Lose The Litter Day Rids The Town Of Three Tons Of Trash

By Kaaren Valenta

Volunteers armed only with gloves and plastic bags collected nearly three tons of trash from roadsides on Lose the Litter Day, Sunday, April 28.

One of the worst sites was Edmond Road which runs between Church Hill and Schoolhouse Hill roads. There members of Weebloes Den 13, Pack 170, under the supervision of scoutmaster Tom Morrissey and several parents, hauled old truck tires, a television set, a mattress, and piles of scrap iron to the side of the road.

Lions Club members manned the signup stand in front of the middle school on Queen Street, handing out plastic trash bags and cotton gloves.  Scout troops, church youth groups, clubs, and many individuals and families turned out to help clean up the town.

The trash was brought to collection points at the fire houses for pickup by the highway department.