'It makes the brain go crazy': How Bangor survived the summer of bath salts

In 2011, Bangor was the national epicenter for a dangerous drug

At around 5 a.m. on June 21, 2011, Kierie Piccininni awoke to a loud crash on the street outside her then-boyfriend Gabe’s apartment on French Street in downtown Bangor. She ran to the window to see what had happened.

An SUV had smashed into a granite marker at the corner of Exchange and York streets, and was close to falling off an embankment into the p…