Spring forward Some wizard of math and astronomical calculations just alerted me that daylight savings is less than a month away. We are that close to springing forward, my friends, and ain’t that an injection of hope in the buttocks of winter despair! What does it all mean? Nothing, really? I just wanted to use […]
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 inBethel, News, Oxford Hills
New Hampshire man dies in Oxford County snowmobile crash
Paul Whitaker, 49, drifted off the left side of the trail and struck a tree late Friday afternoon.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime, News
Two days, two hatchet attacks in Lewiston
Lewiston police say a man was bleeding after he was struck by a hatchet during a fight Wednesday night. In an unrelated incident Thursday afternoon, another man with a hatchet reportedly threatened a tow truck driver in Lewiston.
Posted inMark LaFlamme
On God and terrible moments
Out of the wreckage on that Clinton back road came the devastating personal details that brought the bigger picture into hideous focus.
Posted inNews, River Valley
Six people injured in fire that destroyed Rumford apartment buildings
Witnesses at the scene say several buildings collapsed on Hancock Street in Rumford.
Posted inbPlus, Mark LaFlamme
Doing secret groundhog things
Just like last year It’s the same thing every year. I never remember that it’s Groundhog Day until I wake up in the morning (ish) and find everybody talking about it. That delayed awareness prevents me from enjoying the early Groundhog Eve festivities the way I assume the rest of you do. The rodent nog, the […]
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Lewiston-Auburn
Woman hurt in Lisbon crash
Truck and front-end loader collide on Main Street.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
Two hurt when car hits utility pole in Auburn
The crash was one of many throughout the region Thursday as a snowstorm moved through Maine.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime, News
Cat requires more surgery after taking bullet in Lewiston
LEWISTON – A cat that was shot in the face and chest earlier this week will require further surgery to repair the damage, according to the animal’s owners. The 4-year-old cat named Griffon needs a leg amputated after it took a round from what police say was a small caliber firearm in an area of […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Lewiston police say cat should survive shooting
Police are looking for the person who shot Griffon, a 4-year-old cat, near the 300 block of Pleasant Street in Lewiston.