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 31, 2019
Bees and Smokey Bear to rise above 2019 Great Falls Balloon Festival
Happy birthday, Smokey Bear. The 2019 Great Falls Balloon Festival theme centers on bees, bears and fire prevention. “Bee Safe,” the theme advises. “Only YOU can prevent forest fires.” Confused? “This year’s theme was based on Smokey Bear celebrating a major milestone: his 75th Birthday!” according to a festival news release. “We welcome you to […]
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PublishedMay 30, 2019
‘Get ready to change the world:’ St. Dom’s graduates 2019 class
St. Dom’s graduated 38 students Thursday night.
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PublishedMay 30, 2019
A short list of Rachel Desgrosseilliers’ accomplishments at Museum L-A
• Worker reunions and major Oral History project that now counts over 260 histories completed. • The saving of three major collections that have become national treasures. • The many successful exhibits of textiles, shoes, brick, music, immigration and who we are as a people. • Having brought people in from 42 states and 12 […]
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PublishedMay 30, 2019
Museum L-A director Rachel Desgrosseilliers stepping down
Elliott Epstein, Museum L-A founder and president, once said of Desgrosseilliers: “We thought we had brought on a hurricane in Rachel but discovered that we were actually dealing with a tornado.”
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PublishedMay 29, 2019
Lewiston police to take public comment for accreditation
LEWISTON — Got something to say about your local Police Department? Now’s your chance. As part of the accreditation process, the Police Department has invited its employees and members of the public to have their say. The department is scheduled for an on-site assessment as part of a program to retain its accredited status with […]
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PublishedMay 27, 2019
Two injured in Casco motorcycle crash
CASCO – A man and woman from New Hampshire were seriously hurt Monday afternoon when a car and motorcycle collided at the intersection of routes 11 and 121. The couple were taken to a Lewiston hospital, one of them by LifeFlight helicopter, following the 5:30 p.m. crash. Police said Adam White, 59, of Gorham, New […]
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PublishedMay 27, 2019
Larry Raymond, former Lewiston mayor, dies at 87
AUBURN — Laurier T. Raymond, a former Androscoggin County attorney, probate judge and Lewiston mayor, died Saturday at a hospice in Auburn. He was 87. Raymond, who was known as Larry, practiced law for 61 years in the area, and for a time served on the board of directors for the Franco American Heritage Center. […]
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PublishedMay 26, 2019
Mark LaFlamme: Get off my lawn!
Lord of the ring. The crispy, delicious ring. You know what’s good? Humpty Dumpty Sour Cream & Onion Rings. They’re like Funyuns! Only, they’re not Funyuns! It’s just madness! Delicious, crunchy madness! Grub-a-dub So a nice lady called me up earlier in the week and reported that grubs were destroying her lawn. “I’ve got grubs,” […]
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PublishedMay 25, 2019
Memorial Day: What’s Happening?
Memorial Day events in the area: Lewiston-Auburn: Monday 10 a.m., parade, veterans ceremony and more Billed as the largest Memorial Day parade in Maine, more than 80 units will march through Auburn to Veterans Memorial Park in Lewiston for the Twin Cities’ annual Memorial Day ceremony. The parade starts at 10 a.m. on Mill Street […]
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PublishedMay 24, 2019
Lewiston: Fatal motorcycle crash investigated
Police say speed was a likely factor in the crash.
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