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Maria Jenness makes a find on Route 218 April 24 in the town-wide roadside cleanup she organized in Alna. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
Alna’s Maria Jenness reaches for a trash bag she was filling on Route 218 April 24 in the town-wide roadside cleanup she organized. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
Alna’s Maria Jenness always wonders when she finds a shoe on the side of the road: Where is the other one?
The trash she would see on her running route inspired Jenness, who works for Maine Island Trail Association, to spearhead a town-wide roadside cleanup this spring. She spread the word via Facebook and in selectmen’s Zoom meetings. Residents signed up for stretches of road and, whenever worked for them, picked up the recycleables and trash.