Fall Leaf Pick Up - Posted 9/22/08

From Paxtang

The leaves will soon be falling and the days will be getting cooler as Fall soon approaches. And Fall brings the annual Borough Leaf Pick-up.

The Public Works Dept. will be out doing test runs with the leaf machine approximately 2 weeks prior to the official start of Leaf Pick-up, which should be in full swing on November 3rd.

They will be working primarily on the West Half of the Borough beginning with the first week and then moving to the East Half the following week. If conditions and progress allow, they may work ahead on the opposite half to try to stay ahead of the game. However don’t assume that the stopping point for one day will be the starting point for the next.

The Public Works Dept. would like to ask each resident and/or property owner to please wait to rake leaves to the curb, not into the street, for the scheduled pick-up time for your area. By waiting until the appropriate week this should minimize the chance of having any large wet piles of leaves standing for extended periods should any foul weather occur before Public Works has a chance to get to your area. Also as a reminder, please do not place or rake any sticks or branches into the piles as this will clog the leaf machine and drastically slow the pick-up.

Updated information about Leaf Clean-up will be posted on the Borough’s web site, so please check often.