How do you describe a river? By its shape? By how much water flows through it? By the plants and animals that live in and around it? For years, scientists have employed varied classification systems ...

Brittany Davis, center, yells to kids on shore as she floats in the Androscoggin River in August 2019 with her son Carsyn and friends in Lisbon off Ferry Road where they all live. At left is Mariah ...

For Ed Friedman, chairman of Friends of Merrymeeting Bay, rivers are more than just waterways, they’re lifelines. “We want to have healthy circulation systems… unobstructed arteries and veins,” said ...

Anna Stavrou, left, and her daughter, Nadia, from New Hampshire, take a selfie Saturday in front of Great Falls in Lewiston while standing in Veterans Memorial Park. Stravou, who lives in New ...