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.
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PublishedFebruary 13, 2020
Two days, two hatchet attacks in Lewiston
Lewiston police say a man was bleeding after he was struck by a hatchet during a fight Wednesday night. In an unrelated incident Thursday afternoon, another man with a hatchet reportedly threatened a tow truck driver in Lewiston.
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PublishedFebruary 9, 2020
Six people injured in fire that destroyed Rumford apartment buildings
Witnesses at the scene say several buildings collapsed on Hancock Street in Rumford.
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PublishedJanuary 26, 2020
New exhibit in Lewiston focuses on horror of child labor
‘All Work and No Play’ opening Thursday features photos by ground-breaking photographer and sociologist Lewis Hine.
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2020
Michelle Malkin speaks to standing-room-only crowd in Sabattus
The conservative political commentator spoke about immigration policy and free speech Friday while addressing a gathering sponsored by the University of Maine College Republicans group.
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2020
Lewiston’s Franco Center cancels conservative commentator’s appearance
The Gendron Franco Center offered no explanation for the abrupt cancellation of the Friday event with Michelle Malkin, whose appearance in Portland was also canceled this week.
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PublishedJanuary 16, 2020
Report: Fewer guns found at New England airports
BOSTON — Federal officials on Wednesday said Transportation Security Administration officers across New England stopped 36 handguns at checkpoints in 2019, a decrease from the 45 that were caught in 2018. The 2019 numbers include a Minot woman who was stopped trying to carry a loaded 9 mm handgun through a checkpoint at the Portland […]
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PublishedJanuary 10, 2020
Auburn man battles grizzly bears for Discovery Channel program
Jesse Erickson’s appearance on “Man vs. Bear” premieres at 8 p.m. Saturday on the Discovery Channel.
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PublishedJanuary 2, 2020
Chickens die in fire at animal rescue center in Auburn
The coop at 850 Garfield Road is on the property of Misfits Rehab run by wildlife rehabilitator Jennifer Marchigiani.
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PublishedDecember 27, 2019
Lewiston police investigating storage unit break-ins
Thieves are cutting locks and stealing items from units across the city.
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PublishedDecember 13, 2019
Despite rescue attempt, man dies after car crashes into West Paris brook off Route 26
Three men jumped into the water and pulled the victim to shore in an attempt to save him.
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