State police found $60,000 worth of meth and cocaine at Topsham traffic stop.
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.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime
New York fugitive arrested in Lewiston
Clifton Thomas is accused of violating his parole on an assault charge.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Mark LaFlamme
Fine dining and how to avoid it
You people with your blooming onions, your volcano bowls, your various meats on sticks. I see you in there. You’re cracking jokes with the waitress, hitting her with soaring one-liners such as, “My name is Bob and I’ll be your customer tonight!” You’re buttering bread, negotiating over side dishes, ordering a fifth refill of chips […]
Posted inbPlus, Mark LaFlamme
Throwing signs all over the place
Meg Griffin admitted to Bowdoin College A pity she didn’t choose Bates, instead. We don’t have nearly enough cartoon characters struttin’ around here. Although I did see a guy who looked an awful lot like Dagwood plucking something out of a dumpster behind 7-Eleven the other day. I think he might be on the pipe. […]
Posted inbPlus
Die-hard horseshoe players keep pitching through the winter
For four winter months, the Maine Indoor Horseshoe Courts in the Pepperell MillI in Lewiston is the home of a typically summer sport and a big ‘horseshoe family.’
Posted inFranklin
Rangeley, Baxter crashes kill two snowmobilers
A woman from Pennsylvania and a man from Massachusetts died.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
Fire damages Sabattus businessman’s home; no injuries reported
Sabattus Disc Golf Course and Pro Shop was not threatened by flames.
Posted inFranklin, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine
Western Maine Transportation receives emergency grant
The $10,000 grant means services will continue in Franklin County.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Mark LaFlamme
Tales of kindness and fortitude (and also some lame stuff)
I’m not saying that people have become weaker and less resilient as they’ve come to depend on the internet more and more. On the other hand, that’s exactly what I’m saying.
Posted inbPlus, Mark LaFlamme
Love is in the air — along with a whole lot of crazy
Spring forward Some wizard of math and astronomical calculations just alerted me that daylight savings is less than a month away. We are that close to springing forward, my friends, and ain’t that an injection of hope in the buttocks of winter despair! What does it all mean? Nothing, really? I just wanted to use […]