DEAR SUN SPOTS: A Perennial Plant Sale will be held from 7 to 11 a.m. Saturday, May 8, at Alpine and Main streets in Paris, across from Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School. Proceeds will benefit Rock House Teen Center at 254 Webber Brook Road in Oxford. Please contact me at 539-2372 if you have questions or would like to donate plants. — Howie, Oxford

ANSWER: If you have extra perennials in your gardens, please consider contributing them. Teens need a place to socialize that’s safe and fun. It’s wonderful that the community has a way to provide that.

The Rock House Teen Center has served teens living in the Oxford Hills communities for three  decades. This is a place for teens to be themselves, be safe, have a free meal, and make new friends.

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Anderson Staples American Legion Post 112 in Oxford will hold a dance for teens age 13-18 years old Friday, May 6, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the post at 169 King St. Admission is $7 per person and food will be available. Please contact Tom at 807-8912 if you have questions. — Howie, Oxford

ANSWER: I hope it’s a great evening for all!

DEAR SUN SPOTS: The Broadview Memorial Cemetery Association will hold its annual meeting at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 15, at Broadview Memorial Cemetery, 379 East Ave. in Lewiston. All lot owners are invited to attend. Please bring your chair and dress for being outside. For information call Joe Nota at 783-6839. — Joe, Lewiston

ANSWER: I hope it’s a warm day with clear skies for your meeting!

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Spring is here and members of the Sumner Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary are preparing for the Annual Garage Sale. It will take place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 4, at the fire station on Route 219. Besides garage sale items, there will be plants, raffle baskets, hot dogs and baked goods.

Donations are accepted, but we are not taking large appliances, televisions, or computers. To donate please call Gail at 674-2552, Polly at 388-2020, Lucy at 388-2824 or Wilda at 388-2981. — Wilda, Sumner

ANSWER: Thank you for always doing such a great job with this terrific sale. It feels so good to make these announcements again and I hope your event is a big success!

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I have been wondering about the LeBlanc’s Cleaners building on Lafayette Street in Lewiston. It looks just terrible. Who owns it? Has it been sold to St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center? — No name, no town

ANSWER: The building is owned by LeBlanc Family Cleaners & Reconditioners Corp. For concerns about the appearance of a building in your municipality, it’s best to call the codes enforcement office and it will follow up.

By the way, if anyone is interested in the history of this long-lived Lewiston institution, you can read about it here: https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/michaud-leblanc/6/. On this site, there are a few typed pages that are difficult to read but scroll all the way to the end and you will see where Charlotte Michaud retyped the information in 1980 for the Franco-American Collection.

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