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  • Published
    July 22, 2021

    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. […]

  • Published
    July 21, 2021

    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 […]

  • Published
    July 20, 2021

    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. […]

  • Published
    July 19, 2021

    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 […]

  • Published
    July 16, 2021

    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 […]

  • Published
    July 15, 2021

    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 […]

  • Published
    July 14, 2021

    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 […]

  • Published
    July 13, 2021

    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. […]

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    July 12, 2021

    Readers have recommendations for those wanting Tupperware dealers

    DEAR SUN SPOTS: Regarding a Tupperware dealer (July 7 Sun Spots), here’s the information for Kim Richards-Jones who I’ve ordered from in the past: https://mytwpage.com/exceptionalsales . — Trudy, no town DEAR SUN SPOTS: I am a Tupperware dealer and would like you to put my name in your Rolodex. I would also like to help […]

  • Published
    July 9, 2021

    Reader recalls Wasson Grove in New Gloucester and its delicious hamburgers

    DEAR SUN SPOTS: I want to ask if anyone remembers Wasson Grove on Route 4 in New Gloucester, popular in the 1940s and beyond. Their hamburgers were something many people enjoyed for many years until the turnpike was built. I hope all who remember this place will write to Sun Spots. — John, Augusta ANSWER: […]