Among other things, Lewiston police would like to equip its officers with body cameras for all sworn personnel.
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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Crews battle woods fire in Waterford
Trees, forest floor blackened off Rice Road
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Edward Little celebrates Juneteenth with ‘Chalk and Talk’
The event is part of the Juneteenth celebration.
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Lewiston Police couldn’t help dope-swallowing dog, but there is a hotline to call
LEWISTON — At about 7 p.m. Tuesday, a woman rushed into the police station lobby on Park Street requesting a dose of Narcan. The woman wasn’t asking for herself, as it happens: her pet dog had swallowed some oxycontin and she was worried the animal would die from an overdose. As of Wednesday afternoon, the […]
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Mark LaFlamme: Fish and column ideas are hard to come by
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 […]
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‘Agents of change:’ Black Lives Matter rally rolls through Lewiston and Auburn
Roughly 200 people marched through Auburn and Lewiston.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime
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.