Barrington brush-chipping program runs through June 21
The Barrington Department of Public Works has been busy chipping downed tree limbs and other vegetation since last October, but the official brush-chipping program is due to end June 21. A busy storm season — it started with Hurricane Sandy in late October and carried through the winter with the early February blizzard — badly [...]
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On County Road, a hearty maple tree lay in cracked pieces across a front yard. A few homes to the south, a massive pine tree splintered by unrelenting winds during the early February blizzard rested perpendicular to the ground. And about a mile away on Lincoln Avenue, a once-towering oak rested prone, buckled and broken. [...]
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Peter DeAngelis has some simple advice for Tony Teixeira. The Barrington town manager knows firsthand how difficult, how delicate, the privatization of refuse and recycling collection can be for a community, and recommends that as Mr. Teixeira, the Bristol town administrator, begins that discussion emotions are checked at the door. “They need to stay focused [...]
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