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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PublishedSeptember 19, 2021
Types of sedation: How to chill out in the dentist’s chair
The following types of sedation are used in dentistry. Not all dentists offer all types; check with your dentist. Inhaled minimal sedation: You breathe nitrous oxide — otherwise known as “laughing gas” — combined with oxygen through a mask that’s placed over your nose. The gas helps you relax. Your dentist can control the amount […]
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PublishedSeptember 19, 2021
Dentophobia? There’s relief. Here’s the drill.
By some estimates, between 5% and 8% of Americans avoid dental work because of dentophobia, the fear of visits to the dentist. But growing awareness, technology, chemistry and good old communication are easing the angst.
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PublishedSeptember 17, 2021
Dempsey Challenge just a week away
Due to lingering COVID-19, Patrick Dempsey will not mingle with the masses as in the past, organizers say. Instead, he’ll make appearances away from the crowds.
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PublishedSeptember 17, 2021
At least one hurt in Lisbon crash
It was reported that at least one person was being taken to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston with multiple injuries.
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PublishedSeptember 17, 2021
Layoffs announced at Poland Spring bottling in Poland and Hollis
It was not disclosed on Friday how many employees will be affected, although one insider reported that more than two dozen employees between the Poland and Hollis plants will be laid off.
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PublishedSeptember 17, 2021
Nine ambulance services help evacuate Stephens Memorial Hospital patients as firefighters look for source of smoke
Fire and rescue crews were moving more than a dozen patients out from the Norway hospital while investigating smoke in the building. Fire crews began clearing the scene about 9 p.m. Friday.
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PublishedSeptember 16, 2021
Sun Journal’s Judith Meyer to be inducted into Maine Press Association Hall of Fame
The executive editor of the Sun Journal, Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel started her career as a freelancer in the Norway bureau, understanding the importance of community news, before rising through the company over the next 25 years.
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PublishedSeptember 15, 2021
Firefighters respond to house fire in Dixfield
DIXFIELD — Fire and rescue crews were at 22 Main St. Wednesday afternoon for a reported house fire. Dixfield firefighters were joined by crews from Rumford and Mexico and Med-Care Ambulance was called after smoke was reported coming from the home at about 5 p.m. A section of Main Street, which is U.S. Route 2, […]
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PublishedSeptember 14, 2021
Lewiston police investigate weekend shooting
A gunshot was heard and a bleeding man was seen running down Lisbon Street.
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PublishedSeptember 12, 2021
Follow me for some free backside buckshot!
Talk of the Town: It’s not so easy to follow the straight and narrow when one comes to a crooked arrow.
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