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PublishedDecember 19, 2023
Mark LaFlamme: The mass shooting leaves a sense of unreality in our wounded city
Street Talk: There are times when I can convince myself, if only for fleeting seconds, that the grim affair was nothing more than a horrid nightmare; something merely imagined in a half-waking fever dream.
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PublishedDecember 12, 2023
Mark LaFlamme: Punk Icee, mysterious street wanderer, dies at 64
Street Talk: Punk lived a lifestyle that would seem almost Sisyphean to the rest of us: walk the streets from dawn until dusk, find enough empty bottles and cans to get by another day, and then when that day is done, get up and do it all over again.
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PublishedDecember 5, 2023
Mark LaFlamme: If I ask your age, an editor is making me do it
Street Talk: The man in question is doing math in his head. He's calculating the pros and cons of giving out his real age and trying to deduce how this might trip him up down the road.
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PublishedNovember 28, 2023
Mark LaFlamme: My name is Mike, and I’d like to sell you something
Street Talk: My inability to sell should have been obvious by the time I was 10 years old, when I was convinced I could become the richest kid on the block by selling the weekly newspaper known as Grit. Spoiler: I never became the richest kid on the block.
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PublishedNovember 21, 2023
Mark LaFlamme: Veterinarians and their various assistants are like magicians
Street Talk: They manage to take complete control of an animal while also maintaining compassion for both pet and white-faced, swooning pet owner.
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PublishedNovember 15, 2023
Mark LaFlamme: Jumping beans, Silly String and other LaVerdiere’s treasures available here!
Street Talk: On Sundays back in olden times, LaVerdiere's Super Drug Store was the only game in town.
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PublishedOctober 17, 2023
Mark LaFlamme: We need a monster to bring us all together
Street Talk: Close your eyes and picture them, this massive horde of outraged Lewistonians and Auburnites, marching across the Longley Bridge in immense numbers, every single soul in perfect agreement about exactly what needs to be done.
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PublishedOctober 10, 2023
Mark LaFlamme: Not all bogeymen wear horns
Street talk: The suggestion is to maintain situational awareness in ALL circumstances and never assume the good intentions of a stranger.
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PublishedOctober 3, 2023
Mark LaFlamme: Terrible drivers and why we loathe them
Street Talk: Texters, passing lane hogs, tailgaters, stop sign runners and other road menaces all right here in one convenient place.
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PublishedSeptember 13, 2023
Mark LaFlamme: Latest findings: Lewiston and Auburn crawling with ghosts. Maybe
Street Talk: No matter where in the Twin Cities you live, chances are good, apparently, that you're uncomfortably close to a bona fine haunted house.
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