Talk of the Town: It’s unlikely the dog’s name is Goggles McGee and that Leo Sayer will run for mayor. But a columnist can dream.
Mark LaFlamme
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Street Talk: Old time sleuthing with Ma Bell
Say what you want about the archaic nature of phone books, but with one of them, I found exactly what I was looking for in about six seconds.
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Talk of the town: Ode to the potato
Target coming to Auburn Lord, I hope they don’t put up yellow poles to control parking. Stick with those giant red balls, Target. Only a fool would ram into one of those. (Wait for it …) Maine Legislature torches Viking-style funeral pyres bill Waddaya mean? Are you telling me these rituals are illegal at the […]
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Those yellow poles in the Walmart parking lot; they’re out to get us
Street Talk: I think we can all agree on this: In the war between Walmart’s yellow poles and our cars, trucks and minivans, the poles are winning on every front.
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Talk of the Town: Do you smell that?
“Lobster lovers feeling the pinch of high prices” “Feel the pinch!” I get it! Because lobsters have pincers. Ha! That’s a good one! I am laughing out loud. But as far as the craving for lobster, count me out. I lost my taste for them a few years ago when it occurred to me — […]
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Street Talk: Signing bonuses and fancy titles. Get your dream job today!
We are living in the kind of economic state that could allow a person to take giant leaps in status by simply showing up. And they’ll pay you just to be there!
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Talk of the Town: Trade you a gross green pepper for a tasty sausage
It’s happening again It’s my fault. I let my guard down. Once the chocolate graham crackers began to appear on store shelves again, I thought the crisis was over. But it’s not. Went to the Hannaford the other day to get a couple boxes and there they were, gone! Completely depleted! The regular, boring graham […]
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Street Talk: Naked people everywhere and doing weird things
By the time I was six months on the job here, I was already bewildered by how many people were running around naked on the downtown residential streets.
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Mark LaFlamme: Put your shirt on, Shatner
Talk of the Town is inspired by a reporter who was shirtless for some reason.
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Street Talk: Even pilgrims made the police log
I have never had any sort of personal link to the logs, other than the philosophical demand that if you’re going to run the arrests, you have to do it fairly.