Tucked in a craggy, gnarled tree at the corner of Sixth and Park hang rusted horseshoes and ceramic angels, plastic Mardi Gras beads and old skeleton keys. And a painted wooden sign that reads ...

The limbs of the tree outstretched for 150 feet next to the Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church on Oak Street, while its roots were firmly planted in a Revolutionary War cemetery. "It has been alive ...