Have you seen this motorcycle? Sometime overnight Tuesday, fiends dragged off a sweet, dark gray Yamaha R1 from a home on Green Street in Lewiston and were last seen heading toward the downtown with the bike in tow. Thieves in general are despicable creatures, but a scoundrel who steals a man’s motorcycle should be treated […]
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Mark LaFlamme: Cohorts, re-entry and hybrids, oh my!
This new emphasis on remote learning and online everything could forever change the laws of the social jungle that is the schoolyard.
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Mark LaFlamme: What did I miss?
Home alone So, I’m just back from vacation and looking around, it doesn’t look like I missed much. You know, just the standard summertime fare: A stabbing at McDonald’s, a stabbing in Kennedy Park, a massive manhunt in some place called Wilton, a fatal shark attack and a hurricane, for starters. And here I thought […]
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Mark LaFlamme: An ode to Piso Mojado
Would Johnny Cash have written lurid love songs about a car that parks itself, brakes on its own and complains about lane changes?
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Talk of the town: Have you been working out?
Let’s get physical In downtown Lewiston one recent night, somebody called police to report some guy doing push ups in the middle of the road. Whenever I hear reports like this, I find myself wondering if the caller is using a euphemism. Like, maybe he’s saying, “Yeah, the guy is out there doing ‘push-ups in […]
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Street Talk: Woodsy the Owl is turning mean
The big man was stuck at a light on Sabattus Street and he used the idle minute to stuff his face. Big Mac, it looked like, or possibly a quarter pounder. Before the light went from red to green, he wolfed down half of it and managed to cram in a handful of fries, as […]
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Talk of the town: So, what are you wearing?
Tarantulas seized from Norway motel I have just received information that William Shatner is shaken but otherwise safe after the ordeal. And if you don’t know what I’m talking about, you need to go back to the ’70s and watch more “Creature Features.” The most wonderful time of the year? Meanwhile, in downtown Lewiston, a […]
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Mark LaFlamme: The mystery of Todd Finn
It got to the point where I cringed every time I heard the man’s name. All day and into the night, people wrote or called or tapped on my shoulder to say things about the beleaguered school superintendent, Todd Finn. “A wonderful man,” one would declare. “A saint, really. A heroic figure utterly dedicated to the education […]
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Mark LaFlamme: Surly reporter ready to put on pants
Spot of teeeeea? I tell you people, I’ve been misunderstood about the matter of my shameful foray into tea drinking, as I described in a recent column. In one recent letter, received on Monday, the writer commiserates on the miseries of “refraining from coffee,” and goes on to write, “you mustn’t be despondent, dear one.” […]
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Mark LaFlamme: The art of extrication
To my eye, extrication is like surgery on a magnified scale. You’re slicing and cutting and tearing into metal instead of human flesh, but the operation requires the same level of precision, and the ultimate aim is the same: the preservation of human life.