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PublishedFebruary 6, 2024
Mark LaFlamme: Lost souls from the golden age of characters in downtown Lewiston
Street talk: When Howard stopped to talk, it was a by-God event, because Howard was one of the friendliest fellows I've ever met.
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PublishedJanuary 30, 2024
When it comes to animal stories, you can’t always get what you want
Covering the plight of Ghost reminded me a lot of a different dog named Abby who, in 2016, was abandoned in the cold along Strawberry Avenue in Lewiston.
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PublishedJanuary 24, 2024
Mark LaFlamme: Expensive McMuffins, the evils of Florida and other secrets revealed in mystery mail
Street Talk: Once you start reading one of this mystery man's letters, it all starts to make sense, like one of those crazy photos with mystery image hidden behind the pixels.
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2024
Mark LaFlamme: The Christmas Eve beggar
On the unsteady march to the car, weaving around abandoned shopping carts and stomping through dirty slush, I pondered the great question of the day. Honest-to-God woman in need? Or just another scam artist looking to make mucho dope bucks off the naivete and generosity of good-hearted souls at Christmastime?
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PublishedDecember 19, 2023
Mark LaFlamme: The mass shooting leaves a sense of unreality in our wounded city
Street Talk: There are times when I can convince myself, if only for fleeting seconds, that the grim affair was nothing more than a horrid nightmare; something merely imagined in a half-waking fever dream.
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PublishedDecember 12, 2023
Mark LaFlamme: Punk Icee, mysterious street wanderer, dies at 64
Street Talk: Punk lived a lifestyle that would seem almost Sisyphean to the rest of us: walk the streets from dawn until dusk, find enough empty bottles and cans to get by another day, and then when that day is done, get up and do it all over again.
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PublishedDecember 5, 2023
Mark LaFlamme: If I ask your age, an editor is making me do it
Street Talk: The man in question is doing math in his head. He's calculating the pros and cons of giving out his real age and trying to deduce how this might trip him up down the road.
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PublishedNovember 28, 2023
Mark LaFlamme: My name is Mike, and I’d like to sell you something
Street Talk: My inability to sell should have been obvious by the time I was 10 years old, when I was convinced I could become the richest kid on the block by selling the weekly newspaper known as Grit. Spoiler: I never became the richest kid on the block.
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PublishedNovember 21, 2023
Mark LaFlamme: Veterinarians and their various assistants are like magicians
Street Talk: They manage to take complete control of an animal while also maintaining compassion for both pet and white-faced, swooning pet owner.
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PublishedNovember 15, 2023
Mark LaFlamme: Jumping beans, Silly String and other LaVerdiere’s treasures available here!
Street Talk: On Sundays back in olden times, LaVerdiere's Super Drug Store was the only game in town.
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