 On November 8, 2016, voters approved Issue 45 which provided funding to build a new high school, elementary school, and renovating-improving Hillcrest and the middle school.The spruce tree was planted in the spring of 1931 in memory of William “Bill” Haser who died in an explosion at Bath on December 1, 1930 known as the Bath Blast.The tree had to be removed in 2014 due to the new sewer system going in.