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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PublishedSeptember 13, 2020
Mark LaFlamme: ‘Mostly alcohol’ explains so much
The Staggering Man “Six Lewiston stores will square off in front of the Maine Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations,” according to a business story on Wednesday, “each making a case at a Zoom’d public hearing that it should receive the lone agency liquor store license up for grabs.” Now, tell me this doesn’t […]
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PublishedSeptember 10, 2020
Lewiston man indicted in fatal Auburn stabbing
AUBURN — A Lewiston man was indicted by a grand jury Thursday, accused of stabbing another man to death near McDonald’s on Center Street in July. Trai Larue, 22, of 146 Pierce St., was indicted by the Androscoggin County grand jury on a charge of murder in the death of Roger “Jordan” Cornell, 21, a […]
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PublishedSeptember 10, 2020
Massachusetts man charged with attempted murder
Nathaniel D. Ashwood accused of chasing a woman in Lewiston while firing a gun.
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PublishedSeptember 10, 2020
Lewiston man charged in May gun incident
Deon Sands was indicted by a grand jury on Thursday.
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PublishedSeptember 9, 2020
Bates newspaper: Students sent home for violating health guidelines
College won’t say number involved or describe infractions.
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PublishedSeptember 6, 2020
Talk of the town: Must be the season of the witch
How does my garden grow? Writing about local gardens all last week, I sure learned a lot about vegetables and flowers and possibly chickens. Mostly, though, the experience helped me to finally conquer a lifelong fear of string beans and for that I’m grateful. Maybe now the nightmares will stop. Time flies. Or doesn’t. It’s […]
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PublishedSeptember 6, 2020
The fruits of a pandemic
Prompted by COVID-19, many Mainers who never thought of gardening are now reaping the rewards, including more time with family.
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PublishedSeptember 3, 2020
Auburn Middle School staffer tests positive for COVID-19
The news comes as officials wrestle with options for returning students to classrooms.
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PublishedAugust 30, 2020
Mark LaFlamme: Maybe the Roomba is making 911 calls from the future
The Roomba made me do it Somewhere in Lewiston, or possibly Auburn, last week, police went to a home after receiving a 911 call with nobody on the line. According to the man who lives at the home, it was his robot floor sweeper that sent out the call. I don’t know the technical ins […]
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PublishedAugust 29, 2020
Police identify Sabattus man killed in Friday motorcycle crash
Jason Cyr, 40, of Sabattus was identified by police as the man killed Friday afternoon after he crashed his motorcycle into an oncoming vehicle in Sabattus.
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