This, that and the utter thing So last week I complained, in a delirious ramble, that I never got a meaningful tattoo, such as one featuring a cow with a palm tree growing where it’s utter should be. Ask and ye shall receive, my bros. Some enterprising tattooist, who’s clearly been huffing his ink, sent […]
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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Wilton snowmobiler dies in northern Oxford County crash
Raynold Chasse, 81, lost control of his sled and hit trees.
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Street Talk: Much ado about notebooks
So, I was assigned to cover a meeting last week and when I got there, I realized I didn’t have a notebook. End of the world, right? Five years ago, maybe. Five years ago, showing up at a meeting, event or downtown rumble would have sent me into panic mode. I would have frantically dialed […]
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What smells like Bob?
That’s what SHE said For years I’ve been complaining that when I’m sent to cover school committee meetings at Auburn City Hall, I can’t hear a thing that’s being said in that weird room with its freakishly high ceilings. No matter who’s talking and no matter what it’s about, they all sound like the school […]
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The germs you live with
The online group Healthline describes the germiest places inside your home
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The lengths we’ll go (or not) to avoid germs
Some readers never wash their hands. Others, well, “I wash my hands, my face, my snout and my ears 50 times a day, just like the raccoon in my yard,” said one. Our readers talk, stalk germs.
Posted inBicentennial, Lewiston-Auburn
The horrors of child labor is the focus of new Museum L-A exhibit
‘All Work and No Play’ exhibit opening Jan. 30 features photos by ground-breaking photographer and sociologist Lewis Hine.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Lewiston-Auburn
Brunswick man injured in Lisbon crash
Logan Moulton, 22, was treated at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston with apparent head injuries after losing control of his car on Lisbon Street late Wednesday night.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, Oxford Hills
Otisfield store demolished by speeding truck
Zachary Mercier, 31, sped away from deputies in Raymond.
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Edward Little High School architects seeing ‘building take shape’
The plans from Harriman Associates for the new Edward Little High School in Auburn are on schedule with construction expected to start in 2021, aiming for fall 2023 to open.