DEAR SUN SPOTS: Each year, St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center holds a giant yard sale to benefit its partners in Haiti, the St. Boniface Foundation, Pwoje Espwa (Project Hope) orphanage and the Sisters of Charity of Saint-Hyacinthe. This year, the yard sale will be held Saturday, May 7. Right now, we’re searching for donations such […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Recently I have been told about slow-feeding hay nets to feed my horses with. It is supposed to be more like grazing for them and less waste, hence keeping my feeding costs down as well. I would like to make my own. I am looking for anyone who may have an old […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I am aware of a farmers’ market that meets in the Lewiston-Auburn area in the spring and summertime. Can Sun Spots tell me if I would be allowed to bring an assortment of potted perennials to the market and offer to sell at a reasonable price? I have many daylilies and spring […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: We had been without a vehicle for six months and finally were able to purchase a truck. The car dealer said it was in great shape, worth much more and had just gotten a sticker. We had it two days, and the brake lines went. My husband went right back to the […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Back in October my then-fiance and I went to the Hannaford in Jay, where I noticed a ring in the parking lot. It seems to be a wedding band, with initials and dates engraved on the inside of the band. It is a gold band with small diamond accents. We immediately turned […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Books N Things is an independently owned and operated full-service bookstore in Norway. We make every effort to carry books by local authors and of local interest. We have “From the Volcano to the Gorge” (March 31 letter) in stock, and one of the authors actually came in to the store today […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: In response to D.T.’s March 25 question regarding why weddings were held in the early morning, my experience in 1946 was that all Catholic weddings were held very early. Probably for the convenience of the clergy as there was a daily Mass anyway. We were told that the hour would be 8 […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: It’s not too early to plan for special summer events. The New Sharon Alumni Association will celebrate its 100th anniversary of the first graduating class from New Sharon High School on June 25. Plans are under way to share memories, memorabilia and dinner together on the grounds of the former high school. […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I have a hobby of finding unclaimed money and other valuables such as stock and contents of safe deposit boxes and then reuniting this property with the rightful owner. I am a disabled veteran and do this as a hobby. I do not charge, accept no money nor favors, do not want […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: On March 25, there was a request for the rules to a card game where the 7 could be split, the 4 moved backward, etc. We often play this game, which we simply call Marbles. It’s played with two decks of cards, four marbles for each player and a wooden board with […]