The three-story building at 75 Howard St. was home to 21 people from three families, all of them displaced by the blaze.
Mark LaFlamme
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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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‘Completely changed my life:’ A year of COVID
We talk to area residents about the losses and the lessons one year after COVID hit Maine.
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Former Auburn lawyer Seth Carey arrested in Florida, charged with sex crimes
Police said their investigation began in March 2018, when a 34-year-old woman reported to Rumford police that Carey, now 46, had sexually assaulted her.
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Candlelit baths and tarantulas: Accused Casco burglar has a strange criminal history
Sean Schoonmaker was charged last year with keeping more than 50 spiders and scorpions in a Norway motel room.
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Suspect charged with murder in stabbing of Turner couple
Patrick J. Maher, who rented a room from Troy and Dulsie Varney, was in custody Friday.
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Farmington nursing home reports 29 cases of COVID-19
According to reports from the facility management, 19 residents and 10 staff have tested positive for the virus.
Posted inHealth, Lewiston-Auburn, Local & State
Attorney General to Androscoggin County commissioners: Mask up
A letter from Aaron Frey to the Androscoggin County Commissioners was sent on the heels of a meeting Wednesday in which the panel voted to table a resolution rejecting the COVID-19 mask mandate ordered by Gov. Janet Mills.
Posted inMaine Crime
Buckfield homeowner arrested after standoff with police
State police say Daniel Sweetser met them at the door with an ax.
Posted inMaine Crime
Norway man surrenders after 6-hour standoff
Brian Cabral was charged with aggravated drug trafficking, domestic terrorizing and violating bail conditions.
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Stimulus checks arriving in unsealed envelopes a mail processing machine error, says USPS
According to a spokesman from the United States Postal Service, the problem likely began at the offices of the U.S. Treasury.