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Tree Trimming

Monmouth
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JCP&L Will Trim Trees Along 3,400 Miles Of Power Lines To Reduce Outages JCP&L Will Trim Trees Along 3,400 Miles Of Power Lines To Reduce Outages
JCP&L Will Trim Trees Along 3,400 Miles Of Power Lines To Reduce Outages Jersey Central Power & Light is planning to trim trees to protect more than 3,400 miles of power lines across the Garden State, officials said. JCP&L will clear trees as part of a $32.5 million plan to prevent power outages during severe weather, the company said in a news release on Wednesday, Apr. 10. It's the first part of an annual $1.5 million increase in tree-trimming costs as part of a settlement with the state Board of Public Utilities. JCP&L also said it will spend $2.5 million more in each of the next five years to expand trimming zones along 18 high-priority circ…

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by Chris Spiker
Essex MA
News
29-Year-Old Landscaper From Lynn Dies While Trimming Trees In New Hampshire 29-Year-Old Landscaper From Lynn Dies While Trimming Trees In New Hampshire
29-Year-Old Landscaper From Lynn Dies While Trimming Trees In New Hampshire A landscaping company from the North Shore has lost one of its crew members in a fatal accident in New Hampshire this week, according to authorities.  Members of Leo's Landscaping, located in Lynn, were trimming trees on Conant Road in Nashua, NH, when 29-year-old Amilcar Lopez-Garcia died on Monday, May 15, Nashua Police report. Sad update: police tell me 29-year-old Amilcar Lopez-Garcia died from his injuries and his family has been notified. -... Posted by Hannah Cotter WMUR on Monday, May 15, 2023 While the matter is still under investigation, WCVB reports that Lopez-Garcia fell …

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by David Cifarelli
Carroll
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Tree Trimmer Airlifted After Industrial Incident In Carroll County, State Police Say Tree Trimmer Airlifted After Industrial Incident In Carroll County, State Police Say
Tree Trimmer Airlifted After Industrial Incident In Carroll County, State Police Say A tree trimmer in Carroll County suffered serious injuries on Tuesday morning and had to be airlifted away from a worksite for treatment and evaluations at a Maryland trauma center. Silver Spring resident Ramon Hernandez, 69, was transported by a Maryland State Police medevac helicopter to the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore on Tuesday, May 9, where there was a reported industrial incident after he was struck by a truck. The incident was reported shortly before 8:40 a.m. on Tuesday morning in the 1500 block of Old Taneytown Road in Westminster, where there was an ongoing tre…

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by Zak Failla
Tolland
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Helicopter Carrying Saw To Fly Over Vernon, Other Towns For More Than Week: Here's Why Helicopter Carrying Saw To Fly Over Vernon, Other Towns For More Than Week: Here's Why
Helicopter Carrying Saw To Fly Over Vernon, Other Towns For More Than Week: Here's Why If you look up in the sky in Hartford or Tolland County and see a helicopter fitted with a large saw, there's a good reason for that.  A helicopter with a large saw hanging underneath it will be flying over the towns of Vernon, Enfield, East Windsor, and South Windsor between 7:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. each day through Friday, May 5, according to Vernon town officials.  The reason for the flight will be to trim trees along Eversource right-of-ways as part of their regular vegetation management program. Those hoping to get a close look at the helicopter can see it fuel up…

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by Ben Crnic
Lancaster
News
Man Electrocuted In Tree In Central PA, Police Say Man Electrocuted In Tree In Central PA, Police Say
Man Electrocuted In Tree In Central PA, Police Say A 39-year-old man was electrocuted to death while tree trimming in Lancaster County on Saturday, April 8, 2023, authorities say.  Manheim Township Police and first responders were called to a report of an unconscious man in a tree in he 2100 block of Kentwood Drive at 12:48 p.m.  "One of the branches contacted a power line causing the male to be electrocuted," while he was tree trimming, according to the police.  Lancaster County Coroner’s Office was called and he was pronounced deceased at the scene. The police continue to investigate, "but no foul play is suspected," the …

