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Friday, November 19, 2010
There will now be a moment of silence, followed by more silence.
Some times you need to say something in response, but there's nothing to say that will add anything to what's been said. This is one of those times.
Wormtown Taxi: Kathy
Wormtown Taxi: Kathy
In which real people bring us the world
When Lisa Mullins made the trek out to Greenfield yesterday, she passed through familiar lands. Long before hosting PRI's The World, she had her first radio gig at WEIM (now WPKZ) in Fitchburg. The World, a collaboration between the BBC, PRI, and WGBH, is a rare treasure, bringing international news to an American audience.
Mullins and The World editor Ken Bader spoke last night at an event sponsors by WFCR and Greenfield Community College. WFCR has just launched a new FM outlet, 91.7, in Greenfield, bringing the news channel to the static-free airwaves.
The crowd of 70 or so[1] filled the chairs in a brick-walled room in The Arts Block, a renovated factory in the revitalized downtown. Through a presentation of photos, Mullins walked us through the production of the show. The World goes on the air at 3 PM Eastern. The staff starts shortly before 8 AM, reviewing the overnight news and holding conference calls with the BBC staff in London (where its early afternoon). She introduced us to the staff from the big league executives to the go-fers, providing a insightful anecdote about each.
The show doesn't do much breaking news. Bader noted that The World is more like a newspaper, developing a daily digest of news. The World also does longer investigative pieces. Mullins previewed a series on South African health care that will air in December. In that series, a medical panel makes the life-and-death decisions about who will have access to the limited dialysis services.
Mullins noted that, even with the reorganizations and budget cuts at the BBC, there's still no news organization with a greater reach than the BBC. The dictatorship in Burma doesn't allow foreign correspondents into their country. The BBC has a reporter in Burma.
Bader gave us a clever demonstration of editing for radio, taking the lead graf of a New York Times story and making it work for the listener. Simple sentences do the job.
The show is brought to us by a crew of reporters who get shot at, crawl into dark and dirty places to bring us the news, talk to leaders of the world and drummers from Brazil. Mullins played an audio clip of a Honduran bishop who was struggling with grief after Hurricane Mitch drowned the country in 1997. "I am very bad with God," said Bishop Leo Friday. Sometimes, she observed, you just have to let the interview go where it's going to go.
These are consummate professionals, but also, and most importantly, real people who work with real people to help us understand a complex and troubling world. Mullins, at once humble and confident, is one of those few people who could find both the Zambezi and Nashua rivers on a map.
[1]Although the black population of Franklin County is just 1.7%, this crowd was whiter than that. The only black person in the room was the technician running the audio equipment.
Mullins and The World editor Ken Bader spoke last night at an event sponsors by WFCR and Greenfield Community College. WFCR has just launched a new FM outlet, 91.7, in Greenfield, bringing the news channel to the static-free airwaves.The crowd of 70 or so[1] filled the chairs in a brick-walled room in The Arts Block, a renovated factory in the revitalized downtown. Through a presentation of photos, Mullins walked us through the production of the show. The World goes on the air at 3 PM Eastern. The staff starts shortly before 8 AM, reviewing the overnight news and holding conference calls with the BBC staff in London (where its early afternoon). She introduced us to the staff from the big league executives to the go-fers, providing a insightful anecdote about each.
The show doesn't do much breaking news. Bader noted that The World is more like a newspaper, developing a daily digest of news. The World also does longer investigative pieces. Mullins previewed a series on South African health care that will air in December. In that series, a medical panel makes the life-and-death decisions about who will have access to the limited dialysis services.
Mullins noted that, even with the reorganizations and budget cuts at the BBC, there's still no news organization with a greater reach than the BBC. The dictatorship in Burma doesn't allow foreign correspondents into their country. The BBC has a reporter in Burma.
Bader gave us a clever demonstration of editing for radio, taking the lead graf of a New York Times story and making it work for the listener. Simple sentences do the job.
The show is brought to us by a crew of reporters who get shot at, crawl into dark and dirty places to bring us the news, talk to leaders of the world and drummers from Brazil. Mullins played an audio clip of a Honduran bishop who was struggling with grief after Hurricane Mitch drowned the country in 1997. "I am very bad with God," said Bishop Leo Friday. Sometimes, she observed, you just have to let the interview go where it's going to go.
