Page 4 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • April 16, 2014 Wyckoff Some 300 volunteers team up to tidy Wyckoff by John Koster The Wyckoff Team Up to Tidy Up event on April 5 brought in 86 bags -- 44 bags of trash and 42 bags of single stream recyclables -- as 300 volunteers cleaned up 28 quasi-public sites for a few hours on a pleasant Saturday morning. Team Up to Tidy Up has been an annual event in Wyckoff since 1989, when future members of Partners in Pride noted that properties that were neither municipal nor private were getting cluttered with scrap paper, food con- tainers, and other litter. The railroad right of way, the sides of Route 208, and some parking lots and their borders were noted as particular eyesores. The rain that had taken place before the cleanup did not dissuade a good turnout. In fact, one of the largest groups in recent memory met in the Wyckoff Town Hall courtroom to pick up their assignments along with bags and work gloves. The volunteers then fanned out to 28 sites. Residents who drove to West Main Street also had the chance to shred their personal documents and to watch a (continued on page 19) Pictured are volunteers from this year’s Team Up to Tidy Up event.