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Mark LaFlamme: Disney On Ice got nuthin’ on me

by Mark LaFlamme December 11, 2022December 11, 2022

You should have seen me out there: eyes big as saucers, arms pinwheeling like a . . .

Androscoggin County, Lewiston-Auburn, Mark LaFlamme

Mark LaFlamme: The sad and mysterious death of Jason Lavoie

by Mark LaFlamme December 5, 2022December 7, 2022

Street Talk: Some deaths hit particularly hard in the local community and this was one of those from the start. And the sad news was compounded a great deal by the inexplicable nature of Lavoie’s death.

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Mark LaFlamme: This newspaper office needs a pole

by Mark LaFlamme December 4, 2022December 3, 2022

Talk of the Town: Not the kind of pole that wrecks cars in a Walmart parking lot. But the kind that lets crime reporters escape the newsroom and chase down breaking news.

Androscoggin County, Maine Crime, Mark LaFlamme

Mark LaFlamme: Justin Butterfield’s dark night of the soul

by Mark LaFlamme November 29, 2022December 1, 2022

I’ve been covering crime in the Lewiston-Auburn area for nearly 30 years now, but I’ll tell you this. There have been very few stories so shocking and so downright ugly over those years that they’ve kept me up at night. But this one did. The killing at a quiet little trailer park in Poland stuck […]

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Mark LaFlamme: RIP Mike LaFlamme

by Mark LaFlamme November 27, 2022November 28, 2022

Talk of the Town: No one has died. Just an old joke. Try not to be sad.

Lewiston-Auburn, Mark LaFlamme

Mark LaFlamme: 104 Park St. has always felt like home

by Mark LaFlamme November 23, 2022December 2, 2022

Street Talk: This is what a newspaper should look like — a temple where one could worship and study all the great mysteries that local history had to offer.

Lewiston-Auburn, Mark LaFlamme

Talk of the town: Cold, snow and a red-hot union suit

by Mark LaFlamme November 20, 2022November 19, 2022

Am I blue? Yes, I’m blue As of Nov. 17, we still hadn’t turned on the heat at my house. Impressive, ain’t it? Screw you, heating oil prices! I actually ENJOY sleeping next to the oven in a Carhartt coat and snow boots! Under things You know, I still have that bright red onesie I […]