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 9, 2021
Lisbon votes in favor of $18 million school budget by narrow margin
Lisbon residents narrowly voted in favor of the $18 million school budget Wednesday night. The margin of approval was 126-90, and taxpayers will contribute about $7.79 million of the budget during the next fiscal year. Only 216 of Lisbon’s 7,136 registered voters cast a ballot.
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PublishedJune 9, 2021
Fire crews douse harvester fire in Sabattus
Firefighters launch department drone to determine the fire’s location and extent of spread. Aerial view also provides firefighters insight on how best to approach blaze.
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PublishedJune 9, 2021
Street Talk: Signing bonuses and fancy titles. Get your dream job today!
We are living in the kind of economic state that could allow a person to take giant leaps in status by simply showing up. And they’ll pay you just to be there!
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PublishedJune 6, 2021
Talk of the Town: Trade you a gross green pepper for a tasty sausage
It’s happening again It’s my fault. I let my guard down. Once the chocolate graham crackers began to appear on store shelves again, I thought the crisis was over. But it’s not. Went to the Hannaford the other day to get a couple boxes and there they were, gone! Completely depleted! The regular, boring graham […]
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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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