{"id":47068,"date":"2023-12-21T15:14:04","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T15:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelandmark.com\/?p=47068"},"modified":"2023-12-21T15:14:04","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T15:14:04","slug":"sterling-scouts-honored-for-community-eagle-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/2023\/12\/21\/sterling-scouts-honored-for-community-eagle-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Sterling Scouts honored for community Eagle projects"},"content":{"rendered":"
By Jan Gottesman<\/em>
\nItem Editor<\/em><\/div>\n

STERLING \u2013 Select Board member David Smith said the town works on volunteerism \u2026 and they are starting early.<\/p>\n

At their Dec. 6 meeting, members of the Select Board recognized several Boy Scouts who have been involved in Eagle Scout projects to benefit the town.<\/p>\n

Senior Center Director Sheila Beane introduced three Scouts whose projects have been done around the center.<\/p>\n

\u201cTheir repair work and beautification of the Senior Center landscaping is most appreciated,\u201d Beane said.<\/p>\n

Zachary Sweet, 17, has been a Scout for seven years and is a member of Troop 1. He built three birdhouses and two planter boxes, while refurbishing two existing planter boxes.<\/p>\n

Colin Sweet, 17, of Troop 189, has been a Scout for about a dozen years. He said he cleaned up around some of the rock beds in front of the senior center and worked on mulch beds around six trees behind the center.<\/p>\n

Jacob Thorogood, 18, of Troop 189, who has been a Scout since he was 7, worked on mulch around six trees in front of the center, installing edging around them to protect them, especially during mowing and other maintenance.<\/p>\n

The work around the senior center was done mainly using donations and a pair of GoFundMe drives.<\/p>\n

\u201cThank you for the effort to beautify the senior center, something they have wanted to do for a few years,\u201d Select Board Chair Maureen Cranson said to the young men.<\/p>\n

Three other Scouts did work around town.<\/p>\n

Corbin Bennett, who could not attend the meeting, helped to transform the historic Town Pound.<\/p>\n

Adam Orsini, of Troop 1, spruced up and painted six benches at the lake, work he told the Select Board his parents funded.<\/p>\n

Charles Smith, of Troop 1, refurbished the gazebo at Memorial Park, using mostly supplies already on hand.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat is the bane of the town,\u201d Cranson said about the gazebo, since it is \u201calways being damaged.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t stop volunteering,\u201d Smith told the Scouts. \u201cThis town is driven by volunteers.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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