Mark LaFlamme is a Sun Journal news reporter and columnist and the author of several works of fiction. He sleeps until noon each day and regrets nothing. Mark has several exciting hobbies, all of which are none of your business. Seriously, you don’t want to know. This page is a collection of his Street Talk and Talk of the Town columns.
Street Talk
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May 24As it turns out, becoming a man of few words is easier said than done.
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May 22Street Talk: The Lewiston newspaper's very first crime reporter probably spent more time in the taverns down on Lisbon Street than he'd like his editors to know about. But can you blame him?
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May 10Climb into one of today's new cars, buckle up (or else — nag, nag), and get ready for your long ride to Aggravationville.
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May 4It is straight outta '1984.' It's Orwell's Ministry of Truth, where dubious government officials will decide what is truth and what is 'disinformation.'
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April 26Street Talk: Lobster meat soaked in melted butter, tears and fresh blood. Does anything say summer like that?
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April 12Street Talk: This jail correspondent swears he was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.
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March 30The video out of Bonney Park shows a pair of girls stomping, kicking, punching, kneeing, slapping and generally pummeling a man and a woman who are seated on the ground, offering no threat and putting up no defense.
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March 15Street Talk: Some very fine ideas were floated by me over the course of the day, and I'd like to get to each and every one of them, but as you can see, I'm almost out of space.
Talk of the Town
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Talk of the Town: Slips, math, bots, mad dogs, trouser changes, taxes. What a week!
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May 16Talk of the Town: Some guy named Billy is making a mess of things.
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May 8Talk of the Town: Jonesing for 'Downton Abbey,' ignoring Johnny Depp (kind of), giving the ASO some love, and singing loud and proud (kind of). Columnist Mark LaFlamme weighs in.
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May 1Talk of the Town: Dark magic, Snickers bars, locks of love, and furry cafe romances. You can't get this just anywhere. Welcome to columnist Mark LaFlamme's world.
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Talk of the town: Space cowboys. Real cowboys. Older cat ladies. Dancing Statues of Liberties. And where is Bog Hoot again?
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Talk of the Town: Award-winning columnist weighs in on the target date for Target, an Easter hack for you egg hiders, scaredy-pants, cat names, the 'good' people who read this column and so much more.
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Talk of the Town: Award-winning columnist Mark LaFlamme ruminates on easy-access fires, extraterrestrial ball armies, the halcyon days when Lewiston and Auburn were going to unite, working his gluten, and so much more.
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Talk of the Town: Meditations on Minions, The Oscars, vacations, toilet paper and so much more.
