LEWISTON — Within the next year, there will be a new draw to Lewiston and Auburn’s riverside, thanks to the Museum in the Streets Project. The “L-A River History Trail” will feature up to 30 freestanding signs in L-A’s downtown areas that depict images and stories from the past and celebrate today’s community. Public feedback […]
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View from above
The three downtown bridges connecting Lewiston and Auburn are seen Wednesday afternoon in this aerial photo, as the partially frozen Androscoggin River meanders through the Twin Cities. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal)
Clean Water Act has transformed Androscoggin River over past 45 years
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 […]
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 […]