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

Mark LaFlamme: The bat is back!

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

Mark LaFlamme: Talk of the town — Spiders, ducks and Tommy Lee

Mark LaFlamme: Slow down, cowboy

Mark LaFlamme: Talk of the town: What’s that scent you’re wearing?

When it comes to gauging fluctuations in the economy and preparing for potential recessions, I use the price of aerosol cheese to dictate my level of panic. Well, it's freak-out time, friends.

Mark LaFlamme: We’ve got enough problems with Target balls and earwigs

Talk of the Town: Target is almost here. I can hardly wait to see if Target's iconic red orbs are going to get the same treatment Walmart's maligned yellow poles get.

Mark LaFlamme: Great white sharks are hard to spot

Talk of the Town: This would finally fulfill a lifelong dream of mine in which I get to be the dude who runs along the beach yelling 'Shark! Get out of the water!' just like Chief Brody himself on the big day.

Mark LaFlamme: Long pants for the coming zombie apocalypse

Talk of the Town: Once you pay to get into Range Pond State Park, you might as well enjoy some beach time even if you're wearing long pants on a sweltering hot day and being called 'Senor Pantalones' by other beachgoers.

Mark LaFlamme: Behold the power of cheese

Talk of the Town: Tricky words, ornery pedestrians and back at Hobby Lobby for . . . never you mind.

Mark LaFlamme: Does anything say summer like spittle, beguilement and nagging hoot owls?

Talk of the Town: Just don't get within spittin' distance.