Notice of Public Hearing

Thursday, June 25, 2026, 6:00 pm
Rowe Town Hall - Meeting Room #1 & Zoom Participation

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

An informational site walk of Tunnel Road will take place on June 16, 2026, at 5:00 PM at Tunnel Road and Petrie Road. All trees are marked and noticed with the corresponding identification number below.

The purpose of this hearing is to consider a request from National Grid (Project 1019W1) for the removal of certain public shade trees located within the public rights-of-way of Tunnel Road and Hazleton Road in the Town of Rowe.

The specific trees petitioned for removal are designated by tree number, common name, taxonomic genus/species, and diameter at breast height (DBH) as follows:

Tunnel Road: 33, Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum, 16"; 34, Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum, 16"; 35, Black Oak, Quercus velutina, 24"; 120, Red Maple, Acer rubrum, 26"; 36, Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum, 6"; 37, Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum, 16"; 38, Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum, 12"; 119, Eastern Hemlock, Tsuga canadensis, 8"; 39, White Pine, Pinus strobus, 32"; 40, Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum, 10"; 41, White Ash, Fraxinus americana, 14"; 42, Eastern Hemlock, Tsuga canadensis, 24"; 43, Black Birch, Betula lenta, 16"; 44, Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum, 32"; 45, Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum, 30"; 46, Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum, 36"; 47, Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum, 8"; 48, Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum, 32"; 49, Yellow Birch, Betula alleghaniensis, 14"; 50, Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum, 30"; 51, Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum, 28"; 52, Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum, 26"; 53, Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum, 24"; 54, Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum, 26"; 55, Yellow Birch, Betula alleghaniensis, 14"; 56, Yellow Birch, Betula alleghaniensis, 8"; 57, Black Birch, Betula lenta, 12"; 58, Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum, 12"; 59, Black Birch, Betula lenta, 8"; 60, Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum, 30"; 61, Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum, 22"; 62, Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum, 26"; 63, Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum, 24"; 64, Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum, 24"; 65, White Ash, Fraxinus americana, 10"; 66, Black Birch, Betula lenta, 18"; 67, Black Birch, Betula lenta, 8"; 68, Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum, 36"; 69, Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum, 32"; 70, Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum, 24"; 71, Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum, 12"; 72, Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum, 20"; 73, White Ash, Fraxinus americana, 18"; 74, Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum, 32"; 75, Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum, 8"; 76, Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum, 30"; 77, Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum, 8"; 78, White Birch, Betula papyrifera, 12"; 79, Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum, 6"; 80, Black Birch, Betula lenta, 14"; 81, Hophornbeam, Ostrya virginiana, 10"; 82, White Ash, Fraxinus americana, 12"; 83, Black Oak, Quercus velutina, 24"; 84, Basswood, Tilia americana, 6"; 85, Hophornbeam, Ostrya virginiana, 4"; 86, Black Birch, Betula lenta, 10"; 87, Black Birch, Betula lenta, 8"; 88, Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum, 14"; 89, Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum, 6"; 90, Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum, 24"; 91, Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum, 32"; 92, Black Birch, Betula lenta, 16"; 93, Hophornbeam, Ostrya virginiana, 6"; 94, Black Oak, Quercus velutina, 20"; 95, White Birch, Betula papyrifera, 6"; 96, Black Oak, Quercus velutina, 20"; 97, Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum, 20"; 98, Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum, 24"; 99, Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum, 6"; 100, Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum, 14"; 101, Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum, 8"; 102, Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum, 12"; 103, Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum, 18"; 104, Black Birch, Betula lenta, 14"; 105, Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum, 14"; 118, White Birch, Betula papyrifera, 12"; 106, Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum, 26"; 107, Black Oak, Quercus velutina, 4"; 108, Red Maple, Acer rubrum, 6"; 109, Yellow Birch, Betula alleghaniensis, 6"; 110, Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum, 4"; 111, Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum, 24"; 112, Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum, 12"; 117, Black Birch, Betula lenta, 4"; 113, Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum, 8"; 114, Black Oak, Quercus velutina, 16"; 115, White Birch, Betula papyrifera, 14"; 116, Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum, 26"

