Kimberly Moreau deserves rest. Her family deserves it even more.
Mark LaFlamme
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Talk of the town: Dirty pillows and purloined potato sticks
Wicked excited about baseball I was driving by the baseball field near the Colisee in Lewiston the other day when I noticed, with great glee, that the field was actually abuzz with ballplayers. I mean, dozens of them were out there chasing down flies, fielding grounders, warming up the pitcher or just getting stretched out […]
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Street Talk: Remembering Randy Whitehouse, a friend
Randy Whitehouse, my friend and confidant of a quarter-century, is gone.
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There once was a woodpecker from Nantucket
The Talk of the Town influenced by migraines, woodpeckers and haikus.
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Street Talk: News that punches you in the gut
Maybe the perfect reporter would be one who is never personally affected by anything that comes his way. Just writes up all the grim facts, collects his check and moves along in a cold and clinical way.
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Mark LaFlamme: The Desert of Maine could use some whip cream
The Talk of the Town clears up some confusion over the Freeport tourist attraction, celebrates Canal Draining Day, asks people to take off their shirts and clears up some confusion over scintillating scotoma.
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Street Talk: Hankering for a small-town gig
There’s a certain kind of salt-of-the-earth charm about local scuttlebutt that is exclusive to the American small town. If that’s where I ended up for my remaining reporter days, I’d have no complaints.
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Talk of the town: Dragons, unicorns and a spot of tea
So, a dragon and a bright pink unicorn are walking up Lisbon Street, right? That’s not the start of a joke, it really happened.
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Street Talk: A long-ago fire burned into memory
Fire, I would come to accept, is as cruel and indiscriminate as any force on earth. It will take without compunction a child not yet old enough to walk on his own or an old woman too infirm to save herself.
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Talk of the Town: It’s probably not a shunning tale
Shunned? So, while I was reporting on the various activities planned by local churches for Easter, out of a dozen church leaders I queried, I only heard back from two. Now, I know it’s likely because they were very, very busy during Holy Week, but as I’ve mentioned previously, I get really uneasy when I […]