Chaplin Cleanup Day
April 19, 2025 (Saturday)
We live in a wonderful town, that's filled with the natural beauty of forests, fields, rivers, streams, ponds and wildlife—as well as historic buildings and cemeteries. All too often, many of us forget just how interesting and beautiful our town is, and don't do all that we can to help preserve that beauty. If you're like me, you feel disgusted when you're walking or driving down a road in our town and see trash littering the sides of the road, or in our cemeteries, Diana's Pool, or other public spaces. Here's a chance to do something about it!
We have an annual Chaplin Cleanup Day, which takes place on the 3rd Saturday of April each year.
The goal is to have as many individuals, households, and organizations as possible each agree to clean up a section of road or other public area (like Diana's Pool, a cemetery, etc.) within Chaplin. We hope that you will participate, and encourage your friends and neighbors to participate, to help renew this sense of pride and make our town an even better place to live.
How to Participate
- Look at the list of cleanup commitments below, and choose an area not yet taken that you or your family/household/organization are willing to take responsibility for cleaning.
- Email a note to cleanup@komuves.org with the following:
- ► Your Name(s).
- ► The area you'll be cleaning up (if part of a road, give intersections or house numbers of ends).
- ► (Limited Availability) You can also request to borrow a trash pickup tool or high visibility safety vest (include size of S, M, L, XL, XXL). If you do, please also provide your phone number. You can pick these up outside from my home on Bedlam Rd.
- On or before April 19 perform the cleanup. Plastic trash bags and gloves will be available at the Chaplin Town Hall if you need them. If you come across anything on roads or public land that's too large for you to manage, please let us know, and we'll ask the town to deal with it, if that's appropriate. For the weekend of April 19, a town dump truck will be parked at the Town Hall parking lot, into which you can deposit trash from the cleanup (please do NOT bring any personal trash).
- After the cleanup, send any comments, reports, or photos that you want to share about what you found to cleanup@komuves.org. These photos will be published on this cleanup web page.
2025 Chaplin Cleanup Commitments (View Map)
| Area | Responsible Party |
| 198 from Ridge Rd. to Route 6 | Micah Gutt & Brenda Lucas |
| Bedlam Rd. Cemetery | Chris Komuves |
| Bedlam Rd. from Cemetery to #101 | Chris Komuves |
| Bedlam Rd. from #103 to Rt. 198 | Paul & Sue Peifer |
| Cedar Swamp Rd. from #95 to Goshen Rd. | Liz Coulombe & Family |
| Chaplin St. from Tower Hill Rd. to Rt. 198 (South end) | Deb Field |
| Chaplin St. from Tower Hill Rd. to Rt. 198 (North end) | Victoria Northrop & Anne Connor |
| Diana's Pool & Area along Natchaug River | Boy Scouts Troop 440 w/Linda Caron |
| Federal Rd. from Tower Hill Rd. to Davis Rd. | Adele & Henry Swart |
| Marcy Rd. from Singleton Rd. to Morey Rd. | Ann Lewis & Heather Cohen |
| Morey Rd. from 198 to Marcy Rd. | Rusty & Anne Lanzit |
| Morey Rd. from Marcy Rd. to Hampton Town Line | Ann Lewis & Heather Cohen |
| Natchaug Street | Pat Rice |
| Nollet Rd. | Kate & Jason Mott & Family |
| North Bear Hill Road from 198 to Singleton Rd. | Pat Rice |
| Palmer Rd. from Ridge Rd. to Chaplin St. | Peter & Jeanette Haines |
| Ridge Rd. from Palmer Rd. to Rt. 198 | Bruce Edelman |
| Ridge Rd. from Tower Hill Rd. to Palmer Rd. | Deb Field |
| Singleton Road | Pat Rice |
| South Bear Hill Rd. from Cross Rd. to End | Janet Stone |
| South Cemetary Rd. | Janet Stone |
| Tower Hill Rd. from Davis Rd. to Ridge Rd. | Scott Matthies & Anne Sicilian |
| Tower Hill Rd. to Chaplin St. | Deb Field |
2025 Cleanup Photos
(Click on photos to view full size)Email photos to cleanup@komuves.org to appear here.
For any questions or comments, please contact Chris Komuves at cleanup@komuves.org or (860) 455-9839 [cell]. You can also view information on previous cleanup days.