Tree Hugger 2011

The UI pole which has been involved in accidents at the intersection of Orange and Trumbull Streets is clearly partially severed and is splitting. The pole is no longer straight. This picture taken from the north side shows the break and splitting.

Your flood of emails about hydrants that could not be thrown away in one try forced me to unsubscribe from your service

This bird (possibly a short-billed dowitche) dead here at the north end of the Orange St entrance to the AT&T parking lot--before Sandy--on October 27 at 3:33 p.m. Seems an odd place for a shore bird to die? Are dead birds still tracked for carrying diseases?

The plates at the intersection of Trumbull and Temple Street have an opening after the heavy rains today. The plates are not secure. Many drivers avoid driving over them, if they can see ahead, but many cars and trucks coming down Whitney do not. There is much vibration which may loosen them further.

This tree is clearly dead and has lost limbs in the past.

4 months ago the tree looked as shown at left. Today you almost need to chop your way through to pass.

Near the Hamden-New Haven border, the elaborate metal plaques embedded in the stone entrance columns are starting to disappear. There are two gone so far--I believe in the last week.

Illegal dumping—old TV placed there at night this last weekend. What now?

There may be a issue open and a work order out to do something to the sidewalks along the east side of Orange St. They are dangerous! A prominent lawyer/neighbor tripped and fell in early February and is still recovering. Would someone please post the status of any work order here. Thank you.

This issue is irrelevant this time of year with three feet of snow on the walks. Besides people are walking in the streets. If this periodic alert is on auto, please turn it off. I will tell you when it is resolved. Thank you.

This morning at 5:29 a.m. I heard the trash truck outside our house at 415 Orange Street. I went to the window overlooking where I put out our blue recycling tote and brown trash tote. A city employee was pushing our blue recycling bin (clearly marked with white recycycling symbols top and front) east on Trumbull Street to where the truck was stopped at the three large blue trash totes and one small blue recycling bin belonging to two of our neighbors. They emptied our recycling tote and two of the three trash totes and blue recycling bin into the truck. He pushed the toter back to where he picked it up. I went out to see what was up and found that my brown toter was untouched as one of the blue trash totes down the street which was left open as it was filled to the top with bagged trash. There was also still a bag of trash on the snow. Seconds later the truck came around to empty all the trash remaining.

Between 405 Orange Street and 415 Orange Street we are the only address that uses brown trash toters. East of us on Trumbull until about 28 Trumbull Street, no one has a brown toter. That means we are the only ones utilizing our blue toter as a recycling toter. Because I had previously seen it being emptied into a trash truck, I painted the recycling symbols on it. Because I have done that I think that is why they take it out of view to empty it into the trash truck.

Other times I have seen our leaf bags emptied into the trash and the paper bags neatly flattened as if to be reused. Other times I have seen our few leaf bags just tossed in with the trash.

Why should we bother to recycle? Why should should we buy paperbags if a plastic trash bag will work just as well for its final destination.

As pictured, the trash for 411 Orange St has again been placed on the curb days early. The landlord maybe needs a nudge to follow the rules.

THis tree in picture had some branches touching the ground a few weeks ago. There are signs of movement at the base of the tree. This tree needs help.

This morning Sandweiss came and removed 2 trees from the area, except for one part holding a guy-wire. No notice was given prior to their removal.

Street light cycles on and off all night long. If I have a radio on it is interrupted by static every 2 minutes.

I think there is a work order out for this but I had the wrong corner listed. Sorry