A former tenant left 15 living tarantulas, four dead ones and a ball python behind.
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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Rescuers aid stranded boaters on Sabattus Pond
The three adults and three children were cold from wind and rain but otherwise unhurt, Sabattus Fire Chief Troy Cailler said.
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Maine Bicentennial Band prepares to celebrate 200 years in a big way
On Friday night, the musicians and band leaders were polishing their instruments and their performance for the Maine Bicentennial Parade, set for Saturday morning.
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Auburn fugitive, charged with sex crimes in Michigan, captured in Harpswell
Michael J. Bernard, a lobsterman, was caught by federal officials as he departed a lobster boat Thursday afternoon.
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Cynthia Crocker, philanthropist and former Seltzer & Rydholm owner, dies
Crocker, 95, made a significant impact on the region, and leaves behind a legacy of quiet generosity.
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Farmers’ Almanac predicts a flip-floppy winter
The newest edition of the Farmers’ Almanac declares that this year’s winter will be mild. And then cold. And then stormy, and then mild again.
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Five years after the death of his daughter, Lisbon man receives her ring in the mail
Conrad Davis of Lisbon found comfort in receiving the ring, other coincidences about his daughter.
Posted inMaine Crime, News
Auburn police charge 2 workers at McDonald’s where Suboxone fell into Happy Meal
Police say video surveillance showed the drug falling out of a worker’s shirt pocket into the food container.
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Auburn police investigating report of Suboxone found in McDonald’s Happy Meal
A mother from the Oxford area spotted the drugs inside the Happy Meal box she ordered for her son.
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Lewiston police arrest local man in bank robbery Wednesday afternoon
An undisclosed amount of money taken from Auburn Savings on Sabattus Street.