• Published

  February 1, 2022
  

  Mark LaFlamme: Rumors, half truths and speculation are part of the job

  Street Talk: A lot of rumors have absolutely no basis in reality, and yet they still have value.

• Published

  January 30, 2022
  

  Mark LaFlamme: Swearing about the cold in German

  Talk of the Town: An unusual tour of Deutschland featuring boots, Greene sand, Reddy Kilowatt, heroes, late-night accidents and so much mehr. Want some schnitzel with that?

• Published

  January 24, 2022
  

  Street Talk: What is the ghastliest news of all?

  For me, the most dreadful stories of them all are those where, in the glow of the police and ambulance lights, the pain is only just beginning. 

• Published

  January 23, 2022
  

  Mark LaFlamme: Dead batteries and bruised tailbones

  Talk of the Town: 'I'm getting a lot of spam lately that begins with 'Hello, dear.' '

• Published

  January 18, 2022
  

  Mark LaFlamme: Why Maine instead of Florida?

  'Why?' I asked the feckless remains of my splintered shovel. 'Why in the name of all things holy does anyone stay in Maine knowing what the winters are like?'

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• Published

  January 16, 2022
  

  Talk of the town: It feels like burning

  It was a week of barb-wire cold (if you know what I mean), saltine success, sand snitches, being Greene with shame, and no honeymoon photos.

• Published

  January 16, 2022
  

  Games people play: Family game night is bigger than ever

  Maybe it's COVID-19. Maybe it's a desire for more human interaction. Whatever the reasons, getting together to play games is hot in Maine — everything from an old-fashion game of cribbage to Matthew Strout's 1,000-plus-game passion.

• Published

  January 11, 2022
  

  The arctic throat punch and other scary weather terms

  Street Talk: This arctic blast isn't going to make a Jack-Nicholson-at-the-end-of-'The-Shining'-style popsicle out of me, no sir. I'm all kinds of ready for this. 

• Published

  January 9, 2022
  

  Talk of the town: In search of an appellation

  I've been skulking around Lewiston's prime spots for so long, you'd think people would have taken to calling me "Kennedy Park Mark," "Canal Man" or . . .

• Published

  January 4, 2022
  

  I have been to the top of the coffee bean mountain

  Street Talk: I'd go door to door preaching the word of the cold brew carafe if I thought it would help deliver you poor souls from that wretched paste you swill morning after morning. 

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