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Medical alert device calls a scam

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 […]

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Websites for celebrities abound

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Here’s hoping Miss Double S can steer me in the right directions, as she has for so many others. I am hoping you may know of a website where I might information such as celebrity birth dates, similar to those printed in Eugenia Last’s horoscope column. While her column is helpful, it […]

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Teens seek items for crafting

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I work at a 14-bed adolescent rehabilitation facility with children between ages 14 and 18. They have recently expressed a big interest in learning how to craft, anything from quilting and jewelry making to scrapbooking, to just making seasonal crafts. The idea that they want to learn to do things that will […]

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Avian Haven needs bird rescuers

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Avian Haven needs volunteer transporters in Androscoggin, Cumberland, Oxford and Kennebec counties. Avian Haven is a nonprofit bird rescue and rehabilitation center in Freedom, established in 1999 by Marc Payne and Diane Winn. Our caseload has increased to approximately 1,300 cases per year, and 100 percent of our expenses are paid by […]

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Poland celebrating fire prevention

DEAR SUN SPOTS: October is fire prevention month. On Wednesday, Oct. 16, the Poland Historical Society is hosting a program entitled “In the Beginning — Poland Fire & Rescue,” for a night of remembering and picture taking. For a display in the new memorabilia barn we are seeking all those people involved with Poland’s original […]

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Literacy critical for future success

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Numerous adults in Androscoggin County struggle with low reading, writing and math skills. We have many people on our waiting list that need to upgrade their literacy skills in order to connect with or train for a good job. Some have crazy schedules or lack resources that prevent them from attending traditional […]

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Reader seeks cancer bracelets

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I was wondering if you or your readers might know where I can purchase one of the cancer bracelets that people have. They have a different color for the different types of cancer. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you. — Peg, Mexico ANSWER: Sun Spots contacted the Dempsey Center for […]

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Wayward pedestrian annoys driver

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Countless times the same man waits at the corner of Chestnut and Lisbon streets and when the light turns green for me, he slowly walks across the street in front of my car. I’m sure he does it on purpose because it has happened so frequently. I now go a different route […]

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Book sale seeks donations

DEAR SUN SPOTS: The Mechanic Falls Library, 108 Lewiston St., is looking for books for its fall sale from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 19 in the gymnasium at the Mechanic Falls Town Office. We are looking for paperbacks or hard covers; we cannot accept textbooks or encyclopedias. Books can be dropped off at […]