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Welcome to the OARS 3 Rivers Press Center. Here, you can stay up-to-date with the latest news and developments from the Sudbury, Assabet, and Concord rivers. This page is your go-to source for all our press releases and recent media coverage.
Press Releases
PRESS RELEASE: Town of Concord and Partners Receive $450,000 State Grant for Regional Climate Resilience
October 17, 2025
by Donna McIntosh, Communications Manager, Town of Concord | October 17, 2025 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONCORD, MA (Sept. 19, 2025)—The Town of Concord, in partnership with OARS 3 …
PRESS RELEASE: Collaborative Action for a Cleaner, Healthier Sudbury River
July 15, 2025
by Sarah Kwan, Director of Communications and Development, OARS | July 15, 2025 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OARS 3 Rivers, the watershed organization for the Sudbury, Assabet, and Concord …
PRESS RELEASE: The Sudbury Foundation Awards Over $1,322,000 in Grants
October 11, 2024
by Sonia Shah, Executive Director, The Sudbury Foundation | October 11, 2024 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 10, 2024 (SUDBURY, Massachusetts)—The Sudbury Foundation recently awarded over $1,322,000 in grant …
PRESS RELEASE: OARS Intern Discovers Invasive Turtle Species in Merrimack River
August 10, 2024
by Sarah Kwan, Director of Communications & Development, OARS | August 10, 2024 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Lowell, MA—A new invasive species has been identified in the Merrimack River, …
PRESS RELEASE: Urgent Call for Action on Hager Pond Dam: Algal Blooms and Ecological Damage Threaten Hop Brook
August 09, 2024
by Sarah Kwan, Director of Communications & Development, OARS | August 9, 2024 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Marlborough, MA—August 9, 2024—The Hager Pond Dam in Marlborough, MA, has become …
PRESS RELEASE: A River Revived: OARS’ Work Brings Concord River Back to Swimmable Status
July 31, 2024
by Sarah Kwan, Director of Communications & Development, OARS | June 31, 2024 In a momentous achievement for environmental conservation, OARS, the watershed organization for the Assabet, Sudbury, and …
PRESS RELEASE: OARS Celebrates River Health with Report Card Launch and Community Swim
June 21, 2024
by Sarah Kwan | June 21, 2024 | OARS Concord, MA, June 18, 2024—OARS, along with state and local leaders, community partners, and members of the public, celebrated the …
Action Alerts
ACTION ALERT: Sanitary Sewer Overflow in Sudbury River!
July 31, 2024
IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUIRED: Sanitary Sewer Overflow in Sudbury River! Please be advised that a significant sanitary sewer overflow has occurred in the Sudbury River near Framingham Center. It is crucial …
ACTION ALERT: Ensure the Drought Bill Succeeds!
July 23, 2024
Thanks to your incredible advocacy, the Drought Bill successfully passed the Senate in June as part of a larger Climate and Energy Bill. Disappointingly, it was not included in …
SuAsCo News Coverage
Place Matters. History Is the Result
October 09, 2025
by Elaina Hancock | October 9, 2025 | UConn Today History and ‘deep history’ answer the question: Why Concord? Some places seem to be hubs of action. …
WHY CONCORD? The geological origins of the American Revolution
October 08, 2025
by Robert A. Gross and Robert M. Thornson | October 8, 2025 | The Atlantic Concord, Massachusetts, 18 miles northwest of Boston, was the starting point for the …
Residents Clean the Concord River at the Bedford Boat Ramp
October 06, 2025
by Jonathan DeKock, Carlisle Conservation Foundation Director of Land Management | October 6, 2025 | The Bedford Citizen On Saturday, Sept. 27, a collaboration of Bedford and Carlisle …
Undeveloped 60-acre West Concord parcel tips toward auction
September 26, 2025
by Dakota Antelman | September 26, 2025 | The Concord Bridge Nearly 60 acres of trees and wetlands—along with a busted-up car—are up for grabs in West Concord. …
River cleanup debris to resurface in Fowler Library art exhibition
September 26, 2025
by Trace Salzbrenner | September 26, 2025 | The Concord Bridge Tomorrow, Concordians will be turning trash into treasure. ArtScape, the Concord Free Public Library, and …
Town eye tandem solution for sewerage contraints
September 12, 2025
by Dakota Antelman | September 12, 2025 | The Concord Bridge Concord’s shuttered state prison could one day provide a little freedom. As limited sewer capacity constrains new development, …
Concord River Water Chestnut Pull Extracted Tons of Invasives
July 23, 2025
by Jonathan DeKock | June 25, 2025 | The Bedford Citizen An estimated 32,000 invasive water chestnut plants (Trapa natans) were pulled from the Concord River along the Carlisle …
Maynard man takes OARS summerlong paddling challenge to the next level
June 25, 2025
by Peter Currier | June 25, 2025 | The Lowell Sun Chester ‘Ozzy’ Osborne paddles 86 miles on local river in under 48 hours When Chester “Ozzy” …
A 48 Hour 86 Mile River Paddling Challenge Set to Dock in Bedford on June 22
June 11, 2025
by Mary Stewart | June 11, 2025 | The Bedford Citizen In late June, paddler Chester “Ozzy” Osborne will embark on a challenge to paddle all 86 navigable miles …
Three ‘enduring’ rivers inspire Fowler art exhibit
June 11, 2025
by Laurie O’Neill | June 11, 2025 | The Concord Bridge A river runs through it. Or rather, three rivers do. They are the Concord, Sudbury, and Assabet, …
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