Keyport Residents Come Together to Tidy Up Sandy's Mess
Sandy left a huge mess in her wake, and Keyport residents are working to clean up the borough.
On a cold and windy Saturday, a group of about twenty people were busy at work across the street from the remains of Ye Cottage Inn. The people were young and old, short and tall. Many were from Keyport, but others were from neighboring communities. They were sifting through debris, lugging soggy chairs to the curb and shoveling everything Sandy dragged into pick-up trucks waiting to tow it away. "With all these people, in a little bit of time it's going to be cleaned up," said Bert Aumack, a Keyport police officer and longtime borough resident who organized the volunteer effort to clean up public areas in Keyport. On Nov. 24, the group focused their efforts on a patch of land on West Front Street, directly across from Ye Cottage Inn. The …
