Environmental Health AA assigned this issue to Department of Public Works

fresh trash thrown in to the same river bed also indication of oil not sure what it is river floor bed an a contaminated pool

Paul V: regarding the 1779 Westville cannon that you mentioned was removed from Edgewood Park (in a previous post that doesn’t allow for commenting)

Have you tried calling the Parks Department or the NH Museum? A curator at the museum should be interested. And if not under the purview of Parks, parks department should at least be able to direct you to the right person. There is also an active Westville Alliance that may be able to press for an answer, too.
It is a shame to loose a piece of our town’s history. And If it was stolen, a police report should be filed.

Hello Jane ! very happy to hear your interest for the cannon , i called the parks department years ago they did not know of it NH museum said look through their pictures email out of town historical said most likely stolen i know it laid on stone support i found cement footing is still there
iv stating think city do not want historical sites this way they build project without referencing them
my thought if for or against history value young old feel free if you want talk about it share paul valanzuolo 203 397 3616 fountain st of westville ,,then it was called hotchkiss town

yea just update 2/24.. can use some no littering illegal dumping signs one along stone street river steel pipe railing street fill trash also Montessori parking lot perhaps dumpsters or along river yea i don't want loo at them but i continue to clean up river just pulled 34 used tires from river not easy had to be done before river overflows down river believe dumped right there

need updates issue 15962797 thankyou

Hi Paul! My young son & I saw you pulling old tires out of West River, and I just wanted to say thank you!!! Your grappling hook & rope method was awesome. Thanks for caring about the river & the neighborhood. I walk my 5-year old 3 blocks to school & back every day and I’m always lamenting the amount of garbage & litter on the street. Well, this week I picked up all the street litter on our side of Austin and Blake. Where I grew up people knew better than to chuck litter out the window of their car, but apparently not in Connecticut. But thanks, Paul, for being one of the good ones!

thankyou Andrew and your son .. yea little history the river west rock mt where i grew up spent summer cutting down Japanese Knot weed that took control i can say up to know iam in control come ware weather sure to come back in furry i have my plan my area that control i hope river brings up lot of plastics glass into river banks as it lowers the tire 34 some though would be addition only to my work load illegal dump i believe Montessori parking lot rolled right in there is another area i have posted issue 15962797 waiting to see when city will address it 36 tire additional 12 in the river that most likely i have to plan way down whalley ave bridge thankyou trash debris picking up i thing that lot river problem is from storm drains runs debris on the street big problem but would advise if its fresh don't pick up i have a picker that least keeps me at 2'-1/2 need to safe bottom line people don.t care ... some of do thankyou for commeting

This issue was recategorized from Illegal Dumping to Parks Request.

there is a sign bit bang up some sot film on it sign post needs to be straighten on the beginning of stone street just off hard street below the west rock park sign in which i clean off ill try to clean it off but further down the stone street along the river would be good placement and a 55 gallon drum for wast good idea

washed down sign nice nice no littering sign with images of debris can use few more down the street .. also along whalley ave up to wood bridge town line river banks are load with debris on whally side winds up in river eventually down stream out to sea

can use few 55 gallon barrels wast along street steet cswip did nopt catch the main issue a the intersection stone hard street few more sign s also would be useful along street no littering thankyou