Photos by Christine Hochkeppel Coast Guard Chiefs Tim Barr and Lisa Machon pitch in to clean-up the waterfront area near the East Bay bike path along Veteran's Memorial Parkway on Saturday, May 3.

The East Providence Police Department along with the United States Coast Guard and Save the Bay came together with other volunteers

East Providence Patrolman Michael Masaitis removes roughage from the waterfront during a cleanup along the East Bay bike path.

Saturday to clean up the East Bay Bike Path and Watchemoket Cove on Saturday. The group met at the East Providence Senior Center

East Providence Patrolman Patrick Conaty carries an old Mobil oil can to the trash pile as Community Policing Unit officer Tammy David observes in the background.

and then head over to the second over-look parking lot of the bike path on Veteran's Memorial Parkway. Wearing sturdy shoes and

Community Policing Unit officer Donald DePina grabs a piece of plastic at Saturdays clean-up project.

dressed for the inclement weather, the group hauled trash from the area all morning and into the afternoon while another group, the city's republican Committee, held a similar clean-up down the shoreline at Sabin Point. For more information on getting involved with local environmental activities, call Chief Robert Rezendes of the United States Coast Guard at 617/223-8555, the East Providence Community Police Officer Patrick Conaty at 435-1922, or check the web at www.savethebay.org.

– Victor Paul Alvarez