On a crisp morning in late November, a blue spruce located on North Underwood Street was cut down to serve as Fall River's official city Christmas tree for 2021. The tree, donated by Mr. and Mrs. Medeiros, was described as one of the tallest the city has ever had, standing approximately 40 feet tall and weighing 4,000 pounds. The three-mile route from the city's north end to Government Center proved tedious and slow-going during transport. Once installed, the tree was to be strung with over 5,000 lights. The process involved multiple city departments and several contractors who volunteered their crews and equipment, including MRC Freight from Berkeley, Dunlap Crane, Bishop Electric (represented by Brian Bishop), and B B Contracting (represented by Bruce Bannister). The narrator, John, expressed gratitude to all involved for their collective effort. Looking ahead, John also mentioned that the city is already soliciting a tree for the 2022 holiday season. After the holiday season, the tree will be cut down limb by limb and then the trunk will be removed piece by piece.
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on a crisp morning in late november a section of north underwood street was blocked off neighbors wondered why road maintenance more water line replacements nope none of that work crews were out removing a blue spruce that's outgrown its boundaries this pine has the distinction of being selected as fall river's official city christmas tree for 2021
0:39the three-mile route from the city's north end to government center was mapped out prior but proved to be tedious and slow going the fabulously shaped pine weighs a whopping 4 000 pounds it's a beautiful tree really beautiful and thank you to mr and mrs medeiros from north underwood street for donating it i think it's one of the tallest we've ever had as you can see it's probably about you know eight
1:00to ten feet above the council chamber so i'd say it's one of the tallest maybe not one of the fattest trees we've ever had but it is definitely one of the tallest about 40 feet the tree will be strung with more than 5 000 lights in years past john watched squirrels scamper down the trunk just as the tree was dropping crews have also found birds nests which thankfully were already vacated you
1:22always tell us where the tree is coming from we see it get cut we see it go up but what happens to it at the end of the season well unfortunately it just gets cut right down so we'll we'll cut all the limbs down and then we'll bring the trunk down piece by piece and then we'll start again next year other companies involved include mrc freight from berkeley and dunlap crane
1:43out of second the crane registered the weight of the tree as it was hoisted in the air it's multiple departments within dcm but then also we have uh mr bishop brian bishop from bishop electric bruce bannister from b b contracting obviously the crane company it's a group effort but everybody bands together to get it done and i think everybody does a great job john thanks the contractors who
2:08volunteer crews and equipment for the high profile holiday task and as one who is always proactive john is already soliciting a tree for 2022. happy holidays everyone