On April 17, forty-two Scouts and family members from Long Valley Troop 236 participated in the Raritan Headwaters Association’s annual river clean-up event. The Troop’s volunteers removed trash from the South Branch of the Raritan River extending from the Columbia Trail trailhead on Bartley Road to the old Elizabeth Street bridge on the Columbia Trail, a stretch of about one mile. They also cleaned the banks of Drakes Brook from the Naughright Road overpass to where it joins the South Branch. As a result of their efforts, the Troop removed 15 bags of trash and 8 bags of recyclables from the river and its banks. In addition many large items such as six tires, a toilet, a TV, two chairs, building materials and other items too big to bag were also removed. This effort resulted in well over 1,000 pounds of trash removed from our watershed. This is the Troop’s 10th consecutive year participating in this event. The Troop’s volunteers, some of which are shown in the attached photo, were; Benjamin Johnston, Elaine Kesler, Gianluca Morello, Daniela Lisnic, John Rowland, Nicole Rowland, Lucas Rowland, Jack Quinn, Gavin Quinn, Scott Mitchell Sr., Scott Mitchell Jr., Eric Degen, AJ Spangher, Len Spangher, AJ Borelli, Christopher Borelli, Lorelai Borelli, Jake Gattone, Emily Gattone, Tyler Gattone, Sal Gattone, Jessica Gattone, Ricci Granberg, Ric Granberg, Jeanny Franz, Herb Franz, Daniel Franz, Nicholas Franz, Sharon Lopez, Noah Lopez, Steve Paris, JoAnn Paris, Steven Paris, Joseph Paris , Samantha Paris, Jon David Fiallos, Sean Carpenter, Scott Carpenter, Rick DeChiaro, Jack Madaras, Teddie Falcone and Bob Falcone.
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