The Newton Police Department has asked Waste Pro to leave a garbage truck at the police station on Decatur street the week after Christmas so that residents won’t have to leave them out by the street.
Newton Police Chief Harvey Curry said that leaving empty boxes for garbage collection at the road can make people a target for thieves.
“If you leave your box for your new 60-inch TV by the road or outside with your trash, criminals will see it,” Curry said. “Then you could be a target of crime. So, you either need to break your boxes down and put them inside trash cans and trash bags, or you can bring them to the police station the week of Christmas and put them in the garbage truck we will have here.”
Curry came up with the idea this year and plans to make this an annual event for local residents.
“We are doing everything we can to make sure our residents stay safe during the Christmas holiday season,” Curry said.
City closings, trash pickup
The City of Union is reopening today after being closed on Monday and Tuesday, and city offices will be closed again on Dec. 31 and Jan. 1 with reopening for normal business hours on Jan. 2.
Garbage collection for this week is running one day behind for the next two weeks. For both Christmas and New Year’s weeks, Tuesday’s trash pickup will be moved to Wednesday and Friday’s pickup will be on Saturday. Normal trash collection will resume beginning Monday, Jan. 7.
The City of Newton was closed on Christmas Eve and Day but will reopen today for normal business hours. City offices will be closed on Dec. 31 and Jan. 1 with reopening for business on Jan. 2. The city’s board of aldermen meeting was also rescheduled to Jan. 2 at 5:30 p.m.
Garbage collection for Christmas week will run one day behind. Tuesday pickup will be moved to today, and Wednesday pickup will be moved to Thursday. New Year’s week will be on regular schedule.
Town of Decatur will be closed through today, Dec. 26, and will reopen on Thursday. Offices will close for Dec. 31 and Jan. 1.
Town clerk Brenda Harper said garbage collection will be unaffected by the holidays, and will run on regular schedule on both today and Jan. 2.
