The relationship between the media and police has become distant and robotic; like an arranged marriage that teeters on collapse, says 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, Mark LaFlamme
The country seems to be in a fog, and that can’t be good
We owe it to civilization to keep kissing as many people as we can, writes Mark LaFlamme.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State, Maine Crime
Shooter and victim met at New Year’s Eve party, Auburn police say
Police said it is likely a man involved in the incident was wounded when one of the teens he was attacking stabbed him with a pocket knife.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State
Maine’s first baby of 2025 born at CMMC in Lewiston
At 2:34 a.m. Wednesday, Liliana Kimbela delivered a baby boy at Central Maine Medical Center. The baby weighed in at 7 pounds, 14 ounces and was 20 inches long.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State
Thousands bid farewell to 2024 at Auburn’s New Year’s Eve bash
It was unseasonably warm as thousands flocked to Auburn’s Festival Plaza for the 6th annual New Year’s Eve bash.
Posted inMark LaFlamme
Should residents expect downtown Lewiston gunfire to continue in 2025?
With so many rounds whizzing through downtown, it’s probably not a matter of IF some innocent soul gets gunned down, but rather a matter of WHEN.
Posted inFranklin, Local & State, News
Deadly force panel weighs in on 2021 hostage situation in Livermore Falls
The state panel recommended that the Maine Criminal Justice Academy use its reports when developing scenario-based training for law enforcement officers.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State, News
Auburn man to appear in court on kidnapping, sex assault charges
Razel M. Gavin, 26, is charged with multiple counts, including kidnapping and two counts of gross sexual assault, each punishable by up to 30 years in prison.
Posted inbPlus, Mark LaFlamme
Droning on about nude models and wandering cows
Like some Maine State Troopers, Mark LaFlamme rounds up beefy news items.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Lewiston-Auburn, Local & State, Oxford Hills
The biggest Sun Journal stories of 2024 include the highs and lows
Reflecting both the lows and the highs of the year, we highlight the area’s biggest news stories of 2024.