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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PublishedJuly 24, 2020
Developer, car enthusiast, multimillionaire Bob Bahre dies
The Paris Hill resident and former owner of Oxford Plains Speedway was 93.
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PublishedJuly 23, 2020
Denmark: What happened to Ron the goat?
A reward is offered for information about those who stole, abused and killed the animal.
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PublishedJuly 23, 2020
Black squirrel spotted, befriended in Poland
Marty Corey knows she ought to have the squirrel moved along, but she’s grown kind of fond of it.
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PublishedJuly 21, 2020
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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PublishedJuly 19, 2020
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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PublishedJuly 17, 2020
Can you spare some change? Coin shortage hits area
Some say people with rolled coins haven’t brought them to banks, credit unions.
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PublishedJuly 16, 2020
Paris man accused of threatening to lynch a woman in civil rights complaint
Tyler Tripp is accused of threatening to hang a Black woman from a tree during a confrontation in Norway last month.
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PublishedJuly 15, 2020
Lewiston school committee approves departure of superintendent
The Lewiston School Committee on Wednesday night voted to accept the resignation of Todd Finn while naming Jake Langlais as his temporary replacement.
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PublishedJuly 13, 2020
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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PublishedJuly 12, 2020
Face Time: Lisbon auctioneer Daniel Soules and a new record?
The painting, which came out of an estate in Rhode Island after it had been passed down through four generations, was not expected to be such a popular item.
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