Mark LaFlamme discovers that Buddy the cat has an extensive wardrobe that includes a cowboy hat, beanie, elf suit and other fancy garb.
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Exposing Santa’s secret strategies! Plus some other stuff. | Column
This week, Mark LaFlamme ponders snarling, seasonal denial, The Incident and Santa’s naughty list.
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Lewiston moms worry teacher ruined magic of Christmas | Column
At Montello Elementary School, a substitute teacher left students in tears, and their parents angry, Mark LaFlamme writes.
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Wendell Strout and the hunt for the Turner Beast | Column
Wendell Strout wasn’t just Lewiston’s animal control officer, Mark LaFlamme writes. He was an animal protector, a character and an adventure waiting to happen.
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Lost and sleeveless in the wilds of Auburn! | Column
Mark LaFlamme ponders what vest life will look like. Loin cloth? Tire iron? Hoverboard? Whatever, it will for sure come with a side of mayo.
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Thanksgiving tips to guarantee you get banished to the kiddie table | Column
Mark LaFlamme offers his food preferences for his Thanksgiving dinner at your house. Don’t panic. The list is short, and crunchy.
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Skeletal trees, 4 p.m. dark and other cheerful news | Column
Mark LaFlamme’s dreary, cold, biting meditations on the brisk arrival of November.
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The Legend of Tom Roth, Auburn’s drive-by shooting avenger | Column
The shooting on Pownal Road this week brings back memories of a similar case that ended quickly in 1998, Mark Laflamme writes.
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The political season and my trick-or-treating tips | Column
Writer Mark LaFlamme muses on dental picks, raisin trauma, political animals and more.
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Homeowner fed up after real-life haunting in Auburn | Column
Jen awoke on the couch, that frightening morning, to find a woman standing over her and just … staring, the columnist writes.