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Letter to the editor: Thursday, April 3, 2025

Join Amenia’s Earth Day clean-up on April 26

Earth Day is Tuesday, April 22, and a great way to celebrate it is to join Amenia’s Conservation Advisory Council’s town-wide Clean Up Day Saturday, April 26. From 9 a.m. to noon, volunteers will be fanning out from the centers of downtown Wassaic and Amenia to pick up litter and beautify our hamlets. Even if you have only 20 minutes to join the fun, this is a group exercise everyone can contribute to and benefit from. Volunteers can sign in and pick up contractor bags and reflective vests at Fountain Square/Bank of Millbrook, 4958 Route 22, Amenia, or check in with Conservation Advisory Council members at Borden Park, 37 Furnace Bank Road in Wassaic.

Then you can join other groups or go it alone in your own neighborhood, focusing on high-visibility roadways, civic centers, the rail trail, etc. Filled bags and large items can be picked up at various locations by 11:30 a.m. that day by contacting Vicki Doyle: 845-489-7826 or vdoyle@ameniany.gov. Trash bags and vests can be arranged to be picked up in advance, upon request. Many thanks to Welsh Sanitation for allowing us to bring litter to their recycling center for free, once again, to help us commemorate Earth Day in Amenia.

Vicki Doyle

CAC member

Wassaic

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