Mark LaFlamme

Sun Journal

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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Published
August 21, 2020

Lewiston woman killed in her driveway

Police were in a standoff at a home on Farwell Street while looking for 26-year old Jaquile Coleman, who is a suspect in the Friday afternoon shooting.
Published
August 19, 2020

Shot fired on Center Street in Auburn

Police searching for gunman; no injuries reported
Published
August 14, 2020

Lawsuit accuses Hillandale Farms of gouging egg prices during pandemic

With an egg farm in Turner, Hillandale officials deny the claim and say any price increases were caused by disruptions in the market and the additional cost of maintaining egg production.
Published
August 14, 2020

Two hurt, one arrested in Auburn road rage incident

The fracas caused traffic snarls along Center Street on both sides of the crash site as multiple cars, motorcycles and people clogged the intersection.
Published
August 8, 2020

Coming soon: ‘Couples of Wife Carrying’

The feature film shot in Newry follows two couples competing for beer and glory.
Published
August 6, 2020

Boy recovering after ATV wreck in Oxford

Six-year-old seriously injured near New Oxford Dragway.
Published
July 10, 2020

Maine’s Twitter users among top for anti-mask feelings

Maine ranked fifth in a list of states where heavy opposition to face coverings were observed on the social media platform.
Published
July 6, 2020

Abracadabra! Lewiston firefighters help wannabe escape artist out of his handcuffs

Daniel Gribbin wasn’t under arrest but he still ended up in the police station unable to get out of his own handcuffs. They couldn’t do it either.
Published
July 3, 2020

Fire, police officials wary about Fourth

Add a lunar eclipse, coming on Sunday, and the convergence of circumstances starts to feel like prophecy.
Published
July 1, 2020

‘Click and boom’: Fire marshal report sheds more light on Farmington explosion

A heavily-redacted report of the Sept. 16, 2019, explosion at the LEAP Inc. building that killed a firefighter and injured seven other people is consistent that there was no smell of propane.