WESTFIELD — For more than two centuries, residents of Westfield looked to the copper beech tree at the corner of Pleasant and Court streets for shade, inspiration and beauty. On Monday, the tree was ...

Whether it’s a trip to a vast, salty body of water, a landlocked lake or the shore of a beautiful stream like those right here in Missouri, most years, nearly a third of Americans are summer vacation ...

WESTFIELD — Newlyweds posed for portraits in front of it, children shared snacks under it, and bands performed beneath it, sheltered by its shade. But sadly, the stately beech tree that has stood at ...

Beech leaf disease is out there once again, decimating beech trees in Massachusetts, as it has in the past. It's a relatively new tree disease, which first appeared in 2012 in Ohio, and has since ...