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River Before Cleanup (2005) | River After Cleanup (2005) |
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BEAT has been organizing river cleanups since 2002. Contact us if you would like to be part of our next clean-up. |
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Most of the cleanup crew assembled at 10:00 am on Saturday, June 10th at Wahconah Park. In the crowd – Mayor James Ruberto (who had to go on to high school graduations), State Senator Benjamin Downing, and Pittsfield At-large City Councilor Matt Kerwood. Senator Downing and Councilman Kerwood both heaved and hauled a ton of trash. Thank you to all who helped! |
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Dave Gibbs, President of the Housatonic River Initiative and Jenny Hersch of the proposed Housatonic River Museum, hauling stuff up the bank, out of the river.
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Volunteers helping Carolyn Sibner of the Housatonic Valley Association haul trash out of the river upstream from the Wahconah Street bridge.
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Jane Winn, Executive Director of BEAT cleaning the river bank.
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| Senator Benjamin Downing cleaning the Housatonic River near the Wahconah Street bridge. | Pittsfield City Councilor Matt Kerwood and another volunteer cleaning along the river bank. | The volunteers pull lots of big, heavy junk out of the middle of the river. |
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| Some of the volunteers stayed around to have a bite to eat and a drink to celebrate a job well done! | Judy Gitelson from Pittsfield Beautiful, emptying out her boot. | |
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| Some of the crew standing next to the pile of trash collected from the upstream side of the bridge on Wahconah Street. | Pile of trash at the side of the Wahconah Street bridge included a cot frame, lawn chair, 5 shopping carts, tarp, box spring, jumper cables, 2 safes, car parts, tool drawer, microwave, rugs, car batteries, basket ball, bat, soccer ball, blender, speaker, scooter, 2 shovels, bicycles, a pick axe, 2 sledge hammers, and 2 vacuum cleaners. | The pile at the downstream side of Wahconah Street. |
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| Checking out the pile at Columbus Ave. | A closer look at the pile at Columbus Ave. which included a two-seater baby jogger, a TV, 5 carts, a grill, 7 bicycles, a tire, 4 scooters, a microwave, a leather jacket, and two more bags of trash. | Another view of the pile at the downstream side of Wahconah Street. |
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| We don’t seem to have a picture of the pile at Linden Street which included 3 bicycles, 5 carts, a scooter, television, a tire, 2 bags of trash and one crutch. | The pile at West Street which included 2 shopping carts, 1 bicycle, 1 computer complete with monitor and cpu, and another matching crutch. | Another view of the West Street pile. |
| Also check out the cleanups in Sheffield and Great Barrington. | ||
