Somewhere, at some point in time, an unknown person walked into a Starbucks coffee shop and placed the following order: “I would like a double ristretto venti half-soy nonfat decaf organic chocolate brownie iced vanilla double-shot gingerbread frappuccino with foam whipped cream upside down double blended, one sweet’n low and one nutrasweet. Light ice, please.” […]
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.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Ghosts are running wild among the books at the Auburn library, says local ghost hunter
AUBURN — If Howard Labbe’s observations are correct, our community is crawling with ghosts. They teem in vacant houses. They run rampant in downtown apartments and pretty much rule attics everywhere. Ghosts are all over the place, according to Labbe’s research, and the Auburn Public Library is no exception. The operator of Restless Spirits Investigations […]
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Ruth Slovenski rides again
LEWISTON — All summer long, Ruth Slovenski rode her bicycle, a classic Huffy she had been riding for more than 60 years. Earlier, in the spring, it looked like she might never ride it again. In early April, someone stole the bike after the 83-year-old Slovenski parked it by her favorite eatery near Bates College. […]
Posted inAndroscoggin County
Spectral lady hitches ride one night on Route 26, then vanishes
One moment the hitchhiker was making small talk with her teen driver, then she disappeared.