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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PublishedApril 1, 2021
Holy Week: Area churches celebrate Easter in a variety of ways
Some leaders in the Lewiston-Auburn area are hankering for a return to live gatherings even while online services might be easier to manage.
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PublishedApril 1, 2021
Lewiston police investigate reports of gunfire
Several people reported about midnight that they heard five or six shots being fired along Pine Street in the area of Shawmut and Howard streets.
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PublishedMarch 31, 2021
Car flips in Walmart parking lot
Police said a leaning pole caused the Jeep to flip onto its side.
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PublishedMarch 30, 2021
Spring brings loose boats, gunfighting dickcissels
Street Talk: Potshots, potholes, public nudity and pond passion: Ahhhhhh, spring!
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PublishedMarch 28, 2021
Face Time: Mary Bunnell — Working to protect K9 police dogs
Bunnell has since expanded her efforts to equip police K9s all over the state with gear.
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PublishedMarch 21, 2021
You can’t kill rock ‘n’ roll: Area musicians stream, practice and hang on to get through the pandemic
The ‘new normal’ was starting to take shape after COVID-19 struck, and as Toby McAllister played his guitar that night, it felt like the end of something, and maybe like the beginning of something else.
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PublishedMarch 21, 2021
Talk of the Town: Spring any which way you want
Time to change OK, mea culpa. I’ve learned my lesson and my shame is great. No more joking about that spring forward, fall back business. A couple people wrote in to scold me for getting it backward, in spite of the fact that I’ve been running that gag for years. The irony is that I […]
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PublishedMarch 19, 2021
Lewiston-based women’s residential home Sophia’s House survives, thrives in pandemic
The residence for women who are bouncing back from severe trauma is celebrating its first anniversary Saturday and Sunday.
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PublishedMarch 18, 2021
21 people displaced by Thursday apartment building fire in Lewiston
The three-story building at 75 Howard St. was home to 21 people from three families, all of them displaced by the blaze.
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PublishedMarch 18, 2021
Wine spills when rig tips over on Maine Turnpike
A tractor-trailer driver and turnpike worker were injured when the rig hit a state vehicle in the northbound lanes.
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