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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PublishedFebruary 23, 2021
A Street Talk confession: I haven’t learned about church since CCD
Before walking into a single church or making a simple phone call, I become filled with self-doubt, suddenly very vividly aware my own ignorance.
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PublishedFebruary 18, 2021
Sabattus: Traffic stop leads to narcotics arrest
Jailers found Jovan Calhoun of Lewiston had a baggie of crack cocaine and a container of marijuana concealed near his genitals.
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PublishedFebruary 18, 2021
Church leaders react to governor’s order on gathering limits
The Rev. Daniel Greenleaf asks why Maine is stricter than in other parts of the country.
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PublishedFebruary 17, 2021
Candlelit baths and tarantulas: Accused Casco burglar has a strange criminal history
Sean Schoonmaker was charged last year with keeping more than 50 spiders and scorpions in a Norway motel room.
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PublishedFebruary 16, 2021
Street Talk: Faces of the fallen emerge after we learn the details of the crime
Covering killings is like putting bloody puzzle pieces together. In the early hours, we’re still limited to ‘victims’ and ‘perps’ and all the other generic terminology from the grim vernacular.
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PublishedFebruary 14, 2021
Talk of the Town: Can’t get enough of your cheeseburger, baby
More on my deep basso voice In response to an item from last week, more readers announced that they, too, were surprised that my voice was rather deep — I’m practically Barry White over here — and not all high like Pee-wee Herman’s. This is a marvel to me. My main concern is my writer’s […]
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PublishedFebruary 13, 2021
Amy Sanchez: Making masks and doing good deeds
The volunteer shelter worker made and delivered roughly 2,000 face coverings throughout Lewiston-Auburn.
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PublishedFebruary 12, 2021
Suspect charged with murder in stabbing of Turner couple
Patrick J. Maher, who rented a room from Troy and Dulsie Varney, was in custody Friday.
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PublishedFebruary 10, 2021
Farmington nursing home reports 29 cases of COVID-19
According to reports from the facility management, 19 residents and 10 staff have tested positive for the virus.
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PublishedFebruary 9, 2021
Street Talk: ‘Timmy’s adventures in school-skipping’
I feel sympathy for kids these days, whose lives have been so disrupted, and their realities so warped, that to skip school, all they are required to do is close their laptop lids and go sit in the living room.
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