Eagle Scout Candidate Spruces Up Provost Square

Troop 6 teen uses donations and advice from area residents and businesses to landscape area between Caldwell Library and Caldwell Community Center.

Caldwell got a little more beautiful this summer thanks to the work of one 16-year-old Eagle Scout candidate. Troop 6 member Colin Corliss spent the last several months clearing debris, conditioning the soil and landscaping an 800-square-foot area between the Caldwell Public Library and the Caldwell Community Center for his Eagle Scout project. The scout received a round of applause for his proposal in April from the borough's governing body, which gave the project the green light. Corliss, an incoming junior at Newark Academy, knew the job ahead was a big one. What he didn’t know was how quickly area residents and small business owners would lend their advice, support and donations to the project. “I thought that if I asked people that we…

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