Boxes for the updated COVID-19 vaccine, shown earlier this month. (Pfizer via AP)
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 inHealth, Maine, News
Maine’s worst tick season ever is on its way. This writer knows what’s at stake.
The troubling part, says writer Mark LaFlamme, is that most Mainers sending diseased ticks to the state lab are finding them in their yards and gardens, not forests and fields.
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Posted inMark LaFlamme, Op-Eds
Fashion tips and dance lessons from one who knows | Column
No need to fret about possible back-to-school fashion faux pas. Writer Mark LaFlamme has been there, done that and is ready to help.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News, The Bethel Citizen
Greenwood man sentenced to 45 years in wife’s 2024 murder
When first police and rescue crews arrived at the scene of a crash in Peru on May 28, 2024, they discovered a blue Hyundai on the side of the road with 59-year-old Dale Gaudreau dead in the driver’s seat.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
3 Lewiston teens charged with conspiracy to commit murder
According to court documents, a 17-year-old Lewiston teen being held at a South Portland detention facility tried to coerce a father and son to take the blame for an Aug. 12 shooting on Blake Street.
Posted inMaine, News
At City Hall, public weighs in on search for new Lewiston police chief
As the Tuesday night meeting progressed, an image began to form of the kind of person the public would like to see replace police Chief David St. Pierre, who announced his retirement three weeks ago.
Posted inMaine, Mark LaFlamme, Op-Eds
Forecasting mayhem in Lewiston: How hard can it be? | Column
Aspiring news forecaster Mark LaFlamme is monitoring a high pressure system developing in the area of College and Sabattus streets as competing groups of day drinkers clash over front porch rights.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News, Rumford Falls Times, The Bethel Citizen
Bethel man taken into custody after standoff in Norway
Police say Michael Greene was wanted for weapons offenses and other crimes out of New Hampshire.
Posted inMaine, News
Man seriously hurt in fall from building in Lewiston
Police said the man was trying to gain entry to the condemned building at 54 Knox St. by climbing to the third floor and searching for unlocked windows.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools & Education
‘Back to School Bash’ still on as immigrant group pushes back against last year’s violence
The Friday night event at Mike McGraw Field will feature food, games and back-to-school supplies. Local police have been hired to monitor the event.