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
February 20, 2019

Street Talk: Snow days then vs. snow days now

Getting ready to do something truly stupid with a roof rake and a saucer sled.
Published
February 17, 2019

Growing pains: Curling club looking to expand into new digs

Remember when you and the gang used to play pickup hockey on that frozen pond out in the middle of nowhere? The puck would take crazy hops as it slammed into frozen knots of ice. An elegant pass would go completely off course when the puck slipped into weird grooves, dips or bumps. Pond hockey […]
Published
February 17, 2019

Mark LaFlamme: I don’t see how that’s any of your business

This, that and the other thing
Published
February 17, 2019

‘Chess on ice:’ Curling attracts those looking for a bit of competition and camaraderie

Physical, strategic and social. No wonder the sport of curling is attracting a hardcore following in Maine.
Published
February 15, 2019

Cold case: Suspect in 1993 Alaska slaying arrested in Auburn

Police say DNA evidence linked Steven H. Downs to a college student’s murder.
Published
February 14, 2019

Hebron woman charged after hitting two school buses in Auburn

Jessica Vennell of Hebron was issued a summons for drunken driving.
Published
February 13, 2019

Auburn couple find love in the mud

Pair bonded over Toughest Mudder event, with friendship blossoming into relationship.
Published
February 13, 2019

Police investigate shots fired in Lewiston

A section of Green Street was closed between East and Sylvan avenues.
Published
February 13, 2019

Mark LaFlamme: The five (or so) stages of a head cold

Your head feels as though some cruel sadist has stuffed a hose in each of your ears and pumped it full of pea soup.
Published
November 13, 2018

Hot sandwiches and band-aids: Hard times at Speaker’s Variety

There was a time when I was eating, on average, five hot ham and cheese sandwiches from Speaker’s Variety every week. For one thing, the hot ham and cheese sandwiches from Speaker’s were spectacular. I’d ask Jim or Pat or whoever was manning the ovens that day to cook them a little extra so that […]

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