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Mineola Observes Arbor Day 2012 with Tree Planting

Village plants replacement for tree that fell by library during hurricane.

The Village of Mineola officially observed Arbor Day 2012 with a planting of a sapling to that had fallen during the .

Rising in the early morning hours on April 27, members of the including , deputy mayor Paul Pereira and trustee Paul Durham marked the occasion by holding an  in near the entrance to .

During the tree planting ceremony Mayor Scott Strauss noted that the Village of Mineola has been named a “Tree City USA” by the National Arbor Day Foundation for 27 consecutive years.

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