Rick Minicozzi News Today

When the auction of his familys Christmas tree farm finished, Robert Thomas Custer gazed across the Brecknock Township hills behind the pole barn where the Merry Christmas banner still hung. For a few hours on Monday, more than 100 bidders scoured his childhood home and scooped up deals on tree balers, tree shakers, wagons, a tractor, tree conveyor, planting equipment, retail tree display stands and other usual farm power and hand tools. They bid on household items, too. Ten bidders vied for...