Today marks the 70th birthday of the King of Horror, Stephen King. And while many people think of him as the author of “It,” “The Shining,” and other nightmare fuel, the good people of Bangor, Maine also know him as a great neighbor.
King is the rare international celebrity who still lives and goes about his life in a relatively small town. (Bangor proper has just over 30,000 people.) His local paper, the Bangor Daily News, celebrated his birthday by sharing tales from people who have seen him out to dinner, let him coach their kids… and, in one case, told him his books suck.