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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PublishedJanuary 28, 2020
Street Talk: Much ado about notebooks
So, I was assigned to cover a meeting last week and when I got there, I realized I didn’t have a notebook. End of the world, right? Five years ago, maybe. Five years ago, showing up at a meeting, event or downtown rumble would have sent me into panic mode. I would have frantically dialed […]
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PublishedJanuary 26, 2020
What smells like Bob?
That’s what SHE said For years I’ve been complaining that when I’m sent to cover school committee meetings at Auburn City Hall, I can’t hear a thing that’s being said in that weird room with its freakishly high ceilings. No matter who’s talking and no matter what it’s about, they all sound like the school […]
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PublishedJanuary 26, 2020
The germs you live with
The online group Healthline describes the germiest places inside your home
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PublishedJanuary 26, 2020
The lengths we’ll go (or not) to avoid germs
Some readers never wash their hands. Others, well, “I wash my hands, my face, my snout and my ears 50 times a day, just like the raccoon in my yard,” said one. Our readers talk, stalk germs.
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PublishedJanuary 25, 2020
The horrors of child labor is the focus of new Museum L-A exhibit
‘All Work and No Play’ exhibit opening Jan. 30 features photos by ground-breaking photographer and sociologist Lewis Hine.
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PublishedJanuary 23, 2020
Brunswick man injured in Lisbon crash
Logan Moulton, 22, was treated at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston with apparent head injuries after losing control of his car on Lisbon Street late Wednesday night.
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PublishedJanuary 23, 2020
Otisfield store demolished by speeding truck
Zachary Mercier, 31, sped away from deputies in Raymond.
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PublishedJanuary 22, 2020
Edward Little High School architects seeing ‘building take shape’
The plans from Harriman Associates for the new Edward Little High School in Auburn are on schedule with construction expected to start in 2021, aiming for fall 2023 to open.
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PublishedJanuary 21, 2020
Confessions of an unpainted man
We’re friends, you and I. Chums. We have some laughs, we have deep conversations and none of it’s heavy because we’re pals. Amigos. It would be nice if you’d take me somewhere nice now and then, but hey, I’m not complaining. We’re buds. And because we’re such compadres, I’m going to let you in on my deepest, most shocking […]
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PublishedJanuary 19, 2020
Face Time: Carol Gordon’s green thumb
They say that a visit to Carol’s Green Thumb in Turner is a delightful experience, if a little bit surreal. It’s not just the sheer number of plants in the place, although there are hundreds of them tucked into every corner, nook and shelf. It’s not simply variety, either, although Carol Gordon keeps a pretty […]
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