One fact was stressed over and over, and by a variety of speakers at Lewiston’s Dufresne Plaza: Mainers need to get over their denial of the problem before the important work of combating it can begin.
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, Mark LaFlamme
Mark LaFlamme: Editors ain’t so bad . . .
Street Talk: Editors have the magic to make bad writing good and to make good writing better. When they’re not sending you off to do stupid stuff, that is.
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Posted inbPlus, Lewiston-Auburn, Mark LaFlamme
Talk of the town: The purloined fire truck and a selfishly devoured meat pie
Got flu meds? You either pay ridiculous prices for the brand stuff or you find yourself out in Kennedy Park in the wee hours going: ‘Psss, hey buddy. Got any fizz?’
Posted inbPlus, Lewiston-Auburn
‘Comics by people with day jobs:’ Maine comic artists and illustrators drawn into another world
The artists’ reasons are many: ‘To improve. For therapy. To scratch an itch. To avoid doing other things sometimes. For most of us, there’s nothing else we’d rather be doing.’
Posted inMaine
Mainers charged in Jan. 6, 2021, riot at U.S. Capitol
Five Mainers were charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. Some have been convicted, while two are awaiting further court action.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Car crashes into house in Lewiston; driver flees
A car ripped through the living room wall of a home at 4 Old Lisbon Road.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Franklin, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, News, Oxford Hills, River Valley
Top news stories of 2022: The good, the bad and emergence from the pandemic
There were celebrations of sports victories, lots of economic development and plenty of other good news, tempered by the interesting and the unfortunate, as we look back at the area’s biggest stories.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Lewiston trampoline park reopens after addressing safety violations
Among the more serious infractions, a city spokeswoman said, was a lack of fire alarm monitoring and emergency exits that were not accessible.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn
Lewiston trampoline park shut down by city
By 3 p.m., several people had shown up to the trampoline park only to find the doors locked and the condemned sign prominently displayed on the window. Several people posted on Facebook to report the closure.
Posted inOxford Hills
Car flips into a ditch in Greenwood
GREENWOOD — Rescue crews from several agencies responded early Thursday night after a car rolled over onto its roof and into a ditch on Main Street. It was not immediately clear how many people were in the car or if there were injuries sustained in the wreck, which was reported at 5:30 p.m. in the […]