For the men and women who work on the Lewiston-based helicopter, the new Agusta comes with more tech, more room and more capabilities for saving lives.
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.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Lewiston man charged with attempted murder after firing gun toward police officer
Joshua Boyd reportedly fired a gun at a police officer who responded to a threatening complaint on Howe Street.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn
21 people displaced by Thursday apartment building fire in Lewiston
The three-story building at 75 Howard St. was home to 21 people from three families, all of them displaced by the blaze.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State
‘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.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
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.
Posted inMaine Crime
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.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State, Maine Crime
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.
Posted inLocal & State, News
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.