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Verona Means
Business
Verona may not be the smallest of Hancock
County towns, but it comes close at number four.
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Travelers to
Downeast Maine cross the Waldo-Hancock Bridge and first touch
down in Hancock County in the town of Verona.
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Neighbor |
Stout
Vessels, Strong Weirs
Verona Island today sits in the middle of a busy highway, a highway that carries a
flood-tide of tourists and travelers in the summer.
For many people, Verona is
indistinguishable from Bucksport, possessing little distinction.
This has not always been the case, for Verona was an isolated
community prior to 1932.
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Acreage: 4,347
Population, 2000: 533
Population, 1990: 515
Population 19 years and younger, 2000: 117
Median Age: 43.5
Municipal Building: 16 School Street, P.O. Box
1940, Bucksport 04416; Monday, Wednesday, Friday 10
a.m.-noon, 1-4 p.m.; Thursday 4-7 p.m. 469-7965
Schools: Bucksport School Department.
Library: Buck Memorial Library, Bucksport.
Town Meeting: Last Saturday in March.
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They
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“I grew up in Verona and love
it here. The people in the area are great neighbors.”
—Glenn Redman
of Kravings.
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The early years
1860:
Population 399.
1861:
Feb. 18, Verona incorporates.
1861-65:
Nineteen men credited to Verona,
serving in the Civil War.
1875:
April, a flood partially destroys the
Verona bridge.
1876:
Verona Grange No. 206 founded on Jan.
22
1896:
Delano Brothers grocery store listed.
1906: The Roosevelt launched at Verona, cost $100,000 to build.
1920:
Stephen Decatur Bridge, fish curer and J.E.
Witham barrel maker.
1920:
Population 233.
1930:
Towers of bridge completed, some 300 feet
high.
1932:
Nov. 10, the Waldo-Hancock Bridge opens to
traffic.
1940:
Two grocery stores, Candage’s and Turner’s;
Kenny’s Restaurant and Bucksport Lumber Co. listed.
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