Dr. Suzanne Seekins and John Townsend, new residents of Mathews County, were among the 29 volunteers who helped pick up trash during the Mathews County Fall Cleanup on Saturday. They picked up 10 bags of trash in the North area. A total of 42 bags of trash were picked up in various areas of the county, according to Emily Allen, Executive Director of the Mathews County Visitor Center, which sponsored the cleanup. Also participating were the Mathews Rotary Club, Mathews Main Street and Mathews County Historical Society, all of which adopt highways in the county, along with Board of Supervisors Chair Amy Dubois and her family, new participant Fred Winn, and the Towne and White families. “There was a great turnout despite the times,” said Allen.
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