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PublishedJanuary 18, 2019
Mainers brace for snow wallop
Joe Jackson fastens a fresh set of chains on his plow truck in the Auburn Public Works garage in Auburn on Friday morning. One to 2 feet of snow is expected across the state over the weekend. (Sun Journal photo by Russ Dillingham) There’s no denying it. The first big storm of winter is on […]
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PublishedJanuary 13, 2019
Mark LaFlamme: Are we having fun yet?
Man offers to pimp for undercover cop This still cracks me up. I mean, it’s one thing when you accidentally rear-end a cruiser after leaving a bar – we’ve all been there, right? – but offering to don a big hat, pinky ring and some gold chains for an undercover 5-0? That kind of thing […]
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PublishedJanuary 12, 2019
Mark LaFlamme: Don't they know they have the right to stay silent
We were all pretty enthralled to read about the Buckfield gangsta who led cops on a chase through two counties before trying to dash off running back-style with nearly two kilos of blow. Of course, he’s innocent until proven guilty. But if the information from police and in court affidavits paint the full picture, the […]
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PublishedJanuary 10, 2019
Charter service moving into Auburn-Lewiston airport
AUBURN — A Portland-based charter air carrier announced Thursday it has signed a long-term lease with the Auburn-Lewiston Municipal Airport for 27,000 square feet of hangar and office space. The move is expected to bring 100 jobs to the Twin Cities as Elite Airways moves into the largest hangar at the airport. The facility will serve […]
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PublishedJanuary 9, 2019
Police search for suspected gunmen in Lewiston
LEWISTON — Police were searching for a pair of suspected gunmen along Lincoln and Oxford streets late Wednesday after shots were reported fired at about 10 p.m. Police converged on the area near Place Ste. Marie after a report of a pair of masked men had fled in a car after threatening someone with a handgun. […]
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PublishedJanuary 9, 2019
Sabattus firefighters quickly knock down blaze
SABATTUS — A quick response from firefighters Wednesday is credited with saving a home on Beaver Road that went up in flames at about noon. The two per-diem firefighters who were on duty Wednesday afternoon were en route to the fire scene within 45 seconds of the call coming in, according to Sabattus fire officials. They […]
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PublishedJanuary 9, 2019
Farmington firefighters save house, cops save cat
FARMINGTON — A pair of police officers are credited with saving a pet cat Wednesday night at a blaze on Davis Road that burned a family of three out of their home. The 6 p.m. fire at 382 Davis Road was confined to a bedroom, fire officials said, but when crews entered the upper floors of […]
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PublishedJanuary 6, 2019
Mark LaFlamme: Things are looking up
Madness! Remember how I groused about how there was no mad rush at the stores on Christmas Eve? And how I wondered, all sad and confused, about where all the crazy holiday traffic had gone? Yeah, well I found it. I found it on New Year’s Eve in the form of horn-honking rage on the […]
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PublishedJanuary 1, 2019
Mark LaFlamme: Knuckleheads and knuckle sandwiches
Back in the day, as a rule I’d go to every downtown fight I heard about over the police scanner. It’s not that I’m a fan of random violence, mind you. No need to write that angry letter to the editor. I tend to prefer fisticuffs in the boxing ring, on the hockey rink or […]
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PublishedJanuary 1, 2019
Creator of bogus ad targeting George Stanley's property remains unidentified
GREENE — The Craigslist scam that resulted in a gull-like scavenging at George Stanley’s home in October generated all kinds of interest, locally and abroad. The Daily Mail in the United Kingdom wrote a lengthy piece about the caper and unfortunate results. A reporter from the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies went to Stanley’s Route […]
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