Maine State Police have joined the investigation, which indicates it may be a homicide.
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
The great Christmas tree debate: Real or faux fir for the holiday?
Buy a real tree, the purists will insist, or just admit you hate Santa. Buy an artificial tree, others say, and relax! Our readers take a stand.
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Posted inbPlus, Lewiston-Auburn
Face Time: Joe Charpentier — New kid on the news block. Sort of.
The Sun Journal’s new spot news reporter comes via Down East, Farmington, Wales (the country), Massachusetts and more, acquiring experience needed for even the toughest weather story.
Posted inbPlus, Mark LaFlamme
Mark LaFlamme: Disney On Ice got nuthin’ on me
You should have seen me out there: eyes big as saucers, arms pinwheeling like a . . .
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Harlow the cat is adopted a month after being abused in downtown Lewiston
The cat’s badly damaged eye has been saved and Harlow has been adopted by a local family; a family that had previously been fostering the animal during his recovery.
Posted inFranklin, Oxford Hills, River Valley
Police search Mexico location for clues to the 1986 disappearance of Kimberly Moreau
Maine State Police detectives, acting on a tip, searched in an area behind Jimmies, a popular ice cream stand just off Route 2.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Auburn celebrates Christmas with Santa, tree lighting, shopping
The Christmas shopping village, European-style, was an obvious draw for lots of people, who jammed the newly made shopping shacks with wallets and purses already in hand.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Police identify victims from Wednesday’s collisions in Lewiston
One woman was killed and another was seriously injured in separate pedestrian crashes Wednesday afternoon.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
One pedestrian dead, another hurt in separate collisions in Lewiston
Both crashes occurred just after sundown on a late Wednesday afternoon marked by a constant drizzle. The corner of East Avenue and Lisbon Street was expected to remain closed to traffic for several hours.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Lewiston-Auburn, Mark LaFlamme
Mark LaFlamme: The sad and mysterious death of Jason Lavoie
Street Talk: Some deaths hit particularly hard in the local community and this was one of those from the start. And the sad news was compounded a great deal by the inexplicable nature of Lavoie’s death.