Police swarmed on a Dill Street home after receiving a report of a gunman there. No problems were found at the home.
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
Garage completely destroyed in Lewiston fire
The occupants of the Fair Street home escaped the blaze along with their pets.
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Gas leak rousts tenants at Lewiston apartment complex
A section of Meadowview Park in Lewiston was evacuated Thursday afternoon after workers struck a gas line, causing a leak that interrupted afternoon Bingo at the complex.
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Mark LaFlamme: ‘I’ve never been more fearful’: A witness to the Rideout Avenue homicide tells her tale
With no arrests made in the killing of Sahal Muridi, and with additional gunshots reported at the apartment complex just days after killing, a woman who witnessed the killing finds herself constantly afraid.
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Mark LaFlamme: Drinking coffee with Bigfoot and Josey Wales
Talk of the town: Publicly speaking, a job in the public wouldn’t be bad as long as I could avoid publicity and public humiliation. I’ll talk to my publicist.
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‘In death there is beauty:’ A glimpse inside Mr. Drew’s Bone Box
The story of how Drew Desjardins came into possession of an 8-foot-long, 500-pound bottlenose dolphin and her baby is a wild one. In the end, the death and decay will be used as educational tools to teach youngsters about nature.
Posted inAndroscoggin County
Pets die in Wales mobile home fire
Wales fire crews called for mutual aid as they battled flames at 29 Starlight Drive at about 4:30 p.m.
Posted inAndroscoggin County
Sabattus hires first full-time fire chief
Acting Chief Robert Gayton on Wednesday announced H. Adam Thacker will take over Monday.
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Mark LaFlamme: Life is better on the Kancamagus — where the phone doesn’t work
Street Talk: One of the greatest features of the White Mountains paradise, to me, is the fact that the phone signals we all live by can’t penetrate it.
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Mark LaFlamme: Putting my best feet forward or something
Talk of the town: Have you ever pondered how people got by before Crocs were invented? I have.