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
April 24, 2020

More cases of COVID-19 reported at Farmington living center

The director of Maine Centers for Disease Control & Prevention said eight residents and five staff members have tested positive.
Published
April 24, 2020

Woman shot in Lewiston; suspects in custody

Police say someone fired a bullet into an apartment through a window late Friday, striking a woman in the back.
Published
April 23, 2020

Police don’t have a motive for Thursday’s drive-by shooting in Jay

Police charged a Bangor woman and a Connecticut man after witnesses said they saw them drive away toward Livermore Falls in a white SUV after the shooting on Otis Street in Jay.
Published
April 23, 2020

Two arrested after drive-by shooting in Jay

Police charged a Bangor woman and a Connecticut man after witnesses said they saw them drive away toward Livermore Falls in a white SUV after the shooting on Otis Street in Jay.
Published
April 15, 2020

Explosion rocks Androscoggin Mill in Jay but no one seriously injured

In the moments following the Wednesday morning blast at the Androscoggin Mill, many feared the worst.
Published
April 8, 2020

‘So happy!’ Larry Lord is going home

The building supervisor severely burned in the Farmington propane explosion is being discharged Friday.
Published
April 3, 2020

COVID-19: A survivor story from a University of Maine at Farmington graduate

“If you cannot appreciate the major risk you are putting yourself, your loved ones or your neighbors in by not following these parameters, you are so very wrong,” Nicole Boivin said.
Published
April 1, 2020

DHHS office in Lewiston closed a second time

One confirmed COVID-19 case and one potential case have been reported.
Published
March 21, 2020

The art of social distancing: How to stay healthy and sane

For most, it’s an inconvenience, but not a life-changing one.
Published
March 19, 2020

Coronavirus case confirmed at Bates College

LEWISTON — A case of COVID-19 has been confirmed at Bates College, school officials announced Thursday night. Although, officials didn’t specify whether the patient is a student or faculty, he or she was said to be at home in self-isolation. “We became aware of this case today,” Bates President Clayton Spencer wrote on the school […]