Remember when you and the gang used to play pickup hockey on that frozen pond out in the middle of nowhere? The puck would take crazy hops as it slammed into frozen knots of ice. An elegant pass would go completely off course when the puck slipped into weird grooves, dips or bumps. Pond hockey […]
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.
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‘Chess on ice:’ Curling attracts those looking for a bit of competition and camaraderie
Physical, strategic and social. No wonder the sport of curling is attracting a hardcore following in Maine.
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Cold case: Suspect in 1993 Alaska slaying arrested in Auburn
Police say DNA evidence linked Steven H. Downs to a college student’s murder.
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Hebron woman charged after hitting two school buses in Auburn
Jessica Vennell of Hebron was issued a summons for drunken driving.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
Auburn couple find love in the mud
Pair bonded over Toughest Mudder event, with friendship blossoming into relationship.
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Police investigate shots fired in Lewiston
A section of Green Street was closed between East and Sylvan avenues.
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Mark LaFlamme: The five (or so) stages of a head cold
Your head feels as though some cruel sadist has stuffed a hose in each of your ears and pumped it full of pea soup.
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Hot sandwiches and band-aids: Hard times at Speaker’s Variety
There was a time when I was eating, on average, five hot ham and cheese sandwiches from Speaker’s Variety every week. For one thing, the hot ham and cheese sandwiches from Speaker’s were spectacular. I’d ask Jim or Pat or whoever was manning the ovens that day to cook them a little extra so that […]
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Speaker’s Variety: 83-year-old store owner attacked
LEWISTON — An 83-year-old store proprietor was back at work Friday night, nearly a week after her arm was broken during a scuffle with a shoplifter. At Speaker’s Variety on Spruce Street, Patricia Speaker was behind the counter, working alone in the store she’s run for nearly four decades. “I’m sorry I can’t make any hot […]