Company Donates Graffiti Removal Services to Manorhaven Village

The hard-to-remove graffiti discovered on Friday on handicap-accessible ramps and curb cuts in Manorhaven is about to meet its match, village officials said Thursday.

Word of the challenge the village faced in removing the the graffiti spread, as officials searched for a solution that avoided using toxic chemicals that could harm the nearby bay.

The village received multiple emails and calls from environmentally conscious companies throughout the Northeast, officials said.

“Graco/Ecoquip, an eco-friendly company based in Virginia, has kindly volunteered to be Manorhaven’s hero and will arrive at 6 p.m. tonight to remove the graffiti – free of charge,” Mayor Giovanna Giunta and Deputy Mayor Lucretia Steele said in an email Thursday afternoon.

“This is a wonderful response demonstrating that in a time of need, the kindness of others prevails,“ they added in their note. “It is also a wonderful outcome to a sad incident that has taken place here.”

No word yet as to the culprit behind the graffiti, or the meaning behind the words “LBF Spread The Movement” or “Live Breathe Futbol.” These were the words residents found on Aug. 29 at the intersections of Cambridge and Dunwood, Edgewood, and Graywood Roads as well as on Cambridge and Hickory Roads and Cambridge and Sands Point Road.

Earlier in the week, village officials offered a $1,000 reward for anyone with information regarding the vandalism that leads to an arrest.