Buffer Trees Go In On Seaver Street

On Wednesday, workers from the Department of Public Works Park and Tree Program planted three trees in the gap caused in part by a windy May 3 storm.

The planting was approved by the Permanent Building Committee June 24. Heavy winds blew down a tree on the street May 3. A DPW crew had to cut down the felled tree, and while there, discovered another tree in that area had to be cut down because it was in poor condition.

The result was a gap in  what had been an esthetic buffer of plant life between the neighborhood and the rapidly developing new high school. The Committee voted to approve spending up to $3,000 for the trees. There isn't much left to the summer, which is good news for the new trees, which will need a lot of care, including lots of water, to keep them healthy while they're adjusting to the new turf.