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To the Editor: Area towns are collaborating to clean up the roadsides with the annual Green Up Day May 7, starting at 9 a.m. The Woodstock Conservation Commission is serving a lunch at noon at the Bryant Pond ballfield, with food donated from MedCo. Bethel will meet at Davis Park where Sarah Southham will assign […] ....
Above: John Malter attended the very first Green Up Day in 1970 and continues to support annual event 51 years later. As administrator for the Mad River Resource Management Alliance, his work involves coordinating disposal, reuse and recycling of a wide range of materials for local communities. Photo by Jenny Koppang. Green Up Day fosters hope in Waterbury community after a bleak year Below: Waterbury resident Bill Minter, a seasoned Green Up Day volunteer, tends to a steady stream of cars and collects their copious spoils of roadside trash. Photo by Jenny Koppang. In honor of the 51st Annual Green Up Day, Waterbury residents braved morning snow flurries and afternoon sun beams to collect roadside litter. After a long winter of pandemic-induced isolation, this May 1st was an especially meaningful celebration of togetherness. ....