A TruGreen technician left fertilizer shaped like a swastika on Monica Hill’s Rochester lawn. TruGreen fired him and re-sodded; the sheriff is investigating.
Dana Point residents are fighting a Marriott-funded plan to remove nearly 70 pines at Lantern Bay Park; a council vote on keeping the trees is set for Nov. 17.
A Petersburg, Virginia judge barred anyone from moving Brittany Ellerbe’s backyard fence until Nov. 19 in a property-line fight with no recorded survey.
A Wausau committee voted 4-0 to uphold a $550 fee after a homeowner’s contractor dug a drainage trench that damaged the roots of a city linden.
Emerald ash borer is confirmed in about 30 Colorado Springs trees, putting roughly 40,000 ash trees at risk. Removal of one infested ash has cost about $800.
An elderly Vallejo homeowner says PG&E removed a leaning tree in June and left heavy logs she can’t move. PG&E says it is reviewing its records.
Kingston’s shade tree commission denied Dennis Merce’s request to remove four trees, two diseased and two lifting the sidewalk, without explaining why.
Naples police say landscaper Christopher Cueva, 27, gave a family 12 hours to pay $100,000 for Hurricane Ian yard work he never finished.
Topsfield grower Woody Lancaster, 80, won the 2026 All New England Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off with a 2,598-pound pumpkin, a new fair record, in his final season.
A petition with 264 signatures asks Empire, Michigan to pause a $248,556 drainage project that would remove up to 10 mature maples on Lake Street.