Mystic River Fall Cleanup Saturday, Oct. 15

Friends of the Mystic River will hold its 22nd annual Mystic River Fall Cleanup on Saturday, Oct. 15, from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. The meeting place will be at the Hormel Stadium parking lot adjacent to Mystic Riverbend Park.

Volunteers are invited to meet at Hormel (90 Locust St.) to sign in and pick up bags, gloves and instructions. Work will focus on the Mystic Riverbend Park and adjacent MacDonald Park areas, but participants are welcome to travel to any other location along the Mystic in Medford that they may wish to clean up. At the end of the event, organizers will collect all bags of trash that have been filled and return them to the Hormel site for pickup by the city.

Lunchtime refreshments also will be provided at the Hormel site at noon.

In the event of heavy rain on Oct. 15, the Friends of the Mystic cleanup will be held on Sunday, Oct. 16, at the same location and times.

Friends of the Mystic River is a Medford-based community organization focused on the enjoyment, protection and enhancement of the Mystic River in Medford.

For more information, call 781-391-2604 or email Mystic02155@hotmail.com.

– Submitted by Ken Krause