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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PublishedApril 24, 2019
‘I Am Lewiston:’ Tree Street Youth puts on a show
More than a dozen individual and group performances highlighted the show Wednesday, which serves as a fundraiser and community-building event.
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PublishedApril 23, 2019
Mark LaFlamme: Jeepers! Mysteries of Cooper Spring
Every trip to the spring – where the water is crisp and clean and sparkling with fairy dust – turns into some kind of Scooby Doo adventure.
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PublishedApril 21, 2019
Mark LaFlamme: A Song of Slush and Mud
All’s well that ends well 9:15 p.m. Wednesday night, a woman reported she had received a notice from Publishers Clearing House that she’d hit the jackpot and she suspected it might be a scam. Police went over and looked into it. The Publishers Clearing House thing was bogus, but it turns out the woman was […]
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PublishedApril 19, 2019
Missing man found in Bridgton
Ralph Knight, 79, was suffering from advanced stages of hypothermia, according to the Maine Warden Service.
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PublishedApril 18, 2019
Police arrest West Paris man in Buckfield bank robbery investigation
Bank officials reported that a masked man carrying a backpack displayed a handgun and demanded cash.
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PublishedApril 17, 2019
‘A very difficult journey:’ Central Maine Community College awards students
Several students were honored Wednesday night as Central Maine Community College gathered for its annual awards dinner.
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PublishedApril 16, 2019
Mark LaFlamme: Hoping for a summer of big news without tragedy
2018 was full of sad news. Give me a werewolf, an Elvis Presley sighting or anything featuring the term “alien baby” and we’ll have a summer of news without any heartache.
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PublishedApril 14, 2019
‘Amazing.’ ‘Exciting.’ ‘Fascinating.’ ‘Reassuring.’ Bird-watching.
Like Zane Baker of North Yarmouth, most birders can recall the precise moment – and often the exact bird – that launched them headlong into the world of bird-watching. “It was like a highway of falcons, hawks, eagles. I just thought it was awe-inspiring. I fell in love with it.”
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PublishedApril 12, 2019
‘Absolutely a yearly tradition:’ Kora Shrine Circus back in Lewiston
LEWISTON — Asked what they like best about the Kora Shrine Circus, Soleil Joly and her brother, Parker, didn’t hesitate to answer, not even for a moment. “Johnny Rocket,” said 12-year-old Soleil, speaking of the zany showman with the Mohawk who does everything from tuba to dancing to dangling from the back of a tow […]
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PublishedApril 12, 2019
Donald Giusti’s family: ‘We forgive the sinners but not the sin’
Now that charges have been filed, relatives of the slain man have mixed emotions.
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Driver taken into custody after pursuit through Lewiston, Auburn and Poland
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Amanda Allen returns to role of Livermore Falls town manager
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Four railroad cars derail in Wales; no spill reported
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Police search for woman who triggered Amber Alert on Sunday night
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Auburn pilot project looks to bring back corner markets in neighborhoods