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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Confessions of a terrible photographer | Mark LaFlamme
Little Jimmy with a Fisher-Price model camera is 10 times the photographer I am.
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Forecasting mayhem in Lewiston: How hard can it be? | Column
Aspiring news forecaster Mark LaFlamme is monitoring a high pressure system developing in the area of College and Sabattus streets as competing groups of day drinkers clash over front porch rights.
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More memories coming down in Lewiston | Column
Watching the former Sun Journal office building at 40 Pine St. come down this week brought up lots of memories for Mark LaFlamme, and maybe a tear or two.