Residents Clean Trash from "Disgusting" Path
Two Washington Township residents recently volunteered their time to pick up garbage along the path between Woodfield Road and Cleveland Avenue.
The path between Woodfield Road and Cleveland Avenue in Washington Township became a nuisance for residents and officials as garbage and dog feces piled up and a trash can — which had been chained in place — ended up in the brook leading to Schlegel Lake. Chris Gehringer, a township resident who walks his dog along the path daily, said he got sick of seeing the mess and decided to take action and clean it up. His 10-year-old daughter, Lucie, decided she wanted to help, too. "I couldn't walk by it anymore," Gehringer said. The area has attracted trash for years, but the problem escalated when residents started leaving dog feces in the lone trash can on the path, according to Gehringer. "The garbage can just reeked when you walked by it," …
Jeffrey Tammen
1:40 pm on Thursday, May 24, 2012
You guys rock need more residents who are willing to help out and clean our town up. And yes you are right people should be more responsible maybe town could leave garbage can chained to pole and check on it once a week . Great job again more ›