Dick Anderson, former Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife biologist and Lewiston-Auburn Metro Chamber of Commerce president Beckie Conrad talk following a news conference on the bank of the Androscoggin River in Lewiston on Tuesday. Watch the Androscoggin River today as it flows down from the Great Falls at Lewiston-Auburn and it seems scarcely […]
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Source to Sea Trekkers invited to paddle after hours
AUBURN — The Androscoggin Land Trust will host a night of twilight paddling as a leg of the Androscoggin River Watershed Council’s Source to Sea Trek. The Paddle After Hours event will take place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 3. Paddlers will leave Auburn’s Festival Plaza boat launch at 5:30 p.m. for a […]
Enjoying a summer's day on the Androscoggin
Leonard Bromberg of Rumford paddled a nine-mile section of the Androscoggin River from Hanover to Rumford Saturday as part of the Source to Sea event. “Every year, I think the river gets cleaner and more recreational. More people from Rumford should try it.” RUMFORD — Early Saturday afternoon, Leonard Bromberg of Rumford paddled a nine-mile section […]
Source to Sea to leave Lake Umbagog July 7
ERROL, New Hampshire — Each year the Androscoggin River Watershed Council hosts the Source to Sea by paddling down the Androscoggin River from Lake Umbagog in New Hampshire to Merrymeeting Bay in Brunswick, Maine. The kick off date is Friday, July 7, when paddlers will meet at the Umbagog Wildlife Refuge on the Magalloway River […]
Boats ‘n’ Brews River Race floats before Brewfest
AUBURN — The Great Falls Land Trust will hold its second annual Boats ‘n’ Brews River Race on Saturday, June 24, before the kickoff of the annual Brewfest. The race will go from 9 a.m. to noon, starting at the Festival Plaza boat launch on Main Street and wrapping up at the Durham Public Boat […]
Androscoggin River projects gain steam
AUBURN — It’s hard to miss the Androscoggin River crashing between downtown Lewiston and Auburn this time of year, when the falls are at full flow. On Thursday, a number of people made the trek up the Auburn Riverwalk to take a closer look, including officials from both sides of the river who are working […]