Southampton Village Picks up Branches till Wednesday

The Southampton Village Department of Public Works will continue to pick up branches that came down during Tropical Storm Irene through Wednesday.

DPW Superviser Gary Goleski said Friday that village residents must stack branches on the shoulder of the road, and said the pick-up is a coustesy extended to homeowners only, not contractors. No leaves nor other debris will be accepted.

Once village workers have cleaned up branches from a street once, they will not return for a second pass, Goleski said.