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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
    August 21, 2019

    Auburn School Committee addresses Boston Globe allegations

    ‘I don’t want people to believe that we’re a racist school, or that people don’t feel welcome,’ Faith Fontaine said.

  • Published
    August 20, 2019

    Street Talk: Painting of Auburn home a mystery

    The lady’s name is Suzanne and her house is glorious. With its rounded tower capped with a steep, pointed turret, the house rises out of an Auburn field dominated by wildflowers, tall grass and giant trees that crowd in as if to guard it from the annoyances of the world beyond. It is a Queen […]

  • Published
    August 18, 2019

    Mark LaFlamme: From the dust returned

    A medicine for melancholy One night last week in Lewiston, a dude was reported to have stolen sugar, coffee, creamer and a box of Hot Pockets from 7-Eleven before racing out the door, fleeing off into the darkness. If the fellow had taken the time to steal a banana or something, he might have swiped […]

  • Published
    August 18, 2019

    We asked our readers, what makes you happy?

    Our readers share what turns their frowns upside down.

  • Published
    August 16, 2019

    Positive attitudes come out on top … even though balloons didn’t

    “Look at everybody down here. Everybody’s having a good time. We’re going to have so much fun this weekend, it’s just awesome,” said Paul Englehart, Raspberry Ripple crew chief.

  • Published
    August 16, 2019

    At least one seriously hurt in Lewiston crash

    Fire and rescue crews worked to free a woman trapped in her vehicle Friday after a car and truck collided on Lisbon Street.

  • Published
    August 15, 2019

    Fowl business: Lewiston chicken owners confused about ordinance

    A little-known 30,000-square-foot requirement has residents in the city wasting money on coops, and having to lay off their birds.

  • Published
    August 15, 2019

    Lewiston’s ‘Chicken Cheat Sheet’

    The keeping of up to six female chickens is permitted in the rural-agricultural, low density residential, suburban residential, medium density residential and the neighborhood conservation “A” districts on lots of no less than 30,000 square feet developed with single family detached dwellings including mobile homes on individual lots. Check the zoning of your property at […]

  • Published
    August 15, 2019

    Street Talk: The kiss heard ’round Facebook

    Photographer Russ Dillingham originally didn’t intend to publish the kiss photo. I encouraged him to do so and I regret nothing. The photo, of a handcuffed lass kissing a bearded man while a pair of police officers patiently wait, is a perfect snapshot of hardscrabble life in downtown Lewiston. She’s a woman in love who […]

  • Published
    August 15, 2019

    Maryland woman, 75, drowns after canoe tips over in Bethel

    The victim got trapped under the canoe after it flipped with her husband and daughter also tossed into the Androscoggin River.