To the Editor:

I would like to submit this letter of appreciation of the Princeton Borough Public Works Department.

At Communiversity I foolishly placed my sweater with my wallet in the pocket by the sidewalk near the cotton candy booth I was working at. I kept my eye on it most of the time except for the very end of the event when I had to go to the end of the booth’s customer line to stop it. At that very same moment, the street cleaners were doing their job in order to re-open the streets and without their knowledge, they picked up my sweater, along with all the garbage around it and threw it in the dump truck. It was only a matter of minutes before I realized this and I ran down Nassau Street to plead with them to let me look myself so that I could recover my wallet. Of course, they could not allow this, but they were very sympathetic to my situation and asked me for my name and number, and said that they would look for it themselves on Monday morning.

I gave them my information, but honestly thought that they were just being kind to me that day and that they really would not go through all the garbage to look for my lost belongings. That weekend, I was stressed, thinking of how I was going to have to replace all of my credit cards, drivers license, not to mention losing all the cash and gift cards my kids had just received for their birthdays. But that Monday, by 9 a.m. I received a call saying they had found my wallet!

I can’t say how thankful I am to all the guys, especially the young gentleman who dug through all the mess to find it. These men are truly appreciated. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you — you are truly a credit to this community, and you went above and beyond the call of duty to find my wallet amidst the mountain of Communiversity garbage!

Stephanie Nazario

Red Oak Row