Franklin Earth Day Cleanup Saturday, April 19th
Apr 01, 2025 08:42AM ● By Staff Member
Franklin’s Earth Day cleanup has been taking place for nearly 24 years. Shown here, (right to left) a PCI representative whose business helped clean Beaver Pond, (center) Ryan Jette, (left) Rick Ciccone, Chestnut Street resident who attends every year. Photos courtesy of Ryan Jette.
By J.D. O’Gara
Franklin’s Earth Day Cleanup will be held on Saturday, April 19, from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m., with volunteers meeting at the Beaver Pond parking lot, where they’ll receive trash bags, gloves and a map of cleanup areas. The first 100 people who sign up will receive a free t-shirt and a tree sapling, and bagels and coffee will be available that morning.
Shown at a past cleanup is Recreation Deputy Director Kim Carney, Ryan Jette, Senator Becca Rausch and her family.
“This will be our 24th year running Franklin Earth Day. We will be cleaning up over 35 sites using volunteers, businesses and youth sports participants,” says Franklin Recreation Director Ryan Jette, who hopes for a few hundred participants, depending on the weather. “We first started this initiative on April 21, 2001, in an effort to educate the public on recycling and conservation in Franklin,” adds Jette.
At press time, the Conservation Commission was also in the process of planning Earth Day related events at the Delcarte Playground and Conservation area for April 27th. Further details will be posted online at the town website
