Street Talk: The pain of a bad tooth is immense. Extraordinary. When it comes for real — this screaming banshee of agony — you, the sufferer, will have moments where you are rendered clinically insane.
Mark LaFlamme
Haunted laundry and other horrors descend upon Maine
Talk of the Town: Put down the pumpkins and no one gets hurt.
How do you unfriend the real world?
Talk of the Town: Monday was a glorious day. Facebook and a whole bunch of similar social media apps were down pretty much around the clock. Did you notice the weird peace and civility that descended?
When it comes to cops and the media, times have changed
Street Talk: It’s become tense and guarded on both ends, and you can’t blame the police for this — the media hasn’t been altogether kind to cops in recent years.
It’s time to face the thrills, chills and teeny, tiny bones
Talk of the Town: This week our columnist nails down various doors around the house.
Little Miss Ray runs away from home
Street Talk: When the exchange of words was no longer enough, a plan was hatched. She would sneak out of her family home, travel up to Lewiston and at last, they would be in each other’s arms.
How to deal with giant spiders and other horrors
Talk of the Town: Weird Al and Big Al make appearances but we won’t talk about al dente.
Big news stories that weren’t
Street Talk: Don’t get me wrong, angry letter writer. When things like fires turn out to be not much at all, I’m happy about it. If no buildings burned for the rest of my life, I’d be as thrilled as anyone.
There’s no need for name calling unless there’s a column to write
Talk of the Town: Mark LaFlamme on cussin’, fussin’ and slushin’.
Follow me for some free backside buckshot!
Talk of the Town: It’s not so easy to follow the straight and narrow when one comes to a crooked arrow.