Always willing to help his fellow citizens out of a jam, writer Mark LaFlamme is willing to take one (coat) for the team. And a balaclava.
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My stunning wardrobe and other poetic thoughts on the weather | Column
Columnist Mark LaFlamme changes into his mesh tank top and stews about the annoyances of sudden warm weather.
Appalachian Trail thru-hiker starts with harrowing winter hike on Mount Katahdin | Column
Drew Boysen is doing what most of us only say we’ll do one day, writes Mark LaFlamme, if we can only get out from under the daily rat race.
Frost heaves, big peanut news and some truly horrible ear worms just for you | Column
Mark LaFlamme offers some advice to lonely Gilbert O’Sullivan, who should consider himself lucky.
Don’t you DARE tell me the score of the Olympic hockey finals | Column
Mark LaFlamme cogitates on new weather patterns, missing mailboxes and that strange chattering he’s been hearing.
Cryptic clues, warm weather and fun with anagrams | Column
Mark LaFlamme acknowledges there’s a lot to get used to these days when he’s not surfing . . . on doctor’s orders.
The Super Bowl, AI and other matters from our hero Mark LaPlum | Column
Flummoxed by his transcription program, Mark LaFlamme decides to go with the flow and his new nom de Plum.
Lewiston’s hammer: Is seeing really believing? | Column
The photo of a downed hammer on Pine Street was there just long enough to demonstrate how easily people can be fooled.
Plagued by ghosts, backward driving and snowbanks |Column
Writer Mark LaFlamme mulls over some recent transportation challenges and a more popular form of ice violence.
Your guide to boot drying, paying up and being cold | Column
Mark LaFlamme celebrates February for … well … not being January.