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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PublishedApril 23, 2020
Crews battle woods fire in Turner
Flames spread from Kennebec Trail to Abenaki Way.
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PublishedApril 23, 2020
Two arrested after drive-by shooting in Jay
Police charged a Bangor woman and a Connecticut man after witnesses said they saw them drive away toward Livermore Falls in a white SUV after the shooting on Otis Street in Jay.
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PublishedApril 21, 2020
Fuzzy wunnit! And other thoughts on coffee
I could see the look of horror in my wife’s face the second I crawled out of bed at the crack of noon. “Now, you mustn’t panic,” she said, easing herself to relative safety on the other side of the kitchen island. “Above all, you’ve got to stay calm.” “Whazza?” I babbled. It’s how I […]
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PublishedApril 19, 2020
Talk of the Town: Such sweet sorrow
Teens flee shelter to elope I was kind of swept up in the romance of this news, but if we’re honest with ourselves, we all knew it would never work out. Not these days. Take heart, young lovers. If Romeo and Juliette had lived in the age of surveillance cameras, they would have gotten nowhere, […]
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PublishedApril 17, 2020
Investigation into Jay mill explosion continues
Workers manually shut valves to prevent further damage after the blast.
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PublishedApril 16, 2020
Three stranded anglers rescued unhurt north of Rangeley
The anglers, two men and a woman from Portland, became stuck in snow in a remote part of Oxford County.
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PublishedApril 16, 2020
Most municipalities avoid furloughs … so far
Some are on the job, some are working from home during pandemic.
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PublishedApril 16, 2020
‘Not the year to start a new venture:’ Pierrette’s C’est si Bon Cafe in Auburn to close
The cafe opened in January with the premise of bringing Franco-American Quebecois and French-fusion foods to the Lewiston-Auburn metro area.
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PublishedApril 16, 2020
Rescuers free two victims from rollover crash in Auburn
AUBURN — Fire crews worked for nearly a half hour Wednesday night to free two from the wreckage after a car crashed on the turnpike off ramp. Police said 67-year-old Ronald Dumais and his passenger were hanging upside down, suspended by their seatbelts, when rescuers arrived. Dumais, of Auburn, survived the crash with pain but […]
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PublishedApril 15, 2020
Androscoggin Mill explosion in Jay causes no serious injuries
In the moments following the Wednesday morning blast at the Androscoggin Mill, many feared the worst.
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