DPW Rushes Collection of Leaves, Brush in Boro
Department hopes to have pickup completed by Dec. 21.
The Chatham Borough Council agreed to a second limited leaf and brush collection by the Department of Public Works, which they hope will be completed by Dec. 21. Robert Venezia, the head of the DPW, told the council his employees had worked overtime and over weekends since Nov. 26 to complete the first round of leaf collection. In spite of this, residents already put leaves back on the curb in areas the DPW had already collected from. "We just did Watchung on Saturday, and more leaves are there already," Venezia said. Venezia estimates the DPW could complete the first round of leaf pick-up by Wednesday or Thursday, at which point he could either do a second round of pick-up or convert the trucks for snow instead. "We've had two snow storms…
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kjchat
1:21 pm on Tuesday, December 11, 2012
you can cite "as per the town calendar" all you want, my leaves, as well as my entire block's, have been out since 10/30 and are yet to be picked up once.. not brush, leaves... more ›