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By Caryn Rousseau / The Bulletin
May 20, 2009
CHICAGO — Twice a year, in the spring and again in the autumn, six families on Vicki Matranga’s tree-lined Oak Park block go to one neighbor’s garage and bring out the $1,200 woodchipper they all pitched in to buy. Then they gather around and feed it dead branches....