The struggle is real So, since this whole crisis began, I’ve been unable to find chocolate graham crackers at the stores. This makes no sense at all to me, but of course, neither did the Great Toilet Paper Panic that will confound historians for centuries to come. I also found that in the early days […]
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
‘Calm amidst a storm:’ Popular Edward Little teacher dies
The announcement that Matt Closson had died set off a fury of grief and shock on social media, particularly on the Auburn School Department Facebook page.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Turner tortoise on the lam returns home
It is speculated that warmer weather might have drawn the creature out of hiding, just as Sher Blevin had predicted during the long search.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Turnpike ramp closed in Auburn after crash
AUBURN — Maine Turnpike ramps were shut down Wednesday after a tractor-trailer flipped onto its side at the exit 75 ramp about 4:30 p.m. There were no reports of serious injury, but commuter traffic snarled in places after southbound ramps were closed to traffic while police and fire crews assessed the situation. The Maine Turnpike […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Mark LaFlamme
Street Talk: Need anything at The Hannaford?
Back in saner times, you wouldn’t have been considered selfish for going to the market for one measly item. Heck, you could go to Shaw’s just to use the gumball machine, no one would care.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime, News
Police investigate apparent stabbing in Lewiston
LEWISTON — Police cordoned off a section of Oak Street late Sunday afternoon after an apparent stabbing at a nearby apartment house. At about 6:45 p.m., several officers remained in the area of Oak and Blake streets, with crime scene tape strung across a section of Oak. One witness in the area said a person […]
Posted inbPlus, Mark LaFlamme
Mark LaFlamme: Whatever you’re doing, quit it
Incredibly bent Hate to be keep complaining about this, but it’s getting really tough filling this space when all the news is about one thing and all the news is bad. I’ve been looking for alternatives for this column space in the interest of keeping the three people who read it entertained. I’ve suggested that […]
Posted inbPlus, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine
‘Hanging tough:’ Bus tours, marketplaces, scavenger hunts keeping senior residents busy, upbeat
As staffs adapt and get imaginative, area assisted living facilities are offering residents a variety of new diversions to counteract the isolation caused by the coronavirus.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Correction: Robert Mulready
In a story about former Lewiston City Administrator Robert Mulready that ran on page C1 in Saturday’s Sun Journal, May 16, it should have stated he was predeceased by his wife, Susan Maguire Mulready, who died in 2018. It was a reporting error.
Posted inBethel, Business, Maine
Court issues injunction against Sunday River Brewing reopening
Rick Savage is defying state orders to keep his Bethel restaurant closed and says he prepared to go to prison.