Restore trees to East Arlington

[This letter to the editor from Clarissa Rowe, former Board of Selectmen member, and current Town Meeting Member for Precinct 4 in East Arlington, appeared in last week's Advocate, and is worth repeating. Please share this information with others.]

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Restore trees to East Arlington

Last week’s microburst storm in East Arlington destroyed more than 100 shade trees there. There was extensive damage to other trees as well. Nearly every block is missing at least one major shade tree now. If you haven’t seen the damage, take a walk or a short drive down a couple of streets in East Arlington and you will see.

If people want to help replace those trees, please consider donating to the town of Arlington’s "Trees Please" fund. You can contribute at the treasurer’s office on the first floor of Town Hall (map), or at the DPW at 51 Grove St (map). The other place you can give money for new trees is at the Tree Committee’s booth at Town Day. These contributions will help the tree department and the Tree Committee plant more trees next spring, and could aid efforts at pruning the storm-damaged trees this fall.

If you are interesting in helping out with the spring planting effort, please go to www.arlingtontrees.org.

Clarissa Rowe, Herbert Road

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[Adding to Clarissa's letter, you can also donate to the "Trees Please" fund in the form of a check made payable to ‘Trees Please’ - Town of Arlington and mailed to:

Trees Please Fund, Department of Public Works
51 Grove Street
Arlington, MA 02476

See arlingtontrees.org/trees-please-program for more details]