Investigators tried several methods to identify the woman struck and killed by a car, but it was DNA analysis that has now brought closure to the family of Michele ‘Mimi’ Oakes Boutilier-Gautreaux.
Mark LaFlamme
Staff Writer
Mark LaFlamme is a Sun Journal reporter and weekly columnist. He's been on the nighttime police beat since 1994, which is just grand because he doesn't like getting out of bed before noon. Mark is the author of eight published novels and rides a dual sport motorcycle everywhere he goes. Unless it's winter, in which case he just sulks a lot.
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Auburn police warn of T-shirt scam
A text message offering cheap shirts might appear to come from the department, but it’s a scam.
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Street Talk: Bad vibes in Lewiston, then and now
If you spend a lot of time in downtown Lewiston you don’t require any kind of scientific study or earnest crunching of the numbers to reveal what your gut is screaming at you like a klaxon: tread carefully, brother. There is danger afoot.
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Mark LaFlamme: Behold the power of cheese
Talk of the Town: Tricky words, ornery pedestrians and back at Hobby Lobby for . . . never you mind.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
Are we having a crime wave in Lewiston and Auburn?
Nerves are rattled, all right, and the perception that crime has spiked in both Lewiston and Auburn is almost universal. But is it true?
Posted inLocal & State, News
Presque Isle man arrested in Litchfield fires at gas station
Just before midnight on Thursday, investigators from the Office of State Fire Marshal responded to two trash can fires at the gas pumps at Gowell’s Shop n’ Save on Richmond Road.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime
Man charged with robbing elderly man at ATM in Lewiston
Police arrested Jonathan Edwards and were searching for a second suspect.
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Auburn School Committee discusses water quality, nutrition
AUBURN — The School Committee on Wednesday honored former City Councilor Alfreda Fournier, who died last week. Fournier had served as Androscoggin County commissioner before taking a spot on the City Council where she served from 2019 to 2021. She died Friday at the age of 75. The committee remembered Fournier in a moment of […]
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Mark LaFlamme: Obscura Cafe and other entities from alternate dimensions
Mark LaFlamme finds driving past Lewiston businesses looks a lot different than it used to.
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Mark LaFlamme: Does anything say summer like spittle, beguilement and nagging hoot owls?
Talk of the Town: Just don’t get within spittin’ distance.