Firefighters say sparks from a passing train ignited brush near the Auburn-Lewiston Municipal Airport.
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 inThe Bethel Citizen
Rick Savage opens restaurant despite government orders
BETHEL — One day after appearing on the Tucker Carlson show on the Fox News network to declare that he would reopen his business, Sunday River Brewing Co. owner Rick Savage was given an ultimatum: comply with Gov. Janet Mills’ executive order or lose your liquor and health licenses. Apparently that ultimatum was […]
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Fire crews knock down garage fire in Greene
Two-bay building on Burgess Lane engulfed in flames.
Posted inbPlus, Mark LaFlamme
Mark LaFlamme: Fun in the produce section
Masque of the dread shopping trip So, we’ll all be required to wear masks now when we’re out shopping for bacon, cucumbers, American cheese and whatever else was on that stupid list my wife gave me but which I totally lost when I stopped to pet a stray dog. It’s really a shame that Halloween […]
Posted inBusiness, Maine, Oxford Hills
Sunday River Brewing owner keeps restaurant open after licenses seized
Despite Rick Savage announcing on Facebook earlier in the day that he’d close, a GoFundMe page was launched to raise money for his and other businesses that may face fines and legal fees due to opening early.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine
Complaints and confusion on first day of mandatory face coverings
Some shoppers ignore governor’s order.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, Maine Crime
Lewiston stabbing suspect arrested in Knox County
LEWISTON — Accused of stabbing a man on Bartlett Street last month, 19-year-old Abdi Ibrahim was arrested Thursday in Knox County. Lewiston police had been searching for Ibrahim with a warrant charging him with elevated aggravated assault, a crime punishable by up to 30 years in prison. Police said on April 12, they received a […]
Posted inFranklin
Another COVID-19 case reported at Edgewood in Farmington
The total number of infections is 14, CDC says
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime, Mark LaFlamme
Mark LaFlamme: The ‘new normal’: Covering crime is now a lonely business
Complain all you want that people aren’t complying with the lingering stay-at-home orders, but that hasn’t been my experience at all. If good old-fashioned police drama in the streets isn’t enough to bring them out, I don’t imagine anything will.
Posted inbPlus, Lewiston-Auburn
Vitamin C Man and Evil Corona
The son of a nurse and a truck driver, 8-year-old Jack Lydon knows a thing or two about the coronavirus and about the kind of superheroes the world needs to come to our rescue.