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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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  • Published
    January 28, 2020

    Street Talk: Much ado about notebooks

    So, I was assigned to cover a meeting last week and when I got there, I realized I didn’t have a notebook.   End of the world, right?  Five years ago, maybe. Five years ago, showing up at a meeting, event or downtown rumble would have sent me into panic mode. I would have frantically dialed […]

  • Published
    January 26, 2020

    What smells like Bob?

    That’s what SHE said For years I’ve been complaining that when I’m sent to cover school committee meetings at Auburn City Hall, I can’t hear a thing that’s being said in that weird room with its freakishly high ceilings. No matter who’s talking and no matter what it’s about, they all sound like the school […]

  • Published
    January 26, 2020

    The germs you live with

    The online group Healthline describes the germiest places inside your home

  • Published
    January 26, 2020

    The lengths we’ll go (or not) to avoid germs

    Some readers never wash their hands. Others, well, “I wash my hands, my face, my snout and my ears 50 times a day, just like the raccoon in my yard,” said one. Our readers talk, stalk germs.

  • Published
    January 25, 2020

    The horrors of child labor is the focus of new Museum L-A exhibit

    ‘All Work and No Play’ exhibit opening Jan. 30 features photos by ground-breaking photographer and sociologist Lewis Hine.

  • Published
    January 23, 2020

    Brunswick man injured in Lisbon crash

    Logan Moulton, 22, was treated at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston with apparent head injuries after losing control of his car on Lisbon Street late Wednesday night.

  • Published
    January 23, 2020

    Otisfield store demolished by speeding truck

    Zachary Mercier, 31, sped away from deputies in Raymond.

  • Published
    January 22, 2020

    Edward Little High School architects seeing ‘building take shape’

    The plans from Harriman Associates for the new Edward Little High School in Auburn are on schedule with construction expected to start in 2021, aiming for fall 2023 to open.

  • Published
    January 21, 2020

    Confessions of an unpainted man

    We’re friends, you and I. Chums. We have some laughs, we have deep conversations and none of it’s heavy because we’re pals. Amigos. It would be nice if you’d take me somewhere nice now and then, but hey, I’m not complaining. We’re buds.  And because we’re such compadres, I’m going to let you in on my deepest, most shocking […]

  • Published
    January 19, 2020

    Face Time: Carol Gordon’s green thumb

    They say that a visit to Carol’s Green Thumb in Turner is a delightful experience, if a little bit surreal. It’s not just the sheer number of plants in the place, although there are hundreds of them tucked into every corner, nook and shelf. It’s not simply variety, either, although Carol Gordon keeps a pretty […]