These are consummate professionals, but also, and most importantly, real people who work with real people to help us understand a complex and troubling world. Mullins, at once humble and confident, is one of those few people who could find both the Zambezi and Nashua rivers on a map.
[1]Although the black population of Franklin County is just 1.7%, this crowd was whiter than that. The only black person in the room was the technician running the audio equipment.
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Seeing the homeless
I've had a very nice place to live for a very long time. Before that, there were some places that were pretty nice, some just ok, a few that were sketchy, and a few places that weren't any place at all.
We'll be hearing a lot more about the homeless as the weather turns colder. There will be good programs to bring people in at night, to bathe, clothe, and feed them. Good programs run by good people that will keep many a folk alive.
Those who work with the homeless know how to find them. Most of us, even those who know something about homelessness but have been away from it for a while, won't know that there are homeless in our midst. We know how not to see and the homeless know how not to be seen.
Last week, I had a dinner with a guy who'd been homeless. He's living indoors now, in one of those single room occupancy buildings that we used to call rooming houses. You get a room, share a bathroom, and that's about it. He has a job collecting carts in the Walmart parking lot.
Funny thing. You wouldn't know that this guy was living in an SRO or that he was or had been homeless. He looks like just a guy about my age. He's articulate, undramatic, and affable. He's serious about stuff, including some stuff that's beyond what I can even begin to think about. We talk about what we have in common, which is quite a bit. He and I are graduates of the same college. By chance, we knew some of the same people in towns 100 miles away.
Plenty of people on the street have trouble with booze and drugs and mental illness and plenty on the streets don't. Each person got there by a singular path, a unique series of collapsing events. That's what makes homelessness so vexing. It's like health care. There are broad prescriptions that have to be tailored to the individual. We want big and fast answers. The trouble is, the good answers come one person at a time.
There are plenty more stories about the homelessness of friends, families, and others who are connected to you and me. For example, a high school classmate of mine who showed up on the front page of the Telegram recently. You can read his story, Finding a home
, if you're a Telegram subscriber. The stories have wit, cleverness, endurance, tragedy, and so on. As a friend once said, however, the story is a lot better than the experience.
We'll be hearing a lot more about the homeless as the weather turns colder. There will be good programs to bring people in at night, to bathe, clothe, and feed them. Good programs run by good people that will keep many a folk alive.
Those who work with the homeless know how to find them. Most of us, even those who know something about homelessness but have been away from it for a while, won't know that there are homeless in our midst. We know how not to see and the homeless know how not to be seen.
Last week, I had a dinner with a guy who'd been homeless. He's living indoors now, in one of those single room occupancy buildings that we used to call rooming houses. You get a room, share a bathroom, and that's about it. He has a job collecting carts in the Walmart parking lot.
Funny thing. You wouldn't know that this guy was living in an SRO or that he was or had been homeless. He looks like just a guy about my age. He's articulate, undramatic, and affable. He's serious about stuff, including some stuff that's beyond what I can even begin to think about. We talk about what we have in common, which is quite a bit. He and I are graduates of the same college. By chance, we knew some of the same people in towns 100 miles away.
Plenty of people on the street have trouble with booze and drugs and mental illness and plenty on the streets don't. Each person got there by a singular path, a unique series of collapsing events. That's what makes homelessness so vexing. It's like health care. There are broad prescriptions that have to be tailored to the individual. We want big and fast answers. The trouble is, the good answers come one person at a time.
There are plenty more stories about the homelessness of friends, families, and others who are connected to you and me. For example, a high school classmate of mine who showed up on the front page of the Telegram recently. You can read his story, Finding a home
, if you're a Telegram subscriber. The stories have wit, cleverness, endurance, tragedy, and so on. As a friend once said, however, the story is a lot better than the experience.
Adobe Illustrator help fail
So, I'm editing an encapsulated PostScript (EPS) file in Adobe Illustrator. I forget how to show what fonts are in use in the file. I click on help.
- Forty seconds to update Adobe Air (the product that displays the online help.)
