One of the services that senior citizens can avail themselves of in Bridgewater, during the spring and fall, is the collection of brush by the Bridgewater Public Works Department.
Most of we seniors like to get out in the early spring and start to clean up our back yards of the accumulated debris from fallen branches and leftover leaves. Then, there are the heavier branches that end up on the ground, after you’ve finished with pruning chores. What do you do with all of that stuff?
If you are unable to pack all of this cleanup debris in the back of a truck to haul it away and, if you are a senior, the folks from Bridgewater Public Works are happy to get out on the streets of the Township twice a year, on the designated months, and clean it up for you – provided that you place it all in a neat pile on your property, near the side of the road. Just call them up well in advance, let them know, and they will do the job for you.
One of my neighbors and I worked for at least a month doing a major cleanup job on our respective properties. I was amazed as I saw the brush pile grow wider and higher.
The Township is very methodical about this process. The first pass is by a crew that picks up only bagged leaves (a dumpster with hydraulic gear is used for this). The second and final pass comes later in the form of a crew equipped with a wood chipper and truck. These guys work fast. When I came home from an errand, they had already cleared up what I had deposited by the road, and were finishing in another area.
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