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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PublishedJanuary 31, 2021
Talk of the town: Cold as a what, now?
It’s cold I know it’s cold because EVERY SINGLE TIME I step outside, I declare: “Holy $#!@#! It’s !#@! cold!” That’s the scientific way to know for sure that it’s $#!@#! cold. This is exactly how Lord Kelvin, the physicist William Thompson, discovered in 1892 that it was $#!@#! cold outside his lab over there […]
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PublishedJanuary 29, 2021
Questions about your stimulus check?
Sun Spots has you covered.
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PublishedJanuary 29, 2021
Stimulus checks arriving in unsealed envelopes a mail processing machine error, says USPS
Sun Spotters had written in to the Sun Journal about receiving their stimulus checks in unsealed envelopes. According to a spokesman from the United States Postal Service, the problem likely began at the offices of the U.S. Treasury.
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PublishedJanuary 27, 2021
Minot officials shuffle meetings and elections, talks broadband
Selectmen voted to postpone the town meeting to May or June because of current restrictions on indoor gatherings
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PublishedJanuary 26, 2021
Street Talk: Weird scenes inside the new normal
You know you’re in weird times when … a dinner order is conducted like an arms deal.
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PublishedJanuary 24, 2021
Talk of the Town: Your guide to healthy living
Man, this is a rough time of year for writing this column.
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PublishedJanuary 21, 2021
‘Not unexpected’: Lewiston hospitals see uptick in COVID-19 patients
There’s been an uptick in numbers, but a St. Mary’s spokesman said the hospital was prepared for it.
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PublishedJanuary 20, 2021
Investors help Good Shepherd Food Bank go solar
The nonprofit will have the option to buy the panels at a depreciated cost.
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PublishedJanuary 20, 2021
Firefighters battle house fire in Bethel
Owner taken to hospital suffering smoke inhalation.
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PublishedJanuary 20, 2021
Rescuers pull ice skater out of Thompson Lake in Oxford
Mark Simpson of Oxford was rescued and taken to a Norway hospital.
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