I stood on the beach near Fort Popham and watched in blissful fascination the performance of the seals. For nearly an hour they danced for us in the dimming light of dusk. They splashed and dove and frolicked with the unrestrained enthusiasm of gleeful children. Every now and then, a seal would rise from the […]
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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‘Agents of change:’ Black Lives Matter rally rolls through Lewiston and Auburn
Roughly 200 people marched through Auburn and Lewiston.
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Shots fired in Lewiston; man charged with attempted murder
The police recovered a gun and had arrested a Massachusetts man.
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Geiger furloughs workers but expects to hire them back
Geiger, located on Mount Hope Avenue in Lewiston, employs roughly 360 people, not including sales staff.
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Mark LaFlamme: Expired stickers and dangling parts
You got nothing on me, copper Ranking Lewiston police officers are retiring left and right these days and it’s bumming me out. Most of these guys began their careers around the same time I started at the paper, which leads me to believe that those weasels did a better job planning their exit strategies than […]
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Police charge teen in Lewiston fire
Police are still investigating two fires at the same Oak Street building over two nights this week.
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Lewiston crews battle second fire in a vacant building
Investigators are trying to pinpoint the cause of the second blaze in two nights at 164 Oak St. in Lewiston.
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St. Dom’s Class of 2020: ‘We will come out even stronger’
The senior class found humor and inspiration in their unusual graduation Thursday in the parking lot of the school.
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UPDATE: Man dies from stabbing wounds incurred in Auburn fight
AUBURN — A man police found bleeding from a chest wound after an altercation outside an apartment complex at 116 Hampshire St. late Wednesday night died after being taken to the hospital. Police who arrived in the area of 118 Hampshire St. at about 11:15 p.m. found a man bleeding from a chest wound and […]
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Auburn school committee talks ‘reentry’
AUBURN — Educators will be reentering local schools on Monday and they’re going about the process with care and caution. School staff, exploring ideas on how to best serve students over the summer and into the fall, are well prepared for their June 8-12 meetings. They’ve got the gloves. They’ve got the masks, the cleansers, […]