To the Editor

To the Editor:

I walk my dogs a lot. I’m sure many have seen me walking my three huskies. I try to diversify our paths but I do often walk around the ball field, mostly in the early mornings. It’s quiet and lovely with the summer foliage.

One morning, though, about a month ago, I was dismayed and incredibly disheartened to walk around the fields and find that a young, healthy tree had been pulled out of the ground, exposing all its roots. It was killed, though its leaves didn’t know it yet. I knew we hadn’t had weather significant enough to cause the damage and as I looked around, I realized t...