A block what, now? Pine Street in Lewiston is always clogged with traffic and pedestrians, but it’s really getting out of hand now. On Wednesday afternoon, I rode up there on my bike and there were at least 500 people jamming the streets, crowding onto sidewalks and even tossing balls at some poor soul they’d […]
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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Mark LaFlamme: Hairy corn, brawling pigs and ants on the march: Winter is coming
So, the Farmers’ Almanac has released a comprehensive list claiming to be “20 Signs from Nature of a Hard Winter Ahead.” I wasn’t going to do anything with this — who needs reminders that winter is going to be a hell of backbreaking shoveling, knuckle-busting windshield scraping, white-knuckle driving and a wallet-busting sucking sound from […]
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Driver charged with OUI after Sabattus Street crash
Faiz Luka, 42, of Lewiston was arrested after his minivan took out a fire hydrant and slammed into a tree.
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Neighbors rattled by Sabattus street crash
The driver appeared dazed but unhurt after minivan slams into tree.
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‘A number of problems:’ Group gathers to discuss Maine’s juvenile justice system
LEWISTON — The young man’s name is Matt and as far as he’s concerned, the Long Creek Youth Development Center ought to be completely dismantled. Pull down the thick steel doors, he suggested, and rip down bars wherever they are found. “Maybe even repurpose it,” the 17-year-old suggested, “and make it into some sort of […]
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Mark LaFlamme: Have you tried the chicken?
The big fizz Saw a delivery guy drop two cases of boss-sized soda bottles in front of a store on Walnut Street in Lewiston. Coca-Cola, mostly, and you could hear the bottles fizzing angrily as they rolled across the sidewalk. I waited breathlessly to see if a Mentos delivery guy would come along and drop […]
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Check it out: Pilot program to make borrowing library books easier
The list of participating libraries in the program include Lewiston, Auburn and many others in Androscoggin, Oxford and Franklin counties. It also includes pretty much all college libraries in the state.
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Auburn mansion listed among Maine’s most-endangered historic places
The iconic house on Academy Street was torched and nearly destroyed last year.
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Police: Auburn man accidentally stabbed himself
Police said Philip Gagne tried to blame the wound on a man with whom he had been arguing.
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Mark LaFlamme: Lewiston’s bogeymen: Gone but not forgotten
Maybe Albert Flick was just one more bogeyman sent out into the world to give a face to our oldest fears and to keep good and evil perpetually in balance.