I would like to thank Mark LaFlamme and the Sun Journal for the article, “Constitutional Coalition speaks out,” (July 6) about the group’s meetings with Gov. Paul LePage. It appears that LaFlamme is the only reporter who was interested in hearing Phil Merletti and Wayne Leach tell their side of the story. I am very […]
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S. Groleau: Thank you, Mr. LaFlamme
Kudos to Mark LaFlamme’s “Street Talk” of March 3 — “Live free or live in Connecticut.” It is very refreshing to read a column about gun control that illustrates the absurdity of lawmakers who would incarcerate otherwise law-abiding citizens, using gestapo methods to raid homes and arrest good citizens, all while lawyers and judges continue […]
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Giant blob? Who can resist such a story?
It’s really difficult for hardened newspaper reporters, like our own Mark LaFlamme, to ignore certain stories. Like those involving blobs. Or anything that happens in a subterranean urban cavern. Or bizarre things that happen to people while seated on toilets. And if a single story contains all of those items, and if it occurs in such […]
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Lawn trolling: Writer learns the art of ‘rommaging’ while swimming with the ‘sharks’
It’s a crisp Saturday afternoon and I’m brooding over an old typewriter. It’s a Smith Corona, just like I had as a kid, and it could be mine for 10 bucks. So many questions. Do I need a manual typewriter? Should I dicker over the price? Furthermore, now that I’ve been standing here gawking at […]
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J. Braun: Story did the situation justice
My compliments to staff writer Mark LaFlamme and the Sun Journal for the informative, respectful, front page article, “Crowd protests moving oil by rail” (Aug. 29). I also compliment the protesters for their bravery and members of the Auburn Police Department for their professional response. That was a model of civil disobedience on an extremely […]
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Street Talk: Better-late-than-never tips for surviving the storm, sort of
Good morning. It snowed. Look outside your window, and you will see evidence of this. I always back up my assertions with facts, you know. I’m a journalist. I had planned my usual report on world financial markets and parenting tips for this space, but in light of recent meteorological events, I’m making a sharp […]