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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PublishedMay 22, 2020
‘Calm amidst a storm:’ Popular Edward Little teacher dies
The announcement that Matt Closson had died set off a fury of grief and shock on social media, particularly on the Auburn School Department Facebook page.
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PublishedMay 21, 2020
Turner tortoise on the lam returns home
It is speculated that warmer weather might have drawn the creature out of hiding, just as Sher Blevin had predicted during the long search.
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PublishedMay 20, 2020
Turnpike ramp closed in Auburn after crash
AUBURN — Maine Turnpike ramps were shut down Wednesday after a tractor-trailer flipped onto its side at the exit 75 ramp about 4:30 p.m. There were no reports of serious injury, but commuter traffic snarled in places after southbound ramps were closed to traffic while police and fire crews assessed the situation. The Maine Turnpike […]
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PublishedMay 18, 2020
Street Talk: Need anything at The Hannaford?
Back in saner times, you wouldn’t have been considered selfish for going to the market for one measly item. Heck, you could go to Shaw’s just to use the gumball machine, no one would care.
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PublishedMay 17, 2020
Police investigate apparent stabbing in Lewiston
LEWISTON — Police cordoned off a section of Oak Street late Sunday afternoon after an apparent stabbing at a nearby apartment house. At about 6:45 p.m., several officers remained in the area of Oak and Blake streets, with crime scene tape strung across a section of Oak. One witness in the area said a person […]
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PublishedMay 17, 2020
Mark LaFlamme: Whatever you’re doing, quit it
Incredibly bent Hate to be keep complaining about this, but it’s getting really tough filling this space when all the news is about one thing and all the news is bad. I’ve been looking for alternatives for this column space in the interest of keeping the three people who read it entertained. I’ve suggested that […]
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PublishedMay 17, 2020
‘Hanging tough:’ Bus tours, marketplaces, scavenger hunts keeping senior residents busy, upbeat
As staffs adapt and get imaginative, area assisted living facilities are offering residents a variety of new diversions to counteract the isolation caused by the coronavirus.
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PublishedMay 17, 2020
Correction: Robert Mulready
In a story about former Lewiston City Administrator Robert Mulready that ran on page C1 in Saturday’s Sun Journal, May 16, it should have stated he was predeceased by his wife, Susan Maguire Mulready, who died in 2018. It was a reporting error.
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PublishedMay 15, 2020
Court issues injunction against Sunday River Brewing reopening
Rick Savage is defying state orders to keep his Bethel restaurant closed and says he prepared to go to prison.
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PublishedMay 15, 2020
Former Lewiston administrator dies
Robert Mulready remembered for ‘making sure the trains ran on time.’
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