City, neighborhood battle over cherry trees in Northampton
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Senior Zen priest Kosen Greg Snyder, left, senior director of Buddhist studies at Union Theological Seminary, is assisted by Zen priest Kanshin Ruth Ozeki, a resident of Warfield Place in Northampton, in ordaining seven Japanese Kwanzan cherry trees on the north side of the street, July 12. The trees are slated for removal by the city. GAZETTE FILE PHOTO
Published: 7/26/2021 8:51:10 PM
NORTHAMPTON — City officials are engaged in an ongoing back-and-forth with a group of neighbors who want to stop the removal of 10 cherry trees on Warfield Place, and publicly available emails show that the two sides remain mired in disagreement.