Lake Elmo plans to enforce rule that bans most sales of trees and pumpkins (Stillwater Gazette)
LAKE ELMO - Hey man, looking to score something? I got what you're looking for over here - fresh stuff, nice odor, real cheap. Grade-A... Christmas trees.
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Christmas tree project helping to restore marsh (WWL-TV, Channel 4 New Orleans)
The final batch of discarded Tangipahoa Christmas trees are now part of West Jones Island. West Jones Island is a 700 acre marshy area near Manchac, where a team of Southeastern biologists is working to fight marsh erosion. Students from a Southeastern Environmental Science class loaded roughly 400 trees into pontoon boat Friday morning, and laid them, in a pattern, along the edge of West Jones ...
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Gifts from above: The Lake Elmo Inn's tradition of exchanging a drink for an ornament (Stillwater Gazette)
The Lake Elmo Inn's Christmas trees begin every year naked. The lonely twinkle lights that adorn their bare branches do little to help them stand out against the holiday decorations that will embellish the remainder of the restaurant once the season begins.
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Holiday trees with a bit of history (Telluride Daily Planet)
Up on Schmid Ranch, a rolling spread of mesa-top land that has been worked by the same family for more than 100 years, you will find all the trappings of an old ranch.
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They died in Toyotas, leaving many questions (USA Today)
It's easy to forget that much of the pressure that led to Toyota's first recall of millions of vehicles in October grew from one highly publicized car accident. The fiery crash near San Diego on Aug. 28 with a dramatic 911 call from the runaway Lexus caught on tape killed a California Highway Patrol officer and his wife, daughter and brother-in-law.
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