Four Owensboro neighborhood alliances will hold their annual cleanups in the upcoming months.  All residents in the cleanup areas are invited to help beautify the neighborhood by picking up litter along sidewalks and streets on their cleanup day.

 The City Sanitation Department will provide free curbside pickup for junk furniture, appliances and other items to its residential customers in this neighborhood alliance area.  Items must be brought curbside by 6 a.m. the day of the cleanup.  If you have items to be picked up, please call the City Action Line at 687-4444 by the Wednesday before the cleanup.  Smaller items must be bagged or boxed.  The crews cannot pick up construction debris/materials, yard waste, paint or any type of liquid.

MIDTOWN EAST NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE - APRIL 13

The Midtown East Alliance extends from Parrish Avenue to Byers Avenue, between Frederica and Breckenridge Streets. The north boundary is 14th Street in the J.Z. Moore neighborhood, between J.R. Miller and Frederica. The alliance meets at Buena Vista Baptist Church at 5:00 p.m. on the first Thursday of every month.

The Kentucky Division of Water (DOW) is seeking permission from owners and/or users of private drinking water wells statewide to obtain groundwater samples.

The project is part of a targeted study to determine if domestic water wells are being impacted by human-influenced pollution and/or events of nature. Owners of wells selected for inclusion in the study will receive free testing of their well water.

Water collected from water wells will be tested for Escherichia coli (E. coli) and total coliform bacteria that are found in untreated human and animal wastes, as well as for the presence of iron-related bacteria, sulfate-reducing bacteria and slime-forming bacteria. Samples will also be tested for caffeine.

The Dugan Best Neighborhood Alliance will host a neighborhood cleanup Saturday, May 19.  The cleanup will be from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. All residents are encouraged to join the group in picking up litter along sidewalks and alleys in the neighborhood.  Volunteers are asked to meet at Dugan Best Park.