Jess Paquette, a local busker, had her bike and ukulele stolen. After a few posts on Facebook, the community rallied to find the missing stuff—and succeeded, mostly.
Mark LaFlamme
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Talk of the town: Naked trees and fuzzy wieners
GIANT RODENTS INVADE! Not really, but when I first glanced at the story about a giant hamster wheel floating up on a beach in Florida, I thought there was an actual hamster inside and Jack, that thing would have been huuuuge! It’s a little disappointing to discover that it was just some dude huffing along […]
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Street Talk: When newspapers were king
Reading news through a digital medium is long on efficiency but short on charm. There’s a certain just-the-facts discipline about it that discourages dawdling when dawdling was always the kind of fun of reading a newspaper.
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Someone must have started a business hauling naked guys around Lewiston
Talk of the Town: Here and gone — naked guys, potato sticks and plastic shopping bags.
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Street Talk: Arguing with a fool
I’m pretty sure that if I kept track, I’d find that I talk to myself way, WAY more than I talk to others.
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Five years after the death of his daughter, Lisbon man receives her ring in the mail
Conrad Davis of Lisbon found comfort in receiving the ring, other coincidences about his daughter.
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Talk of the town: Going my way?
Supermarket flaggers, the state of the economy and too many poles: The view from writer Mark LaFlamme’s desk.
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Face Time: Chasing Bigfoot (except in Turner) with Michelle Souliere
Bigfoot? The Turner Beast? If it’s strange, mysterious or creepy, Michelle Souliere probably knows a thing or two about it.
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Auburn police charge 2 employees at McDonald’s where Suboxone fell into a Happy Meal
Police say video surveillance showed the drug falling out of a worker’s shirt pocket into the food container.
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Mark LaFlamme: Don’t step on any sparklers
Talk of the Town: Readers know a lot about pedaling pet passengers and names that rhyme with mayor. But do they know what NOT to do with fireorks?