Project planners say the solar array would provide the town ‘a significant influx of new revenue the town can put toward its general fund without requiring any new town services.’
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
Lewiston man charged with attempted murder in springtime slashing
Abdi Yussuf is accused of bursting into the Myrtle Street home of his girlfriend on May 8 and slashing her about the head, face and other areas.
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Posted inAndroscoggin County, bPlus
Postcards tell story of Greene’s early days
Back in those days, in a little town like Greene, postcards would have been sold in two of the town variety stores, namely Sawyer Bros. and J.M. Tanguay’s.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn
At Sliders, cornhole players quietly observing Oct. 25
The players might talk about that grim night now and then, but they tend to do it in private circles. This band of cornhole players like to keep things to the inner circle.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Mark LaFlamme
Mark LaFlamme: Grab your slingshots, kids; it’s scary movie time
While I’ll never experience the kind of soul-deep terror that a kid feels when sitting bug-eyed for a scary flick, I do still enjoy a good spine-tingler; so much, in fact, that I’ve compiled you a list.
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Mark LaFlamme: Talk of the Town: Long underpants and a time machine
Talk of the Town: People are reaching out with some interesting ideas.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, News
Fire destroys home of retired surgeon, wife in Greene
Fire crews were called out about 1 p.m. for a report that the two-story home off North River Road was on fire.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn, News
Fire reported at manufacturing plant in Auburn; 2 workers injured
Fire crews from Auburn and Lewiston responded to a fire Thursday afternoon at the M.S. Ambrogio plant on Rodman Road.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime
Auburn man arrested on drug charges
Charles Devin Bradrick, 37, was charged with two counts of aggravated drug trafficking and multiple counts of possessing scheduled drugs.
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Mark LaFlamme: ‘Something weird in a tree:’ A mystery that ended too soon
Street Talk: The real mystery here wasn’t what was contained in that strange, plump bundle. The real mystery to me is how it got up there in the first place.