Annual Androscoggin River Clean-Up Yields 1/2-Ton, Odd Items

As part of National River Cleanup, members of the Upper Andro Anglers Alliance and students from the Telstar Challenge Course at Telstar High School in Bethel, Maine took part in the clean-up of a section of the Androscoggin River from West Bethel to Bethel on Wednesday, May 20, 2009.

In speaking with Wende Gray, a representative of the Upper Andro Anglers Alliance, she said the rafts were loaded with debris. Read more

Upper Andro Anglers Alliance And Telstar High School Students To Clean Up Androscoggin River

As part of National River Cleanup, members of the Upper Andro Anglers Alliance and students from the Telstar Challenge Course at Telstar High School in Bethel, Maine will clean up a section of the Androscoggin River from West Bethel to Bethel on Wednesday, May 20. Students, ages 16-18, will float down the river in rafts armed with garbage bags and towing garbage scow rafts to collect debris along the riverbanks. The clean-up flotilla will launch at 9 am from Newt’s Landing in West Bethel and take out at Davis Park in Bethel. Community members are welcome to help clean-up other stretches of the river. The town of Bethel will provide trash collection at Newt’s Landing and Davis Park and deliver to the town’s solid waste facility. Read more