Nearly 60 people will be laid off as a result of the April explosion that interrupted pulp manufacturing at the Androscoggin Mill.
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.
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VIDEO: Watch a tree burn from the inside after a lightning strike
WALES — Thunderstorm not enough to wow you? Need more dazzling effects? The Wales Fire Department on Wednesday posted a video of flames burning within a tree trunk after a lightning strike in the afternoon. Firefighters were sent to the fire near Leeds Junction Road where they found the tree glowing from within. According to […]
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Posted inMaine Crime, Uncategorized
Police log
Charges Lewiston • Liban Mohamad, 18, of 55 Tall Pines Drive, on charges of criminal trespass and theft, 7 p.m. Sunday, at that address. • Mustaf Abdille, 33, of 55 Tall Pines Drive, on charges of public consumption of alcohol and violating conditions of release, 11:10 a.m. Monday, on Lisbon Street. • Bryan LeClair, 28, […]
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Mark LaFlamme: The art of extrication
To my eye, extrication is like surgery on a magnified scale. You’re slicing and cutting and tearing into metal instead of human flesh, but the operation requires the same level of precision, and the ultimate aim is the same: the preservation of human life.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Abracadabra! Lewiston firefighters help wannabe escape artist out of his handcuffs
Daniel Gribbin wasn’t under arrest but he still ended up in the police station unable to get out of his own handcuffs. They couldn’t do it either.
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Big metal-detecting discoveries from around the world
The golden chalice Diving off Key West in 2008, treasure hunger Mike DeMar discovered a 385-year old gold chalice from the Spanish ship Santa Margarita. The ship sank in 1622 and was full of treasure. Mike DeMar was rewarded with $1 million. The Boot of Cortez While detecting in the desert of Senora, Mexico, a […]
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On the hunt for buried treasure
It’s hard to say how many people are out there with metal detectors these days, but it’s clear the hobby has taken off in recent decades as the technology keeps getting better and better.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Fire, police officials wary about Fourth
Add a lunar eclipse, coming on Sunday, and the convergence of circumstances starts to feel like prophecy.
Posted inFranklin, Maine
‘Click and boom’: Fire marshal report sheds more light on Farmington explosion
A heavily-redacted report of the Sept. 16, 2019, explosion at the LEAP Inc. building that killed a firefighter and injured seven other people is consistent that there was no smell of propane.
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Mark LaFlamme: Yeet! and other words you need to know
East bound and down So “Smokey and the Bandit” was playing at the drive-in this week, but I was working and couldn’t go. It’s a real bummer, too, because not only is the movie a blast, but afterward, you get to watch all the dorky moviegoers, amped up by the Bandit’s driving antics, trying to […]