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A community is reeling after items were removed from gravestones that honored their loved ones. The Milford Cemetery Association is strictly enforcing what items can be placed on gravestones. On Tuesday morning, people trickled into the Kings Highway Cemetery in Milford, not to visit their loved ones, instead it was to sift through mounds of discarded items. “I haven’t found my plaques yet, or my turtles but I’m still looking,” said Joni Henning, who lost her son to suicide on Nov. 1, 2012. The Milford Cemetery Association placed signs with rules and regulations throughout the cemetery over the summer. They say the rules have always been in place – but were never strictly enforced until now. A letter from the association states: The signs for rules and regulations enforcement have been placed throughout the cemetery since July 2024, which gave families time to remove there items. Effective October 1, 2024 is when our maintenance crew began removal of items that were not…..