Hazelton Road: 1, White Ash, Fraxinus americana, 16"; 2, White Ash, Fraxinus americana, 26"; 3, Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum, 22"; 4, White Pine, Pinus strobus, 14"; 5, Eastern Hemlock, Tsuga canadensis, 26"; 6, American Beech, Fagus grandifolia, 18"; 7, Quaking Aspen, Populus tremuloides, 24"; 8, Quaking Aspen, Populus tremuloides, 16"; 9, Quaking Aspen, Populus tremuloides, 14"; 10, Quaking Aspen, Populus tremuloides, 14"; 11, Black Oak, Quercus velutina, 14"; 12, White Birch, Betula papyrifera, 14"; 13, Black Cherry, Prunus serotina, 16"; 14, White Ash, Fraxinus americana, 30"; 15, Quaking Aspen, Populus tremuloides, 18"; 16, Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum, 20"; 17, Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum, 16"; 18, Black Cherry, Prunus serotina, 14"; 19, White Ash, Fraxinus americana, 18"; 20, Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum, 16"; 21, Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum, 24"; 22, Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum, 24"; 23, Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum, 12"; 24, Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum, 18"; 25, White Pine, Pinus strobus, 24"; 26, White Pine, Pinus strobus, 24"; 27, White Pine, Pinus strobus, 26"; 28, White Pine, Pinus strobus, 20"; 29, Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum, 10"; 30, White Birch, Betula papyrifera, 12"; 31, Black Cherry, Prunus serotina, 22"; 32, White Birch, Betula papyrifera, 28"; 33, Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum, 22"; 34, White Pine, Pinus strobus, 24"; 35, Eastern Hemlock, Tsuga canadensis, 6"; 36, Eastern Hemlock, Tsuga canadensis, 6"; 37, Eastern Hemlock, Tsuga canadensis, 6"; 38, Eastern Hemlock, Tsuga canadensis, 6"; 39, Eastern Hemlock, Tsuga canadensis, 6"; 40, Eastern Hemlock, Tsuga canadensis, 6"; 41, Eastern Hemlock, Tsuga canadensis, 6"; 42, Eastern Hemlock, Tsuga canadensis, 6"; 43, Black Birch, Betula lenta, 16"; 44, White Birch, Betula papyrifera, 10"; 45, Eastern Hemlock, Tsuga canadensis, 14"; 46, Black Birch, Betula lenta, 16"; 47, Black Birch, Betula lenta, 14"; 48, Yellow Birch, Betula alleghaniensis, 20"; 49, Yellow Birch, Betula alleghaniensis, 14"; 50, White Ash, Fraxinus americana, 14"; 51, Black Birch, Betula lenta, 18"; 52, American Beech, Fagus grandifolia, 12"; 53, White Pine, Pinus strobus, 12"; 54, White Ash, Fraxinus americana, 22"; 55, Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum, 24"; 56, Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum, 36"; 57, Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum, 24"; 58, Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum, 24"; 59, Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum, 28".

Written comments may be submitted via email to the Tree Warden at rowetreewarden@gmail.com or delivered by mail or in person to Town Hall prior to the close of business on June 25, 2026. Reference materials are available on the Rowe website https://rowe-ma.gov/treewarden.

Town of Rowe, Tree Warden, Constance Englert, Massachusetts Qualified Tree Warden #1026

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

Pursuant to the provisions of Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 87, Section 3 (Public Shade Tree Law), notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held by the Town of Rowe Tree Warden on June 25, 2026, at 6:00 PM at the Rowe Town Hall, 321 Zoar Road, Rowe, MA 01367, or via Zoom Participation https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2880657035?omn=89390191137. The purpose of this hearing is to consider two (2) requests for the removal of certain public shade trees located within the public rights-of-way of 32 Shippee Road and 75 Potter Road in the Town of Rowe.

The specific trees petitioned for removal are designated by tree number, common name, taxonomic genus/species, and diameter at breast height (DBH) as follows:32 Shippee Road: 1, Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum, 47"; 2, Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum,

54"; 3, Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum, 24"; 4, Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum, 41"; 5, Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum, 21". 75 Potter Road: 1, White Ash, Fraxinus americana, 16"; 2, American Beech, Fagus grandifolia, 12".

Under M.G.L. Chapter 87, Section 4, any person objecting to the proposed removal of any or all of these public shade trees may object in writing to the Tree Warden at or before the time of the public hearing, or may appear and provide testimony at the public hearing. Written comments may be submitted via email to the Tree Warden at rowetreewarden@gmail.com or delivered by mail or in-person to Town Hall prior to the close of business on June 25, 2026. Reference materials are available on the Rowe web site https://rowe-ma.gov/treewarden

Town of Rowe, Tree Warden, Constance Englert, Massachusetts Qualified Tree Warden #1026

Posted: Brooke Shulda – 6/01/2026 – 9:00 AM

Filed: Town Clerk – 6/01/2026