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Street talk
Mark LaFlamme: The fall of the house at 149 College St. in Lewiston
Street talk: After 150-plus years of enjoying a reputation as one of the finest showpieces in the area, the house became a place of disease and despair.
Mark LaFlamme: Another life-or-death visit to the veterinarian
The spiel from the vet was dire; talk of blood work and ultrasounds and the potential for abscesses, tumors and God only knew what other deadly formations that might exist down deep in the guts of my beloved cat. Hope for the best, was the general idea, and prepare for the worst.
Mark LaFlamme: 4-wheeler thieves no match for community sleuthing
Ethan Dumont didn’t just want to get the stolen four-wheeler back home; he wanted to do it in such a way that his boy would never even know it was missing in the first place.
Mark LaFlamme: ‘This is a huge violation’ Vandals destroy community garden in Auburn
Street talk: For three nights straight the Whitney Street Community Garden became the victim of an all-out assault by vandals who either went over the fence or straight through it.
Mark LaFlamme: Another day, another car fire
Street Talk: You can’t blame a firefighter for being less excited about a burning car than the rest of us — some departments average at least one vehicle fire, not per day, but per shift
Mark LaFlamme: Wiffle ball memories and grass-stained knees
Street Talk: We’d come away from every game with an awesome variety of injuries. Our knees would be bleeding through the grass stains after making diving catches even when diving wasn’t necessary.
Mark LaFlamme: ‘I’ve never been more fearful’: A witness to the Rideout Avenue homicide tells her tale
With no arrests made in the killing of Sahal Muridi, and with additional gunshots reported at the apartment complex just days after killing, a woman who witnessed the killing finds herself constantly afraid.
Mark LaFlamme: Life is better on the Kancamagus — where the phone doesn’t work
Street Talk: One of the greatest features of the White Mountains paradise, to me, is the fact that the phone signals we all live by can’t penetrate it.
Mark LaFlamme: The frightening realities of Shopping Cart Theory
Street Talk: People have done studies on this and it turns out that our ability to live in harmony together may rely on its findings.