The Police Log is back, in part…

I'm sure you've all missed the Marblehead (MA) Police Log. It's been quite quiet lately, with little of interest to people other than those who have needed their services. This morning, however, I received the following entries from Monday, 24 March:

• At 5:08 p.m., a Haley Road woman called police to report that there was a car parked outside of her house that was making her feel uncomfortable.


• At 8:01 p.m., a woman on Washington Street called police to report that she opened a letter and a "puff of white smoke" came out of the envelope. The woman was advised to contact the Salem Police Department because the incident occurred in Salem.

If you lived in Salem (witches, recall) and you opened an envelope and a puff of white smoke emerged, wouldn't you be a bit frightened? So frightened that you'd call the police in the next town over rather than the cop shop in Salem?