Dear Editor:
Residents and visitors to Carnegie might have recently noticed the new shade trees planted in town.
The Carnegie Shade Tree Commission has been working with borough council and TreeVitalize, a program of the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy funded by a state DCNR grant, to plant the trees which haven't cost the borough anything.
But there is a catch. We supply the volunteers for planting and the borough public works department digs the holes for each tree.
So far, thanks to the many volunteers, we have planted more than 100 shade trees throughout the town.
You can see them along Mansfield Boulevard, West Main Street, Veteran's Way and at the 7th Avenue and Carnegie parks.
Trees, though, need maintenance from time to time, and with the approval of borough council, the shade tree commission has arranged for a paper retriever bin to be placed at the borough building parking lot on Veteran's Way.
All the funds raised from paper collected at the bin is going to help maintain the trees in Carnegie.
You can drop off newspapers, junk mail, magazines, office paper and advertising circulars, but the bins can't accept cardboard or phone books at this time.
If you are helping your school or church by contributing paper at a paper retriever bin, please continue to do so, but if you are throwing out newspapers or junk mail, please consider dropping it off at the paper retriever bin at the borough building.
Your paper will be kept out of landfills, and you will be helping to maintain Carnegie's new trees.
Robert Podurgiel Carnegie
Editor's note: The letter writer is a member of the Carnegie Shade Tree Commission.
