‘She is a terrorizer, honestly,’ one woman said of Andrea Balcer. ‘She’s put me through hell.’
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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Police investigate death of homeless man in Auburn
The 47-year-old man was found dead at a known encampment off Washington Street.
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Georgia murder suspect arrested in Auburn
22-year-old Dameon Jaquan Thomas was arrested on a warrant charging him with murder in connection with a shooting in Georgia.
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Lewiston’s new animal control officer brings new spirit to the job
Chris Sanders, who is replacing 30-year-veteranWendell Strout, chases ghosts in his spare time.
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Growing up with Yellow, Litchfield’s pizza-eating goose of vast age
At 28, Yellow has lived a good decade longer than Emden geese are expected to.
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Don’t you DARE tell me the score of the Olympic hockey finals | Column
Mark LaFlamme cogitates on new weather patterns, missing mailboxes and that strange chattering he’s been hearing.
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Police investigate reports of shots fired in Lewiston
At about 6:30 p.m. Thursday, police were sent to the area of Pine and Howard streets for reports that at least 2 shots had been fired.
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Grumpy cat rescued from roof in Lewiston
The cat was spotted 40 feet up on a sharply steeped roof on Bates Street, either unwilling or unable to come down.
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Alabama woman arrested after turnpike chase through Lewiston, Auburn
The chase ended on the turnpike in New Gloucester after spike mats were used.
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82-year-old woman hit by car in Lewiston pulls through: ‘She’s a fighter’
Marie Van Nostrand has been at a Portland hospital since she was hit Feb. 5 while walking on Pleasant Street.