Newport commissioner calls on residents to help fund tree planting after grant loss
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Newport commissioner calls on residents to help fund tree planting after grant loss
Newport Commissioner Ken Rechtin is asking residents to donate money for trees to make up for a $1 million grant that was lost.Newport announced in February that it would no longer receive a $1 million grant for tree planting in its West end. Through the grant, the city planned to have volunteers plant 1,000 trees over the next five years.Rechtin held up two $100 bills at an April 7 meeting, which a friend had given him to put toward the effort.…
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