Yes ma’am, I’m sorry, ma’am So they’re completely repaving Farwell Street in Lewiston and it’s just awesome. For one thing, this project features the most fearsome flag lady I’ve ever witnessed. She not only yells at stupid drivers, she makes them pull over and wait their turn. I swear, she’s just one bad day from […]
Mark LaFlamme
Drones: Ignoring privacy laws can get you in trouble
Three days after a drone flight, Carl Shane was visited by Androscoggin County sheriff’s deputies who advised him he might have broken privacy laws.
Mark LaFlamme: ‘This is a huge violation’ Vandals destroy community garden in Auburn
Street talk: For three nights straight the Whitney Street Community Garden became the victim of an all-out assault by vandals who either went over the fence or straight through it.
Mark LaFlamme: My vacation report, right down to the fungoid parts
Talk of the Town: Lots of camping equipment, but does Sierra have anything for removing mushrooms in tight places?
Mark LaFlamme: Another day, another car fire
Street Talk: You can’t blame a firefighter for being less excited about a burning car than the rest of us — some departments average at least one vehicle fire, not per day, but per shift
Mark LaFlamme: Who wears short shorts? Read on and find out!
Talk of the Town: I could wear my current wife’s culottes, but fuchsia doesn’t work with my skin tones.
Mark LaFlamme: Wiffle ball memories and grass-stained knees
Street Talk: We’d come away from every game with an awesome variety of injuries. Our knees would be bleeding through the grass stains after making diving catches even when diving wasn’t necessary.
Mark LaFlamme: Talk of the town: Wherefore art thou, Optimus Prime?
Moving a giant transformer across the Twin Cities? Psych! We’re not doing it!
Mark LaFlamme: ‘I’ve never been more fearful’: A witness to the Rideout Avenue homicide tells her tale
With no arrests made in the killing of Sahal Muridi, and with additional gunshots reported at the apartment complex just days after killing, a woman who witnessed the killing finds herself constantly afraid.
Mark LaFlamme: Drinking coffee with Bigfoot and Josey Wales
Talk of the town: Publicly speaking, a job in the public wouldn’t be bad as long as I could avoid publicity and public humiliation. I’ll talk to my publicist.