Mark LaFlamme: Naked chickens and runaway bones. Now THAT’S a weather story!

Street Talk: Those of you who have been around a while will know I feel about writing weather stories — I enjoy them about as much as I would enjoy leprosy or a meal of boiled kitty litter. I'm not a fan, me. 

Mark LaFlamme: How a hero squirrel saved a local newspaper reporter

Talk of the Town: Taking hard stances on on spam, spelunking and hero squirrels.

Mark LaFlamme: Gun violence in Lewiston-Auburn: Don’t blame constitutional carry

Street Talk: The matter of constitutional carry, for those who demand stricter gun controls for all, becomes irresistible low-hanging fruit whenever gun violence makes the news.  

Mark LaFlamme: Place French sounding headline here

Talk of the Town: Just how would you pronounce 'Rollodrome' with a French accent?

Mark LaFlamme: My short and sad history of roller skating

Street Talk: Mind you, I had nothing against roller skating per se. It's just that I flat out hated roller skating and couldn't think of a worse setting in which to woo my young Kate Jackson clone. 

A home at the ‘Drome — Memories were made, lives changed at Auburn’s Rollodrome

Readers reminisce about how they rolled at the iconic skating rink, which is up for sale. 'Everyone looked forward to going to the Rollodrome. It was a part of life.'

Mark LaFlamme: Talk of the town — Fancy knots, underwater ghosts and my bathing habits

Mark LaFlamme: My secret newsroom weapon

Street Talk: I have Cathy to thank for the fact that I am married; that I ride a dual sport motorcycle; that I no longer waste my moolah on vile cigarettes. And that's not to mention the contributions she made to the craft of news gathering.

Mark LaFlamme: Things got weird last week at the Auburn Burger King

Street Talk: Words like 'overturned' and 'into the building' and 'upside down' were used.

Mark LaFlamme: The bat is back!

Talk of the town: Riverside buffiness, tag-less T-shirts, mustard memos and more.