OUR ROCKEFELLER SPRUCE Thar She Goes! As more than 50 people look on, “Daddy Al” and Susan Dick’s huge Norway Spruce is lowered onto the flatbed that will carry it to Rockefeller Center, where it will be the centerpiece of Christmas celebrations that begin in early December. Inset, two woodsmen from Lynn Warren Lawn Maintenance & Landscaping, Newburgh, attach the harness to the spruce – midway up and at the bottom. Once cut, the crane lifted the harness, and the…
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SPRUCE HEADS TO NYC THURSDAY Only Oneonta Has 2 Trees Chosen By Rockefeller Center By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com WEST ONEONTA – Supervisor Bob Wood doesn’t want to brag, but there really is something special about the Town of Oneonta. “From my understanding, it’s the first time they’ve selected two trees from one community,” said Wood. “The rumor is they wanted it four years ago, but it wasn’t quite big enough.” With the 75-foot-tall Norway Spruce on “Daddy…
Local Spruce For Rockefeller Center Will Be Cut Down At 8 a.m. Thursday WEST ONEONTA – The 75-foot tall, 45-foot in diameter, 11-ton Norway Spruce that will be the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree for the 2020-2021 season will be cut down at 8 a.m. tomorrow (Thursday) and hoisted by a crane onto a 115-foot long trailer. The 2020 Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree at 3851 Route 23 is donated by Daddy Al’s General Store in Oneonta. The donor of the tree,…