Village exceeds goal with 770 pounds of bags, is still going

Standing behind four six-pound sacks filled with plastic bags was Grafton Department of Public Works administrative assistant Linda Dean. Dean, along with department Director Amber Thomas, spearheaded an initiative to collect 500 pounds of plastic — about 40,500 plastic bags. The village has to complete the NexTrex challenge by December to be rewarded with a park bench made out of plastic.