TRAIL CLEAN-UP ON SATURDAY (MAY 10) This years cleanup has been scheduled for Saturday, May 10 following the usual Saturday morning group run on the trail. The clean-up will start at about 9:15 am following the trail run at 8:00 am. Meet by the tennis courts in the Verona High School parking lot off Sampson Drive, between Grove and Fairview Ave. The cleanup takes about an hour so we should be finished by 10:30. Bagels will be provided. If you’re not familiar with the trail, it’s about 6miles round trip (to the end and back). It’s mostly a dirt and cinder path along the old railroad line from Verona to Little Falls. It’s straight, narrow,and blazed, so there’s little chance of going astray. You can turn around sooner if you want to run less than 6 miles. This annual cleanup is dedicated to former ERC member Rod Munro, the first person to arrive at the very first trail cleanup, organized by George Studzinski in April 1996. Rod passed away a few months later while running with his wife at the Cedar Grove reservoir, not long after running on our first River to Sea Relay team with Tom Kelly. This is a way for us to honor Rod and help keep his spirit alive. Gloves and other protective clothing are recommended for the cleanup (long sleeves and long pants). Please try to bring one or two large, heavy-duty plastic bags. Pruning shears may be helpful for cutting back some of the smaller branches along the trail. For more information, please contact Mick Close (973–477–0016, mickclose@aol). Directions to Verona High School lot: Take Bloomfield Avenue to center of Verona and turn onto Grove Avenue. Go north on Grove about 0.5 mile and turn left onto Sampson Drive. Just before Fairview Avenue (where Sampson ends), turn into parking lot on right(where tennis courts are and across from high school). Park at Fairview end of lot. (Sampson is one-way; don’t enter from Fairview.)
Posted on: Tue, 06 May 2014 15:54:39 +0000
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