ROCHESTER - Young and old alike came out on Saturday to help clean up a river that was the lifeblood of the city in years gone by and now remains the heart of downtown. The effort was undertaken by the Rochester Conservation Commission and Great Bay Trout Unlimited, whose members worked together to remove a potpourri of junk and debris from the riverbank of the Cocheco River. "One of the challenges of the cleanup in the downtown area of the river is accessibility, as a 10-foot retaining wall sep...
