Mentor City Council will continue to address the issue of whether to permit residents to remove American Sweetgum trees from their property at the next meeting on Sept. 20. (Submitted photo) ...

One of the first American Sweetgum trees permitted to be removed under a new ordinance in Mentor is taken down on North Palmerston Drive on Nov. 4 by JK Tree Services.

"It’s hard to walk. It’s hard to ride a bike. They get in the streets. They get in the sewers. They’re just everywhere,” said one neighbor ...