Anthony and Filomena Fiacco never dreamed when they planted a blue spruce in their front yard nearly 30 years ago that the tree would someday be on display in Albany as an official state holiday tree.
The state will continue paying full land taxes to communities in the Adirondacks and Catskills under the agreed-to state budget, a big relief to both local governments and environmental groups.
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