Writer Mark LaFlamme muses on dental picks, raisin trauma, political animals and more.
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 inMaine, News
St. Dom’s group looking for location for new high school
Plans are in the works for a ‘fully independent private high school, in the Catholic tradition, starting in the fall of 2026.’
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Posted inMaine, News
Former Lewiston police chief nominated to be Maine’s U.S. Marshal
David St. Pierre’s leadership during the mass shooting in October 2023 was listed as one reason the former chief was nominated for the position.
Posted inLife & Culture, Maine, News
Auburn haunted house attraction ‘scary in all the right ways’
Community Little Theatre’s ‘Shadows on Stage’ at the 200-year-old former school is frightening. But which of the ghosts and ghouls are real and which are part of the act?
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Deputy shoots man twice after pursuit in Turner
After crashing his car into a tree, police say a man aimed his gun at an Androscoggin County deputy who was trying to make an arrest Friday night.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
No charges filed in Lewiston shooting Friday morning
Police said the victim was not cooperating with the investigation, and would not tell them how he was shot.
Posted inMaine, News
Sabattus again searching for police, fire chiefs
Friction with the Sabattus Board of Selectmen is the reason for Fire Chief H. Adam Thacker’s decision to resign, several sources say.
Posted inMaine, News
Children treated after fire in Oxford
Fire crews were called to 72 Gore Road about 5 p.m. for a report of a camper ablaze.
Posted inMaine, News
Woman burned in fire at Kaydenz Kitchen in Lewiston
Authorities were called to the 551 Lincoln St. food pantry for reports of an explosion followed by flames from a burning car spreading to the building.
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Blown transformer sets off sparks, lights fires in Paris
A transformer blew at 227 Main St. in Paris about 2 p.m., reportedly setting hay bales on fire in front of Paris Farmers Union.