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Vanorden Maples

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Lisa McDowell
7 years ago

One of the first things that caught my eye when we moved to Van Orden Rd. was the gorgeous Red Maples that line Van Orden Road. Pulling out of my driveway seeing the beautiful trees that were planted in 1987 and hacked down makes me sick to my stomach! The thought of any more of these precious trees being cut down would completely destroy the beauty of the street. Phil presented a great plan that will fix the drainage problem without taking any trees down. The town never notified us they would be destroying these beautiful trees or starting this construction. Please help save our trees!

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Chris McDowell
7 years ago

I live on Van Order and part of the charm of the street was driving down and seeing these trees lining the street. Yes the town needs to address the drainage issue that effects everyone on the street. I think Phil presented a more well thought out design than was presented by the town without destroying the trees. The town also dropped the ball by not notifying the residents not only of the plans to address the problem but the start of construction until after it started.

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Jack Romano
7 years ago Featured

This is an outrage. At this point, the only thing West Milford has going for it is its natural beauty. My entire life I’ve taken visitors down Van Orden Road as an example of this beauty, and to think the trees would no longer be there deeply upsets me. I hope an alternative solution can be reached. Please save our beloved trees.

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Tracey deWaal
7 years ago

Love those trees!!!

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Dale Fields
7 years ago

please save WM. maples..it is still very beautiful....

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Brandon reeve
7 years ago

I believe Philip Reeve had a resolution to this problem, where no more trees would be affected.

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Heather Todd-Schlieper
7 years ago

STOP

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Derek Lenahan
7 years ago

Visit those trees as often as possible. Can't be replaced

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Karen Lavin
7 years ago

STOP!

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Rosalind Sova
7 years ago

What was done without first letting the homeowners know in advance I believe was intentional. It would never had happened if we were forewarned.

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Elizabeth Jayasinghe
7 years ago

SAVE THE TREES!!!

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Debbie OBrien
7 years ago

Save the trees.

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Amy Bennett
7 years ago

Save our Maples

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Heather Marion
7 years ago

Please keep the trees, they are important to our ecosystem. use the other side of the road rather than the equestrian side.

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Conrad Dudziec
7 years ago

Take every effort to save the trees. I'm sure with a little thought a better idea will be found.

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Inga Koeppe
7 years ago

32 trees line our road. The town had a plan to remove 16 and eventually all of them to fix the road flooding issue. Alternate ways could have been utilized but due to the individual authority of the Township Supervising Engineer Aid, he became the sole decision maker for the removal of the trees...there was zero communication with the community. The request is: 1st- Stop the removal of any more trees and 2nd - Township council approve the replanting of trees that were removed and fix the damage done.

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Carolyn Chrisman
7 years ago

Save the trees they are an important part of our ecosystem, home to many small animals and beautiful to look at!

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evelyn dudziec
7 years ago

stop the removal of any more trees, especially the Norway red Maples.

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Pamela de Waal
7 years ago

Please please leave the trees. They are just beautiful on Van Orden. It was tragic to see so many down!

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Mary Lindstrom
7 years ago

Please leave the trees where there are they are good, they help with the environment .