New Canaan’s “Clean Your Mile” trash pickup day is scheduled for two weeks from now—organizers are looking for as many volunteers as possible, click here for more info—and surely one area of focus could be a the wooded stretch just into Waveny from behind New Canaan High School.
Running for a good 50 yards parallel to the rear parking lot of the high school (up to about where Dunning Field starts), going a good 20 yards deep from the crest of a hill at the parking lot’s edge and into the swampy area itself, this place is completely littered with cans, bottles, wrappers, papers, clothes and other debris.
REALLY?
It could be that there’s some wind tunnel taking garbage from both the parking lot, grandstands or even South Avenue on the other side, but no matter. The biggest head-scratcher here may be that this place marks the very point where three treasured town spaces converge: glorious Dunning Field, our prized high school and Waveny, which NewCanaanite.com estimates 95 percent-plus of townies would say is our most prized amenity—a gift from the Laphams that volunteer groups and municipal employees work hard to beautify and protect.
Somewhere, there must be a solution for keeping this area clear of trash. Here’s more information on “Clean Your Mile.”