Seeger gets award for contributions to clean water

Pete Seeger, Beacon resident and the famed folk musician who built the Sloop Clearwater, was named a ''Clean Water Hero'' Friday by the Clean Water Network.

An alliance of more than 1,100 organizations dedicated to preventing pollution, protecting ecosystems and closing loopholes in environmental laws, the network is based in Washington.

Seeger, 83, was one of 30 people honored on the 30th anniversary of the passage of the Clean Water Act.