Mark LaFlamme

Sun Journal

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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Published
July 18, 2019

Giusti case: Teen suspect charged with assault in youth lockup

Emmanuel Nkurunziza is charged with assault after a fight his lawyer described as “a racially-charged incident.”
Published
July 17, 2019

Shed burns in Lewiston; cause unknown

No one was injured at the scene on Howe Street and the cause was under investigation.
Published
July 15, 2019

Fire rousts tenants in Auburn

The blaze at 46 High St. started on the first floor at the back of the building.
Published
July 15, 2019

Vermont woman injured when motorcycles, car collide in Auburn

Police said the motorcyclists were traveling south in the northbound lanes of Washington Street.
Published
July 15, 2019

PHOTO: New Lewiston school superintendent gets to work

Todd Finn attended his first official School Committee meeting Monday night.
Published
July 14, 2019

Mark LaFlamme: The skunk, the pothole and the voluntary wedgie

They say there was a secret chord On Nichols Street in Lewiston, near the Sabattus Street end, is a funky pothole in the shape of a guitar. If you hit it at appreciable speed, the tragic clank of your shocks blowing apart sounds a bit like the opening of Jimi Hendrix’s “Are You Experienced.” Ask […]
Published
July 12, 2019

Three buildings burn in Wales

WALES – Firefighters from Wales and Sabattus saved a home Thursday afternoon when three outbuildings caught fire at 237 Oak Hill Road. Wales fire officials said crews aggressively attacked the flames to keep them from the mobile home nearby. No one was hurt and other than melted siding, the home was spared. Fire officials said […]
Published
July 12, 2019

Flying high: Mrs. Maine headed to national competition

AUGUSTA — Sabattus native Allison Tribou was never much for the hustle and bustle of travel. She had never been on an airplane. She didn’t care for hotels, and running all over the place just seemed like an overwhelming prospect. Look at her now. Tribou, 33, was named Mrs. Maine America in May, and in […]
Published
July 11, 2019

Stephen King, the mystery woman and the unlocked window: Methodist Church burglarized in Durham

DURHAM — In the Durham Historical Society archives is an old newspaper photo of author Stephen King giving a sermon at the Methodist Church not far from his childhood home. In that photo, several items can be seen. Among them: a flag, a cross and a memorial plaque hanging on a wall. All of those […]
Published
July 10, 2019

Bridgton: Car dealer, wife hurt in home invasion

Bridgton police responded to a 911 call from the home just after 8 a.m., investigators said, and arrested 37-year-old Michael Holden who lived a mile away.

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