Maine ranked fifth in a list of states where heavy opposition to face coverings were observed on the social media platform.
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 inLewiston-Auburn
Abracadabra! Lewiston firefighters help wannabe escape artist out of his handcuffs
Daniel Gribbin wasn’t under arrest but he still ended up in the police station unable to get out of his own handcuffs. They couldn’t do it either.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State
Fire, police officials wary about Fourth
Add a lunar eclipse, coming on Sunday, and the convergence of circumstances starts to feel like prophecy.
Posted inLocal & State
‘Click and boom’: Fire marshal report sheds more light on Farmington explosion
A heavily-redacted report of the Sept. 16, 2019, explosion at the LEAP Inc. building that killed a firefighter and injured seven other people is consistent that there was no smell of propane.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State
Man dies in motorcycle-truck collision in Auburn
The accident occurred at Garfield and Perkins Ridge roads.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime
Shots fired in Lewiston; man charged with attempted murder
The police recovered a gun and had arrested a Massachusetts man.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Lewiston crews battle second fire in a vacant building
Investigators are trying to pinpoint the cause of the second blaze in two nights at 164 Oak St. in Lewiston.
Posted inLocal & State
Oxford motorcyclist killed in Weld crash
Police said Thomas Owens was not wearing a helmet when his motorcycle crashed on Route 142.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime
Man shot on Bartlett Street in Lewiston
Victim listed in critical condition four hours after being wounded.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State
Turner tortoise on the lam returns home
It is speculated that warmer weather might have drawn the creature out of hiding, just as Sher Blevin had predicted during the long search.