The historic purple beech tree on Chelmsford Common, planted by schoolchildren in 1891, is “honorably dismantled” by Parsons Tree Service Thursday morning. Ted Parsons (in white hard hat), the ...

In my Dec, 22, 2019, column, I answered the following query: "I have been noticing a tree on an empty lot across from Sugar Hill Senior Living Community in Dalton. It is big at the bottom with several ...

CHELMSFORD — The huge purple beech tree that once towered over the town common is gone, though pieces of it are finding useful second lives, including a bench on the common that was carved from the ...

Gail, who took it upon herself to ensure the tree was listed on the state's Registry of Historic Trees in 2005, died in September. Like any such memorial, several speakers offered a few words, ...

The state Department of Conversation and Recreation Department Urban Community and Forestry Division has inducted the purple beech tree planted on the lawn of the Elihu Thomson Administration Building ...

Chelmsford’s Purple Leaf Beech tree, planted on the Common in 1891, will meet its fate this Thursday, when it will be cut down due to public safety concerns. The work is scheduled to begin around 7:30 ...

A 121-year-old purple beech tree in Chelmsford’s town common is slated to be removed Thursday after arborists decided its cracks and decay made it too dangerous to be left standing. On Arbor Day in ...