Nahant Girl Scouts Clean Up Town Beaches

On Tuesday, August 13th, five Nahant Girl Scouts in Troop 62860–Ione Byam Miller, Maeve Nugent, Violet Powell, Julianne Sheehan, and Eliana Uzcategui–celebrated the installation of their Beach Basket Coastal Cleanup Resilience Project alongside Town Administrator Tony Barletta and Select Board Members Rob Tibbo and Gene Canty. The completion of their project comes after months of work, in which, the Girls in Troop 62860 identified a community issue and developed a solution to address it. With help from the Nahant DPW and Safe Waters in Massachusetts (SWIM), the Girls installed four Beach Basket Stations: two at Short Beach and two at Tudor Beach.

When visiting Short Beach or Tudor Beach, beachgoers can pick up an empty yellow basket at the stations and use it to collect trash and debris along their way. When finished with collection, they can empty the basket in the trash and return the basket to its station.

The Town of Nahant would like to thank the Girls of Troop 62860, their parents, DPW Superintendent Zach Taylor, and members of Nahant’s SWIM and their President Vi Patek. It was through the collaborative effort of these individuals that led to the completion of this project. With the help and participation of Nahant Residents, we should all look forward to enjoying cleaner beaches.