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Student Leaders Clean Naugatuck River
Naugatuck High School ROTC cadets pulled trash and debris from the riverbanks.
A group of Naugatuck High School student leaders cleaned the east riverbank of the Naugatuck River and Greenway in Linden Park recently.
The Air Force Junior ROTC cadets pulled out more than a dozen large bags of light debris, a shopping cart and tires, a metal barrel, a rug, several lengths of pipe and rusted metal from the river.
Master Sgt. Gary Morrone, U.S. Air Force retired, and Lt. Col. Valerie Lofland, U.S. Air Force retired, led the cadets in the effort to improve the quality of life in the Naugatuck River Valley. This is the eighth time the group has completed conservation projects along the Naugatuck River.
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The project was organized by Joe Savarese and Bob Gregorski of the Naugatuck River Watershed Association and sponsored by the Borough of Naugatuck, including the Mayor's Office, Public Works and Recreation departments. Ron Tymula, manager of Student Transportation of America in Naugatuck, donated the bus transportation.
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From Bottom Left: Lt Col Valerie J. Lofland, USAF (ret) Kaitlyn Barry, Dan Solberg, Grace Santiago, Leanne Blanc, Nick Testone, Enid Velez, Aaliyah Tripp, Erin Schofield, Jessica Rodriguez and MSgt Gary Morrone, USAF (ret).
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