With DPW workers deployed to street cleanup and reopening, and the City occupied with higher priorities, Indian Village residents took to the streets Sunday, November 4 to clean up.

By Holly Kennedy

With DPW workers deployed to street cleanup and reopening, and the City occupied with higher priorities, Indian Village residents took to the streets Sunday, November 4 to clean up. Over a dozen volunteers with rakes, bags, brooms, and dustpans ‘stormed’ the Central Business District to clear accumulated debris, and filled 15 large trash bags.

This time around Sandy left Indian Village intact and with power, and residents wanted to help where they could. The City had proactively removed the trash bins, so that they did not blow away or destroy property during Sandy’s wrath. A week later, the cans were still not back on the street, but the trash was — and piling up.

Here’s to the neighbors who came out that afternoon to help: Carolina Johnson; Angel Morris; Peggy Althoff; Lisa Murphy; Kristina Dorfman and her three children Reese, Seth, and Lily; Eric Bommer and his children Mackay, Lachlan, and Reese; Ellen Beyer and her daughter Nieve; Barbie Haynes, Hal Kennedy and Sarah Kennedy (my husband and daughter for full disclosure); Kathy LaBossiere; and Diane and Philip Pallone.