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CHARLES RIVER

Help wanted: Visionary to get swimming back in mainstream

Charles River fans foresee swimmers splashing by the Longfellow Bridge one day. Charles River fans foresee swimmers splashing by the Longfellow Bridge one day. (DAVID L. RYAN/GLOBE STAFF/file 2005)
January 21, 2007

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"Charles River Swim Coordinator" sounds like something you'd see on an ironic T-shirt. But as the Charles distances itself from its tetanus-shot days and moves closer to welcoming bathers as the first swimmable major urban river in the country, the Charles River Conservancy is looking for someone to run its "Swimming in the Charles" initiative. (Full article: 302 words)

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