COVID-19 set the tone for the year — again — but other stories ranging from tragic to twisted, from havoc to housing, took top billing.
Mark LaFlamme
Staff Writer
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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I ain’t eatin’ that
This week, columnist LaFlamme vociferates on saltines, grocery bags, top 10 lists and French pastry.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, News
Auburn celebrates New Year’s Eve
Hundreds flocked to Festival Plaza on Friday night for music, food and fireworks.
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Lewiston police’s entire criminal division investigating Wednesday night exchange of gunfire
Some witnesses reported hearing a few shots while others thought they heard as many as two dozen.
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Police search for missing Naples man
Mark Conley, 67, was last seen Christmas Eve in the Lewiston area.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Investigators look for cause of Tuesday night fire in Lewiston
Neighbors who live near the Avon Street building say the property has been frequented by drug users and the homeless.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Mark LaFlamme
Remembering ‘the bike lady,’ Ruth Slovenski
Street Talk: Ruth Slovenski was well known for many things in the Bates College community and elsewhere, but in my small circle, she’s known most famously for her bicycle.
Posted inbPlus, Lewiston-Auburn, Mark LaFlamme
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.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, News
Varney family coping almost a year after double murder in Turner
Family member of well-liked couple Troy and Dulsie Varney says if any good has come from the horror, it has been the soaring generosity of the community.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Firefighters save Christmas presents in Lewiston blaze ignited by spontaneous combustion
When it was all over, there was some good news: Firefighters saved the Christmas presents. Fire damage was limited to one room, and family and dog were doing fine.