Tarantulas seized from Norway motel I have just received information that William Shatner is shaken but otherwise safe after the ordeal. And if you don’t know what I’m talking about, you need to go back to the ’70s and watch more “Creature Features.” The most wonderful time of the year? Meanwhile, in downtown Lewiston, a […]
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 inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, Uncategorized
Can you spare some change? Coin shortage hits area
Some say people with rolled coins haven’t brought them to banks, credit unions.
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Posted inOxford Hills
Paris man accused of threatening to lynch a woman in civil rights complaint
Tyler Tripp is accused of threatening to hang a Black woman from a tree during a confrontation in Norway last month.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Lewiston school committee approves departure of superintendent
The Lewiston School Committee on Wednesday night voted to accept the resignation of Todd Finn while naming Jake Langlais as his temporary replacement.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Mark LaFlamme
Mark LaFlamme: The mystery of Todd Finn
It got to the point where I cringed every time I heard the man’s name. All day and into the night, people wrote or called or tapped on my shoulder to say things about the beleaguered school superintendent, Todd Finn. “A wonderful man,” one would declare. “A saint, really. A heroic figure utterly dedicated to the education […]
Posted inAndroscoggin County, bPlus, Lewiston-Auburn
Face Time: Lisbon auctioneer Daniel Soules and a new record?
The painting, which came out of an estate in Rhode Island after it had been passed down through four generations, was not expected to be such a popular item.
Posted inbPlus, Mark LaFlamme
Mark LaFlamme: Surly reporter ready to put on pants
Spot of teeeeea? I tell you people, I’ve been misunderstood about the matter of my shameful foray into tea drinking, as I described in a recent column. In one recent letter, received on Monday, the writer commiserates on the miseries of “refraining from coffee,” and goes on to write, “you mustn’t be despondent, dear one.” […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Turner postpones annual Town Meeting
Town Manager Kurt Schaub said the town will await the return of traditional meetings, and will operate in the meantime with a budget identical to last year’s.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Maine’s Twitter users among top for anti-mask feelings
Maine ranked fifth in a list of states where heavy opposition to face coverings were observed on the social media platform.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime
Greene man arrested after high-speed chase
Chad Michael Nichols was arrested by Lewiston police on warrants for multiple drug and weapons charges, as well as a slew of traffic offenses by Maine State Police who pursued him through Greene to Lewiston.