- Three minutes to download the update to the online help
- Two minutes to have the online help unpack the downloaded help files.
- Two minutes to try to remember what question I wanted to ask because I've been off doing other stuff while waiting for steps 1-3 to complete.
- Ten seconds to type question, get answer, and get back to work.
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Crime in suburbia
From The Landmark (subscription required):
[Editor's note: There were 23 suspicious items this week.]
2:59 a.m. Suspicious motor vehicle, Reservoir St.; taking pet for a ride
8:07 a.m. Well-being check on mentally challenged individual out walking
9:24 a.m. Worcester PD calling about bomb threat at WRHS
10:46 a.m. Call about boyfriend’s accident; advised to have boyfriend call
2:24 p.m. Business owner calling from Main St. saying he has told kids to move along
8:20 p.m. Suspicious motor vehicle, Wachusett St.; waiting for road service
8:22 a.m. Refrigerator with unsecured doors, Salisbury St.; doors are taped shut
8:42 .m. Work crew working without detail, Rte. 31
12:14 p.m. Stolen political sign in Jefferson
1:45 p.m. Party in station to dispose of medications; advised to return them to pharmacy
3:02 p.m. Lost dog
4:16 p.m. Walk-in to speak to officer about past incident at high school
9:44 p.m. Motor vehicle lockout, Main St.
1:47 a.m. Suspicious motor vehicle, Boulder Hill Rd.
4:54 a.m. Two dogs walking on Wachusett St., almost hit by car
7:27 a.m. 911 caller being tailgated, Wachusett St.; advised to pull over
8:02 a.m. Two dogs running down Bullard St.
8:27 a.m. Call about vehicle on Lowell Ave.
8:37 a.m. Request to tag vehicle at high school
8:52 a.m. Complaint about people holding signs at intersection; car almost rear-ended vehicle that stopped to talk
11:20 a.m. Unknown alarm sounding, Salisbury St.; cordless phone with dead battery
12:15 p.m. Small Chihuahua running in and out of traffic, Shrewsbury St.
12:17 p.m. Dog in and out of traffic, Main St.
1:46 p.m. Caller reports business in town left him unpleasant voicemail after he took back chainsaw they said they couldn’t fix
2:17 p.m. Youths hanging around outside Main St. business
3:49 p.m. 911 call about vehicle tailgating and passing vehicles
3:51 p.m. Dog walking in Bullard St.
7:44 a.m. Suspicious van, Flagler Dr.
1:07 p.m. Unruly customer, refusing to pay at business, Main St.
1:24 p.m. Vehicle parked improperly at high school, contraband needs to be turned in
5:10 p.m. Suspicious individuals at vacant house, Salisbury St.
6:58 p.m. Suspicious motor vehicle in front of home, Beechwood Rd.; waiting for someone
2:03 p.m. Driver reports being tailgated, advised to pull over and let offender pass
5:04 p.m. Two large potholes in construction area, Reservoir St.; contractor advised to repair before weekend
7:24 p.m. Injured cat, Heritage Ln.
8:07 p.m. Caller overheard students planning fight after football game
9:46 p.m. Group of youths removed from parking lot, Main St.; moved to another parking lot
8:25 a.m. Sewage odor, Lovell Rd.
3:06 p.m. Report of two males smoking marijuana in vehicle in parking lot, Reservoir St.
3:26 p.m. Suspicious male wearing dark clothing on Forest Dr.; attending surprise party
3:42 p.m. Two parties riding dirt bikes, Wachusett St.
5:20 p.m. Large pothole, Reservoir St.
5:45 p.m. Dead cat in yard
6:24 p.m. Boy Scouts will be in cemetery taking photos for Eagle Scout project
7:59 p.m. Loose dog barking constantly, North St.
9:44 p.m. Report of past incident, Brennan Way
2:11 a.m. Suspicious vehicle parked for half hour, Salisbury St.; OK, limo service
3:00 a.m. Suspicious vehicle at First Congregational Church
8:58 a.m. Suspicious vehicle in school lot, Shrewsbury St.
9:55 a.m. Report of someone dumping batteries and tires, River St.
10:20 a.m. Suspicious vehicle, Reservoir St.
