Stories about "Androscoggin River"
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.