Michael J. Bernard, a lobsterman, was caught by federal officials as he departed a lobster boat Thursday afternoon.
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.
Posted inMaine Crime, Oxford Hills, River Valley
Former Rumford man sentenced to over 6 years in meth case
Joseph Fall, 40, was sentenced to six and a half years in federal prison after pleading guilty in March.
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Old Orchard Beach then and now
Street Talk: Old Orchard Beach is a sandy Xanadu where the glorious ocean meets $4 flip-flops, lip-scalding pier fries and some chubby kid vomiting all over the Matterhorn.
Posted inbPlus, Lewiston-Auburn, Mark LaFlamme
Missing bikes, beavers and giant Dunkin’ cups: Mark LaFlamme muses
Talk of the Town: I don’t want to alarm and/or titillate anyone, but there have been reports of a GIGANTIC Dunkin’ Donuts cup motoring along local streets.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Local activist charged with domestic assault
In a phone interview on Friday, Dane Morgan adamantly denied the allegation.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, River Valley
Former Auburn lawyer Seth Carey indicted on sex assault charges
In March, Carey was arrested in a Walmart parking lot in Orange County, Florida, by a team of police officers investigating the allegations for three years.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Greene’s taxpayers have an unlikely hero to thank: a local beaver
Who needs a crew of engineers when you’ve got buck teeth and a long flat tail?
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Mark LaFlamme
Street Talk: Stop looking at my beard
The longer my beard grew, the more it seemed to antagonize people and I couldn’t go anywhere without enduring one snide remark or another.
Posted inbPlus, Lewiston-Auburn, Mark LaFlamme
These letters ain’t sealed with kisses
Talk of the Town: Mark LaFlamme finally checks his mail box.
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Hearts of the neighborhood: Readers share fond memories of Lewiston-Auburn’s many local markets
They were the many mom-and-pop stores, serving as local gathering places, sources for the basics and CANDY! and even community ‘safety nets’ for wayward kids and families short on cash. Some neighborhood markets still serve those roles today, but they are a dying breed cherished more than ever by those who remember them when they were everything and everywhere.