Expectations Rising -- Progress On the Androscoggin River

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AUBURN ? Romeo Michaud looked at the Androscoggin River on Friday, remembering how he fished for hornpout as a boy.

Over time, he and others stopped eating the fish they caught as the river became among the most polluted in the country.

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Expectations Rising -- Progress On the Androscoggin River

He remembered the stench and big pads of pollution floating past.

"The land was perfect, but the river was terrible," he said.

Today, Michaud, 77, strolls along the river on morning walks. In his lifetime, he's seen the Androscoggin go from clean to dirty to getting clean again.

"They've largely solved many of the problems," he said. "You don't see or smell pollution like it once was. Since I've grown up, it really has improved ? a complete turnaround from what it was."

But Michaud is reluctant to swim in the river, even if the ...

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