When a long branch fell from one of Maryland’s oldest and most beloved trees earlier this year, chain-saw carver Colin Vale inspected it and began envisioning how he could turn it into a sculpture.

HAMDEN — Chopped down in an act of vandalism in 2019, the town's 150-year-old "Door Tree" has since been transformed into two handsome benches that are now on public display. One of the benches was ...