Norfolk woman collecting hundreds of leftover Christmas trees for dune restoration in OBX
Now that the holiday season is over, you might be wondering what to do with your Christmas tree. Author: Dana Smith Updated: 6:36 PM EST January 2, 2021
NORFOLK, Va. The holiday season is coming to an end and a Norfolk woman is offering to take your live Christmas tree, off your hands, and take it down to the outer banks for sand dune restoration.
This is the second year Crystal Matthews has collected Christmas trees at her home in Norfolk.
“I’m the crazy tree lady, Matthews joked. “I love that people support this cause instead of just throwing the trees in the dumpster. It really means a lot to me.”
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A new roof for the center was going to be costly. Estimates that had been solicited before the COVID-19 pandemic hit pegged the cost as being at least $30,000. For a center that is technically owned by the residents of the Harbins community and whose fundraisers typically brought in totals that could be counted in hundreds rather than thousands of dollars, that was a steep price to pay.
âWe have tried for years to get help, and no individual had really ever stepped up and offered themselves and what they can do,â Pharr said. âAnd fundraisers â if we hold a fundraiser here, weâre raising $600 to $800. Everybody says âWell, yâall need to hold a fundraiser.â Iâm like, âWe need more than $600,â and it takes us weeks of work to do a fundraiser to have a dinner or to do music.
Boone Police Seek Information In Trailer Theft
High Country Crime Stoppers and Boone Police seek the public’s assistance in solving the following crime:
During the daytime hours of November 21, 2020, a gray Homesteader enclosed utility trailer was reported stolen from the parking lot of Lowes Home Improvement, located at 1855 Blowing Rock Rd., in Boone.
Store video surveillance recorded an unknown white male driving a black pick-up truck through the parking lot. The white male suspect parked the truck adjacent to the utility trailer.
The suspect entered Lowes Hardware and then later returned to the parked truck. Video footage showed the suspect then backing up to the utility trailer and then driving away and left the area with it in tow a short time later. It is suspected that the suspect removed the trailer’s locking
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