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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PublishedMarch 14, 2021
Talk O’ the Town: Remember to spring back this Sunday
St. Patrick’s Day It may shock you to learn that I’ve never done much by way of celebrating St. Paddy’s Day, in spite of my sort of Irish heritage. I drank green beer once, but it turns out it had just been sitting on the coffee table for six weeks and had gone rancid. Boy, […]
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PublishedMarch 12, 2021
Minot votes in favor of broadband plan
The measure to appropriate $100,000 as a grant match passed 120-3
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PublishedMarch 11, 2021
State police cruiser struck by car in Auburn
The trooper was responding to an emergency in Livermore Falls on Monday, an official said.
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PublishedMarch 9, 2021
Police search for suspect after man stabbed in Lewiston
Officers still looking for suspect at 11:30 p.m. in Oxford Street area.
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PublishedMarch 9, 2021
Norway man killed in Greenwood crash
Emergency crews worked for an hour to free Travis McLaughlin from the wreckage.
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PublishedMarch 8, 2021
Street Talk: Roll up the windows, kids, we’re heading to Leeds
The messages used to come in like clockwork. “Golly,” the caller or letter writer would say. “You sure picked the right city in which to do your crime reporting.” “Sure did, Bucko,” I’d respond, because that’s the way we talked back then. “It’s keen.” Those out-of-town folks would be reacting to the latest atrocity to […]
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PublishedMarch 7, 2021
Stray dogs and pale green pants
All bark, no bite Some safety minded folks were disturbed, apparently, over my description of my abandoned play with strange dogs. I hang my head and tuck my tail with shame. The fact is, I exaggerated in that column, if you can imagine it, for dramatic effect. I have two rules when it comes to […]
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PublishedMarch 6, 2021
‘Completely changed my life:’ A year of COVID
We talk to area residents about the losses and the lessons one year after COVID hit Maine.
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PublishedMarch 4, 2021
Minot to vote on broadband issue
Elections for selectmen and School Committee on the March 12 warrant.
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PublishedMarch 2, 2021
Cold and wind batters central and western Maine; thousands lose power
Some homeless men and women sought shelter from the weather Tuesday while others chose to ride it out at homeless encampments.
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