The Watertown Boys & Girls Club is feeling the frustration after months of illegal dumping in their parking lot, a problem staff says is unnecessarily wasting money that should be going toward programs for local kids.

The club has repeatedly found everything from sectional couch pieces and mattresses to rowing machines and a flat-screen TV abandoned on its property. On Friday, there were two mattresses and more junk laying outside the dumpster.

"Unfortunately, it's something that we've seen quite a bit of lately," Executive Director Gary Beatty said. "It feels like it has ramped up, probably over the last 12 months or so."

Beatty believes most of the items are being dumped by people who live nearby, he says cameras have captured both trucks and passersby dumping trash in the middle of t

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