Stories about "Androscoggin River"
Muskie’s threatened Clean Water Act delivers ‘billions of dollars in economic benefits’ annually
Wednesday, November 15, 2017 5:24 pm
Ensuring clean water, says economics professor Lynne Lewis, boosts jobs, tourism, recreation, and property values — benefits that far outweigh the costs.
What’s In a Lewiston Name: Androscoggin
Thursday, August 3, 2017 4:30 pm
"Androscoggin," the name of Lewiston's river and county, is the contemporary word describing a Native American tribe that lived here.
What’s in a Lewiston name: Lown
Wednesday, December 21, 2016 12:03 pm
The area's southernmost bridge across the Androscoggin River was named for Lewiston son Dr. Bernard Lown in 2008.
Boathouse groundbreaking culminates Bates rowing’s winning day
Thursday, April 21, 2016 6:22 pm
“What a great way to spend a gorgeous Sunday,” said President Clayton Spencer of the events at the Bates rowing facility on the Androscoggin River in Greene.
Bates to build new rowing boathouse on the Androscoggin River
Thursday, October 30, 2014 4:19 pm
At an estimated cost of $2.5 million, the boathouse project will be 100 percent funded by contributions from Bates alumni and parents.
Harward Center marks Clean Water Act’s 40th with address by environmental historian
Monday, September 10, 2012 4:00 pm
Bates marks the 40th anniversary of the federal Clean Water Act with a Sept. 20 talk by an influential environmental historian.
Muskie Archives opens historic Androscoggin River data to researchers
Wednesday, August 8, 2007 9:14 am
The papers of a Bates College professor who spent decades studying pollution in the Androscoggin River -- pollution that prompted the federal Clean Water Act of 1972 -- are newly accessible to researchers.