Talk of the Town: Ah spring, when a young man’s fancy lightly turns to screaming at snowbanks.
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
Group plans gathering to mark six-month anniversary of mass shooting in Lewiston
Event will be held Thursday at 6:30 p.m. in Simard-Payne Memorial Park, 46 Beech St.
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Attorney General: Auburn police shooting of armed man in 2021 was justified
The report clears Sgt. Steven Gosselin of any wrongdoing in the shooting of 36-year-old Joseph Arbour on Sept. 27, 2021.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
Police: Pedestrian Margaret ‘Peggy’ Pooler entered street against crosswalk signal
A police report listed “no contributing action” on the part of the driver who struck Margaret “Peggy” Pooler on Sabattus Street last week.
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Mark LaFlamme: Sweet words from secret squirrel sources
If a police beat reporter doesn’t have a good fleet of secret squirrel sources, he is stuck day after day waiting for the OFFICIAL WORD to come down from city hall, the police department or some political mouthpiece.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Struck by an SUV last week in Lewiston, Peggy Pooler dies of her injuries
The woman had suffered multiple injuries in the Wednesday night crash near the intersection of Sabattus and College streets.
Posted inbPlus, Mark LaFlamme
Mark LaFlamme: I think I might have been raptured, but in the wrong direction
Talk of the Town: Don’t bother me, can’t you see I’m planning for my next TOTALITY!
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High on Maine: A look at the state’s 12 tallest buildings
Lewiston has three of the state’s tallest buildings, with its tallest — the Agora Grand Event Center — just 15 feet short of the #1 ranking.
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Lewiston woman in critical condition two days after pedestrian accident
Margaret “Peggy” Pooler was on full life support and dialysis at Maine Medical Center on Friday afternoon.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, News
Police investigate apparent murder-suicide at Minot home
Androscoggin County Sheriff’s deputies were called to the home for a welfare check at about 6 a.m., police said.