Lincolnshire leaf collection

Lincolnshire’s annual leaf collection program begins Monday, Oct. 14. Leaves must be placed in the street by noon on Monday of the specified pickup week to guarantee collection during that week. Leaves placed in the street after the final collection that week will not be picked up until the next scheduled week of collection. Leaf pickup is scheduled for Monday through Friday as follows for residents west of Riverwoods Road: Oct. 14-18; Oct. 28-Nov. 1.; Nov. 11-15. For residents east of Riverwoods Road:

Oct. 21-25; Nov. 4-8; Nov. 18-22. Do not mix foreign materials, such as brush, garden waste, tree limbs, vines, lumber, etc., with the leaves. Do not place leaves in the street more than two to three days before the scheduled pickup week. For questions, contact Wendy Moderhack, public works facility secretary at (847) 913-2380.