Crime & Safety
Blotter Bonus: Woodbury Animal Antics And You
A little story about a little critter, and community connections in Woodbury.
I’m often asked: How do you figure out what to write about? How do you get the news?
Some of it is just the rhythm of the week: you know the city council meets most Wednesdays, you call the or Woodbury lawmakers to see what’s new, and I know I’ll put the police blotter out on Saturday morning.
A lot of news gathering, however, is just a matter of talking to folks and keeping an eye out for anything new or noteworthy or unusual.
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And it’s that last part that people seem to enjoy so much about Saturday’s police blotter.
Last Saturday I got an email from Jenny Jennings, who lives at the 8300 block of Tamberwood Road in Woodbury.
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An opossum somehow got into her home, and when she wasn’t able to remove it—“armed with thick boots, a bathrobe and a yard stick”—she called police. A “very nice” Woodbury community service officer was able to remove the animal, no worse for the wear.
Included in her email was a line about how she thought the incident might make the police blotter, and it seemed appropriate to highlight it today (especially since Jennings was nice enough to send a photo).
This kind of thing is what we’re trying to do at Patch—be a community hub for people to share their triumphs, challenges and the occasional opossum problem. if you have something you think people should know about.
On a side note, there was another recent opossum sighting at a different home in Woodbury. Check it out—you guessed it—in this week’s police blotter.
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