MADISON- Volunteers removed two dump truck loads of large debris and 210 bags of garbage that littered the riverbanks between Price Hill and the Scott Field House during the Madison Stream Clean Up.

    According to a press release by the Madison Volunteer Fire Department, this event is sponsored by the City of Madison and participants claim that this year’s activities were a huge success. Volunteers included members of the Mayor’s Office, Madison Fire Department, Route 85 Massey Spousal Group, and the Independence Coal Engineering Environment Crew to name a few of this year’s participants.

    This is the second stream clean up in the past year. Mayor Sonny Howell, Fire Chief Jim Lambert, and Claire Vaught of Route 85 Massey Spousal Group led the effort with 52 people participating in the four-hour event, which ended in a lunch for the volunteers at the Madison Fire Station.

    According to the Madison Volunteer Fire Department, plans are underway for another Madison Stream Clean, tentatively scheduled for sometime in the last two weeks of September. To learn more about how you, your business, or organization can volunteer to participate in future Madison Stream Clean Up events, contact the Madison Volunteer Fire Department at 369-1021.