Video: The roar of Great Falls

An aerial view Sunday of Great Falls, between Lewiston and Auburn, after Friday's heavy rain.

Photo: Peak pike fishing

50 years of progress: Mainers celebrate Clean Water Act anniversary in Lewiston

About 200 people gather along the Androscoggin River to commemorate five decades of the Clean Water Act.

Clean Water Act anniversary celebration is Thursday in Lewiston

Dozens of environmental professionals and volunteers will be recognized.

Odors from a polluted Androscoggin River used to peel paint off houses

The river's staggering stench in days past defied description, though many tried in newspapers, politics and even poetry.

The Androscoggin River has been an ever-changing resource

A quick overview of the river that made the growth of Lewiston and Auburn possible.

50 years after the Clean Water Act, the Androscoggin River has changed dramatically

The river is the cleanest it's been in more than a century.

Beloved ‘Old Man of the Falls’ no match for ‘progress’

After crews dynamited a rock formation at Lewiston Falls in 1899, it began to succumb to the Androscoggin River it once overlooked.

Photo: Floating and paddling the Androscoggin in Bethel

People in kayaks, tubes and a canoe have fun on the water Monday in West Bethel.

Photo: Androscoggin River water quality check

Markers are collected after a month in the Androscoggin River to see what has grown to help determine water quality.