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Washington County goes green Earth Day weekend

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Boy Scout Troop 1452 and community volunteers head into the Nottingham Township building for breakfast and coffee before receiving assignments on Saturday. The township’s Parks and Rec committee hosted an annual cleanup day this weekend.

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Luke Valangevicia, of Boy Scout Troop 1452, slips on gardening gloves before he and his troop set out to beautify a section of Nottingham Township Saturday as part of the township’s annual cleanup day. The troop camped out near the township building Friday evening and woke at the work site, ready to help.

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Nottingham Township Parks and Recreation Chairman David Zanardelli, left, and board members Dani Mizia and Eric Richardson divvy up cleaning areas and duties before assigning tasks to volunteers Saturday.

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Members of Boy Scout Troop 1452 listen as Nottingham Township resident Chip Zelch explains road safety.

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Chip Zelch, of Nottingham Township, explains road safety to Boy Scout Troop 1452 Saturday at the township’s annual cleanup day.

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East Washington resident Sara Althouse removes leaves from the area surrounding the borough’s welcome sign. Althouse said it felt good being outside and getting exercise while helping the community.

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Sara Althouse could not have asked for better weather Saturday, when she and other community members volunteered during East Washington’s cleanup day. Trash, sticks and leaves were removed from the borough’s welcome sign, Memorial Park and a nearby stream.

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Michelle and Drew Bonnell took advantage of Saturday’s blue skies and sunshine. The Canonsburg couple spent the morning fishing at Canonsburg Lake.

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East Washington's Memorial Park welcomed volunteers from the Parks and Shade Tree Committee, Washington and Jefferson College and the community Saturday for the borough's cleanup event.

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Volunteers, including Rowan Angstadt, far left, Debbie Smith, Reca Panian and Chas Nyswaner gathered in Memorial Park Saturday for East Washington’s first annual Cleanup Day.

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Michelle Bonnell and her husband, Drew, spent Saturday morning bass fishing at Canonsburg Lake. The couple has been fishing together for decades.

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After a morning on the water, Damian Szuch Jr. and his father, Damian Szuch, of Pittsburgh, glide into the dock along Canonsburg Lake Saturday. The two often drive south for time on the lake, and this was their first Canonsburg Lake excursion of spring.

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Courtesy Joseph Fulton

Volunteers at the East Washington cleanup day pulled three shopping carts, one couch, a fire pit and discarded tires from the stream. Other volunteers filled eight trash bags with litter while walking along the borough’s roads.

Residents of Washington County gathered under blue skies and sunshine Saturday as part of the Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Pick Up PA initiative.

At several locations throughout the county, volunteers collected litter, bagged sticks and leaves, and hauled trash from lakes and streams.

Nottingham Township began its cleanup day event with pastries donated by Panera and piping hot coffee before residents, and Finleyville-based Boy Scout Troop 1452 and Cub Scout Troop 1542 set out to greenify areas around the municipal building. In East Washington, the Park and Shade Tree Commission led 30 volunteers in a cleanup event at Nicholas Cumer and Memorial parks and along the nearby stream.

Other county events included a City of Washington Community Cleanup Day, where volunteers led by the Dreamers Co., Washington and Jefferson College and the Washington Business District Authority spruced up Pine Alley. Ken Krugh, president of the Canonsburg Lake Restoration and Improvement Association, and nearly 20 volunteers spent Saturday morning cleaning along the water. While volunteers tidied the area, others enjoyed fishing, boating and kayaking on what was one of the first gloriously warm days of spring.

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