Updated April 6
New Hampshire sugar maple, one of country’s largest, removed for safety
Estimated to be at least 240 years old, the tree stood 100 feet tall with a diameter of more than 7 feet.
By MICHAEL CASEYAssociated Press
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Micum Davis is suspended in the air while working to cut down a sugar maple tree in Kensington, N.H., on Monday. The 100-foot-tall tree, believed to have been planted in the late 1700s, was cut down for safety reasons.
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KENSINGTON, N.H. — A sugar maple tree that has watched over a New Hampshire home for more than 200 years and was one of the largest of its kind in the United States is coming down because of safety concerns.