Right before pandemic restrictions went into effect, a newly launched Adopt-A-Street program in Barnegat Township held its first town-wide cleanup in early March.

More cleanups were planned, but they were shelved once COVID-19 gained ground. However, Nora Hansen, who formed the program with high school classmates Jenny Marcy and Skylar Dasti in 2019, was determined to try a cleanup in the fall and it came to fruition with a group of some 30 volunteers sprucing up areas of Barnegat on Oct. 3.