Many years ago, a young lady I was dating gave me an unintentional compliment. I had her over to my apartment for soda pop and cookies one night and she said: “You know, Mike? I’ve never been able to picture you actually living in one specific place. I always imagine you everywhere at once, like […]
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Talk of the Town: Walkers are everywhere
Your cheatin’ heart It has come to my attention that the Ashley Madison cheatin’ service offered an “Affair Guarantee Package” to the more desperate of its customers. Does this mean if you don’t find an extramarital hookup, contract an STD, completely obliterate your family and bring shame down upon your name within 30 days, by […]
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Lewiston embraces mayhem on its own unpredictable schedule
Most reporters will tell you that when the really big stuff is about to go down, they can feel it. When the S is about to H the eff, sensitive reporter nerves start jumping like bacon in a pan. It’s an extra sense, they insist. You either have it or you don’t. Most reporters are […]
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Talk of the town
Maggots! Had an encounter with a squirming legion of them this week. Cute little buggers. As soon as I get out of therapy, I’ll get around to naming them. Poor maggots. They’re simply misunderstood. I think we should produce an in-depth feature about the creatures for our Sunday B Section. You know, the week that […]
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Street Talk: Where are they now? You don’t want to know.
The wave of nostalgia was instant. I read a pair of names in the federal court press release and like that, I was back in the mid-’90s again. Heavy-hitting crack dealers from far-flung countries were back in Lewiston selling their wares from sweaty downtown apartments. There were home invasions every other day and shootings all […]
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Put your pants back on and we’ll talk
Tourist trap If there’s anybody who needs a camera crew following him around 24 hours a day, it’s animal control expert Rich Burton. A couple months ago he was attacked and mauled, not by a raccoon, skunk or dingo, but by an adult woman. And that was just on his WAY to work. Last week, […]
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Street Talk does not mean I’m talking to you
Hi there. How are you? I like your hair today. Do you like mine? Don’t answer those questions. I wasn’t talking to you. Sometimes I think I might be losing my mind. This will come as a shock to most of you. I know you’ve always considered me the very height of emotional and spiritual […]
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Talk of the town: Movie reviews and ice cold lemonade
TK-Ohhhzzz In Lewiston on an early Friday night, the dispatcher sent police to a disturbance wherein two people inside an apartment were fighting over who was the more intoxicated. If that had been available on Pay-per-view, I would’ve paid anything to see it. Punches thrown: 48. Punches landed: 0. The first one to fall asleep […]
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While Little Leaguers play, adults have their own game in the stands
The game was intense. The starting pitcher had trouble with command from the get-go and the results were nasty. There were wild pitches all over the place and the opposition ran with abandon. There were a lot of walks and a few hit batters. That translated into five or six unearned runs and so, come […]
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Talk of the town: I promised I wouldn’t cry
Bad to the bone Gun play Friday on Ash Street in Lewiston. I showed up on my dual sport just as a half-dozen cops were descending on the area. A crowd of onlookers was not far behind them, and one dude gave me the old head shake when I arrived. “Boy, you really got a […]