The Friday night event at Mike McGraw Field will feature food, games and back-to-school supplies. Local police have been hired to monitor the event.
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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More memories coming down in Lewiston | Column
Watching the former Sun Journal office building at 40 Pine St. come down this week brought up lots of memories for Mark LaFlamme, and maybe a tear or two.
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Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Auburn man sentenced to 56 years for kidnapping of teen, sexual assaults
One veteran investigator deemed the 2022 kidnapping of a 13-year-old girl one of the most disturbing cases he’d ever worked on.
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2026 Farmers’ Almanac aims to make you the most interesting person in the world
Published by Geiger in Lewiston, the new almanac is once again crammed full of information on how to thrive in the natural world just as our forebears did for so long.
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Ticks, answering machines and all the toys you used to love | Column
Mark LaFlamme is on his best behavior and looking for a backup crash pad just in case.
Posted inMaine, News
Three escape burning home in Lewiston
Witnesses said there were three people inside the home when the fire began. A woman with a disability was wrapped in blankets and carried out by firefighters.
Posted inMaine, News
Lewiston police chief to step down in September
David St. Pierre’s tenure as Lewiston police chief included the mass shooting in October 2023 and continued concerns over violence in the city.
Posted inMaine, News
With 4-year-old’s death in mind, Lewiston police hand out free gun lock boxes
Police, gun safety proponents and a whole lot of people who remember the horrors of Jasper Smith’s shooting death in May don’t want to see such a tragedy again.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Motorcycle rider in custody after chase, crash in Lewiston
A witness said the rider attempted to turn onto Hamel Street but went wide and nearly collided with the corner of an apartment house at the corner of Sabattus and Hamel streets.
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Lewiston man charged in June drive-by shooting, standoff
Police said that on June 17, Whali Ahamed Henry fired multiple shots at a group of men standing in front of Webb’s Market on Pine Street about 3 p.m.