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A man in Washington Heights, Manhattan, has spent 100 days cleaning one city block each day, and neighbors have started joining his effort. The story has drawn attention for showing how a single person's consistent volunteer work can build community participation and improve shared public spaces in a New York neighborhood.

Tennessee Volunteers football assistant coach William Inge has received what he described as positive news in an ongoing health battle, according to the Knoxville News Sentinel. The nature of his condition has not been disclosed, but the update offers encouragement to the Volunteers program and supporters, who have been wishing him well during his treatment and recovery.

In Honolulu, volunteers and conservation workers are stepping in after storms to help manu-o-Kū, the white terns that are the official bird of the city, return to their nests in trees. Chicks and eggs knocked down by high winds are being placed back safely, part of an ongoing community effort to protect the seabirds in urban Honolulu.

A volunteer cleanup on the Anacostia River is being held this weekend, focused on removing litter before it can flow toward the ocean. Organizers also plan to collect data on the trash gathered, which will be shared with researchers studying pollution. The event highlights ongoing local efforts to restore one of the Washington, DC area's most polluted waterways.