The first storm was expected to get underway late in the day Thursday, coming in as a wintry mix before changing over to snow overnight. Another storm, which one forecaster called ‘a corker,’ is expected to barrel in Sunday and into Monday.
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.
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Mark LaFlamme: Shocked, embarrassed and afraid of bugs
Talk of the Town: Remember that time I confessed to watching ‘Blossom’ and all the fun you had calling me little girl names for the rest of the month?
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Posted inBusiness, River Valley
Rumford Marden’s shuts doors for good because of safety reasons
Store officials announced Wednesday night that the store is closing due to unspecified safety reasons at the Route 2 facility.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
‘You do not deserve to be treated this way’: Dozens gather for victims of human trafficking
One fact was stressed over and over, and by a variety of speakers at Lewiston’s Dufresne Plaza: Mainers need to get over their denial of the problem before the important work of combating it can begin.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Mark LaFlamme
Mark LaFlamme: Editors ain’t so bad . . .
Street Talk: Editors have the magic to make bad writing good and to make good writing better. When they’re not sending you off to do stupid stuff, that is.
Posted inbPlus, Lewiston-Auburn, Mark LaFlamme
Talk of the town: The purloined fire truck and a selfishly devoured meat pie
Got flu meds? You either pay ridiculous prices for the brand stuff or you find yourself out in Kennedy Park in the wee hours going: ‘Psss, hey buddy. Got any fizz?’
Posted inbPlus, Lewiston-Auburn
‘Comics by people with day jobs:’ Maine comic artists and illustrators drawn into another world
The artists’ reasons are many: ‘To improve. For therapy. To scratch an itch. To avoid doing other things sometimes. For most of us, there’s nothing else we’d rather be doing.’
Posted inLocal & State
Mainers charged in Jan. 6, 2021, riot at U.S. Capitol
Five Mainers were charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. Some have been convicted, while two are awaiting further court action.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Car crashes into house in Lewiston; driver flees
A car ripped through the living room wall of a home at 4 Old Lisbon Road.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Franklin, Lewiston-Auburn, Local & State, News, Oxford Hills, River Valley
Top news stories of 2022: The good, the bad and emergence from the pandemic
There were celebrations of sports victories, lots of economic development and plenty of other good news, tempered by the interesting and the unfortunate, as we look back at the area’s biggest stories.