Kreepy Kreme Krispy Kreme is coming to Auburn. I had a creepy experience at a Krispy Kreme once. I was down at Myrtle Beach with the missus and stopped at one of their stores for a cup of coffee and some doughnuts or something. The young man who served up the goods somehow knew my […]
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It’s 2016. Do you know where your valuables are?
A few years ago, I wrote a story about the capture of a man who robbed a pharmacy for OxyContin. You may yawn if you’d like. Pharmacy robberies are a dime a dozen, whether you live in the hood or in a one-feed-store town. But I tell you this story had a little pizzazz. This […]
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Talk of the town: It’s bigger than all of us
Can I get one of those bumper stickers? I got a Google alert the other day notifying me that my name had appeared on the St. Dominic Academy honor roll. Needless to say, this was great news. I feel as though I really applied myself this year. School’s out. Now, get back to school This […]
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Street Talk: Ducking the police state in Lewiston
It was an average day in an average week and I was skulking around at the Lewiston police station. Straining to overhear scuttlebutt, eyeballing stray reports in the periphery. You know: skulking. The new police chief walked in and admonished his officers. “Don’t let LaFlamme just wander around in here like that. He skulks.” “What?” […]
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Talk of the town: Oooh, oooh oooh, I’m on fire
Life-changing news $1 I couldn’t help noticing, while standing in line and pretending I wasn’t looking at the other guy’s purchases, that the Dollar Store now sells a pregnancy test. Maybe it’s me, but when it comes to the kind of development that might cause a guy to move to Mexico in the dead of […]
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Street Talk: Summertime Fun Guide!
And we’re off, we weekend warriors with our flip-flips, our sleeveless T-shirts and, in that one unfortunate instance, our Daisy Duke shorts and mesh half-shirt. With the fleeting vacation season already underway, it’s time once more for those frantic and sometimes infuriating conversations about where to go to make the most of these torrid days […]
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Talk of the town: We’re all adults here
Eau de Stupido While covering the St. Dom’s High School graduation last week, I wanted to ask one young graduate about her experience at the school. “So,” I said, “how have you enjoyed your time here at Edward Little?” Oh, the look of annoyed incredulity she gave me before correcting me on the name of […]
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Does this column smell funny to you?
Do you still think I’m pretty? Over the scanner, we had a fellow calling the police to report constant harassment by prostitutes in downtown Lewiston. Said he can’t go out to get a sandwich without being propositioned. I wonder what this dude uses for cologne? Anyway, I should call the police to report NOT being […]
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Street Talk: What happened to punctuality?
It’s 7:03 p.m. and people are milling around with no particular sense of urgency. I observe them and scribble something in my notebook. It looks like I’m taking notes, but I’m not. I’ve just sketched a puffin smoking a cigarette. Pretty cool, huh? It’s 7:06 p.m. and they’re still milling about, having private conversations and […]
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Talk of the town: Don’t you know that you are a shooting star?
Fireball streaks across Maine! They say it was a beautiful thing, a blazing piece of space rock burning hot enough to turn night into day. It happened at about 1 a.m., which is the hour of day that I’m at my most alert. So did I witness this cosmic marvel some are calling the coolest […]