Maybe the perfect reporter would be one who is never personally affected by anything that comes his way. Just writes up all the grim facts, collects his check and moves along in a cold and clinical way.
Mark LaFlamme
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Mark LaFlamme: The Desert of Maine could use some whip cream
The Talk of the Town clears up some confusion over the Freeport tourist attraction, celebrates Canal Draining Day, asks people to take off their shirts and clears up some confusion over scintillating scotoma.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Mark LaFlamme
Street Talk: Hankering for a small-town gig
There’s a certain kind of salt-of-the-earth charm about local scuttlebutt that is exclusive to the American small town. If that’s where I ended up for my remaining reporter days, I’d have no complaints.
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Talk of the town: Dragons, unicorns and a spot of tea
So, a dragon and a bright pink unicorn are walking up Lisbon Street, right? That’s not the start of a joke, it really happened.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Mark LaFlamme
Street Talk: A long-ago fire burned into memory
Fire, I would come to accept, is as cruel and indiscriminate as any force on earth. It will take without compunction a child not yet old enough to walk on his own or an old woman too infirm to save herself.
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Talk of the Town: It’s probably not a shunning tale
Shunned? So, while I was reporting on the various activities planned by local churches for Easter, out of a dozen church leaders I queried, I only heard back from two. Now, I know it’s likely because they were very, very busy during Holy Week, but as I’ve mentioned previously, I get really uneasy when I […]
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Mark LaFlamme: Awaiting the last press run on Park Street
Street Talk: In its way, the press is the very symbol of how news is supposed to work.
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Talk of the Town: Break out the Daisy Dukes, boys. It’s spring.
Lisa’s long-distance pizza Our good friend Lisa, who lives in downtown Lewiston, is at it again. The other night, she got a hankering for piping hot pizza so she placed her order, gave her address and provided all the necessary directions so she could get that pie as quick as possible. The delivery guy called […]
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Spring brings loose boats, gunfighting dickcissels
Street Talk: Potshots, potholes, public nudity and pond passion: Ahhhhhh, spring!
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Talk of the Town: Spring any which way you want
Time to change OK, mea culpa. I’ve learned my lesson and my shame is great. No more joking about that spring forward, fall back business. A couple people wrote in to scold me for getting it backward, in spite of the fact that I’ve been running that gag for years. The irony is that I […]