Street Talk: The matter of constitutional carry, for those who demand stricter gun controls for all, becomes irresistible low-hanging fruit whenever gun violence makes the news.
Mark LaFlamme
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Mark LaFlamme: Place French sounding headline here
Talk of the Town: Just how would you pronounce ‘Rollodrome’ with a French accent?
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Mark LaFlamme: My short and sad history of roller skating
Street Talk: Mind you, I had nothing against roller skating per se. It’s just that I flat out hated roller skating and couldn’t think of a worse setting in which to woo my young Kate Jackson clone.
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Mark LaFlamme: Talk of the town — Fancy knots, underwater ghosts and my bathing habits
Don’t get yourself in a twist So, for the past week or so, I’ve been reacquainting myself with all the useful knots I used to know. I’m talking Tautline, Bowline and Buntline hitches tied in every single thing in my house that resembles rope, up to and including extension cords, spaghetti strands and my wife’s […]
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Mark LaFlamme: My secret newsroom weapon
Street Talk: I have Cathy to thank for the fact that I am married; that I ride a dual sport motorcycle; that I no longer waste my moolah on vile cigarettes. And that’s not to mention the contributions she made to the craft of news gathering.
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Mark LaFlamme: Things got weird last week at the Auburn Burger King
Street Talk: Words like ‘overturned’ and ‘into the building’ and ‘upside down’ were used.
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Mark LaFlamme: The bat is back!
Talk of the town: Riverside buffiness, tag-less T-shirts, mustard memos and more.
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Mark LaFlamme: Talk of the town — Spiders, ducks and Tommy Lee
Duck! So, I was happily riding my motorcycle out in the boonies of Minot, or possibly Buckfield, when I spotted two huge ducks at the side of the road. Now, you may think of ducks as innocuous creatures, but when you’re doing 55 on a bike, you definitely don’t want Daffy and co. waddling out […]
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Mark LaFlamme: Slow down, cowboy
Once in a lifetime I’m not one to brag, but I happen to be in possession of a rare photo of a hot air balloon floating over Lewiston. Believe you me, these types of pictures are not easy to come by, but I’m a journalist, by gum, and I tracked one down. Give me a […]
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Mark LaFlamme: The unvarnished truth about the haunted well of Sabattus
Street Talk: The boy never spoke a coherent word again in his lifetime, as the story goes. When he spoke at all, he spoke in terrified gibberish of things no sane human mind could comprehend.