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Fifty-two Remembrance Trees lit in Colton

Posted 12/16/18

COLTON -- Fifty-two Remembrance Trees were lighted by the Town of Colton on Friday, December 7. The trees, sponsored by individuals, families, and groups to honor loved ones, will stay lighted …

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Fifty-two Remembrance Trees lit in Colton

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COLTON -- Fifty-two Remembrance Trees were lighted by the Town of Colton on Friday, December 7.

The trees, sponsored by individuals, families, and groups to honor loved ones, will stay lighted through the end of January to help brighten winter nights during the town’s Winterest which kicks off January 11 and ends January 27.

This is the fifth year of the Remembrance Trees project and it is quickly becoming a tradition in town. The project is a collaboration of the town’s Tourism & Beautification Committee and the Colton Historical Society. Once again the committee worked with Adirondack Growers to acquire and set up the trees for sponsors to decorate. After the tree lightings on December 7 the Colton Town Hall was filled with people attending the reception hosted by the Colton Historical Society to hear the reading of names of those being remembered.

Each tree is tagged, identifying sponsors and loved ones.

The complete list is available on the town website (www.townofcolton.com). Two trees this year, one in Three Falls Park and one along Main Street, are sponsored in memory of Ike Cook who served since 2014 as the Town Engineer until his accidental death in South Colton last September.

In conjunction with the Remembrance Trees the town’s tree also was lighted on Main Street. And once again the town enlisted the help of Chris Shea who donated his time and equipment to put lights on the large pine tree next to the Town Hall which serves as the town’s tree.

Grace Hawley, who chairs the town’s festival committee, also can be called (315-262-2439) about festival events leading up to, during, and after Winterfest.