DEAR SUN SPOTS: For the lady who wanted a sugarless pumpkin pie, here is a recipe passed on to me by my father (who was a chef back in the 1920s). Note that it is eggless, butterless and sugarless. 2 cups pumpkin 2 cups canned milk (hot) 2 common crackers (rolled fine) 3 tablespoons boiled […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I am writing this in response to Judy Baird’s Sun Spots inquiry concerning the downfall of Evergreen Valley. My grandfather Rupert Aldrich was the last owner of the ski resort to see the lifts turn in the early spring of 1982. I worked for him during those final years along with my […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Could you let us know the year and month that the Medicare Part D late penalty took effect? I was told that it was 1 percent a month times the number of months the person did not enroll. We always look forward to reading Sun Spots. Thanks. — No Name, Lewiston ANSWER: […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: The University of Southern Maine’s Franco-American Collection at Lewiston-Auburn College will host Joyeux Noel, a family celebration of the traditional Franco-American Christmas, on Saturday, Dec. 11, from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. The event will feature a performance by Vermont folk trio Va-et-Vient, as well as a chance for the audience to […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: The Students Transitioning/Experiencing Progress program at Lewiston High School is once again gearing up to do our Holidays for 100 project. We are gathering new items to gift to youth experiencing homelessness within the city of Lewiston during the coming holiday season. Our focus is to provide each youth with heartfelt gifts […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Can you find out if the public had any influence in extending Daylight Saving Time days by two weeks in the fall as well as two weeks in the spring? Also, what year did this change occur? Thank you for solving so many puzzles for all of us. — No Name, Auburn […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I live on a dead end street. Across the street are 48 housing units. When people move out, they leave their cats. Some are pregnant. The cats come to my apartment to be fed. Currently there are six kittens and three full-grown wild cats. I’m afraid they will freeze this winter. I […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I went to the Longhorn restaurant the other night and had their white cheddar stuffed mushrooms and they were to die for! Can they share the recipe? — No Name via e-mail ANSWER: Sun Spots decided that the only way to authentically answer your question was to head over to Longhorn (she […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: What is the best way to tell Time Warner to keep WGME TV-13 on its programming? The phone number we see on the screen of WGME is warning us of a situation where we may not have the station starting Jan. 1. The phone number is only attached to options of changing […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: You were incorrect on firewood measurements. A cord of wood is a term designed to measure wood cut in four-foot lengths. A tier of four-foot-long wood, ranked and well stowed, that is eight feet long and four feet high measures one cord. It contains 128 cubic feet of space, not wood. If […]