PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • August 24, 2020
A group of four friends—Sager and George Belanger, both 27, and Lance Jandreau and Liam Bergin, both 26—three of them certified scuba divers, have made it their mission this summer to haul trash out of the Saco River. Ludmila Svoboda of Limerick said she and her 8-year-old son watched recently as a large group floated past them and dropped cans in the river. Svoboda used it as a teaching moment for her son, Abner Deans. “It’s unfortunate. It’s not uncommon to see large groups,” Svoboda said. “I told my son we have to respect the river to take care of the water and wildlife. We’re so lucky to live in Maine and to have this clean river. Kids need to know that behavior is not OK.”