’s History Through Bayside Cemetery Partnership October 30, 2025 Clarkson University Honors students are getting their hands dirty to preserve local history through a partnership with the Bayside Cemetery Association in Po...

09/21/2025

Repair to fallen and broken monuments is underway at Bayside, funded by a very generous donor. These markers are ineligible for state dangerous monument grants because they are no longer considered dangerous. The work is being carried out by Jeff Paro.

09/09/2025

Bayside Cemetery has completed the next phase of a multi-year restoration project. Lupini Construction of Utica recently finished the restoration of the southern urn-bearing tower, a part of the sandstone entrance to the cemetery, which was constructed in 1905 of locally quarried Potsdam sandstone.

In 2023, the Bayside Cemetery Association commenced a multi-year effort to fully restore the entrance to the cemetery. That year, the tops of the towers were sealed to prevent water pe*******on and, last year, the cross-bearing tower was fully restored. This year, the third phase, the full restoration of the southern urn-bearing tower, was completed.

“The progress we have made in this restoration is due to the generosity of the Bayside and Potsdam Communities,” said Bayside Cemetery Association President Mark Lee. “We are so grateful for their support and wish to thank everyone for their generosity. The association also thanks the John and Dorotha VanNess Family Fund and the Rock Charitable Fund, both administered by the Northern New York Community Foundation, for their important support.”

Donations to support the Bayside Cemetery Association’s efforts to restore its historic sandstone entrance may be mailed to P.O. Box 491, Potsdam, NY 13676, or made online at baysidepotsdam.org/donate. As a 501(c)(13) nonprofit cemetery organization, contributions are tax-deductible, as allowed by law.

For more information about Bayside Cemetery, visit baysidepotsdam.org or email [email protected].

03/09/2025

POTSDAM -- The village of Potsdam's Department of Public Works brought home its first shipment of Potsdam sandstone from the St. Lawrence Psychiatric Center demolition project in Ogdensburg …

03/06/2025