Lewiston police have been employing various programs to keep the peace between business owners and the homeless. Their efforts have been paying off, according to most, although many business owners remain wary.
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 inHealth, Lewiston-Auburn
Central Maine Healthcare, St. Mary’s end mask mandates
The healthcare system will convert to a mask optional organization effective May 1.
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Mark LaFlamme: Brother, can you spare a column idea?
Street Talk: I may not have the intellectual gusto to generate ideas of my own today, but plenty of you weirdos were happy to step up and do it for me.
Posted inbPlus, Lewiston-Auburn, Mark LaFlamme
Mark LaFlamme: May the glory of Garfunkel shine upon you. Or something.
Talk of the town: Seasonings, sensors, sunglasses and sad, confused daffodils.
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Face Time: Alyson Poland of Leeds — Barefoot North and the journey toward self-sufficiency
“Anyone that lives this life knows it isn’t for the faint of heart. It’s work. It’s sacrificed time. It’s loss. To some it might seem ‘archaic’ even. But . . .”
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Auburn man among game wardens honored at banquet
Several Maine game wardens were honored Friday at the Maine Warden Service annual banquet.
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‘Wind and wave’ art to be unveiled in Lewiston
Dubbed ‘Wind and Wave,’ the Jesse Salisbury exhibit consists of a multi-stone sculpture with a wave-shaped carving pattern.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local Sports
2024 National Collegiate Roller Hockey championships to be held in Auburn
Mayor Jason Levesque estimates the city could rake in roughly $2.4 million as 3,000 athletes and their families descend on Auburn for the championship.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, Mark LaFlamme
Mark LaFlamme: The Christmas cookies that changed everything
Street Talk: For me it was the detail about the Christmas cookies that transformed this from just-another-Route-4-wreck to a deeply personal human tragedy.
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Mark LaFlamme: Fowl ending to a ducky race
Talk of the Town: Pricey cones, senior moments and battling fast-food mascots. ‘One Flew over the Intersection’?