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Harnessing mussels to filter fresh water: A biological cure for contaminants is being studied | Great Lakes Echo

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By Amalia Medina Water tanks line a room in Philadelphia’s Water Works on the bank of the Schuylkill River. Inside are small fish that are hosts to tiny organisms that researchers say can help solve polluted waterways. Tucked under the fish gills are microscopic mussels that will mature and become capable of filtering 10 to […]

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Book sheds new light on London’s ‘Mayor of Richmond Row’

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London-born author Lynda Curnoe has published a new book about the late poet and downtown fixture Roy McDonald, which contains facts she says may surprise those who knew the man nicknamed “the Mayor of Richmond Row.” Recognized for his long beard, rumpled second-hand clothes and a suit jacket covered in buttons, McDonald became something of […]