Plenty of people are scrambling to find personal physicians and finding out they may have to wait a long while and then travel far from home to get one.
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Panhandler’s cat charms strangers in Auburn: ‘He really does exist!’ | Column
Mark LaFlamme discovers that Buddy the cat has an extensive wardrobe that includes a cowboy hat, beanie, elf suit and other fancy garb.
Lewiston moms worry teacher ruined magic of Christmas | Column
At Montello Elementary School, a substitute teacher left students in tears, and their parents angry, Mark LaFlamme writes.
Wendell Strout and the hunt for the Turner Beast | Column
Wendell Strout wasn’t just Lewiston’s animal control officer, Mark LaFlamme writes. He was an animal protector, a character and an adventure waiting to happen.
The sheriff missed his favorite sandwich. An Auburn pizzeria has his back | Column
Androscoggin County Sheriff Eric Samson couldn’t forget the Fergy, so 84 Court Pizza & Restaurante is making their own, Mark Laflamme writes.
The Legend of Tom Roth, Auburn’s drive-by shooting avenger | Column
The shooting on Pownal Road this week brings back memories of a similar case that ended quickly in 1998, Mark Laflamme writes.
Homeowner fed up after real-life haunting in Auburn | Column
Jen awoke on the couch, that frightening morning, to find a woman standing over her and just … staring, the columnist writes.
Rabid fox mystery riles the public | Column
Mark LaFlamme wonders if the CDC erred by not releasing location details when a rabid fox was found in Auburn.
The arrest of a 14-year-old in Lewiston was shocking. Let’s keep it that way | Column
Kids 14 years old or younger are now involved in city’s gun problem. It can’t become commonplace, Mark Laflamme writes.
Facing the many horrors of the Androscoggin County building | Mark LaFlamme
In the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office mold grows wild in places, clinging to walls like some Stephen King horror waiting to reach out and grab you.