Mark LaFlamme

Sun Journal

Mark LaFlamme is a Sun Journal reporter and weekly columnist. He's been on the nighttime police beat since 1994, which is just grand because he doesn't like getting out of bed before noon. Mark is the author of eight published novels and rides a dual sport motorcycle everywhere he goes. Unless it's winter, in which case he just sulks a lot.

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Published
August 27, 2023

Picklers unite! Local pickleball is big and getting bigger

‘This is a game for anyone,’ says George ‘Flip’ Gosselin. ‘Out here, everyone fits in. You don’t have to be a superstar to play this game.’
Published
August 27, 2023

Pickleball terminology

Sound like you know your stuff when you go out to the pickleball courts for the first time
Published
August 27, 2023

Pickleball: Game basics

A quick overview of how the game is played.
Published
August 27, 2023

Mark LaFlamme: Creepy Carrie and the Black Widows perform for free!

Talk of the Town: It’s easy to confuse me with Carietta White, I know.
Published
August 25, 2023

Eight arrested in ‘melee’ at Oxford Plains Speedway

Oxford Police Chief Rickie Jack said the trouble began around midnight when police tried to arrest a Sumner man for driving drunk in the speedway parking lot.
Published
August 23, 2023

Investigative report finds Sabattus town manager committed no misconduct

The investigation was conducted by Toby Tiner Jr., a licensed investigator who spent months interviewing those involved in dispute between Town Manager Timothy Kane and some members of the fire department.
Published
August 23, 2023

‘A big divide’: Community, police, discuss recent violence

One by one, roughly 20 locals took their place at the podium at Connors Elementary School to say their piece about the recent killings, the shootings and other crimes that have vexed the city.
Published
August 20, 2023

Mark LaFlamme: Weird scenes inside the dope dumpster

Talk of the town: I’m Luke Flyvakker and vengeance is mine! Wooann … wooann … wooann …
Published
August 19, 2023

Shots fired in downtown Lewiston

Neighbors reported hearing a series of shots in the area of 110 Pierce St., between Birch and Walnut streets, shortly after 4 p.m.
Published
August 18, 2023

‘A lot of good things happening’: Balloon festival gets soggy start

In spite of steady rain and swampy conditions under foot, well over a hundred people had gathered in the park, taking in the entertainment and waiting for the arrival of the balloons.