RANGELEY PLANTATION – Rescuers pulled a man and his wife out of their burning home Friday as a house at 4 Swains Road went up in flames. Rangeley Fire Chief Mike Bacon and police Sgt. Jared Austin went into the home to retrieve the couple as flames burned through the upper floors at about […]
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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Auburn School Committee approves budget
The budget will go before voters in a referendum June 11.
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Lewiston High School senior makes it to national poetry finals
Joao Rodrigues Victor was one of nine finalists to read poetry Wednesday night at Washington University in Washington, D.C.
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Street Talk: The little girl, the old woman and the ramp: Good deeds in a weary world
It was a few weeks before Christmas and the parade of people hauling money into the newsroom showed no sign of slowing. One by one they came with envelopes stuffed with cash, coffee cans full of coins or crumpled dollar bills tugged from pockets on the spot. Some gave big, some gave small, most gave […]
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Mark LaFlamme: Remember to phrase your complaints in the form of questions!
Swindled! I was cruising around the city the other day and couldn’t help but notice that Dirigo Federal Credit Union on Main Street is gone. My money! You cads! Lure me in with promises of generous interest rates for my big Sun Journal bucks and then flee in the middle of the night with my […]
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Three Massachusetts residents charged in Newry break-in
Police say the three were using a stolen car and have committed home and business burglaries across three states.
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‘She loves her Grammy:’ Girl saving money for ramp
Forget makeup and iTunes. 12-year-old wants a ramp for her great-grandmother.
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Pickup crashes into tree in Sabattus
The driver walked away from his mangled vehicle, but he was taken to the hospital to be examined.
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Three detained after police chase, crash in Lewiston
Three people are taken into police custody after a police chase and car crash in the parking lot of a Sabattus Street business Wednesday night.
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‘I Am Lewiston:’ Tree Street Youth puts on a show
More than a dozen individual and group performances highlighted the show Wednesday, which serves as a fundraiser and community-building event.