Street Talk: ‘I’ve always done the right thing,’ said Ann, the 75-year-old owner of a house in Minot, ‘and now there’s a squatter destroying my house and there’s nothing I can do about it.’
Mark LaFlamme
Posted inbPlus, Mark LaFlamme
Mark LaFlamme: Ice cream wars, kite tragedies and free money
Talk of the Town: There’s a lot of wind blowing around these parts, a lot of wind. And whatnot…
advertisement
Posted inMark LaFlamme
Mark LaFlamme: On the veterinarian shortage and its casualties
Losing a pet is an emotional trauma no matter what the circumstances. But lose one when maybe a simple shot, pill or surgery could have saved the animal and now you can add elements of guilt and failure to that pile of grief.
Posted inMark LaFlamme
Mark LaFlamme: What’s in YOUR junk pile?
Talk of the Town: Ah spring, when a young man’s fancy lightly turns to screaming at snowbanks.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Mark LaFlamme
Mark LaFlamme: Sweet words from secret squirrel sources
If a police beat reporter doesn’t have a good fleet of secret squirrel sources, he is stuck day after day waiting for the OFFICIAL WORD to come down from city hall, the police department or some political mouthpiece.
Posted inbPlus, Mark LaFlamme
Mark LaFlamme: I think I might have been raptured, but in the wrong direction
Talk of the Town: Don’t bother me, can’t you see I’m planning for my next TOTALITY!
Posted inMark LaFlamme
Mark LaFlamme: Turns out the eclipse WAS pretty awesome
Street Talk: For a long moment, it felt as though the world had taken a brief timeout so that its complex human inhabitants could take a moment to reflect upon their existence.
Posted inbPlus, Mark LaFlamme
Mark LaFlamme: Pestilence, toilet tech and rotting boots: Your guide to the End of Days
Talk of the Town: Please donate to my political action committee in support of my candidate, Cocky Cockroach.
Posted inbPlus, Lewiston-Auburn, Mark LaFlamme
Mark LaFlamme: How many Mark LaFlammes does it take to write a column?
Talk of the Town: No joke. There’s another writer by the same name who probably will change it when he reads this column.
Posted inMark LaFlamme
Mark LaFlamme: Forever in search of the perfect sleep concoction
Street Talk: When you have trouble accessing sleep on the reg, you end up searching endlessly for the perfect panacea that you remain convinced is out there.