After more than 10 years on the job, Kristen Miale made a ‘lasting Impact on the food insecurity landscape in Maine.’
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 inLewiston-Auburn, Mark LaFlamme
Mark LaFlamme: Victims are awaiting justice and finding it lacking
For more than a year, Tyrone Fulgham anxiously waited to see punishment doled out to the man who took his leg. When the day of sentencing finally arrived, it was not very satisfying. Mason Perez, the 29-year-old whose reckless driving cost Fulgham most of his right leg in September 2021, would serve no jail time. […]
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Mark LaFlamme: Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus and all that noise
Talk of the Town: Columnist has discovered the floor-washing robot at the Oxford Walmart, and its life may never be the same.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State
‘This is brutal’: Shelters fill up fast as cold arrives
“Everyone is coming together,” one shelter volunteer said. “This is the time when community is supposed to come together and that’s exactly what’s been happening.”
Posted inFranklin, Lewiston-Auburn, Local & State, News, Oxford Hills, River Valley
Warming centers set up across the region
With deadly cold coming in on Friday, shelters have been set up in various areas through the weekend.
Posted inFranklin, River Valley
Canton man hurt when snowmobile collides with truck in Carthage
Police said Jeffery Cavanaugh, who had been riding an Arctic Cat, was taken to a Rumford hospital where he was being evaluated later Thursday.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Franklin, Lewiston-Auburn, Local & State, Oxford Hills, River Valley
‘This type of cold will kill people who are underprepared’: Maine braces for brutal cold
With intense cold and fierce winds on the way, cities and towns were preparing to provide warming options for those in need. Apparent temperatures were expected to drop down to -50 degrees Friday and Saturday.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Mark LaFlamme
Mark LaFlamme: Alcohol: The forgotten drug epidemic
Street Talk: Where a substance like fentanyl is apt to drop a man where he stands in his dreamy nod, liquor takes its time; a cat toying with a field mouse before delivering the fatal blow.
Posted inbPlus, Lewiston-Auburn, Mark LaFlamme
Mark LaFlamme: Boy, that snowman looks mad
Talk of the Town: Are you like me? Do you like to go out to shovel the yard at 3 a.m. and pull one over on Ma Nature and her cohorts?
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Lewiston Community Police Academy starting classes March 1
The 10-week program starts March 1 and meets weekly from 6 to 8 p.m.