“We looked up and we see this car flying through the air and coming right at us,” said Gary Girard, whose car was struck at the drive-thru.
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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Car flips in drive-thru at Burger King in Auburn after Center Street crash
Several Samaritans rushed to the scene to help the victims as rescue crews were on the way.
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Bates College student reportedly assaulted on Lewiston campus
The victim was struck by an unidentified man Wednesday in what was described as an unprovoked assault.
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Rescue crews search for reported missing boater in Lisbon
Local fire crews and rescuers from the Maine Warden Service were on the Androscoggin River about 8 p.m. searching for the missing person.
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Police identify body pulled from the Androscoggin River on Saturday
Isar Coleman’s body was found floating in the river, just up from the falls on the Lewiston side.
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Man’s body pulled from Androscoggin River in Lewiston on Saturday
An autopsy is expected to be conducted early this week, while police review missing persons cases as part of their investigation.
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Not an umbrella to be seen: Balloon Festival off to a sunny start
By early Friday night, as the grounds at Simard-Payne Memorial Park were very quickly filling up, the balloon festival was already on a roll, thanks to a near-flawless morning launch.
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Woman accidentally shot in Lewiston while grabbing Windham officer’s gun, police say
The woman managed to get her hands on a Windham police officer’s gun. She squeezed the trigger and a round was fired, officials said.
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Shake, shiver and shovel: 2023 Farmers’ Almanac to hit shelves early
In a world where self-sufficiency has become more a requirement than a hobby, we might need the Farmers’ Almanac this year more than ever.
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Former Farmington woman identified as Jane Doe killed in 1981
Investigators tried several methods to identify the woman struck and killed by a car, but it was DNA analysis that has now brought closure to the family of Michele ‘Mimi’ Oakes Boutilier-Gautreaux.