WOOSTER Blake Wright forgot to grab his magnolia tree sapling, set outside for the fifth graders at Edgewood Middle School. He instead rushed up the road to Kean Elementary to celebrate Arbor Day with his sister, Lillie, a first-grader, who received a dogwood sapling.
Blake remembered receiving his dogwood sapling as a first-grader, although he couldn’t remember if he planted it. His sister was excited to be taking home her tree, part of a Wooster City Schools tradition that started in the late 1950s.
Arbor Day is celebrated across the United States, usually on the last Friday in April. It’s an environmental holiday established in Nebraska City, Nebraska, in 1872, almost 100 years before the first Earth Day. It’s commonly celebrated by planting trees.
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Vermont Business Magazine The Davey Tree Expert Company has announced the addition of Chippers, Inc, of Woodstock, VT, to its family of brands. Employing over 90 people, Chippers has been serving northern New England since 1986, with offices in Woodstock, Enfield, NH, and Meredith, NH. Their areas of expertise are in arboriculture, turf and soil care, gardening, land enhancement, forestry and maple syrup.
Financial terms were not disclosed.
Mundy Wilson Piper, president and CEO of Chippers, Inc, said she considered both employees and clients when making the decision to join Davey Tree. In particular, she was drawn to the fact that Davey is the 9th largest employee-owned company in the US, according to the National Center for Employee Ownership.