Street Talk: A person doesn’t have to leave the house to get mugged anymore. Internet scams are coming faster and faster, and as technology improves, so do the talents of the wretches behind all this bad business.
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 inbPlus, Lewiston-Auburn
We asked for the best pizza around and you dished. Oh, how you dished.
Unofficially, George’s in Auburn may be the area’s top choice among pie-eyed pizza lovers, but there are many close seconds no matter how you slice it.
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Posted inbPlus, Business, Lewiston-Auburn
From a village in Greece to Center Street in Auburn: A brief history of George’s Pizza
When you bite into a slice of pizza from George’s, you’re biting into history that goes all the way back to Greece.
Posted inbPlus, Mark LaFlamme
Mark LaFlamme: Do culottes make my column look big?
Talk of the Town: But if I did wear culottes, would I wear knee socks with those or leggings? It’s so complicated.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn
Concord Coach Lines terminating service from Lewiston and Auburn
A new bus service run by the Maine Department of Transportation may be coming along to replace Concord Coach Lines this summer.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local Sports
New England Patriots, Revolution sponsoring Community Day in Lewiston
The event runs from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Mark LaFlamme
Mark LaFlamme: Homeless man dead but not forgotten
Street talk: Robertson lived a tough life in recent years, as all homeless do. But while he was living that life, as his family was thinking about him, Robertson was thinking about them.
Posted inMark LaFlamme
Mark LaFlamme: Various body parts for Mother’s Day
Celebrate like Braveheart. Screech like a baby. And kisses for Mom. We get to the bottom of it!
Posted inAndroscoggin County
Crews battle barn fire in Durham
The fire at 1355 Royalsborough Road was said to be spreading to the attached home a half-hour after the blaze was reported.
Posted inFranklin, Maine Crime
Police warrant provides glimpse of Jay marijuana grow operation
Police had been watching the home at 864 Franklin Road after learning that it might be the scene of a large marijuana grow operation similar to a grow investigated in New Sharon in March.