Teenagers take responsibility, clean up May 24 Torbay field party mess
Party revelers left garbage and abandoned furniture on private property
It appears some of the teenagers who left behind a field of garbage, a dozen pieces of furniture, and two large fire pits after a May 24 weekend party in Torbay have returned to help clean up their mess.
The town of Torbay had expected it would have to pay upwards of $4000 to restore Gosse's Meadow at Great Pond to its former state.
But Mayor Ralph Tapper told CBC News on Monday that some of the youth who attended the party have started taking responsibility for the trash they left behind on the private property.
Tapper said a parent called him on the weekend and informed him that their children were heading back to help tidy up.
"Some of his kids and some of the other kids who were up there over the weekend took it upon themselves to go back and clean up," said Tapper.
"They've already started and are going to try to do as much as possible."
Two students from Holy Heart of Mary told CBC News it was their classmates who went to Torbay and cleaned the field.
Lessons to be learned for next year
The cleaning help will curb the amount of money the town will have to spend restoring the property, and Tapper said the fuss this party has caused is a good learning opportunity for the future.
"May 24 is a big weekend, everyone thinks it's the start of summer, and you get outdoors and you party," he said.
"[But] it is private property that you're going to and give some respect to it and even the neighbourhood itself. You gotta be careful if you're gonna have open fires, that sort of thing. There could be homes close by."
Tapper said the town still expects to foot some of the bill for cleaning up, but that the contribution from the students has helped significantly.
With files from Ryan Cooke