A police report listed “no contributing action” on the part of the driver who struck Margaret “Peggy” Pooler on Sabattus Street last week.
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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Mark LaFlamme: Sweet words from secret squirrel sources
If a police beat reporter doesn’t have a good fleet of secret squirrel sources, he is stuck day after day waiting for the OFFICIAL WORD to come down from city hall, the police department or some political mouthpiece.
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Struck by an SUV last week in Lewiston, Peggy Pooler dies of her injuries
The woman had suffered multiple injuries in the Wednesday night crash near the intersection of Sabattus and College streets.
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Mark LaFlamme: I think I might have been raptured, but in the wrong direction
Talk of the Town: Don’t bother me, can’t you see I’m planning for my next TOTALITY!
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High on Maine: A look at the state’s 12 tallest buildings
Lewiston has three of the state’s tallest buildings, with its tallest — the Agora Grand Event Center — just 15 feet short of the #1 ranking.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Lewiston woman in critical condition two days after pedestrian accident
Margaret “Peggy” Pooler was on full life support and dialysis at Maine Medical Center on Friday afternoon.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, News
Police investigate apparent murder-suicide at Minot home
Androscoggin County Sheriff’s deputies were called to the home for a welfare check at about 6 a.m., police said.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Pedestrian in serious condition after being struck Wednesday night by SUV in Lewiston
Margaret “Peggy” Pooler suffered multiple broken bones and punctured lungs in the crash.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Oxford Hills
Norway pilot makes emergency landing in York County
Investigators said 57-year-old Joseph Bowen set his plane down in the area of Killick Pond Road in Hollis, near the Poland Spring building, at about 2 p.m.
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Mark LaFlamme: Turns out the eclipse WAS pretty awesome
Street Talk: For a long moment, it felt as though the world had taken a brief timeout so that its complex human inhabitants could take a moment to reflect upon their existence.