Carmen Nobel, daughter of Mike and Margaret Nobel of Gorham, works at Harvard University. She recently sent this to her mom, a clipping from New Scientist Magazine/Website:

CSI: Gorham. Fiction overflows with Police Officers who use good scientific technique to solve mysteries and journalists who use clear, terse prose to inform the public. Carmen Nobel reminds Facebook that such people do exist. The Gorham Times in Gorham, Maine features “The Blotter,” a summary of incidents as noted by local law enforcement.

The Jan. 19 edition tells an entire detective story in just 35 words: “Osborne Road caller was concerned because she found what she believed was a suspicious footprint on her property. Officer compared the footprint to the bottom of her shoe and it was an exact match.”