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  • New England loses a big tree, and a little history

    01/19/2010 1:18:52 PM PST · by JoeProBono · 14 replies · 1,025+ views
    washingtonpost ^ | DAVID SHARP
    YARMOUTH, Maine -- Herbie, a massive tree that stretched 110 feet into the sky, captured the imagination of a town's residents and earned the title of New England's champion elm, was cut down Monday after a long battle with Dutch elm disease. It was more than 200 years old....