Mark LaFlamme: We’ve got enough problems with Target balls and earwigs

Talk of the Town

Published
August 14, 2022

Mark LaFlamme: We’ve got enough problems with Target balls and earwigs

Talk of the Town: Target is almost here. I can hardly wait to see if Target's iconic red orbs are going to get the same treatment Walmart's maligned yellow poles get.
Published
August 7, 2022

Mark LaFlamme: Great white sharks are hard to spot

Talk of the Town: This would finally fulfill a lifelong dream of mine in which I get to be the dude who runs along the beach yelling 'Shark! Get out of the water!' just like Chief Brody himself on the big day.
Published
July 31, 2022

Mark LaFlamme: Long pants for the coming zombie apocalypse

Talk of the Town: Once you pay to get into Range Pond State Park, you might as well enjoy some beach time even if you're wearing long pants on a sweltering hot day and being called 'Senor Pantalones' by other beachgoers.
Published
July 17, 2022

Mark LaFlamme: Behold the power of cheese

Talk of the Town: Tricky words, ornery pedestrians and back at Hobby Lobby for . . . never you mind.
Published
July 10, 2022

Mark LaFlamme: Does anything say summer like spittle, beguilement and nagging hoot owls?

Talk of the Town: Just don't get within spittin' distance.
Published
July 3, 2022

Mark LaFlamme: Oh, nuts! Oozing garbage and pickpocket chipmunks

Talk of the Town: Does any heartbreak compare to the anguish of finding a full shelf of pistachios before discovering . . .
Published
June 26, 2022

Mark LaFlamme: They grow up so darn fast

Talk of the Town: That closed elevator door started to feel like the wall of a tomb and I'll tell you: I was starting to plot a bold, Hollywood-style escape through the ceiling hatch.
Published
June 19, 2022

Mark LaFlamme: Let me tell you about the birds and the bears

Talk of the Town: You won't hear a peep out of us.
Published
June 12, 2022

Mark LaFlamme: Invisible boy spotted in Lisbon!

Talk of the Town: It wasn't the greatest vacation but there still was enough going on to fill a column.
Published
May 29, 2022

Mark LaFlamme: If the sharks don’t get you, the moths will

Talk of the Town: Are there sharks in Lewiston? Let's close the beaches anyway to be safe.