Street Talk: For the cat named Harlow, the long road to recovery was just beginning. But for the young woman who rescued the animal, all that awaited was frustration.
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Mark LaFlamme: T-Rex vs. spy balloon vs. Walmart pole vs. Omar from ‘The Wire’
It’s like a B-movie marathon all up in here as Talk of the Town prepares for battle.
Mark LaFlamme: Victims are awaiting justice and finding it lacking
For more than a year, Tyrone Fulgham anxiously waited to see punishment doled out to the man who took his leg. When the day of sentencing finally arrived, it was not very satisfying. Mason Perez, the 29-year-old whose reckless driving cost Fulgham most of his right leg in September 2021, would serve no jail time. […]
Mark LaFlamme: Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus and all that noise
Talk of the Town: Columnist has discovered the floor-washing robot at the Oxford Walmart, and its life may never be the same.
Mark LaFlamme: Alcohol: The forgotten drug epidemic
Street Talk: Where a substance like fentanyl is apt to drop a man where he stands in his dreamy nod, liquor takes its time; a cat toying with a field mouse before delivering the fatal blow.
Mark LaFlamme: Boy, that snowman looks mad
Talk of the Town: Are you like me? Do you like to go out to shovel the yard at 3 a.m. and pull one over on Ma Nature and her cohorts?
Mark LaFlamme: A beloved fire investigator is leaving, and reporting will never be the same
Street Talk: At every fire scene I went to in Lewiston over the years, the first guy I looked for was Paul Ouellette.
‘A passion for pets’: With animals needing good homes, there’s no dogging it at the Greater Androscoggin Humane Society
‘It’s such a teamwork environment that it’s more like a family around here, and I feel like we make a huge impact on not only our team’s lives, but the animals’ lives.’
‘It’s me or the dog’: Sandy Graul adopts a(nother) pet
Nina the pit bull ‘put on the dog’ day after day without success. Finally, Sandy Graul had enough.
Mark LaFlamme: Boil some water and put on some boots!
Talk of the Town: Slush Puppies, frozen headlights, boiling water, an avalanche of food and so many more temperature-related matters to ponder.