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
May 23, 2019

‘Nice to see her outside again:’ Ramp built for ailing Poland woman

POLAND — It is done. The ramp is done. A few weeks ago, what a 12-year-old girl named Lily wanted more than anything in the world was a simple ramp so her ailing great-grandmother could get in and out of her house. This week, Lily got to see her dream all the way through as […]
Published
May 23, 2019

Patio chair swiped from cafe under Auburn Public Library

AUBURN — The owners of the Cibo cafe figured they were doing a nice thing by putting chairs outside so diners could enjoy the spring weather. Nope. As the cafe handled a breakfast rush of customers Wednesday morning, someone made off with one of the chairs roughly five hours after it had been placed outside. […]
Published
May 23, 2019

Local entrepreneurs reach Top Gun finals

PORTLAND — A trio of Lewiston-area entrepreneurs made it to the final round of the Top Gun business pitch-off in Portland on Thursday night but failed to take home the top prize. My Waffle, a waffle-oriented kitchen-on-wheels created by a pair of local men, and i-Tell Alert, technology from a Winthrop occupational therapist, lost to […]
Published
May 22, 2019

Auburn schools: Superintendent Grondin recognized by peers

AUBURN — School Superintendent Katy Grondin has been selected to receive this year’s Outstanding Leadership Award from the Maine School Superintendents Association. Grondin, an Auburn school teacher since 1988 and superintendent since 2011, will receive the award next month at the association’s annual conference June 24 at the Atlantic Oceanside Hotel & Event in Bar […]
Published
May 22, 2019

Mark LaFlamme: Did you hear what happened on Nichols Street?

While I may not be very bright, give me 10 years, a guy with a gun, some barking dogs and Amazon, and I’ll find a way around just about any problem.
Published
May 19, 2019

Mark LaFlamme: Fiddleheads and scorpions, oh my!

‘Could L-A be future home to a scorpion farm?’ That’s a real headline from Wednesday’s paper. What, are you people drunk? It’s like you’ve never seen a B horror movie starring William Shatner and Roddy McDowall. Put your little scorpion farm next to the wrong mill or toxic waste dump and BAM! Next thing you […]
Published
May 17, 2019

Maryland man admits to credit card fraud

Bryan Boley faces more than 30 years in prison and nearly a million dollars in fines when he is sentenced later in the year.
Published
May 16, 2019

CMCC graduation: ‘There isn’t anything you can’t accomplish’

Hundreds collected their diplomas Thursday night at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee as CMCC graduated its 55th class.
Published
May 15, 2019

Mark LaFlamme: Trying to write the origin story of my migraines

It was just another morning in homeroom during my junior year of high school when the words scrawled on the chalk board went up in flames. One minute they were just words scribbled in chalk and the next they were completely ablaze; a long row of meaningless words that sizzled and danced in flames […]
Published
May 12, 2019

Mark LaFlamme: You and what army?

Flush with pride Had quite the good time over the weekend cruising around and examining the various mounds of trash put out for Auburn’s spring cleanup, or whatever they’re calling it now. You can tell a lot about a society by the things they throw out, you know. This year, I saw toilets. Lots of […]

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