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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 inAndroscoggin County, Local & State
Augusta man charged in fatal crash in Turner in December
Jacob Diaz was taken to the Androscoggin County Jail in Auburn where he was being held Thursday night on $100,000 cash bail.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Auburn police mark anniversary of officer’s death
As they do every year, Auburn police were marking the anniversary of the death of Officer Rodney “Rocky” Bonney, who died April 6 in 1981 while trying to save a boy who had fallen into the Androscoggin River.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Sun Journal pages to be featured in ‘Walking Dead’ spinoff
Producers of a ‘Walking Dead’ spinoff have requested two specific front pages from the Sun Journal to be used in a series that focuses on Daryl Dixon, played by the wildly popular actor Norman Reedus.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime
Two vehicles stolen from parking lots in Lewiston and Auburn
The keys were left in the stolen pickup truck, and the Toyota Rav4 was running when someone took it.
Posted inAndroscoggin County
School bus, dump truck collide Monday morning in Turner
Police said indications were that the bus driver, approaching the intersection, did not see the oncoming dump truck and pulled into its path.
Posted inbPlus, Lewiston-Auburn, Mark LaFlamme
Mark LaFlamme: Rampaging hogs and other fashion tips
Talk of the Town: Apparently a new breed of marauding porcine is larger, hairier, smarter and ‘boast quick and fruitful reproductive qualities.’
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Abandoned homeless camps razed in Lewiston
Among the structures knocked down was a double-decker treehouse, police said. City crews were continuing to remove debris and trash left behind by the people who once inhabited the camps.
Posted inbPlus, Lewiston-Auburn, Mark LaFlamme
Talk of the town: Mr. Rogers battles killer seaweed while strengthening his core
Talk of the Town: Welcome to my world. I’ve been in disarray since learning that Mr. Rogers never said ‘It’s a wonderful day in the neighborhood.’