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The bridge was briefly closed on December 7, 2017, when a woman armed with a shotgun was seen walking across the bridge from the Prospect side to the Verona Island side and then sat on the deck. After closing the bridge, Maine State Police officers negotiated with the woman by loudspeaker, and she surrendered after approximately 20 minutes. [31]
The Waldo–Hancock Bridge was the first long-span suspension bridge erected in Maine, as well as the first permanent bridge across the Penobscot River downstream from Bangor. The name comes from connecting Waldo and Hancock counties. The bridge was built in 1931 and retired in 2006, when the new Penobscot Narrows Bridge was opened just a few ...
A Maine woman is shedding some light on the scathing obituary she wrote for her mother, which went viral and made headlines internationally last month.
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. - The Piscataqua River Bridge connecting New Hampshire and Maine was shut down for more than six hours Thursday after police shot and killed a man wanted for killing his wife and ...
Nearly a dozen visitors were injured after a platform leading to a historic Maine lighthouse collapsed Saturday, during the state's annual event to encourage tourism to lighthouses.
In 1990, NHF began work on “Going to the Movies: A Social History of Motion Pictures in Maine Communities.” The completed project—an exhibition including lectures and screenings—ran at The Maine Mall and Burlington Square Mall in 1996. With the help of members and friends, NHF bought the Alamo Theatre in downtown Bucksport in 1992.
Highest bridge in the country. A suicide barrier was installed on the bridge after an unusually high 48 suicides between 1979 and 1990. [35] Cliffs of Moher - County Clare Ireland: Four prevented suicides in 2008 [36] Grand Duchess Charlotte Bridge: Luxembourg City - Luxembourg: More than 100 suicides since opening in 1966.