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City steps up battle against beetle invasion
(Brad Puffer, NECN: Worcester, MA) - The city of Worcester is stepping up its fight against an invasion of beetles. The species has the potential to wipe out trees wherever it goes. City Manager Michael O'Brien says the process is expected to take about three weeks. Six two-person teams will check every susceptible hardwood tree in the Greendale and Great Brook Valley neighborhoods. The black and white insects, native to China, bore dime-sized holes in hardwood trees, eventually killing them. read more
NECN | August 25, 2008
