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Mark LaFlamme
Mark LaFlamme: Talk of the town — Spiders, ducks and Tommy Lee
Duck! So, I was happily riding my motorcycle out in the boonies of Minot, or possibly Buckfield, when I spotted two huge ducks at the side of the road. Now, you may think of ducks as innocuous creatures, but when you’re doing 55 on a bike, you definitely don’t want Daffy and co. waddling out […]
Mark LaFlamme: Slow down, cowboy
Once in a lifetime I’m not one to brag, but I happen to be in possession of a rare photo of a hot air balloon floating over Lewiston. Believe you me, these types of pictures are not easy to come by, but I’m a journalist, by gum, and I tracked one down. Give me a […]
Mark LaFlamme: The unvarnished truth about the haunted well of Sabattus
Street Talk: The boy never spoke a coherent word again in his lifetime, as the story goes. When he spoke at all, he spoke in terrified gibberish of things no sane human mind could comprehend.
Mark LaFlamme: Talk of the town: What’s that scent you’re wearing?
When it comes to gauging fluctuations in the economy and preparing for potential recessions, I use the price of aerosol cheese to dictate my level of panic. Well, it’s freak-out time, friends.
Mark LaFlamme: How NOT to remove a bat from your house
Street Talk: By the time I pulled myself up and scraped the potting soil out of my ears, the bat was in the kitchen, flitting about in those crazy parabolas bats like so much.
Mark LaFlamme: We’ve got enough problems with Target balls and earwigs
Talk of the Town: Target is almost here. I can hardly wait to see if Target’s iconic red orbs are going to get the same treatment Walmart’s maligned yellow poles get.
Dennis Dechaine: Human sacrifice? Or justice well served?
There’s no gray area here. Either Dennis Dechaine is a monster who deserves every bit of the suffering he’s endured, or he’s a man in Hell, tied to one of the region’s worst atrocities.
Mark LaFlamme: Great white sharks are hard to spot
Talk of the Town: This would finally fulfill a lifelong dream of mine in which I get to be the dude who runs along the beach yelling ‘Shark! Get out of the water!’ just like Chief Brody himself on the big day.
Mark LaFlamme: Where have all the UFOs gone?
Street Talk: All my life I’ve been down here waiting for Mork to appear and yet the only UFO experiences I have are vicarious.