With great power comes great something something A nice lady — or possibly a man, I forget what was scrawled in the return address — wrote to me the other day to offer me, not tips on where to find the rare and elusive chocolate Graham cracker, but how to MAKE THEM MYSELF! It’s an […]
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 inFranklin, Lewiston-Auburn, Oxford Hills, River Valley, Schools & Education
Heads of teachers’ unions ask for more time, flexibility in age of COVID
Eight presidents of western Maine education associations send letter to Sun Journal.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Mark LaFlamme
Street Talk: All the world’s a stage
Good morning, people. I apologize for the mess. I let myself into the Street Talk Studios today and found the place in sickening disarray. Dust covers on all the hulking machinery we use to produce the column week after week. Horror movie cobwebs hanging in the corners. Even the fancy candelabras are bearded with dust […]
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn
Local business owners vow to hang in there despite new COVID-19 restrictions
Mills on Thursday announced the new 9 p.m. curfew on all restaurants, movie theaters, tasting rooms and casinos.
Posted inOxford Hills
Paris blaze destroys home, kills pet
The cause of a fire that destroyed a two-story farmhouse is under investigation by the Office of State Fire Marshal.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, Maine Crime
Man charged with attempted murder after morning shootout in Lewiston
Police officers and a suspect exchanged gunfire around 4:30 a.m. Later, they surrounded a Horton Street apartment building for about four hours, arresting two men in the afternoon.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Lewiston Middle School student tests positive for COVID-19
The student’s cohort will quarantine and switch to remote instruction until after the November break.
Posted inOxford Hills
Paris house badly damaged by flames
Firefighters first responded to 27 Tremont St. at about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine
Who are Mainers Against Mask Mandates?
The group’s 1,500 members, often derided as being violently opposed to the use of face masks, passionately believe — for a variety of reasons — that nobody should be forced to wear a mask.
Posted inFranklin, Lewiston-Auburn
Wood stove suspected cause of fire at Livermore Falls home
Homeowner James Burnham tried to douse the flames while waiting for help.