A group of nine people from the Fall River Neighborhood Associations volunteered to clean up the northern portion of Plymouth Avenue and to fill newly-installed planter concrete planter boxes with flowering plants on Juy 2 , 2011. Included among the group were neighborhood leaders Sarah Davis Riley from the Copicut N.A., Pamela Laliberte-Lebeau from the Saint Anne's N.A., and John Sylvia from the Niagara N.A. Also in the group were volunteers Dawn Nardi from the Flint N.A. and Bill Oakhem,  City Councilor Ray Mitchell and electoral candidates Paul DaSilva, Michael Miozza and Kathy Ann Viveiros. The group weeded and swept the area around the new planter boxes and then planted each with a pleasant selection of flowering plants designed to enhance the traffic-filled area. Click here for photos of the Cook Pond clean-up. For more information about the Neighborhood Associations, contact Perry Long at Government Center at 508-676-0324.  (Photos courtesy of Dawn Nardi) 

(Top row, center) Copicut Neighborhood Association president Sarah Davis Riley, who organized the event, and Dawn Nardi of the Flint Neighborhood Association pose for a photo in front of one of the concrete planter boxes that was installed along the center of Plymouth Avenue. (Top row, right) Bill Oakhem works on pulling weeds along the center island. (Bottom row, left) John Sylvia and Kathy Ann Viveiros pose for a photo after a morning of hard work cleaning up the traffic island. (Bottom row, center) Sarah, Mike Miozza, Pamela Laliberte-Lebeau, Dawn and Paul DaSilva pose for a group photo. (Bottom row, right) Ray Mitchell and Mike Miozza pose for a photo.