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Ash borers well on way to costing Chicago area millions

(MCT) — Two years ago, officials in Tinley Park learned that the emerald ash borer was gnawing through the village's ash trees. This winter they learned that the dime-sized beetle may also chew holes in the southwest suburb's budget: $4 million to $6 million to cut down and replace or chemically inoculate about 9,000 trees over the next eight years.

Add it to the ash borers' massive tab in the Chicago area and across the country.

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