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Santa, Mrs. Clause and Frosty the Snowman took a ride with Lynbrook Fire Chief Carl Lengel in a vintage fire truck.
Lynbrook rings in holiday season with festive celebration
Atlantic Avenue was converted into a winter wonderland on Dec. 3, as hundreds of residents participated in Lynbrook’s holiday extravaganza. more
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Tessa Sanneman, in red, Kate Sanneman and Lila Rivara, alongside Hempstead Town Councilman Anthony D’Esposito, left, Trustee Emilio Grillo and Mayor Francis Murray, got ready to flip the switch too illuminate the village’s Christmas tree.
Rockville Centre celebrates annual tree lighting
Rockville Centre residents joined local officials and other community members at the Village Green on Nov. 30 to flip the switch on the village’s Christmas tree lights and officially ring in the holiday season. more
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A fungus, causing the trees’ leaves to fall off or become blotchy, has run rampant in Rockville Centre and other areas of Long Island in recent years.
Mass removal of Rockville Centre's dying pear trees is imminent
More than 100 Rockville Centre residents are considering removing dying pear trees on the curbsides outside of their homes in the coming weeks as part of a “tackling trees” initiative set up by the RVC Conservancy this past summer. more
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Cradle of Aviation Museum is filled with holiday glitz this weekend as it welcomes the Long Island Festival of Trees. The event features entertainment, crafts, and varied activities, in addition to the creative display of trees.
Glittery charms at the Cradle of Aviation Museum
The Festival of Trees returns to Museum Row in Garden City with the latest edition of its popular spectacle this weekend. more
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Vinnie Drzewucki, right, told Valley Stream resident Kevin Gray that the pokeweed growing on Gray’s property is poisonous.
Valley Streamers get lesson in expert tree care
“I feel like I’m the Lorax here, but I want everyone here in this room to become a Lorax in their own right,” Vinnie Drzewucki told a small gathering of residents at Village Hall on Oct. 17, referring to the tree-defending character created by Dr. Seuss. Drzewucki, a resource educator at Cornell University’s Cooperative Extension, was the first speaker in a series of events aimed at acquainting the community with what will become a new multi-purpose theater once the courthouse on Rockaway Avenue is completed in 2018. more
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Schirrmacher, left, and McNichol measure the pine tree sapling after planting. The group will return each year to measure the trees’ growth until they become Boy Scouts.
A future in trees for Oceanside’s Bear Cub Den 7
Fall is planting season, and care for the environment has long been a core tenant of the Cub Scout philosophy. That was why on Oct. 10 boys from Oceanside’s Bear Den No. 7 visited Oceanside … more
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DPW puts out request for proposals to replace dead trees
With about 1,000 ornamental pear trees dying from a fungus known as “pear rust” throughout Lynbrook, village officials have authorized the Department of Public Works to request proposals for a … more
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Designated a “tree City” by the Arbor Day Foundation, the Village of Valley Stream is considering requiring permits for cutting down trees on residential property. Above, the tree lined horizon at Edward W. Cahill Memorial Park in 2014.
Village of Valley Stream discussing code that would protect trees
In an effort to preserve trees in the village, Valley Stream officials are in the early stages of discussing a new code — based on a similar one in the Village of Malverne — that would prohibit residents from cutting down trees on their property without a permit. more
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Forests truly are enchanted worlds
I grew up in a ranch-style home on two acres in Yaphank, in Suffolk County, from the late 1960s through the late ’80s, when the hamlet mainly comprised cabbage and horse farms, wildflower fields and forest. more
In 2014, PSE&G changed its tree-trimming standards. The clearance zones for branches that are close to primary conductors are now eight feet to the left and right, 12 feet above the conductors and 10 feet below them.
‘We have to have this cohabitation’
In anticipation of the fall hurricane season, PSEG Long Island has been trimming trees in the village since July 10 to ward off potential power failures caused by trees knocking down power lines. But the trim work, some residents say, is unnecessarily aggressive and is mutilating the trees. “It’s a massacre,” said Neil Gilmartin, an area resident for more than 50 years. “It’s anything but tree trimming. They are having a great time destroying what took 50-60 years to grow.” more
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