A 21-ton excavator equipped with a hydraulic chainsaw removes damaged and leaning trees along farm paths. The cut wood is chipped and sold for heating poultry sheds, helping offset the cleanup cost.

Amherst firefighters rescue a professional tree cutter from a 70-foot pine tree on Hollis Road on Nov. 23. Courtesy photo/Amherst Fire Rescue AMHERST – On the morning of Nov. 23, Amherst firefighters ...

LAKE MICHIGAN - For the 26th holiday season, a U.S. Coast Guard ship is bringing a load of fresh-cut Christmas trees from Northern Michigan to Chicago to spread some holiday cheer. In making the trip, ...

In the December 2006 issue of Classic Toy Trains, then-Editor Neil Besougloff presented his design for a "three times around the tree" layout. It has since become a favorite with many readers and has ...

“I saw in Louisiana a live-oak growing / All alone stood it, and the moss hung down from the branches.” —Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, 1860-61 More than 150 years after Whitman wrote those lines, the ...

From Estonia to Antarctica, this once-pagan symbol has taken on many strange forms. In December 1848, an illustration showed Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, and their children admiring a Christmas tree ...