The three-story building at 75 Howard St. was home to 21 people from three families, all of them displaced by the blaze.
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
Wine spills when rig tips over on Maine Turnpike
A tractor-trailer driver and turnpike worker were injured when the rig hit a state vehicle in the northbound lanes.
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Posted inbPlus, Mark LaFlamme
Talk O’ the Town: Remember to spring back this Sunday
St. Patrick’s Day It may shock you to learn that I’ve never done much by way of celebrating St. Paddy’s Day, in spite of my sort of Irish heritage. I drank green beer once, but it turns out it had just been sitting on the coffee table for six weeks and had gone rancid. Boy, […]
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Lewiston-Auburn
Minot votes in favor of broadband plan
The measure to appropriate $100,000 as a grant match passed 120-3
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Lewiston-Auburn
State police cruiser struck by car in Auburn
The trooper was responding to an emergency in Livermore Falls on Monday, an official said.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime
Police search for suspect after man stabbed in Lewiston
Officers still looking for suspect at 11:30 p.m. in Oxford Street area.
Posted inOxford Hills
Norway man killed in Greenwood crash
Emergency crews worked for an hour to free Travis McLaughlin from the wreckage.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Lewiston-Auburn, Mark LaFlamme
Street Talk: Roll up the windows, kids, we’re heading to Leeds
The messages used to come in like clockwork. “Golly,” the caller or letter writer would say. “You sure picked the right city in which to do your crime reporting.” “Sure did, Bucko,” I’d respond, because that’s the way we talked back then. “It’s keen.” Those out-of-town folks would be reacting to the latest atrocity to […]
Posted inAndroscoggin County, bPlus, Lewiston-Auburn, Mark LaFlamme
Stray dogs and pale green pants
All bark, no bite Some safety minded folks were disturbed, apparently, over my description of my abandoned play with strange dogs. I hang my head and tuck my tail with shame. The fact is, I exaggerated in that column, if you can imagine it, for dramatic effect. I have two rules when it comes to […]
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine
‘Completely changed my life:’ A year of COVID
We talk to area residents about the losses and the lessons one year after COVID hit Maine.