Talk of the Town: Not the kind of pole that wrecks cars in a Walmart parking lot. But the kind that lets crime reporters escape the newsroom and chase down breaking news.
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 inAndroscoggin County, Maine Crime, Mark LaFlamme
Mark LaFlamme: Justin Butterfield’s dark night of the soul
I’ve been covering crime in the Lewiston-Auburn area for nearly 30 years now, but I’ll tell you this. There have been very few stories so shocking and so downright ugly over those years that they’ve kept me up at night. But this one did. The killing at a quiet little trailer park in Poland stuck […]
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Posted inbPlus, Lewiston-Auburn, Mark LaFlamme
Mark LaFlamme: RIP Mike LaFlamme
Talk of the Town: No one has died. Just an old joke. Try not to be sad.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Maine, Maine Crime
A tale of two Justins: Poland murder suspect described as a loving father, brother whom the mental health system failed
Friends of Justin Butterfield say he was in and out of mental health facilities for years prior to the Poland man being charged with killing his oldest brother Thursday morning.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime
Woman charged with arson after baby stroller set ablaze
The stroller was sitting on a porch when it was set on fire. The police officers at the scene quickly doused the flames before they could spread to the rest of the home.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Educator, former Lewiston school committee candidate, dies in fall from window
The 38-year-old’s death is being investigated by police.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Maine Crime
Man charged with murder after body found at Poland trailer home, police say
Justin Butterfield, 34, of 14 Poplar Drive in Poland charged after body was discovered Thursday morning at trailer where he lived, police say. Family and friends say they have been trying for years to get help for Butterfield. Killed Thursday morning was 38-year-old Gabe Damour.
Posted inOxford Hills, River Valley
Canton home damaged by fire Thursday morning
Flames originated near a TV in the living room.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Mark LaFlamme
Mark LaFlamme: 104 Park St. has always felt like home
Street Talk: This is what a newspaper should look like — a temple where one could worship and study all the great mysteries that local history had to offer.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Mark LaFlamme
Talk of the town: Cold, snow and a red-hot union suit
Am I blue? Yes, I’m blue As of Nov. 17, we still hadn’t turned on the heat at my house. Impressive, ain’t it? Screw you, heating oil prices! I actually ENJOY sleeping next to the oven in a Carhartt coat and snow boots! Under things You know, I still have that bright red onesie I […]