When it was all over, there was some good news: Firefighters saved the Christmas presents. Fire damage was limited to one room, and family and dog were doing fine.
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.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine
Good Shepherd’s mystery donor: A $1 million pledge and a challenge to others
Good Shepherd would neither confirm nor deny reports that the donor is a portly man with a long, white beard who dresses all in red.
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Posted inMaine, News
Winter is here: Icy winds to follow Wednesday’s slippery conditions
Precipitation came to an end well before the supper hour, but the National Weather Service in Gray advised that dropping temperatures would leave untreated surfaces slick with ice.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Museum L-A and Franco Center to receive funding
Rachel Ferrante and other museum officials have been working to raise $17 million needed to build the new museum at the former Camden Yarns Mill on Beech Street in Lewiston’s riverfront.
Posted inMark LaFlamme
Tourtiere pie: You don’t have to say it right to enjoy it
Street Talk: Somewhere, somehow, all the holiday gremlins in the world had conspired to replace my salubrious tourtiere pie with some look-alike abomination!
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
Spontaneous combustion may be cause of Tuesday blaze at Lewiston pot store
The blaze at The Gas Station, a cannabis dispensary at 1822 Lisbon St., burned through a grow room and filled the building with black smoke, fire officials said.
Posted inbPlus, Lewiston-Auburn
You loved feathered hair, clackers and Cabbage Patch Kids. Jarts, not so much, and one of you has the scars to show it.
We asked Sun Journal readers to share fond fad memories.
Posted inbPlus, Mark LaFlamme
Talk of the town: Dressed to thrill
Lewiston schools relax dress code So, apparently the school board has been moved by the spirit of giving and will now allow students to wear things like hats, hoods, studded collars (no idea what those are) and crop tops (those, either) to class. Interested for reasons that are beyond me, I looked up information about […]
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Maine Crime, News
Small-town politics or union issues? Sabattus police await funds
One by one, police officers have been leaving for greener pastures, and the old shadow of doubt seems to have fallen once more over the department.
Posted inRiver Valley
Crews put out 4-alarm fire at Dixfield mill
Irving Forest Products sawmill on Hall Hill Road evacuated.