Don Hamel News Today

100 Years Ago: 1924 Fred W. Barron of Bath is the champion garden here so far as is known. He has planted his first patch of peas. 50 Years Ago: 1974 Second District William S. Cohen was seen warming up in front of the Capitol Building in Washington, D. C. for the fourth Annual Walk-A-Thon […]

Don died of cancer last Wednesday. He was 54. He wasn’t a politician, a businessman, an athlete or a celebrity. He wasn’t the kind of person that newspapers usually write obituaries about. But everyone knew him, and everyone marvelled at him. Don was the familiar figure who picked up litter on lawns, sidewalks and gutters on several blocks around his apartment at the Palazzio Italia non-profit housing building on Erie. He used a metal grabber to pick up cigarette butts, wrappers and other g...