{"id":3805,"date":"2011-08-15T08:56:03","date_gmt":"2011-08-15T12:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thebeatnews.org\/?page_id=3805"},"modified":"2016-09-10T21:54:42","modified_gmt":"2016-09-11T01:54:42","slug":"river-cleanup-pittsfield-2007","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thebeatnews.org\/BeatTeam\/river-cleanup-pittsfield-2007\/","title":{"rendered":"River Cleanup in Pittsfield – 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t
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Other River Cleanups<\/h3><\/center>


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2015<\/a>,2013<\/a>,2010<\/a>, 2009<\/a>, 2008<\/a>, 2007<\/a>, 2005<\/a>, 2004<\/a>, 2002<\/a><\/h3><\/td>

\"Third<\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

River Before Cleanup (2005)<\/h3><\/center><\/b><\/td>

River After Cleanup (2005)<\/h3><\/center><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

BEAT has been organizing river cleanups since 2002. Contact us<\/a> if you would like to be part of our next clean-up.<\/p><\/h3><\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Dave Gibbs, President of the Housatonic River Initiative and Jenny Hersch of the proposed Housatonic River Museum, hauling stuff up the bank, out of the river.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Volunteers helping Carolyn Sibner of the Housatonic Valley Association haul trash out of the river upstream from the Wahconah Street bridge.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Jane Winn, Executive Director of BEAT cleaning the river bank.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Senator Benjamin Downing cleaning the Housatonic River near the Wahconah Street bridge.<\/td>\nPittsfield City Councilor Matt Kerwood and another volunteer cleaning along the river bank.<\/td>\nThe volunteers pull lots of big, heavy junk out of the middle of the river.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Some of the volunteers stayed around to have a bite to eat and a drink to celebrate a job well done!<\/td>\nJudy Gitelson from Pittsfield Beautiful, emptying out her boot.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Some of the crew standing next to the pile of trash collected from the upstream side of the bridge on Wahconah Street.<\/td>\nPile of trash at the side of the Wahconah Street bridge included a cot frame, lawn chair, 5 shopping carts, tarp, box spring, jumper cables, 2 safes, car parts, tool drawer, microwave, rugs, car batteries, basket ball, bat, soccer ball, blender, speaker, scooter, 2 shovels, bicycles, a pick axe, 2 sledge hammers, and 2 vacuum cleaners.<\/td>\nThe pile at the downstream side of Wahconah Street.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Checking out the pile at Columbus Ave.<\/td>\nA closer look at the pile at Columbus Ave. which included a two-seater baby jogger, a TV, 5 carts, a grill, 7 bicycles, a tire, 4 scooters, a microwave, a leather jacket, and two more bags of trash.<\/td>\nAnother view of the pile at the downstream side of Wahconah Street.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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We don’t seem to have a picture of the pile at Linden Street which included 3 bicycles, 5 carts, a scooter, television, a tire, 2 bags of trash and one crutch.<\/td>\nThe pile at West Street which included 2 shopping carts, 1 bicycle, 1 computer complete with monitor and cpu, and another matching crutch.<\/td>\nAnother view of the West Street pile.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Also check out the cleanups in Sheffield<\/a> and Great Barrington.<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

THANK YOU EVERYBODY!<\/span><\/h1>\n

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