The City has coordinated cleanups in targeted areas in conjunction with neighborhood groups and community organizations to remove litter from the streets and sidewalks Neighborhood clean-ups have been scheduled in the Bank Street, Lower Highlands Historic Downtown, Highland, North End, Father Kelly, Niagara, and Flint neighborhoods. Allied Waste has offered to provide free disposal of bulky items and some electronics. Click here to read the announcement. 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.
 

(Top row, left and center) Manuel Pimentel brings a computer monitor for deposit in the electronics pick-up truck monitored by Allied Waste Supervisor Charlie Cabral. (Middle row, left)  John Aragao of Jules Street tosses a used cooler into the dumpster set up along Mt. Pleasant Street. (Middle row, right) Harry Terrien of Albany Street  prepares to unload some of his trash into the dumpster. (Bottom row, left) John Medeiros of Dunbar Street tosses a bag of grass clippings into a trash truck. (Bottom row, center and right) Steve Ouellette, Charlie Cabral, Josh Silva and Roy Batista confer before closing up shop and heading home.

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