As  part of the Mayor's Clean-up Fall River initiative, the City coordinated cleanups in targeted areas in conjunction with neighborhood groups and community organizations to remove sand and litter from the streets and sidewalks. A group composed of Fall River police officers, Peaceful Coalition members and neighborhood volunteers cleared trash from Maplewood Park on May 3, 2008. Neighborhood clean-ups have already occurred in the Sandy Beach and Corky Row Neighborhoods, and others are planned in coming weeks in the Bank Street, Lower Highlands Historic Downtown, Highland, North End, Father Kelly, Niagara, and Flint neighborhoods. Call the Department of Public Works at 508-324-2584 for information about how the city can assist residents with their own planned cleanup projects. Click here to read the Herald News article about a proposal to eliminate blighted properties. for the Herald News article about the announcement. Click here for links to last year's neighborhood clean-ups.
 

(Top row, left) Fall River Police Officer Allen Correiro pulls a few bags of trash collected in Maplewood Park to place on the pile. (Top row, right) Twelve-year-old Kaylee Texeira supervises while Officers Warren Frances and Correiro remove the remaining bags. (Middle row, left) Peaceful Coalition member Matthew Nhem tosses recyclable materials into the truck. (Bottom row, center) Officers Allen Correiro and Joe Texeira, Kaylee Texeira, Maplewood Neighborhood Association Chairperson Jeanne Santos, Officers James Riley and Warren Frances and Peaceful Coalition member Michael and Matthew Nhem give a final cheer for the work they have done. (Bottom row, right) Officer James Riley and Jeanne Santos bring a few final bags to the pile for Public Works to pick up.

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