Mark LaFlamme is a Sun Journal news reporter and columnist and the author of several works of fiction. He sleeps until noon each day and regrets nothing. Mark has several exciting hobbies, all of which are none of your business. Seriously, you don’t want to know. This page is a collection of his Street Talk and Talk of the Town columns.
Street Talk
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October 23While I'll never experience the kind of soul-deep terror that a kid feels when sitting bug-eyed for a scary flick, I do still enjoy a good spine-tingler; so much, in fact, that I've compiled you a list.
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Street Talk: The real mystery here wasn't what was contained in that strange, plump bundle. The real mystery to me is how it got up there in the first place.
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October 9Street Talk: She doesn't drink, she doesn't do drugs, she's friendly with police. That's made this 67-year-old woman a target for the other homeless in and around Auburn's Bonney Park.
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September 18Every Friday, Chase rides his scooter to Dufresne Plaza to play his violin for the masses.
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September 11Street talk: After 150-plus years of enjoying a reputation as one of the finest showpieces in the area, the house became a place of disease and despair.
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September 4The spiel from the vet was dire; talk of blood work and ultrasounds and the potential for abscesses, tumors and God only knew what other deadly formations that might exist down deep in the guts of my beloved cat. Hope for the best, was the general idea, and prepare for the worst.
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August 30Ethan Dumont didn't just want to get the stolen four-wheeler back home; he wanted to do it in such a way that his boy would never even know it was missing in the first place.
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August 21Street talk: For three nights straight the Whitney Street Community Garden became the victim of an all-out assault by vandals who either went over the fence or straight through it.
Talk of the Town
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Talk of the Town: People are reaching out with some interesting ideas.
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October 11Talk of the Town: Everyone's a critic. Especially that opossum with the long face.
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Talk of the town: There are vicious, limb-ripping bears and then there are the blessed creatures that look and smell just like bears but get you out of covering political candidates.
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Talk of the Town: There seems to be a lot of judgment going on and, well ... a lot of throwing out to. Take that judgers!
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Talk of the Town: Yes, I expect a letter soon from Mr. Mom about the wisdom of riding a motorcycle with shorts on. I'm waiting and ashamed.
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Talk of the Town: The view on top of Streaked Mountain is dazzling. And I'm not talking about when I finally climbed to the top and disrobed. Or am I?
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Talk of the Town: Cats don't have many facial expressions, but I swear mine seems extremely relieved.
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September 1Talk of the Town: Your load of furniture would have arrived fine, Mrs. Harris, but I jumped when the lane departure alarm went off and . . .