Long Valley Boy Scout Troop 236 cleans up the Raritan River during Earth day

On Saturday, April 22, Troop 236 of Long Valley participated in the Raritan Headwaters Association Earth Day clean-up of the North Branch of the Raritan River. A total of 30 Scouts and family members removed the recyclables and trash from the stretch of the river running along the Columbia Trail from Bartley Road to Four Bridges Road. Thirty-six bags of trash/recyclables along with larger items such as three car tires, a car battery, a child’s sand box and numerous plastic buckets were removed from the trail and river banks. This is Troop 236’s sixth consecutive year of participation in this annual event. For more information about Troop 236 please visit: http://troop236bsa.org/

Those who participated were as follows: Sean Carpenter, Scott Carpenter, Kurt DeChiaro, Rick DeChiaro, Ryan Kennedy, Jordan Fallis, Bryce Abramson, Noah Quinn, Andrew Cretella, Daniel Franz, Luke Degen, Eric Degen, James Bermeo, Nicholas Fleming, Suzanne Fleming, London Hart, Anthony Rocco, Ryan Arrambide, Michael Aaron, Hudson McFarland, Jake Gattone, Tyler Gattone, Sal Gattone, Reid Nitzsche, Pete Nitzsche, Brodie Frisch, Jacqui Frisch, Cheryl Frisch, Jim Maguire and Bob Falcone.