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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PublishedFebruary 4, 2020
SJ columnist 100 years ago mused about life, freedom
Arthur G. Staples wrote about the cost of newspapers and advocated for women’s abilities.
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PublishedFebruary 2, 2020
Frequently axed questions
Here are some FAQs from the Axe Pit’s website. How old do you have to be to throw an ax at the Axe Pit? 18 years old or 13 years old with a parent’s signature on our release form. Am I too old or too weak to throw an ax? No. What if I’m no […]
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PublishedFebruary 2, 2020
‘Chopping firewood across the room:’ Ax throwing is catching on
“There is not a demographic that I have found who are more predisposed to throwing axes than others,” Connor Winn tells us. “This is a sport for everybody.”
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PublishedFebruary 2, 2020
Keep your hands where I can see ’em
This, that and the utter thing So last week I complained, in a delirious ramble, that I never got a meaningful tattoo, such as one featuring a cow with a palm tree growing where it’s utter should be. Ask and ye shall receive, my bros. Some enterprising tattooist, who’s clearly been huffing his ink, sent […]
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PublishedJanuary 31, 2020
Wilton snowmobiler dies in northern Oxford County crash
Raynold Chasse, 81, lost control of his sled and hit trees.
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PublishedJanuary 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 […]
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PublishedJanuary 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 […]
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PublishedJanuary 26, 2020
The germs you live with
The online group Healthline describes the germiest places inside your home
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PublishedJanuary 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.
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PublishedJanuary 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.
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