Published in The BANAR June 2014 By Barb Sweazey Our 14th annual Blackburn Spring Clean-up was a huge success this year. Held on the rain date, Sunday April 27, we had 160 Blackburn residents come and pitch in for the community event, along with about
Published in The BANAR June 2013 by Barb Sweazey The Blackburn Spring Clean-up was another great success this year. Held on Saturday, April 27th, more than 100 volunteers from the community showed up despite the cool and overcast day. Considering this was our rain date,
Published in The BANAR June 2012 By Barb Sweazey The 12th annual Blackburn Hamlet Spring Clean-up was held on April 28th, with approximately 135 participants. It was a spectacular day, with many Blackburn residents coming out to pitch in. We gathered about 50 bags of
Published in The BANAR June 2011 by Barb Sweazey The 11th annual BlackburnHamlet Spring Clean-up was held on April 30th with approximately 120 participants. As this was the “rain date”, we were pleased with the turnout, and really enjoyed a beautiful spring day to do
Published in The BANAR June 2010 by Barb Sweazey The 10th annual BlackburnHamlet Spring Clean-up was held April 24, 2010,withmore than 175 participants. We collected more than 100 bags of garbage and more than two dozen leaf and yard waste bags. This year we also
Published in The BANAR June 2009 by Barb Sweazey Despite the prediction of cold temperatures and the threatening rain clouds, the eighth annual Blackburn Hamlet Community Clean-up, held on April 18, was a success. Approximately 125 participants came out to help with the community spring