Chef Adam Harvey, now 33, faces two misdemeanor charges in connection with the poisoning of his neighbor's giant maple tree in Brooklyn. Bravo Video screenshot Bar Salumi, nestled in Brooklyn's ...

NEW YORK — A onetime contestant on the TV reality show “Top Chef” has been arrested on charges he poisoned his Brooklyn neighbor’s giant maple tree that’s now in danger of dying.

MAPLE FALLS, Whatcom County — I just wanted ... A count of its rings indicated an age of at least 480 years — young, by giant tree standards, and obviously still growing.

The once-beautiful giant maple tree showed no sign of recovery and was declared dead. Watching it perish for two years on the front lawn of her law firm next to Tacoma’s Wright Park saddened ...