City's pickup promise was ... well, garbage

Apologies to all who were inconvenienced by our online and bulletin board notices that said the City of Troy's DPW crew would pick up our garbage on Saturday this week.

Although most people had their blue recycling bins emptied, the City failed to come through on the promise it made to get around to us on Saturday for garbage removal.

Usually we complain about elected officials reneging on promises. In this instance, it was unelected City employees -- i.e., people we pay to provide a service.

Add to that the poor snowplowing performance by City trucks and we've all been underserved.

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Garbage collection reset for Saturday morning

Our normal Friday-morning garbage collection has been switched to Saturday morning due to the heavy snowfall.

That information came in response to a call to the City of Troy's Public Works Department on Friday afternoon.

The dispatcher on duty told me she did not know an approximate time because all trucks had not yet been plowed out and some pickup routes would have to be doubled up.

-- Bill Dowd

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Is there someone you need to check on?

Don't forget to check on your elderly or shut-in friends, relatives and neighbors during horrendous weather such as this.

It only takes a moment, and there probably will be nothing wrong, but it nevers hurt to make the effort.

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