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Cleaning Beaches And Making Art Are Her Passions--And She Even Combines Them

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An assortment of debris found along Roanoke Avenue beach in Riverhead. COURTESY CAROLYN MUNACO

An assortment of debris found along Roanoke Avenue beach in Riverhead. COURTESY CAROLYN MUNACO

Volunteers pick up debris on 67 Steps Beach in Greenport. COURTESY ELI SURFRIDER FOUNDATION

Volunteers pick up debris on 67 Steps Beach in Greenport. COURTESY ELI SURFRIDER FOUNDATION

Volunteers pick up debris on 67 Steps Beach in Greenport. COURTESY ELI SURFRIDER FOUNDATION

Volunteers pick up debris on 67 Steps Beach in Greenport. COURTESY ELI SURFRIDER FOUNDATION

Volunteers carry debris from 67 Steps Beach in Greenport.. COURTESY ELI SURFRIDER FOUNDATION

Volunteers carry debris from 67 Steps Beach in Greenport.. COURTESY ELI SURFRIDER FOUNDATION

Volunteers pick up debris on 67 Steps Beach in Greenport. COURTESY ELI SURFRIDER FOUNDATION

Volunteers pick up debris on 67 Steps Beach in Greenport. COURTESY ELI SURFRIDER FOUNDATION

Volunteers carry debris found on 67 Steps Beach in Greenport. COURTESY ELI SURFRIDER FOUNDATION

Volunteers carry debris found on 67 Steps Beach in Greenport. COURTESY ELI SURFRIDER FOUNDATION

Volunteers sort debris found on Ponquogue Beach on Saturday. COURTESY ELI SURFRIDER FOUNDATION

Volunteers sort debris found on Ponquogue Beach on Saturday. COURTESY ELI SURFRIDER FOUNDATION

23 volunteers came out to clean up the Ponquogue Beach on Saturday. COURTESY ELI SURFRIDER FOUNDATION

23 volunteers came out to clean up the Ponquogue Beach on Saturday. COURTESY ELI SURFRIDER FOUNDATION

Carolyn Munaco sorts through the trash found on the beach. VALERIE GORDON

Carolyn Munaco sorts through the trash found on the beach. VALERIE GORDON

Carolyn Munaco uses trash found on the beach to make a sculpture made entirely of debris. VALERIE GORDON

Carolyn Munaco uses trash found on the beach to make a sculpture made entirely of debris. VALERIE GORDON

Carolyn Munaco sorts through the trash found on the beach. VALERIE GORDO

Carolyn Munaco sorts through the trash found on the beach. VALERIE GORDO

authorValerie Gordon on Feb 27, 2018
Carolyn Munaco, a lifelong Hampton Bays resident, led 23 volunteers along Dune Road in Hampton Bays as they picked up plastics and debris on a recent Saturday.“It’s not easy walking... more

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