For the men and women who work on the Lewiston-based helicopter, the new Agusta comes with more tech, more room and more capabilities for saving lives.
Mark LaFlamme
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Mark LaFlamme: Awaiting the last press run on Park Street
Street Talk: In its way, the press is the very symbol of how news is supposed to work.
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Talk of the Town: Break out the Daisy Dukes, boys. It’s spring.
Lisa’s long-distance pizza Our good friend Lisa, who lives in downtown Lewiston, is at it again. The other night, she got a hankering for piping hot pizza so she placed her order, gave her address and provided all the necessary directions so she could get that pie as quick as possible. The delivery guy called […]
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Spring brings loose boats, gunfighting dickcissels
Street Talk: Potshots, potholes, public nudity and pond passion: Ahhhhhh, spring!
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Talk of the Town: Spring any which way you want
Time to change OK, mea culpa. I’ve learned my lesson and my shame is great. No more joking about that spring forward, fall back business. A couple people wrote in to scold me for getting it backward, in spite of the fact that I’ve been running that gag for years. The irony is that I […]
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Talk O’ the Town: Remember to spring back this Sunday
St. Patrick’s Day It may shock you to learn that I’ve never done much by way of celebrating St. Paddy’s Day, in spite of my sort of Irish heritage. I drank green beer once, but it turns out it had just been sitting on the coffee table for six weeks and had gone rancid. Boy, […]
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Street Talk: Roll up the windows, kids, we’re heading to Leeds
The messages used to come in like clockwork. “Golly,” the caller or letter writer would say. “You sure picked the right city in which to do your crime reporting.” “Sure did, Bucko,” I’d respond, because that’s the way we talked back then. “It’s keen.” Those out-of-town folks would be reacting to the latest atrocity to […]
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Stray dogs and pale green pants
All bark, no bite Some safety minded folks were disturbed, apparently, over my description of my abandoned play with strange dogs. I hang my head and tuck my tail with shame. The fact is, I exaggerated in that column, if you can imagine it, for dramatic effect. I have two rules when it comes to […]
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Street Talk: May I pet your dog and/or cat?
It’s no secret that I have what is known in zoology circles — and by my own team of therapists — as dog envy. If I see a strange dog on the street, on a hiking trail, or eating from of an overturned trash can at the curb, I immediately want to play with it, giving no thought at all as to where it’s been.
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Talk of the town: I love what you’ve done with your hair
Take a seat Another poignant observation from my downtown friend Lisa: “It was on Super Bowl Sunday that I saw a guy walking down Pine Street carrying a recliner over his head. I guess he was bringing his own lucky chair to his friend’s house to watch the game.” Makes me wonder what this dude […]