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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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‘A very difficult journey:’ Central Maine Community College awards students
Several students were honored Wednesday night as Central Maine Community College gathered for its annual awards dinner.
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Mark LaFlamme: Hoping for a summer of big news without tragedy
2018 was full of sad news. Give me a werewolf, an Elvis Presley sighting or anything featuring the term “alien baby” and we’ll have a summer of news without any heartache.
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‘Amazing.’ ‘Exciting.’ ‘Fascinating.’ ‘Reassuring.’ Bird-watching.
Like Zane Baker of North Yarmouth, most birders can recall the precise moment – and often the exact bird – that launched them headlong into the world of bird-watching. “It was like a highway of falcons, hawks, eagles. I just thought it was awe-inspiring. I fell in love with it.”
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
‘Absolutely a yearly tradition:’ Kora Shrine Circus back in Lewiston
LEWISTON — Asked what they like best about the Kora Shrine Circus, Soleil Joly and her brother, Parker, didn’t hesitate to answer, not even for a moment. “Johnny Rocket,” said 12-year-old Soleil, speaking of the zany showman with the Mohawk who does everything from tuba to dancing to dangling from the back of a tow […]
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Donald Giusti’s family: ‘We forgive the sinners but not the sin’
Now that charges have been filed, relatives of the slain man have mixed emotions.
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Red Cross honors local heroes who helped save a boy at Sabbathday Lake
PORTLAND — A trio of local women were recognized with Good Samaritan awards Thursday for teaming up in August to rescue a young boy at Sabbathday Lake in New Gloucester. Janelle Alpizar of Lewiston, Nicole Hall of Lisbon and Brittany Waterhouse of Casco were saluted for their efforts in saving the 4-year-old boy who fell […]
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Police: Teen charged with manslaughter says he threw rock during fatal fight
Police arrested two juveniles and an adult Thursday in the June 12 killing of Donald G. Giusti in Lewiston.
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Three arrested in Donald Giusti’s killing
One of the suspects is arrested for manslaughter in the June 2018 beating death of Donald Giusti.
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Street Talk: My eye! Adventures in fishing
I had been sitting calmly on that rock when it occurred to me that maybe the fish would be more apt to bite if I climbed a tree and cast from a high branch. I mean, that’s straight physics right there.