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Wednesday, August 20, 2008

08/20/08 Everyone In Havemeyer Park Is A Happy Camper, Because Of Town Tree Warden Bruce Spaman's Effotts


Tree Warden Bruce Spaman's Ability To Resolve The Dispute About The North Ridge Road Silver Maple Tree Has Even Made Our Friends To The North Sing... Kumbia my Lord, Kumbia....

Maple tree saved

By Neil Vigdor
Greenwich Time Staff Writer
Article Launched: 08/20/2008 02:29:52 AM

Arbor Day is celebrated in April, but a group of Havemeyer Park residents has a special tree to fete in mid-August.

After fighting to save a silver maple on town property in front of a residence at 38 North Ridge Road from being cut down, the group got word Tuesday from town Tree Warden Bruce Spaman that their beloved maple is staying.

"We're going to save the tree," said Spaman, who held a public hearing last Thursday to discuss a request by the owner of the abutting property to have the town cut down the tree.

Despite the homeowner's contention that the silver maple posed a danger to his family's safety because its limbs jut over his house, Spaman said he saw no signs of significant defects that would cause the tree to fall....

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