9:55 a.m. Suspicious auto driving slowly, Crystal St.
3:05 p.m. Illegal burning, Grove St.
2:10 p.m. Neighbors’ cellar door open, Terrace Place; wind blew open
5:02 p.m. 911 call about mattress in eastbound travel lane of I-290; forwarded to state police
6:10 p.m. Anna Maria College security recovered two empty BB rifle packages by student center
8:26 p.m. Suspicious trucks in driveway of vacant home, Highland St.; OK, plumbers
11:41 a.m. Suspicious vehicle without license plate, Reservoir Rd.
2:20 p.m. Stray black and white cat found, Grove St.
3:55 p.m. Abandoned vehicle parked on Franklin St. all week
7:41 p.m. Assist Worcester PD going to home on Pleasant St. to contact individual; person wasn’t there
2:10 p.m. Suspicious vehicle, white box truck, person attempting to hitchhike, Pleasant St.
4:32 p.m. Stray cat hanging around home, Burtenmar Cir.
10:28 p.m. Police transport occupants of vehicle to station to make arrangements for a ride, Worcester Rd.
4:07 p.m. Caller lost cell phone on town common on Halloween night
10:55 p.m. Report of vehicle parked and people yelling, Fitchburg Rd./Rte. 140 North
3:06 p.m. Person reports seeing and smelling smoke on Rte. 31 heading south to west. Rutland Fire notified also
7:21 a.m. Coyote on sidewalk, Valley View Cir.
8:10 a.m. Vehicle lock-out, Kenwood Dr.
9:06 p.m. Lost cat, East County Rd.
12:43 p.m. Dead rabbit, Winifred’s Way
1:30 p.m. Verizon technician lost piece of phone testing equipment off truck, Ridge Rd.
2:08 p.m. Two unleashed dogs, Edson Ave.
6:48 p.m. Lost golden/corgi reported.
12:13 p.m. Home lock-out, East County Rd.
2:47 p.m. Missing golden retriever, Kalloch Dr.
11:19 a.m. Driver accidentally pressed wrong button on dump truck and lost part of his stone load in the street. Notify DPW and driver’s boss. Cruiser on scene, advised DPW did very good job cleaning up mess.
12:45 p.m. Office requested for out of control client, Miles Rd. Juvenile Arrest: Defacing property.
1:06 p.m. Party calling to report that her pocketbook was stolen from the gym. She would like officer to check her house because someone now has her keys, Maple St. Officer advised but is tied up with an arrest.
1:36 p.m. Officer wanted to keep the peace while furniture is being moved. Officer advised, still with arrest.
2:43 p.m. Missing black lab, Sassawanna Rd.
6 p.m. Car lockout, Main St.
6:15 p.m. Assist Hubbardston police remove two stolen kittens, may be removing firearms as well, Old Boston Turnpike
7:09 p.m. Walk-in looking for girlfriend’s ID, said was taken by Rutland PD last week
7:25 p.m. Hubbardston police advise that car is heading to tavern, males in car have supposedly been drinking.
7:59 p.m. Suspicious auto, Irish Ln. Car came up driveway, waited, then left when male went outside.
5:19 p.m. 911, Brunelle Dr. Resident not sure how 911 was called from home, but children are present.
8:14 p.m. Paxton PD reporting resident lost dog in Rutland.
8:56 p.m. Disabled vehicle, East County Rd. Car ran out of gas, driver waiting for ride
9:24 p.m. Caller locked keys in car, Miles Rd.
3:31 p.m. Dog dropped off at station
6:54 p.m. Something scratching at caller’s door, Heywood Rd.; advised probably small rodent
7:30 p.m. Walk-in reports lost prescription for medication, believes wife washed it. Got new prescription.
4:21 p.m. Motor vehicle accident, Leominster Rd. Vehicle drove through yard and hit tree. Female operator appears “gone crazy”
1:09 p.m. Caller has stray cat at house for several days, Mortimer Rd.
3:11 p.m. Skunk in chicken coop, Maple St. Skunk left
9:53 a.m. Suspicious activity, Flanagan Hill Rd. Grandmother encountered two people in her driveway several times. Female approached and asked for directions.
