 Dalton Student to Plant Trees in PittsfieldWahconah Regional High School junior Brodie Kelly-Smith is doing a research project on recent fires across the state. To complete the project, Kelly-Smith had to take the initiative to address the issues and he chose Pittsfield as a recipient.  Pittsfield Awarded Grant to Plant Native Shade TreesThis funding will enable the city to plant 40 native shade trees in a middle-income neighborhood that currently lacks sufficient street tree cover, located outside of the designated Greening the Gateway Cities area.  Park Square Maple Couldn't Weather Summer StormsA large limb from a 32-foot sugar maple in the park fell next to the fountain area over the weekend. Caution tape and traffic barrels now surround the aftermath.  Late-Night Crash Takes Out Main Street Tree in North AdamsAn errant pickup truck took out one of the trees on Main Street on Thursday night. Lanesborough Elm Tree Named Largest in StateLocated at the corner of Route 7 and Summer St., the king is believed to be over 250 years old and is 107 feet tall with an average canopy spread of 95.5 feet.  Pittsfield Celebrates Robert 'Bob' Presutti on Arbor DayOfficials celebrated Arbor Day on Friday by installing a commemorative plaque next to the American elm sapling. This is a tree that James McGrath, the city's park program manager, said Presutti would have been particularly proud of. Dalton Traffic Commission Recommends Relocating TreesParking around Pinegrove Park generates the most complaints during football and baseball season.  Mass MoCA's Iconic Upside-Down Trees Being RetiredNatalie Jeremijenko's meditation on resiliency, "Tree Logic," will be retired after 25 years of turning heads at the entrance to Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art.  Berkshire County Historical Society Honors Lucretia WilliamsBerkshire County Historical Society honored the Berkshires' first known environmentalist, Lucretia Williams, by planting an elm tree at Park Square on Thursday, Tree Planting Day. Berkshire County Historical Society Celebrates Plant a Tree DayThis free event is open to the public. Pittsfield Celebrates Arbor Day at Springside ParkThe tree was donated by the Conway School of Landscape Design in Northampton in honor of its 50th anniversary and replaces one that fell down during a windstorm last about a year ago. |
