Volunteers from Old Forge, Eagle Bay, Big Moose, Inlet, Raquette Lake, Long Lake, Indian Lake and Speculator scoured their respective towns on Wednesday, May 6 to pick up trash during the annual Community Pride Day.
School-agedĀ children were released from some of their classes to participate in the regional beautification initiative, with Town of Webb students competing against each other to see which class could collect the largest amount of garbage, in weight. (The sixth grade class was the winner.)
Long Lake reportedly picked up between 1,500 and 1,800 pounds of garbage, which included lots of metal pipes. Volunteers up that way said the most common items picked up, besides bottles, were foam, lottery tickets and cigarette butts.