A fond farewell to a favorite tree in Plains Township
Stormy weather in part of Luzerne County Tuesday took one neighborhood's favorite tree along with it. Newswatch 16's Chelsea Strub shows us the damage.
Author: Chelsea Strub
Updated: 6:31 PM EDT July 7, 2021
PLAINS, Pa. — In the hot summer sun, DPW workers with Plains Township began to break down a willow tree after it came down in a storm on Tuesday afternoon.
"It's got to be well over 100 years old because I'm 70, and when I was 8 or 10 years old, that was big."
For some who watched as crews took it apart piece by piece and put it into the chipper, it brought back memories from their childhood.