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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PublishedJune 4, 2021
Departures and arrivals: Poland Regional High School graduates
The students, like so many others around the nation and world, finished their high school careers under the strange, often-unpredictable restrictions of a global pandemic.
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PublishedJune 1, 2021
Street Talk: Naked people everywhere and doing weird things
By the time I was six months on the job here, I was already bewildered by how many people were running around naked on the downtown residential streets.
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PublishedMay 23, 2021
Mark LaFlamme: Put your shirt on, Shatner
Talk of the Town is inspired by a reporter who was shirtless for some reason.
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PublishedMay 23, 2021
Mahoosuc Land Trust: Preserving for ‘everyone’
Whatever one hankers for when heading outdoors, Mahoosuc Land Trust and its ever-growing conserved lands probably have something for them. ‘We would like people to understand that we conserve properties with everyone in mind.’
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PublishedMay 21, 2021
Police issue Silver Alert for missing Oxford woman
Virginia Slicer, 70, was last seen in the Dover-Foxcroft area about 4 p.m., police said, and may be trying to get to Newport.
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PublishedMay 20, 2021
‘A fun-filled summer’: Maine Bicentennial Parade is a go
The parade celebrating Maine’s 200th birthday is slated to be held in the Twin Cities on Saturday, Aug. 21, kicking off at 10 a.m.
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PublishedMay 18, 2021
Street Talk: Even pilgrims made the police log
I have never had any sort of personal link to the logs, other than the philosophical demand that if you’re going to run the arrests, you have to do it fairly.
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PublishedMay 16, 2021
Talk of the town: If my cat calls, tell her I’m not here
The Great Leaning Pole of Walmart OK, what IS the deal with that leaning pole in the Walmart parking lot? Every day there’s a new picture of somebody’s car either tipped over on its side or just leaning comically because somebody drove into that pole again and at appreciable speed. Either we’ve got some strange […]
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PublishedMay 14, 2021
‘A star for one night:’ Adult ed teen can’t go to Poland prom
As it is with so many things over the past year, the villain in this story is COVID-19.
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PublishedMay 14, 2021
Man killed in Auburn motorcycle crash
Police said there are no indications that speed or alcohol were factors in the wreck.
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