Lethbridge Herald
August 13, 1995
Midler’s mission Ecology-minded Bette Midler is so fed up with urban debris, she’s taking matters into her own hands. Midler, who has bid adieu to L.A. in favor of permanent digs in New York City is waging war against the refuge-strewn streets of her beloved Big Apple. The ‘entertainer extraordinaire has  dug into her own pockets to fund ‘ the mammoth waste collection efforts of her newly formed organization, the Manhattan Restoration Project.