Poultney Town Manager Jonas Rosenthal said residents can get their Green Up Day trash bags and sign up for what roads they d like to pick up. They need to leave the collected garbage in the bags along the road, and the town road crew will collect them. The bags are only to be used for garbage found along the roads. Proctor residents will meet at the fire station around 9 a.m. to pick up bags. Coordinator Joan Connell said trash will collected until around 11 a.m.
Volunteers can then go back to the fire station for refreshments.
The Girl Scouts will be helping out, too. Green Up Day bags, available through Connell at 459-3505, can be left on the roadside when full. Rutland City volunteers can meet at the bandstand on Main Street at 9 a.m. to get Green Up bags and assignments. Coordinator George Hooker said if people want to do a specific area to let him know. The Becomings Foundation and Rutland Natural Resources Conservation District are sponsoring a cleanup of the banks of Otter Creek along Dorr Drive.