The law is expected to have an impact on local landlords, who will be required to install the detectors in each unit where gas appliances are used.
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.
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Waiting in dread for the first Big One of the snow season
Street Talk: The fabled Snow Scoop of Damocles hangs over us all.
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Talk of the town: I know you are, but what am I?
Clear eyes, full hearts, can’t lose Got a random email from some company or another extolling the many benefits of hiring a life coach. I read it, too. I mean, who needs a life coach more than I do? I can barely dress myself. I was about to sign up, but when the company refused […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Lewiston man arrested after allegedly shooting gun to stop vehicle
When the incident was first reported, police were told that a shot had been fired and that the man who fired it was outside with the gun.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Mark LaFlamme
Grocery baggers deserve all the glory
Street Talk: The brave men and women who bag groceries, many of them teenagers, routinely endure misdirected verbal abuses all while taking great care to never bruise the bananas or squish the bread.
Posted inbPlus, Mark LaFlamme
These are dark days indeed without a toilet light
Talk of the Town: Nothing says ‘supply chain failure’ like waiting three or four days for a replacement.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Mark LaFlamme, Oxford Hills
A heaping helping of a mother’s gratitude for Thanksgiving Day
Street Talk: Two weeks ago, it seemed there was a strong chance that the boy named Felix would never see another Thanksgiving at all, let alone this one.
Posted inbPlus, Lewiston-Auburn, Mark LaFlamme
Talk of the town: Business advice that’s totally not stupid
To whom am I speaking? Oh, this is spooky. Apparently, the Sun Journal provides an audio service where some robotic voice will read the day’s news to you, the “reader.” I tried it the other day with one of my columns and I’ve got to admit, the narrator sounded pretty authentic. The creepiest part was […]
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Fundraiser established for family of Dixfield crash victim
Brian Carrol, 15, was killed in the Nov. 14 wreck in Phillips that also injured two others.
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Man burned out of home in Lewiston
Lewiston Fire Inspector Paul Ouellette said the fire started on an outside wall of the single-family home and then burned into the attic and through the roof.