Mark LaFlamme: Don’t forget to power wash your cat after every meal

Talk of the Town: There was a time when I was living directly above a Sam's on Main Street in Lewiston and all I ate for three years straight was pizza and steak subs.

Mark LaFlamme: Winter’s confusing overtime rules

Talk of the Town: Taking aim at falling lizards, January, football overtime rules, the laws on cleaning cast iron pans and so much more.

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?

Mark LaFlamme: Dead batteries and bruised tailbones

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

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.

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 . . .

I ain’t eatin’ that

This week, columnist LaFlamme vociferates on saltines, grocery bags, top 10 lists and French pastry.

Talk of the town: You’re as charming as an eel . . . oops

Jonesing for plastic bags, the woes of last-minute shopping, and fear of combusting plants: columnist Mark LaFlamme weighs in.

Talk of the town: I know you are, but what am I?

Talk of the town: Business advice that’s totally not stupid