DEAR SUN SPOTS: The Nezinscot Valley Music Boosters are looking for entries from home cooks and local businesses for the fourth annual Chili & Chowder Cook-Off on Oct. 27. The event runs from 4 to 6 p.m. and features entertainment from the Portland-based bluegrass band Tricky Britches. Judging is done by the community, and the […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I just read your response to a reader’s question about whether it is legal to charge a fee to use a credit card for a purchase (Sept. 25). You replied that one could not charge more for using a credit card but could give a discount for paying cash. Could you explain, […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I’d like to know what the problem is with the street light at Main and Lincoln streets in Lewiston. It’s so bad some days the traffic is backed up all the way across the bridge to Gritty’s. There’s a lot more traffic going across the bridge from Lewiston-Auburn than there is coming […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Please help! During the 2011 Heywood yard sale in Norway, I accidentally sold two plastic photo carousels holding my 2- by 2-inch photo slides. All these photos are from the early 1970s showing my time in the U.S. Navy (Mediterranean Sea) and attending various types of auto races. The Navy photos are […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I would estimate for at least a year now I have observed a maroon Honda CRV with handicap license plates parked in the handicap parking spot on lower Lisbon Street almost in front of Androscoggin Bank. While the other parking spots have time limits, say an hour or two, because this particular […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: In response to the inquiry from Peg of Mexico (Oct. 2), I would like to inform her and others that cancer awareness bracelets can be found at the Central Maine Medical Center gift shop operated by the Woman’s Hospital Association. They are made in the United States and are reasonably priced. Eighteen […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I am thinking about what I want my last name to be once the divorce from my second husband is complete. I am not sure if I want to go back to my maiden name. Is it possible for me to legally go back to my first husband’s last name? Please let […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: On Oct. 3 between Jay and Benton I lost my chain saw. I went to Jay to do my mother a favor by cutting some of her trees.  On the way home the tailgate came down, and the saw rolled out. I just got it last year and with the economy the […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I am wondering who is the artist of the paintings on Luiggi’s exterior walls and the corner of Lisbon Street and street that leads into Auburn (not sure what the name is). They are very well done and enjoyable to look at. — No Name via email ANSWER: There is some confusion […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Can you please find information about a call that I received offering me a free medical alert system along with $3,000 worth of coupons for groceries and even gas. She told me that it was a promotion and the company is called Senior Alert Care. It’s not the first call that I […]