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Mice at Vue cinema in Portsmouth leads to 'enhanced' cleaning
5+ day, 23+ hour ago (743+ words) Multiple people say they have seen mice in a Portsmouth cinema A cinema has implemented "enhanced cleaning protocols" after multiple people reported seeing rodents at a screening. Multiple cinema-goers took to social media to say they had seen mice in…...
What is that pretty, smelly, and invasive tree found all over NJ?
1+ week, 5+ day ago (523+ words) Have you gone on a walk around your neighborhood recently? If so, you may have stumbled across a big, beautiful, white-flowered tree. Then, when you got a little closer, you may have thought, "why does that tree smell so bad?...
Why you shouldn't plant these stinky trees in your North Carolina yard
1+ mon, 2+ hour ago (941+ words) Drive into pretty much any neighborhood in the Wilmington area in late winter or early spring and you're likely to see ornamental trees in yards and along streets covered with blooming white flowers. The Bradford pear " and other varieties of…...
Smelly, invasive Bradford pear trees are a curse on Indiana
2+ week, 3+ day ago (755+ words) It seemed like a good idea at the time. A tree resistant to disease and drought, able to thrive in different environments, and whose puffy white leaves looked great in backyards and city streets across America. What's not to like…...
After holding its nose for decades, NJ finally bans stinky Bradford pear tree
19+ hour, 32+ min ago (454+ words) Bradford pear trees are the real Jersey devil. Spring has sprung and the Garden State's very pretty, but oh-so-stinky, Bradford pears are blossoming " and perfuming neighborhoods with their noxious fishy odor. But not for long. Under a new law, the…...
Recent bill bans NJ's smelly trees along with other invasive species
1+ week, 2+ day ago (638+ words) New Jersey's beautiful but infamously smelly Bradford pear trees are one of several plant species that have officially been designated as prohibited invasive species in the Garden State, banning their propagation, sale and distribution. If you've taken a stroll around…...
Best Bradford pear alternatives: 4 better trees for spring
2+ week, 1+ day ago (461+ words) Spring is'when nature tells'everyone that while winter was a good rest, it's time to get back to'blooming flowers, bees buzzing, and lawn mowers running.' Over the past 10 years, spring'in the woods has been signaled by a ubiquitous white flowing tree…...
Auburn residents want to see natural landscapes preserved amid development
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (579+ words) Forests, fields and waterbodies. Auburn has many types of natural landscapes. Now, the city is listening to residents about how that land could be used in the future. According to Lauren Caffe, Auburn's long-range planner, they want to keep a…...
Funky-smelling Bradford pear tree among 30 invasive species getting banned in New Jersey
20+ hour, 49+ min ago (282+ words) Updated on: April 18, 2026 / 2: 56 PM EDT / CBS New York New Jersey is banning more than two dozen invasive trees and plants, including the Bradford pear, which residents say emits a strange odor when it blooms every spring." The Invasive Species Management…...
Campbell Vaughn: Try these trees rather than hated Bradford pear
2+ week, 1+ day ago (457+ words) Spring is'when nature tells'everyone that while winter was a good rest, it's time to get back to'blooming flowers, bees buzzing, and lawn mowers running.' Over the past 10 years, spring'in the woods has been signaled by a ubiquitous white flowing tree…...