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■■ A resourceful Ohio arborist used his bucket truck to visit his quarantined mother on the third floor of a lockeddown assisted-living facility. Charley Adams, proprietor of Adams Tree Preservation in Youngstown, usually takes his 80-year-old mom, Julie, out to eat twice a week, but has been prevented from doing so by a strict stay-athome order. So, he used his truck’s towering boom to position himself a safe distance outside her window. They chatted happily for 10 minutes. “Her spirits were kind of down,” he said. “I called her and I told her to come look out the window— and there I was.”

■■ A thoughtful Michigan groom stocked church pews with cardboardcutout wedding guests so that his bride-to-be wouldn’t have to walk down the aisle in an empty church. Dan Stuglik said he knew he “needed to do something creative” once the state banned large gatherings. So he asked Menasha Packaging Co. to create an audience for his fiancée, Amy Simonson. They responded with 100 cutouts of varying heights, ages, and hairstyles to replace the 160 guests who could not attend. “Her wedding was being stripped away from her,” he said, “but Menasha helped bring a little back.”

■■ A man wearing a Batman costume and driving a custom-made replica Batmobile has been patrolling the streets of Monterrey, Mexico, warning residents to stay indoors and observe government-ordered socialdistancing measures. “Hey, you! Stay home,” urges the recorded message blasting from the faux-Batmobile as the anonymous caped crusader drives through the city. “Join us as superheroes, stay home.”