A Plea to Shrub Rustlers: Bring Back Our Bushes, Please
The town's Beautification Committee has fewer shrubs and trees to plant since somebody made off with a truckload of their greenery last week.
The plan is still in place, it's just not as lush a plan. The plan is to plant trees and shrubs from the Grown Ups 2 movie set in Swampscott. To add beauty to the town, said Selectman David Van Dam. The plan got cut back a week ago Friday when bush rustlers descended on the donated plants being stored by the DPW garage at the Swampscott Cemetery. The bush thieves cherry picked. They lassoed only the healthiest and choicest of the arborvitae and assorted greenery. The Grown Ups 2 plants were lined nicely in an open area right behind the DPW building, and watered regularly. The thieves' haul was maybe a third of the 60 trees and shrubs. The selectman thinks maybe, just maybe, the people who made off with the plants thought they were free…
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