6:15 p.m. 911, Redstone Pl. Mother-son domestic disturbance in driveway; caller believes turning physical. Parties say verbal altercation
10:43 a.m. Large half-eaten deer in resident’s brook, Beaman Rd.
11:59 a.m. Report of plane landing on I-190S. Nothing found. Sterling fire dept. reports small runway in area that makes it look like planes landing on highway
12:02 p.m. Walk-in needs help locating homeless shelter; given directions to shelter in Fitchburg
2:30 p.m. Caller found money, School St.
3:59 p.m. Report of 12-year-old missing for 2.5 hours, Squareshire Rd.; located at friend’s house
[Editor's note: There were 23 suspicious items this week.]
Holden
Monday, November 1
1:10 a.m. Suspicious motor vehicle, Reservoir St.2:59 a.m. Suspicious motor vehicle, Reservoir St.; taking pet for a ride
8:07 a.m. Well-being check on mentally challenged individual out walking
9:24 a.m. Worcester PD calling about bomb threat at WRHS
10:46 a.m. Call about boyfriend’s accident; advised to have boyfriend call
2:24 p.m. Business owner calling from Main St. saying he has told kids to move along
8:20 p.m. Suspicious motor vehicle, Wachusett St.; waiting for road service
Tuesday, November 2
6:42 a.m. Motor vehicle reported missing; advised it was repossessed8:22 a.m. Refrigerator with unsecured doors, Salisbury St.; doors are taped shut
8:42 .m. Work crew working without detail, Rte. 31
12:14 p.m. Stolen political sign in Jefferson
1:45 p.m. Party in station to dispose of medications; advised to return them to pharmacy
3:02 p.m. Lost dog
4:16 p.m. Walk-in to speak to officer about past incident at high school
9:44 p.m. Motor vehicle lockout, Main St.
Wednesday, November 3
12:17 a.m. Suspicious vehicle parked in lot, Main St.; OK, building owner1:47 a.m. Suspicious motor vehicle, Boulder Hill Rd.
4:54 a.m. Two dogs walking on Wachusett St., almost hit by car
7:27 a.m. 911 caller being tailgated, Wachusett St.; advised to pull over
8:02 a.m. Two dogs running down Bullard St.
8:27 a.m. Call about vehicle on Lowell Ave.
8:37 a.m. Request to tag vehicle at high school
8:52 a.m. Complaint about people holding signs at intersection; car almost rear-ended vehicle that stopped to talk
11:20 a.m. Unknown alarm sounding, Salisbury St.; cordless phone with dead battery
12:15 p.m. Small Chihuahua running in and out of traffic, Shrewsbury St.
12:17 p.m. Dog in and out of traffic, Main St.
1:46 p.m. Caller reports business in town left him unpleasant voicemail after he took back chainsaw they said they couldn’t fix
2:17 p.m. Youths hanging around outside Main St. business
3:49 p.m. 911 call about vehicle tailgating and passing vehicles
3:51 p.m. Dog walking in Bullard St.
Thursday, November 4
6:55 a.m. Suspicious vehicle, Sherwood Hill Dr.7:44 a.m. Suspicious van, Flagler Dr.
1:07 p.m. Unruly customer, refusing to pay at business, Main St.
1:24 p.m. Vehicle parked improperly at high school, contraband needs to be turned in
5:10 p.m. Suspicious individuals at vacant house, Salisbury St.
6:58 p.m. Suspicious motor vehicle in front of home, Beechwood Rd.; waiting for someone
Friday, November 5
9:28 a.m. Roofing solicitor seems suspicious, South Rd.2:03 p.m. Driver reports being tailgated, advised to pull over and let offender pass
5:04 p.m. Two large potholes in construction area, Reservoir St.; contractor advised to repair before weekend
7:24 p.m. Injured cat, Heritage Ln.
8:07 p.m. Caller overheard students planning fight after football game
9:46 p.m. Group of youths removed from parking lot, Main St.; moved to another parking lot
Saturday, November 6
7:29 a.m. Suspicious alarm, Lovell Rd.; accidental8:25 a.m. Sewage odor, Lovell Rd.
3:06 p.m. Report of two males smoking marijuana in vehicle in parking lot, Reservoir St.
