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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PublishedAugust 22, 2021
Talk of the Town: Calm down, son. You’re having balloon flashbacks.
Things are looking up! Everywhere I go, I see people on the street coming to complete stops, pointing at the sky and making all sort of noises that are supposed to denote, I think, awe and wonder. Then they get out their phones and start snapping photos from weird angles. I look up there and […]
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PublishedAugust 22, 2021
Lewiston’s Phyllis Rand — Red Cross volunteer goes where she’s needed
Face Time: For more than a decade, Rand has left family, friends, her full-time job, and the comforts of home at a moment’s notice to help those affected by hurricanes, floods and wildfires.
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PublishedAugust 20, 2021
Maine Bicentennial Band prepares to celebrate 200 years in a big way
On Friday night, the musicians and band leaders were polishing their instruments and their performance for the Maine Bicentennial Parade, set for Saturday morning.
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PublishedAugust 19, 2021
Races set for mayor, City Council and School Committee in Auburn
The election season is officially underway with a list of 20 candidates. Auburn’s Jason Levesque is running for mayor again uncontested.
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PublishedAugust 19, 2021
Auburn man seriously injured in Washington Street crash
Auburn investigators were reconstructing the accident with help from Lewiston police.
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PublishedAugust 19, 2021
Auburn fugitive, charged with sex crimes in Michigan, captured in Harpswell
Michael J. Bernard, a lobsterman, was caught by federal officials as he departed a lobster boat Thursday afternoon.
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PublishedAugust 19, 2021
Former Rumford man sentenced to over 6 years in meth case
Joseph Fall, 40, was sentenced to six and a half years in federal prison after pleading guilty in March.
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PublishedAugust 17, 2021
Old Orchard Beach then and now
Street Talk: Old Orchard Beach is a sandy Xanadu where the glorious ocean meets $4 flip-flops, lip-scalding pier fries and some chubby kid vomiting all over the Matterhorn.
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PublishedAugust 15, 2021
Missing bikes, beavers and giant Dunkin’ cups: Mark LaFlamme muses
Talk of the Town: I don’t want to alarm and/or titillate anyone, but there have been reports of a GIGANTIC Dunkin’ Donuts cup motoring along local streets.
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PublishedAugust 13, 2021
Local activist charged with domestic assault
In a phone interview on Friday, Dane Morgan adamantly denied the allegation.
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