The director of Maine Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said eight residents and five staff members have tested positive.
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, Maine Crime
Woman shot in Lewiston; suspects in custody
Police say someone fired a bullet into an apartment through a window late Friday, striking a woman in the back.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Crews battle woods fire in Turner
Flames spread from Kennebec Trail to Abenaki Way.
Posted inFranklin, Maine Crime, News
Two arrested after drive-by shooting in Jay
Police charged a Bangor woman and a Connecticut man after witnesses said they saw them drive away toward Livermore Falls in a white SUV after the shooting on Otis Street in Jay.
Posted inMark LaFlamme
Fuzzy wunnit! And other thoughts on coffee
I could see the look of horror in my wife’s face the second I crawled out of bed at the crack of noon. “Now, you mustn’t panic,” she said, easing herself to relative safety on the other side of the kitchen island. “Above all, you’ve got to stay calm.” “Whazza?” I babbled. It’s how I […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Mark LaFlamme
Talk of the Town: Such sweet sorrow
Teens flee shelter to elope I was kind of swept up in the romance of this news, but if we’re honest with ourselves, we all knew it would never work out. Not these days. Take heart, young lovers. If Romeo and Juliette had lived in the age of surveillance cameras, they would have gotten nowhere, […]
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Investigation into Jay mill explosion continues
Workers manually shut valves to prevent further damage after the blast.
Posted inFranklin, Maine
Three stranded anglers rescued unhurt north of Rangeley
The anglers, two men and a woman from Portland, became stuck in snow in a remote part of Oxford County.
Posted inFranklin, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, Oxford Hills, River Valley
Most municipalities avoid furloughs … so far
Some are on the job, some are working from home during pandemic.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn
‘Not the year to start a new venture:’ Pierrette’s C’est si Bon Cafe in Auburn to close
The cafe opened in January with the premise of bringing Franco-American Quebecois and French-fusion foods to the Lewiston-Auburn metro area.