How to deal with giant spiders and other horrors

Talk of the Town: Weird Al and Big Al make appearances but we won't talk about al dente.

There’s no need for name calling unless there’s a column to write

Talk of the Town: Mark LaFlamme on cussin', fussin' and slushin'.

Follow me for some free backside buckshot!

Talk of the Town: It's not so easy to follow the straight and narrow when one comes to a crooked arrow.

It happened in downtown Lewiston. Probably.

Talk of the Town: What's a cop reporter to do now that the police scanner has gone quiet?

Talk of the Town: Calm down, son. You’re having balloon flashbacks.

Missing bikes, beavers and giant Dunkin’ cups: Mark LaFlamme muses

Talk of the Town: I don't want to alarm and/or titillate anyone, but there have been reports of a GIGANTIC Dunkin' Donuts cup motoring along local streets.

These letters ain’t sealed with kisses

Talk of the Town: Mark LaFlamme finally checks his mail box.

Talk of the town: Naked trees and fuzzy wieners

Someone must have started a business hauling naked guys around Lewiston

Talk of the Town: Here and gone — naked guys, potato sticks and plastic shopping bags.

Talk of the town: Going my way?

Supermarket flaggers, the state of the economy and too many poles: The view from writer Mark LaFlamme's desk.