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Junior Mayor urges community garden and tutoring; resident proposes park cleanup
Summary
April Junior Mayor Anabel Gaynor asked council for a community garden to support the local food bank and suggested high‑school students tutor younger pupils; resident Allie Hancock requested permission to organize a cleanup day at Christy Mathewson Park, which council approved.
Anabel Gaynor, the borough’s April Junior Mayor and a fifth grader at Lackawanna Trail Elementary School, told council she would like to see a community garden to help support the local food bank and a program in which high‑school students tutor younger children. Mayor Lou Jasikoff introduced Gaynor; council thanked her with a gift certificate and a drink tumbler.
Later in the meeting, resident Allie Hancock asked permission for a small group to conduct a clean‑up day at Christy Mathewson Park, specifically to pick up branches, remove staples from the park bridge and perform other needed maintenance. Council agreed to the volunteer effort and Manager Shannon Cantner said she would follow up with details and coordination.
Both items were raised during the public‑comment portion of the April 8 meeting and required no formal council vote; they will be coordinated through borough staff. The council’s acceptance of the cleanup request leaves implementation details—including timing, volunteer numbers and any required supplies—to the manager’s office to confirm.
