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 16, 2023
Mark LaFlamme: Confessions of a TikTok virgin
Street Talk: That’s the thing about this whole explosion of communication services. If all the best sources are hanging out on one of those newfangled apps and webpages, I have to be there, too.
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PublishedAugust 15, 2023
Animal officials deal with cat colonies, hoarding, other issues
On 7th Street in Auburn, neighbors described dirty and dangerous conditions with nearly three dozen cats living in a home.
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PublishedAugust 14, 2023
Dealing with stray cats: Advice from the experts
Katie Lisnik, executive director of the Greater Androscoggin Humane Society in Lewiston, offers tips on dealing with found cats.
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PublishedAugust 13, 2023
Mark LaFlamme: Bugs everywhere. And I mean EVERYWHERE.
Talk of the Town: They’ve got us vacuuming, cursing, drinking them, dodging our wives and twerking. Powerful little suckers really.
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PublishedAugust 8, 2023
Mark LaFlamme: Today’s bug mystery: Giant mosquito? Or Maine mutant?
Street Talk: And so instead of dealing with shootings and car wrecks and tales of pain and woe at the end of the week, I spent my time on the tail of a menacing creature of unknown origin.
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PublishedAugust 6, 2023
Mark LaFlamme: I bless the rains down in Leeeewiston
Talk of the town: All rants, diatribes and tirades … well, except for that tangle of lady underthings.
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PublishedAugust 6, 2023
Cribbage glory: Dreaming of the elusive 29 hand
The chances of scoring a 29 in cribbage are low. Like, not-in-your-lifetime low. That’s what makes it so desirable.
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PublishedAugust 6, 2023
Why is cribbage so big? There’s friendly competition. There’s socializing. There’s nostalgia.
The centuries-old game appears to be very popular in the area for a whole lot of reasons including the memories it evokes. The trash talk is a bonus.
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PublishedAugust 1, 2023
Mark LaFlamme: Prime rib in pill form, please
Street Talk: We’ve got supercomputers small enough to tuck into our pockets. We’ve got bug-looking cameras that fly around in the sky and we’ve got artificial intelligence writing term papers and composing music. All of that and yet no food in pill form to eliminate the need for inconvenient eating.
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PublishedJuly 23, 2023
Mark LaFlamme: More on Lewiston’s Divan of Mystery
Talk of the Town: I already had a nice little island picked out. The lottery’s rigged.
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