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Please enable Javascript to watch this videoKANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A frustrated homeowner in the Marlborough neighborhood is tired of seeing piles of trash next door. The problem near 73rd Street and Flora Avenue is all too common in the urban core.For months, Bert Vinson says she's called the city's 311 action line to complain about the trash and overgrown weeds that haven't been cut.She says the garbage smells so bad in the summertime, it keeps her from going outside in her yard to enjoy her own property. The trash has attracted rats, snakes and other vermin, that Vinson and her son, Darryl, are not accustomed to seeing.Although the city has issued five citations to the property owner this year, neighbors say nothing has changed."Every week it’s two or three bags added," Vinson said. "We have free trash pickup here in Kansas City. So why can’t you put your trash out? If you got more than two bags, go to Price Chopper and buy a sticker to put on it. That’s what I do if I have more than two bags."Kansas City's Neighborhood and Housing Services department says it is trying to force... (fox4kc.com)
This year, the cleanup focus will be in Westborough, Northborough, Framingham, Wayland, Sudbury, Marlborough, Hudson, Stow, Maynard, Acton, Concord, and Billerica. To volunteer, call 978-369-3956, e-mail office@oars3rivers.org or visit www.oars3rivers.org. Jennifer Fenn Lefferts can be reached at jflefferts@yahoo.com.
