Blue Hill thefts under investigation
ELLSWORTH Hancock County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating two thefts at Blue Hill residences. One occurred on April 27 and the other on May 6. Multiple items were taken from an apartment in the May 6 theft, Deputy Mariza Gionfriddo reported.
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Overdose
A Stonington man called for help for his friend, 37, of Ellsworth, who had overdosed and needed an ambulance May 1. “I responded and assisted until an ambulance crew arrived and took him to the hospital,” said Sgt. Dan Harlan.
Arrests
A man who allegedly took a pickup truck from his Stonington mother without permission on May 1 was located by the Veazie Police Department and arrested on Saturday, Harlan reported.
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First-off, we want to be clear:
This is an April Fools joke. The Maine Department of Transportation had some fun on social media with a creative April Fools joke. Shared on their Twitter and Facebook pages, the department announced they will rename the Penobscot Narrows Bridge after Stephen King. They write: If you’re afraid of heights, the observatory at the top of the Penobscot Narrows Bridge is a scary place. That’s why we’re renaming the bridge after Maine native and master of horror Stephen King.
The prank was complete with a photo of the Penobscot Narrows Bridge photoshopped with two big bats perched atop the bridge towers, resembling the ones on the iconic gate in front of his Bangor home. The dead giveaway was the date in which the bridge officially gets renamed. MDOT said,
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On this date in Maine history: Dec. 30
By Joseph Owen
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A large sailboat leads a boat parade under the Penobscot Narrows Bridge and Observatory, Oct. 14, 2006, during Bridgewalk, a celebration of the newly constructed bridge. Photo by Derek Davis/Staff Photographer
Dec. 30, 2006: The $85 million Penobscot Narrows Bridge, which carries Route 1 across the Penobscot River and links the towns of Prospect and Verona Island, opens to traffic for the first time.
The cable-stayed 2,120-foot bridge features two 430-foot-tall towers, the western one of which contains the world’s highest public bridge observation deck.
Dave Milan, the economic development director for nearby Bucksport, tells the Bangor Daily News that in addition to being a means to cross the river, the bridge should attract tourists, because the enclosed observation deck is the only one of its kind in the Western Hemisphere.