One person is dead after a Friday night shooting at a White Oak Hill Road address in Poland.
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 inLewiston-Auburn
State grant fires up fundraising for Lewiston-Auburn Balloon Festival
The Office of Tourism grant will be used to help draw new audiences to the balloon festival and hopefully to increase the number of overnight stays by festival goers.
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‘She’s so good’: Julia Gagnon fever evident on Day 2 of the Liberty Festival
As the crowds began to pile into Veterans Memorial Park early Friday evening, there was no getting around it: Many attendees were there just for Gagnon.
Posted inMaine
Whispering Pines Haunted Hotel: Ghouls galore in Funtown’s newest ride
The attraction opened last year and gained national attention from USA Today as one of the top 10 best new theme park attractions in the U.S.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Lewiston weight loss surgeon agrees to settlement after prescribing ‘not medically necessary’ braces
The U.S. government charged that Jamie P. Loggins prescribed orthotic braces that were not medically necessary to individuals with whom he had no valid prescriber-patient relationship.
Posted inCops & Courts, Lewiston-Auburn, News
Shots fired, houses burning and gunman holding police at bay in Auburn
Leein Amos Hinkley, 43, was shot dead by police during the hourslong standoff on Russell Avenue in Auburn early Saturday morning.
Posted inMaine, News
Potentially live grenade discovered at West Paris home
The device was identified as an Mk 2 grenade, commonly known as a ‘pineapple grenade,’ which was introduced by the U.S. military in 1918.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Crews rescue stuck moose Friday afternoon in Auburn
Police later said the moose had been stuck for hours.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn
Concord Coach Lines terminating service from Lewiston and Auburn
A new bus service run by the Maine Department of Transportation may be coming along to replace Concord Coach Lines this summer.
Posted inCops & Courts
Police warrant provides glimpse of Jay marijuana grow operation
Police had been watching the home at 864 Franklin Road after learning that it might be the scene of a large marijuana grow operation similar to a grow investigated in New Sharon in March.