A determined group of volunteers, wearing gloves and armed with garbage bags, converged on Baldwin and Freeport’s Brookside Preserve on Nov. 25 to improve the park’s environmental health, one piece of litter at a time.
A sinkhole opened up in June at the intersection of Grand and Lorenz avenues after a sewer pipe developed cracks allowing sand to enter the underground pipe and creating a void under the roadway.
The sinkhole at Grand and Lorenz avenues caused sewage to seep into the Brookside Preserve creek and the backyards of several homeowners, according to Legis. Debra Mulé (D-Freeport), who represents the area.