by Harry Kennedy | Sep 21, 2026 | Uncategorized
The dead oak in Peter and Sharon Brennan’s backyard had been a fixture on their Keene street for as long as either of them could remember. It stood off the corner of the deck, tall and broad, and even after it stopped leafing out a couple of summers back, it...
by Harry Kennedy | Sep 21, 2026 | Uncategorized
When Marcus and Elena Soto bought their place off Court Street in Keene, the giant Norway spruce in the back corner came with it. For years it was the best thing in the yard, full and green and taller than the house. Then a couple of hard winters split the top, a big...
by Harry Kennedy | Sep 21, 2026 | Uncategorized
Karen Doucette had put it off for two summers. Three big pines stood in the narrow strip between two of the apartment buildings she manages off Winchester Street in Keene, and every fall they dropped limbs onto the walkways and the cars parked below. After a windy...
by Harry Kennedy | Sep 21, 2026 | Uncategorized
Ray and Diane Cole had watched the same maple for years. It stood at the back edge of their lot in Keene, NH, a giant that shaded half the yard on a July afternoon and turned gold every October. For a long time it was just part of the place. Then it started to lean....
by Harry Kennedy | Sep 21, 2026 | Uncategorized
The blue spruce had been sick for two summers before Marisol Alvarez let herself say out loud that it was not coming back. It stood in the narrow strip between her Keene home and the Petersons’ place next door, close enough to both that years ago the two...
by Harry Kennedy | Sep 21, 2026 | Uncategorized
The Whitmores had a big silver maple leaning over their driveway on the west side of Keene, and just about everyone had an opinion about it. A neighbor stopped by while they were raking one Saturday and told them climbing was the only “real” way to take a...
