Talk of the town: Dirty pillows and purloined potato sticks

Street Talk: Remembering Randy Whitehouse, a friend

Randy Whitehouse, my friend and confidant of a quarter-century, is gone.

There once was a woodpecker from Nantucket

The Talk of the Town influenced by migraines, woodpeckers and haikus.

Migraine medications

Lewiston neurologist Dr. Carl Robinson explains the migraine medication landscape.

New wave: wearable devices to treat migraine headaches

New wearable devices, controlled with a smartphone, are effective for some migraine suffers.

Brain on fire: Migraine sufferers find hope in new advances

Lewiston's Dr. Carl Robinson says migraine treatment has taken a giant leap forward after years of stagnation. That's good news to the millions who deal sometimes daily with the blinding, crippling headaches.

Migraine suffering: By the numbers

Street Talk: News that punches you in the gut

Maybe the perfect reporter would be one who is never personally affected by anything that comes his way. Just writes up all the grim facts, collects his check and moves along in a cold and clinical way. 

Mark LaFlamme: The Desert of Maine could use some whip cream

The Talk of the Town clears up some confusion over the Freeport tourist attraction, celebrates Canal Draining Day, asks people to take off their shirts and clears up some confusion over scintillating scotoma.

Street Talk: Hankering for a small-town gig

There's a certain kind of salt-of-the-earth charm about local scuttlebutt that is exclusive to the American small town. If that's where I ended up for my remaining reporter days, I'd have no complaints.