This week begins spring clean-up in New Martinsville.

The 2010 spring clean-up schedule is as follows: Week of April 12, east side of Steelton; April 19, west side of Steelton; April 26, east side of state Route 2, from North to Williams Run; May 3, west side of state Route 2, from Fishing Creek to Williams Run; May 10, Brooklyn.

All items to be picked up should be boxed or bagged and placed at the edge of the resident’s property. No garbage items will be collected. Brush should be tied with rope into bundles that one worker can handle. Paint cans with the lids removed will be picked up. However, in addition to wet paint and garbage items, the following items will not be accepted: refrigerators, tires, liquids of any kind, and batteries.

Residents should place items at the edge of their property on the Sunday evening before the scheduled pick up date. Pick ups will start early and there will be no second calls in an area.