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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PublishedNovember 8, 2020
Moby Safe: A tale of two men fishing with magnets and the one that got away
Lewiston’s canals are the setting for an epic adventure pitting man against muck, magnets against a submerged safe. That is, when the men aren’t catching bikes, drones, scissors . . .
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PublishedNovember 1, 2020
Talk of the town: SpongeBob’s good time
Love from Florida So I got this CHRISTMAS CARD delivered to me in the newsroom. It’s unsigned and the writing covers both inside pages as well as the back of the card. What a warm letter it is, too. Goes on and on at length about how the sender is spending the winter months in […]
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PublishedOctober 27, 2020
Street Talk: Stay at home too long and strange things begin to happen in the mind
The kitchen, the living room, the little room you use as an office, it all becomes too familiar and you begin to develop resentments for inanimate objects.
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PublishedOctober 25, 2020
Talk of the Town: Diet cola, tube socks and all the rancor you can eat
Livin’ right with the CGC I know a lot of you have been losing sleep lately as you fret and fume over my inability to find chocolate graham crackers in any of the stores. I appreciate your concern and sympathize with your insomnia, but better days are on the horizon! Firstly, a nice lady named […]
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PublishedOctober 22, 2020
Court issues another injunction against Sunday River Brewing
Owners ordered to allow state inspectors at Bethel restaurant.
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PublishedOctober 21, 2020
Juvenile charged with terrorizing related to Lisbon High School threats
Police said extra officers will remain at the high school through the rest of the week.
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PublishedOctober 21, 2020
Two more COVID-19 cases reported at UMF
The school has five weeks left until Thanksgiving break, at which point they will shift to full remote learning.
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PublishedOctober 19, 2020
Street Talk: Trick or treat in the New Normal
On Halloween night, the rules are that there ain’t no rules. Except, you know. This year. This year, there are nothing BUT rules
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PublishedOctober 18, 2020
Detail oriented pros always find a way to get your car clean
Grime. Mold. Hair. Toenails. Maine pros talk about the art and expertise of rehabbing dirty cars.
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PublishedOctober 18, 2020
Mark LaFlamme: Your guide to fancy shopping
Peak foliage or something Yes, yes. The dying leaves are very pretty. Makes me want to put on one of those button-up sweaters, drink a steaming cup of pumpkin-flavored whatever, hang some dead corn on my door and talk about how, when you get right down to it, it really IS the best time of […]
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