Earth Day cleanup in Farmington

A family of four prepares to pick up trash along Main Street in Farmington on Tuesday in observance of Earth Day. Chris Palmer, left, hands out trash bags on the lawn of the Pierce House. The family included Cindy, Aaron, Mia and Grace Willingham of Farmington. “We’re doing it to help the community,” Aaron Willingham said. Organizers Jo-Anne Bean Palmer and her husband, Palmer, received help from granddaughter Emelia Bean, left. They were working with the Farmington Downtown Association and members of the University of Maine at Farmignton’s Sustainable Campus Coalition. Over a dozen people picked up supplies and started working by 1 p.m.

Ashley, right, and Zion Lawrence of Farmington receive trash bags and gloves at the Earth Day Cleanup station on the front lawn of the Pierce House on Tuesday. Organizers Jo-Anne Bean Palmer and her husband, Chris Palmer, passed out supplies to over a dozen people by 1 p.m. Residents picked up trash around the downtown area from 1 to 3 p.m. Bean Palmer was working with the Farmington Downtown Association and members of the University of Maine at Farmignton’s Sustainable Campus Coalition on the event. Workers from Farmington Public Works were there to take garbage to the transfer station.

Participants in Farmington’s Earth Day Cleanup receive materials from organizers Jo-Anne Bean Palmer and her husband, Chris Palmer, on Tuesday on the front lawn of the Pierce House. Residents picked up trash around downtown Farmington from 1 to 3 p.m. Pictured from left, Bean Palmer and Palmer provide directions to Cindy Willingham and children Mia, Grace and Aaron as Emilia Bean passes them plastic gloves to pick up along Main Street. Ashley and Zion Lawrence of Farmington, right, were heading to the park. Workers from Farmington Public Works were there to take the garbage to the transfer station, Bean Palmer said.

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