About 10 million residents in the cluster have been threatened by industrial discharge which flow into the river.

But the hazard level has been decreasing dramatically.

The river is everywhere.

Calculations which required a $20 million machine eight years ago can be done on a Mac cluster costing about $11,000.

May what I do flow from me like a river, no forcing and no holding back, the way it is with children.

[Residents spoke passionately about the importance of the town's acquiring the property.] It's too precious to give up, ... Bass River is the largest saltwater estuary in New England. Miles of land along the river are privately owned. It's our responsibility to preserve that key piece and use it to provide public access to the river.