After more than 10 years on the job, Kristen Miale made a ‘lasting Impact on the food insecurity landscape in Maine.’
Mark LaFlamme
Staff Writer
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 inBusiness
Rumford Marden’s shuts doors for good because of safety reasons
Store officials announced Wednesday night that the store is closing due to unspecified safety reasons at the Route 2 facility.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State
‘You do not deserve to be treated this way’: Dozens gather for victims of human trafficking
One fact was stressed over and over, and by a variety of speakers at Lewiston’s Dufresne Plaza: Mainers need to get over their denial of the problem before the important work of combating it can begin.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State
Virginia man charged with trying to steal Auburn firetruck
The suspect was chased off by a firefighter and later rounded up by police.
Posted inCops & Courts, Lewiston-Auburn
Lewiston murder suspect captured in Greene
Eddie Massie is wanted in the death of 25-year-old Lacresha Howard in Lewiston last weekend.
Posted inCops & Courts, Lewiston-Auburn
Auburn man’s trial on rape charge begins in Boston
According to court records, the former Auburn woman, then 23, was raped by two men the same night at a Boston hotel. A criminal trial of one of the men began on Wednesday.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Lewiston police identify homicide victim and suspect in her killing
Police say the man they are looking for is armed and dangerous.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Police search Mexico location for clues to the 1986 disappearance of Kimberly Moreau
Maine State Police detectives, acting on a tip, searched in an area behind Jimmies, a popular ice cream stand just off Route 2.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State
Friends, family of Poland murder suspect say they desperately sought help
Justin Butterfield, 34, accused of killing his older brother in a grisly Thanksgiving Day slaying in Poland, has been in and out of mental health facilities for schizophrenia treatment, those close to him say.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State
Man charged with murder after body found at Poland mobile home, police say
Justin Butterfield, 34, of Poland was charged after the body was discovered Thursday morning, police say. Family and friends say they have been trying for years to get help for Butterfield. Killed Thursday morning was 38-year-old Gabe Damour.