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[scotchandcigar]

Lee Ann Daigle, 58, was busted by Maine state police outside of her Lowell, Massachusetts home on Monday,

I'm pretty uninformed when it comes to this kind of thing. But I thought police from one state couldn't arrest someone in a different state. Didn't there used to be movies about "making it to the state line" to avoid being arrested?

You're correct that (for example) a NH state police officer driving on a Massachusetts highway won't be pulling anyone over. But this was a crime that occurred in Maine, so the Maine state police would have the right to make the arrest. There are extradition laws, but those pertain to going outside the country to make an arrest.

 

[HecticArt]

DId they overlay or divide the city?

I guess it's overlay. They were running out of 419's and new numbers were supposed to be 234 or something.
I haven't had a new number in more than 20 years.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

I guess it's overlay. They were running out of 419's and new numbers were supposed to be 234 or something.
I haven't had a new number in more than 20 years.

Back in the 80s the area code 416 stretched all over the GTA. In 1993 every part of the 416 who was not in the actual metro Toronto was converted to a 905 area code. In 2001, 647 was overlaid over the 416 area. We also got 10 digit dialing. This was contreversial at the time as it meant everybody had to dial more digits. There were proponents who wanted the city split into 2 although nobody could agree on which half would have kept 416. We have a 3rd overlay fairly recently. 905 has 2 overlays now too. New overlays are no longer controversial or even newsworthy.

In the 90s, I got a cellphone (416) prefix. The number was the same 416 number as the Bahi Temple used to have before they were switched to 905. I got tonnes of calls. I called the Bahis and strongly suggested they updated their posters and stuff. They seemed not to see the urgency. I stopped answering calls unless I recognized the number and if I did accidentally I just hung up. If they didn't care enough to properly advertize their number, I was not going to be their answering service. I got several long messages some of them in English. I have no idea if they ever got hold of the real Bahi temple or not. In the early 2000s I changed carriers and had to get a new number (they didn't allow you to keep your number at that time) so I no longer have that issue.

 

[sadchild]

This was controversial at the time as it meant everybody had to dial more digits.

I still vaguely remember being able to dial 4 numbers to call someone down the road when I lived in Rowley MA in the 1970s. I moved to Portsmouth NH in the early 80s but don't remember if I could do 4 number dialing (I don't think so?) In the mid-80s in Lynnfield MA I had to do 7 digits.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

I still vaguely remember being able to dial 4 numbers to call someone down the road when I lived in Rowley MA in the 1970s. I moved to Portsmouth NH in the early 80s but don't remember if I could do 4 number dialing (I don't think so?) In the mid-80s in Lynnfield MA I had to do 7 digits.

It has always been 7 in my memory. Until we went to 10.

 

[scotchandcigar]

I still vaguely remember being able to dial 4 numbers to call someone down the road when I lived in Rowley MA in the 1970s. I moved to Portsmouth NH in the early 80s but don't remember if I could do 4 number dialing (I don't think so?) In the mid-80s in Lynnfield MA I had to do 7 digits.

where I work, it's 5 digits to call to other local facilities (facility # plus 4 digit phone ext.), but I never had 4 digit dialing in NJ growing up.

 

[sadchild]

TIL there were 3 towns in NY state that had 4 digit dialing up until 1986.

THE telephone company hails it as ''the latest in telephone technology'' but to many residents in three northern Westchester towns the new switching, or routing, system spells the end of an era.

Until recently in Lewisboro, Bedford and Pound Ridge, residents had been able to dial four digits and talk to friends and neighbors; now, with a change in equipment, they must dial seven numbers.

Although to those outside the towns it may seem an insignificant matter, the residents say it means more than the loss of a small convenience - it symbolizes the end of a life style.

''I'm really sorry to see the demise of the small-town atmosphere,'' said Supervisor Peter Robohm of Pound Ridge. ''I moved here from Long Island where the dialing was changed from four to seven digits and I was happy to find it here again.''

Judith Cooper, who until moving permanently to Lewisboro had come up for weekends for years, said: ''There was a certain charm in being able to ring your neighbors with just four numbers. It made it feel as if the drive from the city was worth it.''

''It'll take me months'' to get used to it, complained Greg Gramas, owner of the Cross River Pharmacy in Cross River, a hamlet of Lewisboro, who has lived in the area for 14 years.

''We're trying to remember to dial seven numbers,'' Judy Smith, an employee in Lewisboro's Town Hall, said with a sigh. ''I've lived here since 1952, and I remember when there weren't even four digits, when you had to call the operator and give her two digits.''

FOUR-DIGIT DIALERS, THE NUMBER IS UP (Published 1986)

www.nytimes.com

 

[scotchandcigar]

''I've lived here since 1952, and I remember when there weren't even four digits, when you had to call the operator and give her two digits.''

Do I hear one digit? Anybody? Anybody? One digit?

 

[sadchild]

I'll give y'all one digit!!

 

[scotchandcigar]

This happened right in York Beach, and it's gone statewide (for now). A couple of teens were doing burnouts or something in the parking lot, and police officers were detaining them. All of a sudden, some other dude rushes in and flips one of the teens, and they start fighting.

Investigation ongoing in York after teens charged, bystander slams one to ground

YORK, ME (WGME) -- Police in the Town of York say they're continuing to investigate an incident that ended with two teenagers charged and one them being slammed to the ground by a bystander. The incident took place Tuesday afternoon in the parking lot of Short Sands Beach. York Police say...

wgme.com

 

[sadchild]

My wife loves Short Sands Beach. We haven't been there in years, but she'd love to be there every summer. I love the taffy at Goldenrods.

 

[scotchandcigar]

My wife loves Short Sands Beach. We haven't been there in years, but she'd love to be there every summer. I love the taffy at Goldenrods.

Yeah, it's a fun area, but we avoid it during peak tourist times, and stick to other parts of town. But one of our community band's summer concerts is there, at the Ellis Park bandstand.

 

[scotchandcigar]

We were driving over the bridge that crosses the river Saturday while this was happening, but I didn't know it made national news (well, CNN) until now. Since CNN videos can't be posted, here's another link.

72-foot yacht burns between Maine and NH in Piscataqua River

Two people abandoned ship near New Castle, NH, according to a spokesperson with the U.S. Coast Guard.

www.wmtw.com

 

[HecticArt]

You burned your yacht down???!!!

 

[scotchandcigar]

You burned your yacht down???!!!

And right after that, I tore-up a golf course with my rare, vintage Mercedes.

 

[sadchild]

If only there were some water nearby to put it out.

 

[scotchandcigar]

If only there were some water nearby to put it out.

 

[sadchild]

The yacht! The yacht! The yacht is on fire! We don't need no water let the...

 

[scotchandcigar]

This is one of those maddening stories, where someone posts something clearly racist, hurtful, and insensitive on their own business; and then cries about the reaction, saying they had no ill intentions.

Millinocket business responds to backlash over controversial Juneteenth sign

An insurance agency posted a sign to its door ahead of Juneteenth reading, "Juneteenth, it's whatever... we're closed. Enjoy your fried chicken and collard greens."

www.newscentermaine.com

 

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