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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PublishedJuly 28, 2022
Heavy rain leads to flooding across area
In Androscoggin County, a flood advisory went out at about 8 p.m. and was to remain in effect until 10 p.m.
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PublishedJuly 28, 2022
Former Farmington woman identified as Jane Doe killed in 1981
Investigators tried several methods to identify the woman struck and killed by a car, but it was DNA analysis that has now brought closure to the family of Michele ‘Mimi’ Oakes Boutilier-Gautreaux.
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PublishedJuly 27, 2022
Auburn police warn of T-shirt scam
A text message offering cheap shirts might appear to come from the department, but it’s a scam.
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PublishedJuly 26, 2022
Street Talk: Bad vibes in Lewiston, then and now
If you spend a lot of time in downtown Lewiston you don’t require any kind of scientific study or earnest crunching of the numbers to reveal what your gut is screaming at you like a klaxon: tread carefully, brother. There is danger afoot.
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PublishedJuly 17, 2022
Mark LaFlamme: Behold the power of cheese
Talk of the Town: Tricky words, ornery pedestrians and back at Hobby Lobby for . . . never you mind.
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PublishedJuly 17, 2022
Are we having a crime wave in Lewiston and Auburn?
Nerves are rattled, all right, and the perception that crime has spiked in both Lewiston and Auburn is almost universal. But is it true?
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PublishedJuly 16, 2022
Presque Isle man arrested in Litchfield fires at gas station
Just before midnight on Thursday, investigators from the Office of State Fire Marshal responded to two trash can fires at the gas pumps at Gowell’s Shop n’ Save on Richmond Road.
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PublishedJuly 14, 2022
Man charged with robbing elderly man at ATM in Lewiston
Police arrested Jonathan Edwards and were searching for a second suspect.
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PublishedJuly 13, 2022
Auburn School Committee discusses water quality, nutrition
AUBURN — The School Committee on Wednesday honored former City Councilor Alfreda Fournier, who died last week. Fournier had served as Androscoggin County commissioner before taking a spot on the City Council where she served from 2019 to 2021. She died Friday at the age of 75. The committee remembered Fournier in a moment of […]
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PublishedJuly 12, 2022
Mark LaFlamme: Obscura Cafe and other entities from alternate dimensions
Mark LaFlamme finds driving past Lewiston businesses looks a lot different than it used to.
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