A better way to lift that bale

Lorne Cook, of the borough's Public Works crew, on Sept. 10 reattached a hydrant water line that had to be moved to make way for a new trash bale dumping operation at the waste transfer station. The borough has been using a temporary metal ramp and loading platform for forklifts to dump bales into 40-foot containers for shipment to a landfill in Washington state. A $250,000 federal Denali Commission grant is paying for installation of a permanent, safer concrete path for the forklifts to reach the containers. Public Works Director Tom Wetor said the project should be done by late October. BW Enterprises is doing much of the work, with borough crews handling power and moving the water line.