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January/February 2026
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THE DAVEY BULLETIN
Davey crews
responding to
a nor'easter
encountered
damaged trees
and flooding.
MISSION
ROOFTOP GARDEN OFFERS UNIQUE PERSPECTIVES ON WORK
Seven stories up, a Hamden office
Residential/Commercial services (R/C)
crew tackled a tricky assignment.
Marco De La Cruz, Angel Perez,
Christiane Cerillo and Tommy Healy
removed a dead Golden Rain Tree in
Yale New Haven Hospital's seventh-floor
Healing Garden, and replaced it with
a new tree of the same species. They
also installed a new serviceberry.
To remove the tree, the crew had
to piece it apart and ferry it through
elevators and the mechanical space of
the hospital.
"The experience was both fun and
challenging," Cerillo, crew leader,
Hamden office, said. "It was fun to
see nature and a city we work in quite
often from a new perspective. We
represented Davey well by coming
together as a crew to work around
unusual challenges and perform in a
clean and professional manner."
Hamden office crew members (left to right)
Marco De La Cruz, trimmer; Angel Perez,
crew leader; Christiane Cerillo and Tommy
Healy, trimmer; stand together during their
work removing and replacing a tree on the
seventh floor of Yale New Haven Hospital.
100+ EMPLOYEES RESPOND TO NOR'EASTER ALONG EAST COAST
Damage caused by heavy rain, strong winds and huge
waves from a nor'easter that swept through the East Coast
was no match for Davey.
Over 110 employees from Eastern Utility services worked
quickly in Rhode Island and New Jersey to help clear debris
and remove trees from power lines.
Xavier Glasper, foreman, Rhode Island Energy account, and
his team worked 16-hour shifts over four days. They received
many calls regarding broken or uprooted trees on electric
lines and worked long days clearing trees from the lines to
assist the linemen in restoring power.
During all this hard work, serving the community stayed at
the front of the crews' minds.
"We make the sacrifice of time with our families to put the
needs of the people of Rhode Island first," Glasper said.
"True acts of selflessness and altruism are required to
restore power after major storms."
Rob Thoren, foreman, Rhode Island Energy account, and
his crew also worked along the coast of Rhode Island
completing storm-related trouble calls about trees on wires.
The three-person, two-unit team was on standby for about
three days.
"This particular storm had a few tree conditions that were
extraordinarily difficult and dangerous, but with the skills in
safety procedures our crews have, we completed the work
without issue," Thoren said. "Our team is highly skilled, and
we are willing and proud of the storm response work we
complete for the community, and I personally have been
enjoying this work for 26 years."
