Mike McLaughlin of Betsy Brown Circle, Brian Sullivan of Webster Place, a member of the Port Chester Beautification Committee, and Dave Engleman of The Capitol Theatre Street Team and Port Chester Entertainment Committee each hold tires they pulled out of hidden spaces in downtown Port Chester while participating in the Community Cleanup and Planting Day involving Port Chester, Rye Town, Rye Neck and Rye City on Saturday, Apr. 13. Rye Brook’s event was postponed due to plants not arriving in time. (Jananne Abel/Westmore News)
Alison Lazarus of Hidden Falls, a member of the Friends of Crawford Park, stands in the foreground with a rake while Rye Town Prosecutor Brandy Beltas of Rye Brook, Supervisor Gary Zuckerman and others work in the background to clear bramble and weeds from an area at the entrance to Crawford Park on North Ridge Street. It will become a tiny forest that will be dedicated to sustainability advocates Ashley Welde and Anthony Baxter on Arbor Day, Apr. 26. (Jananne Abel/Westmore News)
Holding onto her hat on this windy day, Julie Chateauvert of 360 Westchester Ave. picks up trash from an island in the Port Chester Marina Parking Lot on Abendroth Avenue with a grabber and puts it into a waiting trash bag held by Glady Fernandez of Irving Avenue. She is accompanied by her daughter Jazlyn, 14, a member of Port Chester BSA Troop 420. (Jananne Abel/Westmore News)
Candy Mejia of Lincoln Avenue dumps brush and bramble that was cleared to make way for the tiny forest at the entrance to Crawford Park that will eventually contain river birch and a peaceful pathway in memory of Ashley Welde and Anthony Baxter, who both died during the past year. (Jananne Abel/Westmore News)
Robert and Kathy Schick of White Plains and Joanne Mennona of the Bronx pick up litter at the Port Chester Metro-North station. They are members of The Capitol Theatre’s Cap Cares group. (Jananne Abel/Westmore News)
Volunteers beautify local places on Community Cleanup Day
