Mark LaFlamme

Sun Journal

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
May 11, 2020

Mark LaFlamme: The singing lady, the brawler and their sobering tales

I could sit here and write all day about the intelligent, talented, supremely gifted people I’ve known who plunged into the black waters of addiction never to emerge again. Most of us could.
Published
May 10, 2020

Coronavirus has turned ordinary Americans into snitches

The snitch culture is a side effect that is far more terrible than anything coronavirus could ever do to us.
Published
May 10, 2020

Mark LaFlamme: Now we have to worry about murder hornets?

Murder hornets! All right, dawgs. That’s it. I’m out. If you need me, I’ll be reporting from our bureau in northern Canada, close to the Arctic, where it’s too cold for any insect, let alone a gigantic, belligerent hornet with a three-inch stinger. I mean, seriously, 2020? It’s like somebody tapped into my own personal […]
Published
May 8, 2020

Edward Little seniors to graduate June 6 at the Auburn-Lewiston Municipal Airport

The location will be the Auburn airport with a big screen, audio and livestreaming.
Published
May 8, 2020

What’s the rush? Police nab two driving more than 100 mph

Mass. driver headed to Sabattus camp charged with drunken-driving.
Published
May 8, 2020

Oven fire smokes up Auburn business

Firefighters clear air at Stratham Tire on Minot Avenue.
Published
May 7, 2020

Auburn fire crew saves baby squirrels while putting out fire near airport

Firefighters say sparks from a passing train ignited brush near the Auburn-Lewiston Municipal Airport.
Published
May 7, 2020

Rick Savage opens restaurant despite government orders

BETHEL — One day after appearing on the Tucker Carlson show on the Fox News network to declare that he would reopen his business, Sunday River Brewing Co. owner Rick Savage was given an ultimatum: comply with Gov. Janet Mills’ executive order or lose your liquor and health licenses. Apparently that ultimatum was […]
Published
May 6, 2020

Fire crews knock down garage fire in Greene

Two-bay building on Burgess Lane engulfed in flames.
Published
May 3, 2020

Mark LaFlamme: Fun in the produce section

Masque of the dread shopping trip So, we’ll all be required to wear masks now when we’re out shopping for bacon, cucumbers, American cheese and whatever else was on that stupid list my wife gave me but which I totally lost when I stopped to pet a stray dog. It’s really a shame that Halloween […]

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