The cafe opened in January with the premise of bringing Franco-American Quebecois and French-fusion foods to the Lewiston-Auburn metro area.
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
Rescuers free two victims from rollover crash in Auburn
AUBURN — Fire crews worked for nearly a half hour Wednesday night to free two from the wreckage after a car crashed on the turnpike off ramp. Police said 67-year-old Ronald Dumais and his passenger were hanging upside down, suspended by their seatbelts, when rescuers arrived. Dumais, of Auburn, survived the crash with pain but […]
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Posted inFranklin, Maine
Androscoggin Mill explosion in Jay causes no serious injuries
In the moments following the Wednesday morning blast at the Androscoggin Mill, many feared the worst.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Mark LaFlamme
‘Utter chaos:’ Dispatchers, fire crews in the teeth of a rampaging storm
Dispatchers and firefighters working together in a rampaging beast of a springtime storm.
Posted inbPlus, Business
The pandemic dress code: Yoga pants, jammies and the mullet 2.0
Workers stuck at home because of COVID-19 are saying WTH to their WFH wardrobe.
Posted inMark LaFlamme, Perspective
The price of freedom: The Covid-19 measures are only temporary. Right?
“The virus is harmful, but the destruction of rights is fatal.” Edward Snowden. “If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stomping down on a human face – forever.” – George Orwell, “1984.” I’m having trouble sleeping these days. My nights are vexed by bad dreams. My days, too. The worst of […]
Posted inbPlus, Mark LaFlamme
Tigers, paprika and how to remove fungus
A fungus among us Got a message in my spam folder the other day with a subject line that advises: “Do this to make fungus disappear.” Typically, I’d snort at such an email and then delete it forever. These days, though . . . Well, I’ve been sitting around doing a whole lot of nothing […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
‘One to remember’: Storm causes chaos across region
In Auburn, falling trees took down power lines and four poles in the area of Hotel Road and Lake Street during Thursday’s fast and furious snow storm. Two hours later in Lewiston, a tree came down on a propane tank while another crashed down onto a trailer and a third onto a car.
Posted inNews
Lewiston police to enforce state stay-at-home order
Reaction to Police Chief Brian O’Malley’s pronouncements on social media was overwhelming supportive.
Posted inFranklin
‘So happy!’ Larry Lord is going home
The building supervisor severely burned in the Farmington propane explosion is being discharged Friday.