3:26 p.m. Suspicious male wearing dark clothing on Forest Dr.; attending surprise party
3:42 p.m. Two parties riding dirt bikes, Wachusett St.
5:20 p.m. Large pothole, Reservoir St.
5:45 p.m. Dead cat in yard
6:24 p.m. Boy Scouts will be in cemetery taking photos for Eagle Scout project
7:59 p.m. Loose dog barking constantly, North St.
9:44 p.m. Report of past incident, Brennan Way
Sunday, November 7
12:41 a.m. Suspicious vehicle at business. Rte. 312:11 a.m. Suspicious vehicle parked for half hour, Salisbury St.; OK, limo service
3:00 a.m. Suspicious vehicle at First Congregational Church
8:58 a.m. Suspicious vehicle in school lot, Shrewsbury St.
9:55 a.m. Report of someone dumping batteries and tires, River St.
10:20 a.m. Suspicious vehicle, Reservoir St.
Paxton
Tuesday, November 2
8:35 a.m. Skunk trapped in catch basin, Sunset Ln.9:55 a.m. Suspicious auto driving slowly, Crystal St.
3:05 p.m. Illegal burning, Grove St.
Wednesday, November 3
8 a.m. Misdial 911, West St.; meant to call 4112:10 p.m. Neighbors’ cellar door open, Terrace Place; wind blew open
5:02 p.m. 911 call about mattress in eastbound travel lane of I-290; forwarded to state police
Thursday, November 4
6:10 p.m. Anna Maria College security recovered two empty BB rifle packages by student center
8:26 p.m. Suspicious trucks in driveway of vacant home, Highland St.; OK, plumbers
Friday, November 5
10:45 a.m. Lost black Labrador, Grove St.11:41 a.m. Suspicious vehicle without license plate, Reservoir Rd.
2:20 p.m. Stray black and white cat found, Grove St.
3:55 p.m. Abandoned vehicle parked on Franklin St. all week
7:41 p.m. Assist Worcester PD going to home on Pleasant St. to contact individual; person wasn’t there
Saturday, November 6
8:09 p.m. Caller reports his dog is lost on Intervale Rd. in RutlandSunday, November 7
7:49 a.m. Caller wants to speak with officer about bag of white powder found near his vehicle, Tanglewood Rd.2:10 p.m. Suspicious vehicle, white box truck, person attempting to hitchhike, Pleasant St.
4:32 p.m. Stray cat hanging around home, Burtenmar Cir.
Princeton
Tuesday, November 2
5:03 p.m. Report of empty baby carriage beside Houghton Rd.10:28 p.m. Police transport occupants of vehicle to station to make arrangements for a ride, Worcester Rd.
Wednesday, November 3
3:12 p.m. Report that bus hit sign on Rte. 62. Police find no damage to sign or bus4:07 p.m. Caller lost cell phone on town common on Halloween night
10:55 p.m. Report of vehicle parked and people yelling, Fitchburg Rd./Rte. 140 North
Saturday, November 6
2:05 a.m. Police remove several traffic cones from roadway, Worcester Rd.3:06 p.m. Person reports seeing and smelling smoke on Rte. 31 heading south to west. Rutland Fire notified also
Sunday, November 7
11:22 a.m. Abandoned 911 call, police investigate, no one around building, Mountain RdRutland
Monday, November 1
7:06 a.m. Car hit deer, Main St. Deer still alive.7:21 a.m. Coyote on sidewalk, Valley View Cir.
8:10 a.m. Vehicle lock-out, Kenwood Dr.
9:06 p.m. Lost cat, East County Rd.
12:43 p.m. Dead rabbit, Winifred’s Way
1:30 p.m. Verizon technician lost piece of phone testing equipment off truck, Ridge Rd.
2:08 p.m. Two unleashed dogs, Edson Ave.
6:48 p.m. Lost golden/corgi reported.
Tuesday, November 2
9:20 p.m. Loose Golden retriever, Central Tree Ave.12:13 p.m. Home lock-out, East County Rd.
2:47 p.m. Missing golden retriever, Kalloch Dr.
