DEAR SUN SPOTS: The Mt. Blue High School Class of 1971 will hold its 50-year reunion Saturday, Aug. 28, at LaFleurs at 224 Main St. in Jay. Social time is at 5 p.m. with a buffet dinner served at 6:30 p.m. A head count is needed by Aug. 8 with a $35 per person payment […]
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Edward Little High School Class of 1950 holding luncheon in August
DEAR SUN SPOTS: The Edward Little High School Class of 1950 will hold a luncheon at the Chick-a-dee on Aug. 2 at noon. Attendees will order off the menu. Even if you aren’t going to attend, please call Lionel at 782-4370 with your address and phone number so we can get a list of our […]
Necklace with grandmother’s, grandfather’s rings lost while running errands
DEAR SUN SPOTS: We are looking for my grandmother’s necklace! She lost it on June 30 while going to Hairem, the Auburn Hannaford, and the Minot post office. The necklace is made with her and my grandfather’s wedding bands — one bent into a heart and set into the other. Please contact me at 212-4388. […]
Lewiston Auburn Tree Board plans training on browntail moth caterpillars, insects
DEAR SUN SPOTS: Regarding all the input you’ve received from readers about browntail moth caterpillars, by now the caterpillars have turned into moths so the panic should be over for another year. Our Lewiston Auburn Tree Board will conduct a training session on insects in the next year, most likely next spring, and browntail moth […]
Recipe for Hermit cookies or bars replaces one mother made many times
DEAR SUN SPOTS: I’m wondering if you or someone in Sun Spots Land would have a recipe for Hermit cookies or bars? I have looked through all my mom’s cookbooks and can’t find a recipe. I know she had one because she used to make them all the time. Thank you for all your help. […]
Devouring more about Wasson’s Grove
DEAR SUN SPOTS: I am so enjoying the Wasson Grove responses that came in after the letter in the July 14 Sun Spots. My sweet memory is that my boyfriend (husband-to-be) and I spent Sundays at Old Orchard Beach, and being poor college students, we took the toll-free back way home. We would stop at […]
Edward Little High School Class of 1956 plans reunion at Auburn venue
DEAR SUN SPOTS: Please help spread the word to the Edward Little High School Class of 1956. We’re having a mini-reunion at 3 p.m. July 22 at Taber’s. I received a call from a classmate on July 5. He went to Taber’s that day for lunch and noticed that a schedule for the mini-reunions had […]
New Gloucester AMVETS holding yard sale July 31 to fund hall upkeep
DEAR SUN SPOTS: We made a mistake on the date when we wrote to Sun Spots about the New Gloucester AMVETS Auxiliary Yard Sale. It will be Saturday, July 31. — Bea, no town ANSWER: I’ll do better than that. Let’s put the announcement in again with all the information and the correct date: The […]
Wasson’s Grove remembered for hamburgers and cooks dressed in all white
DEAR SUN SPOTS: I was just reading the Sun Journal and saw the words, “Wasson’s Grove” in the headline for your July 9 Sun Spots column. Boy, that got my attention. When I was a child and into my teens, I ate those burgers at Wasson’s a lot. They had the most incredible flavor because […]
Cabbage rolls and Wasson’s Grove hamburgers prompt readers’ feedback
DEAR SUN SPOTS: Your response to Doris in Lewistown (July 9 Sun Spots) is one more cabbage roll recipe for me. I love the variations. My husband’s German mother made “haluptsi” (transliteration of Ukrainian Cerilic) similar to your recipe. She made them for her Ukrainian husband. She added raisins. I had never heard of that. […]