Reminder: West View Trash Pick-up Thursday

The slogan on ’s web site is “West View, a good place to live.”

To keep it that way, the West View Republican committee is sponsoring its first ever trash pick-up night tonight from 7-8 p.m.

The event kicks off with the distribution of trash bags, and a quick pep talk at the in the West View Park Shopping Center.

Republican committee chairman Alison Kilmartin said the event is apolitical.

“We want to create a community event,” she said. “We want to come together, reach out to our brothers and sisters in West View to make this an even greater place to live.”

Residents are encouraged to simply pick up the trash, whether it is around their home, street, neighborhood, or nearby business.

The idea of the pick-up night comes from Mary Beth Marsh, a West View paramedic.

“I wanted to do a community service thing to help get the word out that here is a republican committee in West View,” she said.

Filling the trash bags is the only requirement. Kilmartin said that West View Borough manager and police chief Bruce Fromlak has agreed to have borough workers pick up the trash bags from anywhere along the streets of West View on Friday morning.

“For those who cannot gather at K-Mart Thursday evening, we are encouraging them to join us in spirit and pick up trash at home that night,” Kilmartin said.

“The ultimate goal is to bring us together as a community in a sense of solidarity and pride to preserve the beauty of West View.”  

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