Saturday Double Header: Clean City, Friends Book Donations

"I've been coming for two or three years. It's a great thing," said Rocky Hyde of Danbury. "Otherwise you'd find all of this stuff on the side of the road."

About 53 cars were lined up at the PAL building on Hayestown Road by 8 a.m., and the volunteers running the site had already cleared seven cars and trucks.

The city has dumpsters at five locations this year where people can throw away those items they meant to throw away all year, but never made it. You know, the mattress in the basement. The extra couch. The fence you cut down, but didn't throw away.

Bring your driver's license to prove you're from Danbury, and fill your trunk. No commercial vehicles, please.

DUMPSTER LOCATIONS:

City Hall (155 Deer Hill Ave.)

Rogers Park (by tennis courts on Lions Way.)

Mill Ridge Intermediate School (1 School Ridge Road.)

Public Works Building (53 Newtown Road.)

P.A.L. Building (35 Hayestown Road.)

This is the fine print.

For Friends book donations. The location is 30 Main St. from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Friends of the Danbury Public Library are transitioning from their old location in the library to a new sorting location at 30 Main St. Help them out by bringing by a few books to 30 Main St.

Not accepted at Clean City Danbury:

 - No Electronics (Electronics are accepted at the Recycling Center on White Street year round.)

 - No hazardous wastes (Hazardous Waste Day is in September.)

 - No grass clippings or yard debris.

 - No construction debris.