GREENE — The Craigslist scam that resulted in a gull-like scavenging at George Stanley’s home in October generated all kinds of interest, locally and abroad. The Daily Mail in the United Kingdom wrote a lengthy piece about the caper and unfortunate results. A reporter from the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies went to Stanley’s Route […]
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District attorney weighs in on bogus Craigslist ad
GREENE — Days after learning that his Route 202 property had been looted, George Stanley said he has no expectation that people will return what was taken. “Nope,” Stanley said Friday. “I have no faith in human nature.” For days, people have been hauling away items from Stanley’s property after a bogus Craigslist ad announced […]
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Weird, Wicked Weird: Craigslist, here we come.
Sam Grant is looking to compile Maine creature sightings. But not of moose. Not of surly bears. Think Bigfoot. Sea monsters. Really, any monster will do. Timothy Sheehan wants tens of thousands of sea lamprey for scientific research. (Spoiler alert: It’s not going to end well for the fish.) He’s paying $2 apiece, if you […]
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Street Talk: Has anybody seen my car?
All I had to do was meet the dude in a crowded parking lot for a perfectly-legal-as-far-as-you-know exchange of cash for goods. Easy as falling off a park bench. You’re in, you’re out. Everyone’s happy. “I’ll be driving a brownish Nissan Rogue,” I told this fellow I knew only as Craig S. List. I pulled […]