Bangor Daily News
Suicide calls cut back sharply at Penobscot Narrows Bridge in year since fencing installed
It took 19 years, several state legislative proposals and about a dozen deaths to get the curved chain-link fencing added to the sides of the bridge.
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11mHow an alien shellfish with a strange taste found a home in midcoast Maine
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5mHappy 250th birthday, America
“Two-hundred-fifty years ago, representatives in the Continental Congress met in Philadelphia and adopted their Declaration of Independence.”
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3mDonors step up to keep program that sends free books to Penobscot County kids afloat
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1mLetter: Susan Collins should call out the president
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6mThis corner of Maine just keeps getting better for hikers
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