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by Jillian Pikora
Lancaster
News
Bulldozer Rolls Down Hill Crushing Man To Death In Ephrata: Police Bulldozer Rolls Down Hill Crushing Man To Death In Ephrata: Police
Bulldozer Rolls Down Hill Crushing Man To Death In Ephrata: Police Imagine you're trimming trees and you suddenly hear the sounds of metal machinery rolling down a hill, and you're at the bottom. That's what happened to one man in Ephrata on Monday, Oct. 17 at approximately 2 p.m., authorities say. The Ephrata police had been called to a report of "a person run over by a bulldozer," the department stated in a release later that night. Emergency crews found "one man was killed after being struck by the bulldozer," in the 600 block of Mount Airy Road, West Cocalico Township, the police say.  Authorities soon learned that he was one of two men who had …

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by Jillian Pikora
Paramus
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Paramus Firefighters To The Rescue, But It Wasn't A Cat Caught In A Tree This Time Paramus Firefighters To The Rescue, But It Wasn't A Cat Caught In A Tree This Time
Paramus Firefighters To The Rescue, But It Wasn't A Cat Caught In A Tree This Time It's ordinarily a cat whom firefighters are asked to rescue from a tree. On Tuesday it was a Paramus homeowner. The 48-year-old East Midland Avenue resident found himself stuck about 45 feet in the air while trimming a tree around 5 p.m., Paramus Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said from the scene. A small limb apparently had given way, witnesses said. Members of Paramus Fire Co. 1 got the man down without incident, said Ehrenberg, who's also a firefighter. East Midland Avenue, ParamusBoyd A. Loving He was tended to by Paramus Emergency Medical Services and released at the scene, the c…

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by Jerry DeMarco
York
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LOOK UP! Helicopter With Giant Hanging Saw Blade Flying Over York County (Photos, Video) LOOK UP! Helicopter With Giant Hanging Saw Blade Flying Over York County (Photos, Video)
Look UP! Helicopter With Giant Hanging Saw Blade Flying Over York County (Photos, Video) A helicopter flying with a huge saw blade hanging out the side is operating over York County. Metropolitan Edison is using a helicopter and it's ginormous saw to trim trees along four power lines in York and Adams counties. The saw blade is actually multiple blades-- ten, 24-inch rotary blades cover the 20 foot cutting surface, which can through 8 to 10 inch trees. The helicopter setup covers more area in one day than a ground crew might complete in a week, says Metropolitan Edison. Even though the setup may seem dangerous to onlookers, the company says it is actually much safer compared…

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by Jillian Pikora
Litchfield
News
Eversource Removing Storm-Damaged Trees Across Connecticut Eversource Removing Storm-Damaged Trees Across Connecticut
Eversource Removing Storm-Damaged Trees Across Connecticut After over 10,000 trees toppled in July and August due to Tropical Storm Isaias and a damaging microburst, energy company Eversource is urging Connecticut homeowners to keep an eye out for precarious trees near power lines and to support their hazardous tree removal program.  Since those storms, the company said, they have removed hundreds of storm-damaged trees to prevent further power outages. “Trees are the number one cause of power outages and removing these trees is critical, especially with fierce storms happening more frequently,"  said Eversource Vegetation Management…

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by Christina Coulter
North Rockland
Police & Fire
ID Released For Worker Electrocuted Trimming Trees In Area ID Released For Worker Electrocuted Trimming Trees In Area
ID Released For Worker Electrocuted Trimming Trees In Area A worker who died after being electrocuted while trimming trees in a bucket lift in the area has been identified. Reynaldo Martinez-Cruz, 34, of Poughkeepsie, died following the accident that took place around 1:30 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 7, said Town of Newburgh Police Lt. James Nenni. Martinez-Cruz was using a pole-saw in the bucket lift about 25-feet above the roadway when he made contact with live power lines at the corner of Babes Lane and Lattintown Road in the Town of Newburgh, said Nenni. An investigation into the accident is underway. 

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by Kathy Reakes
Fairfield
News
Eversource Launches $80M Tree Trimming Project Eversource Launches $80M Tree Trimming Project
Eversource Launches $80M Tree Trimming Project Eversource has invested $80 million in tree-trimming projects across 4,000 miles of electric lines in Connecticut this year. That money will help the company remove hazardous trees to make the Eversource service more reliable to customers, the utility said in a news release. In addition to safety and power reliability, Eversource cited another reason to trim the trees: The company says it plans to get rid of problematic trees that were ravaged by gypsy moth caterpillars and emerald ash borers beetles. “The drought plaguing the region over the last several years may have ended, but the effe…

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by Jon Craig