A pair of Americorps workers cut and remove cattails from Fall River last Tuesday, Aug. 20, below the suspended sidewalk near the Jennings Avenue bridge. There are a total of eight workers here currently, from all over the country. They will remain in Hot Springs for about four weeks, with their primary focus to clean up the cattails. The man pictured above in the water is utilizing one of the city’s four new rotary scissor trimmers. Photo by Brett Nachtigall/Fall River County Herald-Star
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LEFT: Looking north from the Jennings Avenue bridge, Americorps and city employees work together to cut and remove cattails and other vegetation from Fall River last Tuesday morning, Aug. 13. RIGHT: Looking south from the pedestrian bridge, a group of kids float in a raft in Fall River after the cattails were removed from the area earlier in the week.
HOT SPRINGS – Americorps workers began last Tuesday, Aug. 13, on cleaning up the Fall River channel at the Jennings Bridge and are working their way north to the Minnekahta Bridge removing cattails and other debris along the way. Their efforts in the city will continue for about four weeks, as they work alongside city personnel who are removing the vegetation as they go.On Friday of la...
