Street Talk: The fabled Snow Scoop of Damocles hangs over us all.
Mark LaFlamme
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Talk of the town: I know you are, but what am I?
Clear eyes, full hearts, can’t lose Got a random email from some company or another extolling the many benefits of hiring a life coach. I read it, too. I mean, who needs a life coach more than I do? I can barely dress myself. I was about to sign up, but when the company refused […]
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Grocery baggers deserve all the glory
Street Talk: The brave men and women who bag groceries, many of them teenagers, routinely endure misdirected verbal abuses all while taking great care to never bruise the bananas or squish the bread.
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These are dark days indeed without a toilet light
Talk of the Town: Nothing says ‘supply chain failure’ like waiting three or four days for a replacement.
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A heaping helping of a mother’s gratitude for Thanksgiving Day
Street Talk: Two weeks ago, it seemed there was a strong chance that the boy named Felix would never see another Thanksgiving at all, let alone this one.
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Talk of the town: Business advice that’s totally not stupid
To whom am I speaking? Oh, this is spooky. Apparently, the Sun Journal provides an audio service where some robotic voice will read the day’s news to you, the “reader.” I tried it the other day with one of my columns and I’ve got to admit, the narrator sounded pretty authentic. The creepiest part was […]
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Woman says she was ‘just a mom’ when she comforted injured toddler
For many long minutes, Kim Dupuis crouched beside the battered truck in Auburn and held the hand of the 3-year-old.
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Tale of a Halloween home intruder…sort of
Talk of the Town: By the way, for the second time in around five years, I accidentally walked into the ladies room at a local business. In my defense …
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The forces of darkness are upon us
Street Talk: All day on that first day of the time change we sun-loving souls will wander around in a daze, feeling disoriented and out of sorts.
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Talk of the Town: Rudolph’s bloody revenge
To catch a thief Danny Caron of the Green Ladle is so distressed that someone ripped the catalytic converter off a company truck, he is offering a whooooole bunch of catered food for tips leading to the arrest of the culprit responsible. I’m with Danny on this one. When some fiend slithers beneath your ride […]