Beginning in August, Asplundh Tree Company will be performing work on behalf of National Grid. Crews throughout town will be cutting, clearing, pruning and removing trees around electrical transmission lines. The work is expected to last into mid September. Any questions should be directed to National Grid Arborist David W. Donaghue at 508-482-1242.
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Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Nation Grid tree work to start
Monday, May 7, 2012
Saving the American Chestnut tree
For more than a century, a relentless blight has decimated the American chestnut tree, driving the nation’s once grandest hardwood to the edge of extinction.
First identified in 1904 in chestnut trees near the Brooklyn Zoo, the blight is thought to have arrived on imported Japanese chestnuts. It spread by airborne spores across the Eastern seaboard, eventually killing an estimated four billion trees, said Paul Franklin, communications director of The American Chestnut Foundation.
“The American chestnut has gone from being a dominant tree to a shrub. If we do not intercede, it will eventually become extinct,” he said from the Foundation’s headquarters in Asheville, N.C.
Read more: http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/x1266595025/Saving-the-American-chestnut-tree#ixzz1uAydZqOl
The American Chestnut Foundation website can be found here http://www.acf.org/
While we are talking about trees, I have noticed that the maple tree is suffering from blight here in Franklin.
More about maple blight http://www.savatree.com/maple-tree.html
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Monday, January 9, 2012
Reminder: Christmas tree pick up this week!
Natural Christmas trees will be picked up curbside the week of January 9th on your normal trash and recycling pick up day. Make sure they are within 3 feet of the curb and out the day before. Artificial trees and/or trees with decorations, tinsel, lights or other ornaments will not be picked up.
This was posted to the official Franklin page here
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Christmas Tree Pickup Schedule
Natural Christmas trees will be picked up curbside the week of January 9th on your normal trash and recycling pick up day. Make sure they are within 3 feet of the curb and out the day before. Artificial trees and/or trees with decorations, tinsel, lights or other ornaments will NOT be picked up.
This was originally posted to the Franklin, MA website
http://franklinma.virtualtownhall.net/Pages/FranklinMA_News/018053E5-000F8513
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
In the News - tree pickup, auditions, copper wire
Tree pick up in Franklin next week
Franklin Performing Arts Company auditions
$20K in copper wires recovered
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Tree damage
Susan's Way
Parmenter School
Wachusett St
Milliken Ave
King St
Being without electricity gives a new sense of what it is like to "have not".
Monday, June 13, 2011
"Prospect Street residents have not objected to the work"
After a hearing before the Planning Board last month, Cantoreggi looked at the trees and determined an oak near 324 Prospect St. did not need to be cut, he said.
"I think they wanted the tree down because it was in their way," Cantoreggi said. "I was more of the stance that the tree hadn't failed and I didn't see an immediate safety concern. It's a large beautiful tree. I didn't want to see it cut down."
National Grid had initially wanted to cut 10 trees but scaled back the plan after touring the area with Cantoreggi, company representatives said at the hearing.
The work is part of a program in which the company identifies areas with frequent outages caused by falling trees or branches and trims or cuts trees to reduce the problem, company representatives said at the hearing.
"Tree-related outages are among the leading cause of service interruptions for our customers," National Grid spokeswoman Deborah Drew said in an interview.
Read more: http://www.milforddailynews.com/archive/x1166553320/Franklin-agrees-to-a-little-tree-trimming-off-Prospect-Street#ixzz1P9BiGuWF
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
In the News - trees, veterans, liquor, children
Franklin debates cutting trees
Hosford: Franklin veterans event was well done
Store to go before Franklin council on liquor charge
Dean College Children’s Center to hold open house Tuesday
Franklin, MA
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Tree Pickup - Alternatives
- If you have missed your day of pick up this week maybe you can contact a friend or relative in Franklin who may have a Wednesday, Thursday or Friday pickup and ask if you can put the tree at their curbside.
- The Beaver Street Recycle Center is open Friday and Saturday throughout the year from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm.
- All trees must be free of ornaments and tinsel. Do not place in a plastic bag.
Christmas trees will be picked up on your trash day this week
Last year, the tree pickup was scheduled for Saturday of this week. I guess I will be taking down the tree tonight to make our Wednesday trash schedule day.
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Franklin, MA
Friday, October 29, 2010
Public Notice: Tree Removal of Public Shade Trees
A public hearing will be held on Thursday, November 4, 2010, 3:00 PM on the Franklin Town Common for the cutting and removal of thirteen hazard/dieing trees. The public shade trees to be removed are located at the Town Common. All interested people should meet at the gazebo at 3:00 PM. All trees to be removed will be marked with yellow caution tape.
