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
April 26, 2019

Pickup crashes into tree in Sabattus

The driver walked away from his mangled vehicle, but he was taken to the hospital to be examined.
Published
April 24, 2019

Three detained after police chase, crash in Lewiston

Three people are taken into police custody after a police chase and car crash in the parking lot of a Sabattus Street business Wednesday night.
Published
April 24, 2019

‘I Am Lewiston:’ Tree Street Youth puts on a show

More than a dozen individual and group performances highlighted the show Wednesday, which serves as a fundraiser and community-building event.
Published
April 23, 2019

Mark LaFlamme: Jeepers! Mysteries of Cooper Spring

Every trip to the spring – where the water is crisp and clean and sparkling with fairy dust – turns into some kind of Scooby Doo adventure.
Published
April 21, 2019

Mark LaFlamme: A Song of Slush and Mud

All’s well that ends well 9:15 p.m. Wednesday night, a woman reported she had received a notice from Publishers Clearing House that she’d hit the jackpot and she suspected it might be a scam. Police went over and looked into it. The Publishers Clearing House thing was bogus, but it turns out the woman was […]
Published
April 19, 2019

Missing man found in Bridgton

Ralph Knight, 79, was suffering from advanced stages of hypothermia, according to the Maine Warden Service.
Published
April 18, 2019

Police arrest West Paris man in Buckfield bank robbery investigation

Bank officials reported that a masked man carrying a backpack displayed a handgun and demanded cash.
Published
April 17, 2019

‘A very difficult journey:’ Central Maine Community College awards students

Several students were honored Wednesday night as Central Maine Community College gathered for its annual awards dinner.
Published
April 16, 2019

Mark LaFlamme: Hoping for a summer of big news without tragedy

2018 was full of sad news. Give me a werewolf, an Elvis Presley sighting or anything featuring the term “alien baby” and we’ll have a summer of news without any heartache.
Published
April 14, 2019

‘Amazing.’ ‘Exciting.’ ‘Fascinating.’ ‘Reassuring.’ Bird-watching.

Like Zane Baker of North Yarmouth, most birders can recall the precise moment – and often the exact bird – that launched them headlong into the world of bird-watching. “It was like a highway of falcons, hawks, eagles. I just thought it was awe-inspiring. I fell in love with it.”

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