Tree removal rankles Lakewood board, resident
Lakewood Village Board members aren’t happy about the removal of trees in the village right of way on Gifford Avenue. There has been discussion of the trees during the board’s past two meetings. Code officer Jeff Swanson and John Certo, village public works supervisor, prepared a survey prior to the board’s July7 meeting that confirmed the property belonged to the village. A tenant of a nearby apartment had allegedly had the trees removed. Ellen Barnes, village trustee, said she had done research showing it is illegal to cut down trees on other people’s property, with the ...
