Scarborough Town Council has declared Saturday, April 21, Spring Cleaning of the Scarborough Marsh and Beaches Day.
The public is invited to participate in the annual spring cleanup of the Scarborough marsh and beaches. Volunteers are asked to meet at 9 a.m. at one of nine locations, from Route 1 to the shore, to pick up litter.
Areas to be cleaned are: Pine Point Beach, Pine Point Road and Ross Road, Audubon Center to Dunstan Landing, Route 1 near Anjon’s restaurant (high school age and above), the Eastern Trail, the Nonesuch River Marsh off Black Point Road, Libby River Marsh, Black Point Road, Ferry Beach (off Black Point Road) and Higgins Beach.
Bags are provided, and trash pickup is provided by the town. Volunteers should bring work gloves and wear boots. There will be volunteer coordinators at each location. This is the third year of the spring cleaning event.
For more informationk contact Stephanie Smith at 883-9918 or smithsteph1@verizon.net, or Scott Townsend at scott@higginsbeachmaine.com or 252-0720
Site coordinators are:
Pine Point Beach, Lynne and Ed Cleary, 883-6887 or lynne@clearyonline.com (park and meet at Town Parking Lot).
Pine Point Road and Ross Road , Bruce Thurlow, 883-5445 or thurlow@maine.rr.com (park and meet at Clambake Restaurant).
Scarborough Marsh Audubon Center and vicinity, Linda Woodard 781-2330x 213 or lwoodard@maineaudubon.org (park and meet at center).
Route 1, Dave Paul, 883-5222 or Dave_Paul@ryder.com (park and meet at Anjon’s; no children).
Eastern Trail, Bruce Wakefield, 415-1452 or bwakefie@maine.rr.com (park and meet at town pumping station .5 mile off Black Point Road).
Nonesuch River Marsh, Maureen Kirsch, 883-6918 or mkirsch@maine.rr.com (park and meet at Black Point Collision on Black Point Road; no children).
Libby River Marsh, Marla Zando, 318-3634 or mkzando@maine.rr.com (park and meet at Camp Ketcha).
Ferry Beach (off Black Point), Peter and Linda Foss, 883-2013 or Jim Farr 883-2780 (park and meet at Ferry Beach).
Higgins Beach, Scott Townsend ,252-0720 or scott@higginsbeachmaine.com (park on Bayview Avenue and meet at Pearl Street)
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