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Resident urges Plaistow cleanup, suggests scholarship and road-adoption program
Summary
Resident Reese Cullinane told the Selectmen he has been picking up trash on Main Street, warned that vehicle parts and litter are common along straightaways, and proposed a scholarship for older students or a road-adoption program to help address roadside litter.
Reese Cullinane, a Plaistow resident, told the Board of Selectmen on May 4 that he has been walking Main Street and collecting roadside trash and has repeatedly found a large amount of litter, including car parts from accidents.
"I have noticed a huge amount of trash on the street and am concerned about the stuff people throw from their vehicles," Cullinane said, and offered to help organize cleanup efforts. He suggested a scholarship for 11th- and 12th-graders to adopt a road or consideration of using incarcerated individuals for cleanup work.
Selectman Jay DeRoche noted the town’s Plaistow Pride Day and said the board could consider a second event or adding this topic to future workshops to coordinate volunteer cleanup efforts. The board discussed including such items on a future agenda so staff can prepare options for community involvement and potential certificate or scholarship programs.
The meeting was a workshop session focused largely on goal-setting and operational matters; the board did not take formal action on a road-adoption program at the May 4 meeting.
