Peak foliage or something Yes, yes. The dying leaves are very pretty. Makes me want to put on one of those button-up sweaters, drink a steaming cup of pumpkin-flavored whatever, hang some dead corn on my door and talk about how, when you get right down to it, it really IS the best time of […]
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 inRiver Valley
Rumford man charged with attacking woman, police
One officer sustains broken nose and black eye and another officer sustains rib injuries before they subdued the suspect.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Patients recovering after Wednesday night’s crash in Lewiston
A hospital spokeswoman listed 65-year-old Rosemarie Murphy’s condition as fair at the hospital Friday afternoon.
Posted inRiver Valley
Rumford: Seven arrested for unlawful entry into U.S.
RUMFORD — Two traffic stops, seven arrests. Rumford police on Thursday said a pair of unrelated stops within town limits led them to seven people, most of them from Brazil, believed to be in the country illegally. Two of those arrested are teenagers. On Thursday morning, while conducting focused highway safety patrols, Rumford police stopped […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Lewiston police investigate head-on collision that injures two
Police say Merlin Raven, 81, and Rosemarie Murphy, 65, both of Lewiston, were taken to Central Maine Medical Center after the Wednesday evening crash near Montello Heights.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Double rollover crash shuts down Pleasant Street in Mechanic Falls
Police and emergency crews responded at about 3:30 p.m. after two vehicles had collided. Police said speed and alcohol appear to be factors in the crash.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Woman injured in Lewiston crash
Police shut down a section of College Street between Montello Street and Stetson Road as fire crews freed the driver from the wreckage.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Mark LaFlamme
Mark LaFlamme: Tattered signs of things to come
Around here, people are ripping up campaign signs in the dark of night. In other parts of the country, they have advanced to burning down businesses, toppling statutes and shooting one another on the streets over differences of opinion.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Two people associated with Turner post office test positive for COVID-19
The U.S. Postal Service has offered “liberal leave” to postal employees who may have been in contact with the confirmed cases.
Posted inbPlus, Mark LaFlamme
Mark LaFlamme: Hocus pocus, your money is gone!
Keyed up So, I got this new truck — the Nissan Titan, you may bow in worship now — but it came with just one key, so I figured I’d go have a couple new ones cut. You know, fork over five or six bucks and the nice lady will chop up some new keys […]