Thursday, November 4
8:03 a.m. Male with short, dark hair and winter jacket, reported jumping out of vehicle with a pocket book and ran down Pleasantdale Rd on the Spencer side. Advised it is a verbal argument.11:19 a.m. Driver accidentally pressed wrong button on dump truck and lost part of his stone load in the street. Notify DPW and driver’s boss. Cruiser on scene, advised DPW did very good job cleaning up mess.
12:45 p.m. Office requested for out of control client, Miles Rd. Juvenile Arrest: Defacing property.
1:06 p.m. Party calling to report that her pocketbook was stolen from the gym. She would like officer to check her house because someone now has her keys, Maple St. Officer advised but is tied up with an arrest.
1:36 p.m. Officer wanted to keep the peace while furniture is being moved. Officer advised, still with arrest.
2:43 p.m. Missing black lab, Sassawanna Rd.
Friday, November 5
9:32 a.m. Advised bear was on deck last night, Sunset Tr.6 p.m. Car lockout, Main St.
6:15 p.m. Assist Hubbardston police remove two stolen kittens, may be removing firearms as well, Old Boston Turnpike
7:09 p.m. Walk-in looking for girlfriend’s ID, said was taken by Rutland PD last week
7:25 p.m. Hubbardston police advise that car is heading to tavern, males in car have supposedly been drinking.
7:59 p.m. Suspicious auto, Irish Ln. Car came up driveway, waited, then left when male went outside.
Saturday, November 6
1:48 p.m. Two loose chocolate labs at house, Maple Ave. Found owner, returning dogs.5:19 p.m. 911, Brunelle Dr. Resident not sure how 911 was called from home, but children are present.
8:14 p.m. Paxton PD reporting resident lost dog in Rutland.
Sunday, November 7
2:17 p.m. Animal laying in driveway, caller not sure what type of animal, Wachusett St.8:56 p.m. Disabled vehicle, East County Rd. Car ran out of gas, driver waiting for ride
9:24 p.m. Caller locked keys in car, Miles Rd.
Sterling
Monday, November 1
3:31 p.m. Dog dropped off at station
6:54 p.m. Something scratching at caller’s door, Heywood Rd.; advised probably small rodent
7:30 p.m. Walk-in reports lost prescription for medication, believes wife washed it. Got new prescription.
Tuesday, November 2
12:49 p.m. Caller found piece of jewelry on rail trail last week4:21 p.m. Motor vehicle accident, Leominster Rd. Vehicle drove through yard and hit tree. Female operator appears “gone crazy”
Wednesday, November 3
7:25 a.m. Walk-in requests escort to house, Osgood Rd.1:09 p.m. Caller has stray cat at house for several days, Mortimer Rd.
3:11 p.m. Skunk in chicken coop, Maple St. Skunk left
Thursday, November 4
10:10 p.m. Disturbance, Jill Ln. Caller hears banging and stomping every night at this time from neighbor’s apartment. No one answers door. Ongoing problem with next-door neighbor.Friday, November 5
7:04 a.m. Hit & run motor vehicle accident, Dana Hill Rd. Driver is illegal immigrant, works at nursing home.9:53 a.m. Suspicious activity, Flanagan Hill Rd. Grandmother encountered two people in her driveway several times. Female approached and asked for directions.
6:15 p.m. 911, Redstone Pl. Mother-son domestic disturbance in driveway; caller believes turning physical. Parties say verbal altercation
Saturday, November 6
8:26 p.m. Walk-in found snub nose revolver while hunting in Greenville, N.H.; reported lost/stolen in GreenvilleSunday, November 7
9:11 a.m. Complaint about noise from developer, Williams Rd. Developer had told caller would not work on Sundays, agreed to stop for the day10:43 a.m. Large half-eaten deer in resident’s brook, Beaman Rd.
11:59 a.m. Report of plane landing on I-190S. Nothing found. Sterling fire dept. reports small runway in area that makes it look like planes landing on highway
12:02 p.m. Walk-in needs help locating homeless shelter; given directions to shelter in Fitchburg
2:30 p.m. Caller found money, School St.
3:59 p.m. Report of 12-year-old missing for 2.5 hours, Squareshire Rd.; located at friend’s house
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