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Planning an outside project? Call 811 before you dig!

Do you dig gardening? Perhaps your spring and summer “To Do” list includes installing a fence or building a shed. As you begin to put together those projects lists, pause just a moment to consider if any of your tasks include digging. Whether you are considering something big like building a new deck or patio or constructing a new garage or shed, or smaller projects like installing a mailbox, fixing a fence or even just digging a hole to plant a tree or transplant a shrub, it

Stafford Creek Landfill, metal buyers can help with hard-to-toss items

We still have spring cleaning on our mind and hope you do, too. Before we give you some ideas for inside chores, we thought we would talk about another couple of places that may take what you don’t want. In a recent blog we mentioned the Goodwill, the Union Gospel Mission, and Habitat for Humanity, local charities that each want a different mix of what you might need to castoff. In addition, we mentioned the Aberdeen Thrift City, a business that also accepts donations. But so

Donate your useable stuff to charities

It’s Spring Cleanup time in Grays Harbor! For many Harborites, that means a free trip to the dump. However, whether you get a free day at the dump or not, use the spring air of new beginnings to see if your old stuff can be useful to a local charity! WHAT TO DO WITH JUNK THAT ISN’T One of the reasons many of us hesitate to get rid of things that we no longer need is that we find it hard to “trash” something that isn’t trash. As you are sorting and cleaning this spring, you ar

It's Spring Cleanup time in Grays Harbor

Ahh, spring! The time of year you feel the warmer weather, see the blossoming flowers and hear – and try to heed – the loud call of spring chores! Use that spring in your step this spring to tackle the tidying up that most of us need in and around our homes, garages and yards this time of year. For many Grays Harborites, a chance for a free day to dump junk at the LeMay Transfer Station makes addressing the excess-stuff issue a no brainer! We’re happy to pass along that once

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