I’m sorry, but if you can’t fill The Colisée for junior hockey even when tickets are given away, you don’t get to wear the Hockey Town moniker anymore, writes Mark LaFlamme.
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 inbPlus, Lewiston-Auburn, Local & State
After 19 years of the odd, the trendy, the fun and the ‘greatest booty,’ the b section says so long
‘The ‘b section’ wasn’t just a new product or section of the newspaper — it was a reflection of what makes Maine unique, maybe even quirky.’
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Posted inAndroscoggin County, bPlus, Local & State
Lisbon’s Len Lednum always loved models, but it took a career change for him to think small
Lednum molded a Buxton-based tiny billboard maker into a producer of highly detailed miniature Americana.
Posted inbPlus, Lewiston-Auburn, Mark LaFlamme
Dealing with billfold curses and delicious, cryptic death threats
Mark LaFlamme: They are called ‘trousers.’ You pronounce it ‘MAK-a-roon.’ And where are my flip-flops and umbrella drink?
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Business, Lewiston-Auburn, Local & State, Maine Crime
Pair arrested in Auburn in organized retail theft investigation, police say
Police said the men attempted to throw fake identification cards out the window as they were being pulled over by police on Washington Street just before noon Wednesday.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State, Maine Crime
Dominican national pleads guilty to illegally entering U.S.
Prosecutors say Odanis Manuel Brea Mejia was caught in Lewiston after he had previously been removed from the country.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Lewiston woman sentenced for Social Security fraud
Prosecutors said Donna D. Desrosiers collected more than $90,000 she wasn’t entitled to. She was ordered to repay the amount as restitution.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State, Mark LaFlamme, News
Body found in Lewiston bog still shrouded in mystery
In this otherwise pristine wilderness, bits of bright yellow crime scene tape assault the eyes and whisper of something terrible that has has happened here, Mark LaFlamme writes.
Posted inbPlus
The fallen and their memorial marker locations in Lewiston
In all, nine markers have been placed in Lewiston to honor and memorialize firefighters who perished in the line of duty.
Posted inbPlus, Lewiston-Auburn
Lewiston firefighters erect markers to honor their fallen comrades
Nine simple street memorials have been installed to remember and honor the nine Lewiston firefighters who died in service to the city.