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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PublishedOctober 14, 2020
Woman injured in Lewiston crash
Police shut down a section of College Street between Montello Street and Stetson Road as fire crews freed the driver from the wreckage.
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PublishedOctober 13, 2020
Mark LaFlamme: Tattered signs of things to come
Around here, people are ripping up campaign signs in the dark of night. In other parts of the country, they have advanced to burning down businesses, toppling statutes and shooting one another on the streets over differences of opinion.
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PublishedOctober 13, 2020
Two people associated with Turner post office test positive for COVID-19
The U.S. Postal Service has offered “liberal leave” to postal employees who may have been in contact with the confirmed cases.
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PublishedOctober 11, 2020
Mark LaFlamme: Hocus pocus, your money is gone!
Keyed up So, I got this new truck — the Nissan Titan, you may bow in worship now — but it came with just one key, so I figured I’d go have a couple new ones cut. You know, fork over five or six bucks and the nice lady will chop up some new keys […]
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PublishedOctober 9, 2020
Turner mystery: Complaints arise about local post office
Some speculate about illness among staff, but no officials would comment.
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PublishedOctober 9, 2020
COVID-19 reported at Academy Hill School in Wilton
School officials are working with the Maine CDC to ensure that their response to the positive test aligns with the current safety guidelines.
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PublishedOctober 7, 2020
Pedestrian killed on Route 4 in Turner
Police said Dillon Jordan, 33, of Turner was walking in the middle of the northbound lane, wearing dark clothing, when he was struck by an SUV driven by Sandra Shirley, 64, of Auburn on Monday night.
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PublishedOctober 6, 2020
Mark LaFlamme: Anything but politics
Just thinking about the act of writing about the politics of the day triggered a gag reflex so powerful, it nearly made me throw up on my cat again.
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PublishedOctober 6, 2020
Wales: Seized cats to be returned to owner
A Lewiston District Court judge dismissed the case for lack of merit.
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PublishedOctober 4, 2020
Mark LaFlamme: Low-hanging fruit and other afflictions
Crack in a bag You know what’s an abomination? Unshelled pistachios. They sell them in all the grocery stores now — they might as well sell pure heroin right there in the produce section. If you don’t have the mouth-watering, finger-bleeding agony of trying to open the shells to get at the delicious nut, your […]
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