A few from this week's Rochester (NH) Times:

Monday, June 8

12:02 a.m. — On Lafayette Street, a woman has been "screaming for to get out of her vehicle" for three-quarters of an hour. The caller declines to look out the window to get a description.

9:06 a.m. — A caller says a dead puppy, perhaps a Chihuahua, is lying in Salmon Falls Road. Police say it is a porcupine. (A Chihuahua is spineless.)

3:31 p.m. — A man got a check for lottery winnings that turned out to be fake. (That's odd!) Now he has to report it to get his money back from the bank.

10:05 p.m. — On Congress Street, police check out a drinking party with wild music, a huge bonfire and a scanner. When they arrive, everyone is quietly playing darts. Hmm.

10:38 p.m. — At Cold Spring Manor, juveniles with sticks are chasing a skunk. The caller is afraid for the children.

11:25 p.m. — On Lafayette Street, a shirtless man and his pard, are loud and drunk.

Tuesday, June 9

7:59 a.m. — Fireworks splutter on Springfield Court.

3:49 p.m. — A wallet is found near the Getty on Hancock.

4:35 p.m. — An Edgerly Way woman says she has received a call from a "company" asking probing questions about her credit cards.

5:15 p.m. — A grandmother reports that her daughter may be chasing her granddaughter (that's the grandmother's granddaughter) around the house with a metal bat.

6:48 p.m. — A worker at the 306 Restaurant complains of fliers on parked cars that discriminate against the business.


9:55 p.m. — People on Roseberry Lane have their power turned off and are now running a generator night and day to the chagrin of some on North Cranberry Lane.