Objectivity, according to Professor Emeritus Ted Glasser of Stanford University, is just too cumbersome, and it gets in the way of what a journalist should consider his or her REAL job: activism
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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Mark LaFlamme: ‘Mostly alcohol’ explains so much
The Staggering Man “Six Lewiston stores will square off in front of the Maine Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations,” according to a business story on Wednesday, “each making a case at a Zoom’d public hearing that it should receive the lone agency liquor store license up for grabs.” Now, tell me this doesn’t […]
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Lewiston man indicted in fatal Auburn stabbing
AUBURN — A Lewiston man was indicted by a grand jury Thursday, accused of stabbing another man to death near McDonald’s on Center Street in July. Trai Larue, 22, of 146 Pierce St., was indicted by the Androscoggin County grand jury on a charge of murder in the death of Roger “Jordan” Cornell, 21, a […]
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Massachusetts man charged with attempted murder
Nathaniel D. Ashwood accused of chasing a woman in Lewiston while firing a gun.
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Lewiston man charged in May gun incident
Deon Sands was indicted by a grand jury on Thursday.
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Bates newspaper: Students sent home for violating health guidelines
College won’t say number involved or describe infractions.
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Talk of the town: Must be the season of the witch
How does my garden grow? Writing about local gardens all last week, I sure learned a lot about vegetables and flowers and possibly chickens. Mostly, though, the experience helped me to finally conquer a lifelong fear of string beans and for that I’m grateful. Maybe now the nightmares will stop. Time flies. Or doesn’t. It’s […]
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The fruits of a pandemic
Prompted by COVID-19, many Mainers who never thought of gardening are now reaping the rewards, including more time with family.
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Auburn Middle School staffer tests positive for COVID-19
The news comes as officials wrestle with options for returning students to classrooms.
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Mark LaFlamme: Maybe the Roomba is making 911 calls from the future
The Roomba made me do it Somewhere in Lewiston, or possibly Auburn, last week, police went to a home after receiving a 911 call with nobody on the line. According to the man who lives at the home, it was his robot floor sweeper that sent out the call. I don’t know the technical ins […]