The Saw Mill River Coalition

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Green Home-Makeover at Wholesale Price!
Saturday, July 9, 2011

Reserve by Wednesday, July 6th, 4pm at: http://compostbinandrainbarrelsale.eventbrite.com/
You must pickup on July 9th
Rain or Shine, Cash or Check ONLY

*We are getting a special deal from the distributor to help get these environmentally friendly products into people’s homes! Take advantage of this great opportunity reserve your rain barrel and compost bin by July 6th! Register here to reserve your order.*

Pickup Times/Locations (Choose the one most convenient for you!):
8am-11am Greenburgh Town Hall 177 Hillside Ave. Greenburhg, NY 10603
12pm-2pm Tarrytown West Main St. Commuter Parking Lot
3pm-5pm Dobbs Ferry Waterfront Park

Rain Barrel $75 (Market value $125)
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Cut water bills
Use stored rain to water your lawn.
Reduce energy spent at water treatment facilities
All necessary hardware included, but homeowner will need to adapt down spout

Compost Bin $55 (Market Value $145)
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Average homes produce 650 lbs of kitchen/yard waste a year.
Reduce your load at the source by turning it into high-quality odorless fertilizer and topsoil.

*Comes with free kitchen collector bucket if reserved by July 6th*

Also available on Sale Day:
Rodent screen base ($20)
Compost Aerator ($25)
Presto Bin Large Wire Leaf Collector ($30)

Reserve by Wednesday, July 6th, 4pm at: http://compostbinandrainbarrelsale.eventbrite.com/
You must pickup on July 9th
Rain or Shine, Cash or Check ONLY

Follow the links below to download the PDF files:

2007:

Municipalities join to Protect Saw Mill River Watershed (2/23/07)

Journal News: Volunteers clean up debris (4/23/07)

Volunteers clean up what others cast off (4/27/07)

Yonkers to Take Lid Off River (7/1/07)

Rye Sound Shore Review: Flood Report (10/7/07)

 

2006:

Invasive Vines (1/19/06)

Vines threaten trees along Saw Mill River Parkway (2/10/06)

Students have passion for environment (4/21/06)

Storm Drain Marking (4/28/06)

Yonkers cleans up vacant lots (6/23/06)

Yonkers’ ambitious plan meets skeptics (8/6/06)

Saw Mill River Seminars (9/29/06)

“Free-A-Tree” Project (10/4/06)

Downtown development deal bad idea for Yonkers (10/06/06)

Vine-choked trees need helping hands along Saw Mill (10/27/06)

 

2005:

Yonkers to Uncover River (1/6/05)

Saw Mill River Coalition Champions (Feb/Mar 05)

Saw Mill River health is called no fish story (8/26/05)

River RATs free choked trees in Macy Park (10/7/05)

Yonkers groups labor to remove invasive vines, garbage (10/7/05)

Volunteers Sought for parkway cleanup (10/31/05)

Opening river a boon to city (11/8/05)

Saw Mill RIVER Parkway (11/20/05)

On Yonkers waterfront (11/29/05)

Tired of trash, residents clean up (11/29/05)

Yonkers groups remove vines (12/7/05)

Clearing Parkway Vines (12/10/05)

 

2004:

When the Saw Mill River Floods_NY Times (7/11/04)

Storm runoff threatens drinking water (11/8/04)

 

2003:

Rising River_NY Times (1/30/03)

 

1989:

Canoe Trip Leads to a River’s Adoption, Part 1 (1/15/89)

Canoe Trip Leads to a River’s Adoption, Part 2 (1/15/89)

 

1986:

Group Keeps Close Watch on Dangers of Yonkers Flume, Part 1 (5/5/86)

Group Keeps Close Watch on Dangers of Yonkers Flume, Part 2 (5/5/86)

 

1984:

Underground water tunnel worries environmentalists (10/11/84)

 

1977:

Flume Gets Refurbished, Part 1 (8/25/77)

Flume Gets Refurbished, Part 2 (8/25/77)

Flume Gets Refurbished, Part 3 (8/25/77)

Flume Gets Refurbished, Part 4 (8/25/77)

 

1974:

This Flume’s a Fly in Yonkers’ Ointment, Part 1 (8/11/74)

This Flume’s a Fly in Yonkers’ Ointment, Part 2 (8/11/74)

 

 

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Cleaning up the Saw Mill (05/15/11)

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Progress on Hudson (1/29/10)

Group Battles Invasive Vines (02/08/10)

No Parking (2/12/10)

Journal News: Creeping Vines Meet Some Resistance (2/26/10)

NMSDC Moves Forward with Daylighting (10/29/10)

18 yonkers sites pegged for redev (11/11/10)

Journal News: Sewage Release Unreported (11/18/10)

cortlandt law will preserve historic roads (11/19/10)