50,000 nip bottles littered Gardner; an army of volunteers picked them up

GARDNER – An army of ‘Litter Angel’ volunteers went across the city hunting for trash over the weekend for the Great Gardner Cleanup and Nip Hunt, picking up nearly 50,000 tiny liquor bottles from the community’s roads, parks, and trails. James Kraskouskas, owner of Anthony’s Liquor Mart, put out a bounty on nip bottles during the event, agreeing to pay five cents for each nip collected during the day, which came out to just under $2,500. […]