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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PublishedMay 3, 2020
Mark LaFlamme: Fun in the produce section
Masque of the dread shopping trip So, we’ll all be required to wear masks now when we’re out shopping for bacon, cucumbers, American cheese and whatever else was on that stupid list my wife gave me but which I totally lost when I stopped to pet a stray dog. It’s really a shame that Halloween […]
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PublishedMay 1, 2020
Sunday River Brewing owner keeps restaurant open after licenses seized
Despite Rick Savage announcing on Facebook earlier in the day that he’d close, a GoFundMe page was launched to raise money for his and other businesses that may face fines and legal fees due to opening early.
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PublishedMay 1, 2020
Complaints and confusion on first day of mandatory face coverings
Some shoppers ignore governor’s order.
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PublishedMay 1, 2020
Lewiston stabbing suspect arrested in Knox County
LEWISTON — Accused of stabbing a man on Bartlett Street last month, 19-year-old Abdi Ibrahim was arrested Thursday in Knox County. Lewiston police had been searching for Ibrahim with a warrant charging him with elevated aggravated assault, a crime punishable by up to 30 years in prison. Police said on April 12, they received a […]
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PublishedApril 30, 2020
Another COVID-19 case reported at Edgewood in Farmington
The total number of infections is 14, CDC says
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PublishedApril 28, 2020
Mark LaFlamme: The ‘new normal’: Covering crime is now a lonely business
Complain all you want that people aren’t complying with the lingering stay-at-home orders, but that hasn’t been my experience at all. If good old-fashioned police drama in the streets isn’t enough to bring them out, I don’t imagine anything will.
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PublishedApril 26, 2020
Vitamin C Man and Evil Corona
The son of a nurse and a truck driver, 8-year-old Jack Lydon knows a thing or two about the coronavirus and about the kind of superheroes the world needs to come to our rescue.
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PublishedApril 26, 2020
Mark LaFlamme: Where are the snack settings on Zoom?
Alone again (naturally) So, I logged into Zoom on Tuesday for the weekly Sun Journal meeting. Got the camera adjusted just so. Tested my mic by blowing on it and muttering “Hello? Hello? Is this thing on?” like all the professionals do. Rubbed the cowlicks out of my hair and made sure the crack pipe […]
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PublishedApril 25, 2020
More cases of COVID-19 reported at Farmington living center
The director of Maine Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said eight residents and five staff members have tested positive.
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PublishedApril 24, 2020
Woman shot in Lewiston; suspects in custody
Police say someone fired a bullet into an apartment through a window late Friday, striking a woman in the back.
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