Robert A. Cantoreggi
Tree Warden/Director of Public Works
Franklin, MA
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Live reporting - DPW - Town Common Trees
David Anderson, certified arborist, consulted with the DPW
The presentation document:
Franklin, MA: DPW - Tree Presentation
Mostly Norway Maples on the Common,
the diameter of a tree is measured 4.5 feet off the ground
diversity of trees on Common, sugar maples,
A big beautiful tree can be gone in a day with weather or capable machinery
but it takes about 100 years to get the tree to look like it does
issues, no defined tree care maintenance budget, it has been reduced over time due to the issues with the budget
recommend hearing by public tree warden then remove 12 possibly hazardous trees ASAP
consider relocating the carnival so it saves the ground compacting issues
McGann - if we don't do the removal, the other trees will be impacted
Cantoreggi - We all love trees, some we should cut down but I don't want to do that without having done a presentation first.
Vallee - What would it cost to take down these trees?
Cantoreggi - I think we can do these in house as time permits
Pfeffer - there maybe tree person who would come in and do that work to gain the wood from it
Nutting - we should proceed with the hearing on the trees?
Mason - yes, check with the tree wardens schedule.
Franklin, MA
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Christmas trees will be picked up January 9th
Additional information from the Fall/Winter Curbside Chronicle can be found here:
Note: email subscribers will need to click through to Franklin Matters to view the Curbside Chronicle document
Friday, December 4, 2009
In the News - Angel tree moved, Holiday Stroll
Friends of Franklin move angel tree to Shaw's
from The Milford Daily News News RSS by Heather McCarron/Daily News staff------
Organized by the Downtown Partnership, more than 100 people gathered in front of Dean Hall for a tree lighting ceremony before taking off to explore offerings at over 35 participating businesses.
"This is better than we ever expected," said Partnership Executive Director Lisa Piana. "I'm sure the weather has something to do with it."
Franklin Holiday Stroll a success
Monday, March 2, 2009
"the loggers will create a fire road"
For the first time since the town commissioned its long-term forestation program study in 2000, officials will step into the woods with paintguns and begin marking up ill-fated trees, said Conservation Commission member Paul Boncek.
Barring unforeseen weather problems, Boncek will accompany registered forester Philip Benjamin of Easton on Wednesday to examine the town's open space. Benjamin conducted the study and "is intimately familiar" with the property, just off Summer Street.
Using a remote camera, Boncek will record their walk through the woods, stopping at various trees to explain why they are choosing to knock down each particular one, he said. He plans to put the recording on cable access television so people have a better understanding of the process and the purpose of the forestation program, he said.
"It's a unique thing and people often don't understand it," Boncek said. "After we mark up all these trees, sunlight makes the young trees grow up and older ones get more sunlight and become healthier."
read the full story about the reforestation planning in the Milford Daily News here
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Public hearing notice
"The Bellingham Tree Warden will conduct a public hearing on November 24, 2008 at 7:00 PM in the Cafeteria of the Paul J. Primavera Education Center, 80 Hairpin St, to review proposed tree removal and plantings along the Pulaski Blvd right of way related to the Pulaski Blvd Improvement Project, Chapter 87, section 3 for cutting of public shade trees."
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Tie a green ribbon?
I recall the lyrics being something like "tie a yellow ribbon".
What does it mean when all these trees get green ribbons?
If you have had the opportunity to drive down Washington St into Bellingham, where the road changes name to Pulaski Blvd, there are dozens of trees tagged with green ribbons and these plastic cards.
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Friday, June 27, 2008
"as you learn more, you evolve "
The Conservation Commission last night took a step forward in its plan to cut select trees from about 25 acres of the Franklin State Forest bordering Summer Street to keep the forest healthy and thriving.
The commission voted to allow Conservation Agent Nick Alfieri to prepare an request for a proposal to hire a consultant who will draw up a forest management plan.
Two commission members, Pearce Murphy and Jon Fournier, voted against the plan. "I feel ... for 10,000 years, forests have survived" without human intervention, Pearce said.
Commenting that he is not speaking for or against the plan, Alfieri advised the commission that it will have complete control over which trees it wants chopped, and they can change their minds even after consultants create a plan.
Read the full article in the Milford Daily News here
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
King Street - sidewalk detour reasons gone
When King Street was re-done, the sidewalk took a turn to go around two stately trees.
Alas, the trees are no longer.
The sidewalk however, still makes the curve around what used to be.