If you’re like us, you’ve been hearing the same claims for decades: Why waste your money on bug repellents with harsh chemicals when you can simply pickup some Avon Skin So Soft and shoo away all pests while keeping your skin moist and sweet smelling? For years, there have been folks who swear by this […]
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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What’s the deal with DEET?
The chemical DEET was developed for the U.S. Army in 1946 to provide protection for soldiers engaged in jungle warfare. Now the most common ingredient in commercial insect repellents, DEET has been used by the general public since 1957. That’s pretty amazing considering the fact that scientists don’t know exactly why the stuff sends insects […]
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How to kick bug during insect season
Maine loggers, landscapers, guides and gardeners tell us how they repel the bugs.
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The Moxie Festival is ready for this weekend; are you?
A recipe contest, giant hamster wheel, art show and parade are among the events for Friday, Saturday and Sunday in Lisbon.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime
Police investigate shooting in Lewiston late Thursday night
Victim on Bartlett Street reportedly shot multiple times in the stomach.
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One person reported dead in Turner collision involving motorcycles
The collision forced police to shut down a stretch of Route 4, causing traffic snarls in both Turner and Auburn.
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Poland motorcyclist dies in Casco crash
Robert Hollingshead, 52, collided with a pickup truck a the intersection of routes 11 and 121.
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Unknown driver rolls across tomato crops at Blackie’s Farm in Minot
Parts of the car or truck, including a bumper, were left behind in the field at the intersection of Jackson Hill and Center Minot Hill roads.
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A paper carrier’s tale: Mayors, business owners, police officers — they all got their starts delivering the local paper
They became mayors and business owners, martial arts experts and police officers. And they all got their cold, snowy rainy, dog-snarling, fourth-floor-climbing, ultimately (mostly) rewarding starts delivering the local newspaper.
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‘Bad dreams’ and ‘appreciation’ stay with former super carrier Sadie Landry
It’s been nearly three decades since Sadie Landry delivered a newspaper and yet there are still nights when the bad dreams come. “I’m out delivering and I can’t remember where the paper goes,” Landry says of those dreams. “I can’t remember who gets the paper and where it goes. I’m 41 years old and I […]