What is it?
Our friend, playwright Rick Whelan, is a follower of the blog and his brother teaches at the University of Maine in Orono, so Rick and I have been corresponding via e-mail in an effort to get an answer. Here's a portion of his most recent communication:
"[J]ust above Orono, there are strong sets of rapids on the Stillwater and the Penobscot rivers (the Stillwater is just a branch of the Penobscot) He [Rick's brother] says they just had a big rainstorm, the river level went up and foam forms with the water plunging over the rapids and then floats through the calmer parts downstream.
"The rivers used to be polluted by paper mills, but they are either gone now or cleaned up. So now you know the rest of the story!"
So there you go and thank you, Rick Whelan!
The once again beautiful Stillwater River in Orono, Maine
By the way, John Hardy seems to think I am inordinately interested in this situation and he therefore questions what he terms my neurotic need to continue to pursue it so I think I'll stop and let this be the last word. At least for now.
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