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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PublishedDecember 6, 2020
Talk of the Town: It ain’t funny anymore
Your hipster tip of the day If you want to impress your kids and/or random surly teenagers you see at the skateboard park when you’re out feeding the pigeons, say “chya” any time someone utters something obvious. I’ve done the etymological research on this cool new word (I asked a kid at the skateboard park […]
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PublishedDecember 5, 2020
Dempsey Center: Wendy Tardif stepping down
Tardif took on the job in 2011 after serving for a time as interim director. Before that, she had served as event manager of the Dempsey Challenge, the center’s primary fundraising vehicle.
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PublishedDecember 5, 2020
CMCC’s Roger Philippon to retire
College dean talks about highs and lows in his 14 years in Auburn
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PublishedDecember 5, 2020
South Paris woman hurt in Auburn crash
Ashley Mcclung suffered a broken leg when her car crashed into a tree.
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PublishedDecember 3, 2020
Androscoggin County police log: Dec. 3, 2020
Charges Auburn • Jacob Labbe, 34, of 1777 Washington St., on a warrant charging five counts of violating bail, 11:47 p.m. Wednesday at the Fireside Inn. Androscoggin County • Christina Brown, 22, of 69 Knapp St., Jay, arrested by Livermore Falls police on a charge of domestic assault, 11:24 a.m. Thursday at 69 Church St. […]
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PublishedDecember 2, 2020
Rig crashes in New Gloucester; driver charged with OUI, suspended license
Route 100 was closed for hours to clean up wreckage and a load of apple juice.
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PublishedNovember 30, 2020
Street Talk: Mystery man offering Pee for View
The first reports began to trickle in last month. One woman reported that she was approached in the Auburn shopping district by a man in his 30s who got out of his car, peed himself and then took off.
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PublishedNovember 29, 2020
Talk of the Town: I don’t want to live in a world without sporks
With great power comes great something something A nice lady — or possibly a man, I forget what was scrawled in the return address — wrote to me the other day to offer me, not tips on where to find the rare and elusive chocolate Graham cracker, but how to MAKE THEM MYSELF! It’s an […]
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PublishedNovember 26, 2020
Heads of teachers’ unions ask for more time, flexibility in age of COVID
Eight presidents of western Maine education associations send letter to Sun Journal.
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PublishedNovember 24, 2020
Street Talk: All the world’s a stage
Good morning, people. I apologize for the mess. I let myself into the Street Talk Studios today and found the place in sickening disarray. Dust covers on all the hulking machinery we use to produce the column week after week. Horror movie cobwebs hanging in the corners. Even the fancy candelabras are bearded with dust […]
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