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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PublishedAugust 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.’
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PublishedAugust 27, 2023
Pickleball terminology
Sound like you know your stuff when you go out to the pickleball courts for the first time
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PublishedAugust 27, 2023
Pickleball: Game basics
A quick overview of how the game is played.
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PublishedAugust 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.
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PublishedAugust 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.
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PublishedAugust 25, 2023
Androscoggin County arrest logs: Aug. 18-24, 2023
Lewiston • Steven Griffin, 28, listed as transient, on charges of domestic assault and violating probation, at 1 a.m. Friday, Aug. 18, at 287 Bates St. • Danielle Richardson, 38, of Lewiston, on a warrant charging failure to appear in court and on charges of criminal conspiracy, unlawful furnishing of scheduled drugs and violating conditions […]
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PublishedAugust 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.
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PublishedAugust 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.
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PublishedAugust 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 …
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PublishedAugust 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.
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