We’re friends, you and I. Chums. We have some laughs, we have deep conversations and none of it’s heavy because we’re pals. Amigos. It would be nice if you’d take me somewhere nice now and then, but hey, I’m not complaining. We’re buds. And because we’re such compadres, I’m going to let you in on my deepest, most shocking […]
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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Face Time: Carol Gordon’s green thumb
They say that a visit to Carol’s Green Thumb in Turner is a delightful experience, if a little bit surreal. It’s not just the sheer number of plants in the place, although there are hundreds of them tucked into every corner, nook and shelf. It’s not simply variety, either, although Carol Gordon keeps a pretty […]
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Did you see what Pa did?
The invasion has begun Those lighted orbs in Lewiston’s Kennedy Park are pretty and all, but they kind of remind me of the pods in “Invasion of the Body Snatchers.” I’ll bet if I were to shinny up a tree and hit one with a stick, Donald Sutherland would fall out. Of course… If pod […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, Politics
Michelle Malkin speaks to standing-room-only crowd in Sabattus
The conservative political commentator spoke about immigration policy and free speech Friday while addressing a gathering sponsored by the University of Maine College Republicans group.
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Lewiston’s Franco Center cancels conservative commentator’s appearance
The Gendron Franco Center offered no explanation for the abrupt cancellation of the Friday event with Michelle Malkin, whose appearance in Portland was also canceled this week.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine
Mainers dig out while more snow is expected this weekend
School canceled, businesses closed and car wrecks all over the place. The latest storm was not the biggest we have ever seen, but snow falling most of the day Thursday caused its usual array of problems and left nearly a foot in some areas. The snow began falling overnight and by the supper hour Thursday, […]
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Snowfall totals
Androscoggin County Auburn: 8 inches Lewiston: 5 inches Turner: 5 inches Lisbon: 2 inches Oxford County Otisfield: 8.1 inches Oxford: 4.2 inches Dixfield: 3 inches Franklin County Farmington: 2.5 inches Kingfield 0.5 inches New Sharon: 0.5 inches Cumberland County Raymond: 11 inches Cumberland: 10.8 inches New Gloucester: 9.1 inches Source: National Weather Service
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Suspect in Livermore kidnapping still at large
Shannon Lee Dupree is believed to be with friends in Wilton and Rumford
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime, New England
Report: Fewer guns found at New England airports
BOSTON — Federal officials on Wednesday said Transportation Security Administration officers across New England stopped 36 handguns at checkpoints in 2019, a decrease from the 45 that were caught in 2018. The 2019 numbers include a Minot woman who was stopped trying to carry a loaded 9 mm handgun through a checkpoint at the Portland […]
Posted inMaine, River Valley
Bald eagle dies after being shot in Peru
A man and his daughter are credited with rescuing the bird, which was taken to a rehab center in Freedom.