By Jack Elliott
Rainy River Correspondent
Over the last decades Dutch Elm Disease has steadily wiped out the towering American Elms lining many streets in our towns.
During the last five years the few remaining giants in Rainy River have succumbed and a responsible municipality and private property owners have undertaken the removal of the derelict trees from their property before those giants rotted and fell onto surrounding streets and properties.
This towering giant located on the Bell Canada lot at the corner of Atwood Ave and First Street has been dead for a couple of years. Smaller branches on the crown are starting to fall off. Is this the year it comes down?
