Community Cleanup Day yields hundreds of pounds of trash
November 11, 2021 at 8:07 a.m.
Community Cleanup Day—which encompassed Port Chester, Rye Brook and the City of Rye in a joint effort on Saturday, Nov. 6—attracted people of all ages. John Hofstetter of Milton Court picks up a piece of plastic from the Port Chester Metro-North commuter lot on Broad Street.
Sofia Larizza, 16, of Hobart Avenue, a sophomore at Port Chester High School, signs up for the Community Cleanup Day in front of the Port Chester train station and Port Chester Beautification Commission member Amanda Barrow hands her a bright yellow T-shirt as a memento of the day.
About 30 members of the Port Chester High School Key Club cleaned up trash along a closed off portion of Bowman Avenue in Rye Brook, including freshman Lena Zheng, junior Amy Zheng and junior Natalie Pinto, the latter emerging from the woods with an empty bottle.
Port Chester High School sophomore Bryan Rivera carries a bag full of trash plus two large pieces of plastic he found in the woods along Bowman Avenue. All the debris picked up along Bowman, including a full bottle of water to fit a dispenser and a toilet, weighed 607 pounds.
From left, Rye Brook freshmen Cooper Schloss (Blind Brook High School), Dylan McRedmond (BBHS), Luka Cuk (BBHS), Antonio Gerardi (Iona Prep), Cameron Scott (BBHS), Kieran Degen (Iona Prep), Danny Wilk (BBHS) and Daniel Keilman (BBHS) call it a day after spending the morning of Nov. 6 picking up trash on Bowman Avenue.
Port Chester High School freshman Cristian Montenegro found a bicycle in the woods on Bowman Avenue which he plans to use after a minor repair.
Salvatore and Nao Rotundo of Hobart Avenue head up the stairs from Westchester Avenue into the Port Chester Metro-North commuter lot on Broad Street after picking up trash at the Port Chester Marina.
A large group of volunteers, including Blind Brook Board of Education President Scott Jaffee and members of the Blind Brook Roots and Shoots Club, remove invasive vines at Crawford Park as part of the Community Cleanup Day on Saturday, Nov. 6. Courtesy of Periklis Beltas
