A medicine for melancholy One night last week in Lewiston, a dude was reported to have stolen sugar, coffee, creamer and a box of Hot Pockets from 7-Eleven before racing out the door, fleeing off into the darkness. If the fellow had taken the time to steal a banana or something, he might have swiped […]
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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Positive attitudes come out on top … even though balloons didn’t
“Look at everybody down here. Everybody’s having a good time. We’re going to have so much fun this weekend, it’s just awesome,” said Paul Englehart, Raspberry Ripple crew chief.
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At least one seriously hurt in Lewiston crash
Fire and rescue crews worked to free a woman trapped in her vehicle Friday after a car and truck collided on Lisbon Street.
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Fowl business: Lewiston chicken owners confused about ordinance
A little-known 30,000-square-foot requirement has residents in the city wasting money on coops, and having to lay off their birds.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Lewiston’s ‘Chicken Cheat Sheet’
The keeping of up to six female chickens is permitted in the rural-agricultural, low density residential, suburban residential, medium density residential and the neighborhood conservation “A” districts on lots of no less than 30,000 square feet developed with single family detached dwellings including mobile homes on individual lots. Check the zoning of your property at […]
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Street Talk: The kiss heard ’round Facebook
Photographer Russ Dillingham originally didn’t intend to publish the kiss photo. I encouraged him to do so and I regret nothing. The photo, of a handcuffed lass kissing a bearded man while a pair of police officers patiently wait, is a perfect snapshot of hardscrabble life in downtown Lewiston. She’s a woman in love who […]
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Maryland woman, 75, drowns after canoe tips over in Bethel
The victim got trapped under the canoe after it flipped with her husband and daughter also tossed into the Androscoggin River.
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Reporter query: Need a relative to knock it off on Facebook?
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