Talk of the town: ‘Holy __, what if __ is even better than __?! I may not have to move to __ after all!’
Mark LaFlamme
Mark LaFlamme: A death-faking beetle and other oddities borne of pure desperation
Street Talk: Why spend precious minutes writing a column when I can have unsuspecting fools on Facebook write one for me?
Mark LaFlamme: More like Super Poosday, am I right?
Talk of the Town: Achtung! All Christophs, Klauses and Gunters may want to avoid Harris Road for the next few weeks.
Mark LaFlamme: Alleged reporter misses his notebook
Ubiquitous, convenient and unavoidable technology turned my floppy, faithful notebook into an archaic relic good for little more than starting fires or swatting flies.
Mark LaFlamme: Fashion tips that will sweep you off your feet
Talk of the Town: I was in the air so long, I had time to take a good, long look at my life and how it’s been impacted by stupid winter spills.
Mark LaFlamme: In the old days, the Lewiston Walk of Shame was a weekly occurrence
Street Talk: The Walk of Shame was a giddy affair for me. For making a small-time hack like myself feel like a genuine, big league reporter, no single event could compare to the Lewiston Walk of Shame
Mark LaFlamme: No-confidence votes are issued for candy hearts and presidents
Talk of the Town: Please deliver all future Valentine’s Day cards to the handmade mailbox on the corner of the columnist’s desk covered with doily hearts.
Mark LaFlamme: Just more mid-February derangement
Talk of the Town: If you see me wandering along Lake Shore Drive …
Mark LaFlamme: Weird scenes inside the B Section
Street talk: When I went to work for the B Section, my editors at last had their chance to punish me for all the misbehaving I’d done from my relatively safe perch on the police beat.
Mark LaFlamme: I promise I won’t talk about Taylor Swift
Talk of the Town: One drama ends on TV (bad), but another made-for-TV drama continues at City Hall (good).