Crocker, 95, made a significant impact on the region, and leaves behind a legacy of quiet generosity.
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.
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Lewiston man’s body found in Farwell Street yard
The cause of death is not known; police said there is no danger to the public.
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SUV flips after Main Street collision in Lewiston
Traffic was backed up near Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge.
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Farmers’ Almanac predicts a flip-floppy winter
The weather in coming months might be a mixed bag, but when you get right down to it, so is the almanac itself.
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Street Talk: How to assemble a posse and retrieve a stolen bike
Jess Paquette, a local busker, had her bike and ukulele stolen. After a few posts on Facebook, the community rallied to find the missing stuff—and succeeded, mostly.
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Talk of the town: Naked trees and fuzzy wieners
GIANT RODENTS INVADE! Not really, but when I first glanced at the story about a giant hamster wheel floating up on a beach in Florida, I thought there was an actual hamster inside and Jack, that thing would have been huuuuge! It’s a little disappointing to discover that it was just some dude huffing along […]
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Lewiston school superintendent makes recommendations for coming school year
Jake Langlais’ proposal calls for a return to in-person classes and no remote learning for quarantine situations.
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Truck rolls on Sabattus Street in Lewiston
One truck came to rest on its side in the yard of an apartment house at 641 Sabattus St.
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Street Talk: When newspapers were king
Reading news through a digital medium is long on efficiency but short on charm. There’s a certain just-the-facts discipline about it that discourages dawdling when dawdling was always the kind of fun of reading a newspaper.
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Someone must have started a business hauling naked guys around Lewiston
Talk of the Town: Here and gone — naked guys, potato sticks and plastic shopping bags.