Mark LaFlamme is a Sun Journal reporter and weekly columnist. He's been on the nighttime police beat since 1994, which is just grand because he doesn't like getting out of bed before noon. Mark is the author of eight published novels and rides a dual sport motorcycle everywhere he goes. Unless it's winter, in which case he just sulks a lot.
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PublishedJune 21, 2020
50 Years of Katahdin Adventures
It started around Father’s Day weekend in 1951 and for the next five decades, Joe Lelanksy didn’t miss a trip, taking his pack of Boy Scouts with him for the first 25 years.
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PublishedJune 21, 2020
Mark LaFlamme: Elmer Fudd and the cancel culture
“When you tear out a man’s tongue, you are not proving him a liar, you’re only telling the world that you fear what he might say.” ― George R.R. Martin My relief is enormous. I can’t tell you how many nights I lie awake in bed, terrified by the thought that Elmer Fudd and Yosemite […]
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PublishedJune 19, 2020
Juneteenth celebrated at Edward Little High School
The day commemorate June 19, 1865, when a Union Army general read an order in Galveston, Texas, announcing that all slaves were free.
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PublishedJune 19, 2020
Man dies in motorcycle-truck collision in Auburn
The accident occurred at Garfield and Perkins Ridge roads.
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PublishedJune 19, 2020
Lewiston police union issues statement on City Council resolution
Among other things, Lewiston police would like to equip its officers with body cameras for all sworn personnel.
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PublishedJune 18, 2020
Crews battle woods fire in Waterford
Trees, forest floor blackened off Rice Road
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PublishedJune 18, 2020
Edward Little celebrates Juneteenth with ‘Chalk and Talk’
The event is part of the Juneteenth celebration.
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PublishedJune 17, 2020
Lewiston Police couldn’t help dope-swallowing dog, but there is a hotline to call
LEWISTON — At about 7 p.m. Tuesday, a woman rushed into the police station lobby on Park Street requesting a dose of Narcan. The woman wasn’t asking for herself, as it happens: her pet dog had swallowed some oxycontin and she was worried the animal would die from an overdose. As of Wednesday afternoon, the […]
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PublishedJune 16, 2020
Mark LaFlamme: Fish and column ideas are hard to come by
I stood on the beach near Fort Popham and watched in blissful fascination the performance of the seals. For nearly an hour they danced for us in the dimming light of dusk. They splashed and dove and frolicked with the unrestrained enthusiasm of gleeful children. Every now and then, a seal would rise from the […]
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PublishedJune 13, 2020
‘Agents of change:’ Black Lives Matter rally rolls through Lewiston and Auburn
Roughly 200 people marched through Auburn and Lewiston.
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