DEAR SUN SPOTS: I just read in your Sept. 3 column the request for a recipe for golden glow pickles. My mom used to make these all the time. They were a family favorite. (My husband used to call them pickled slugs because of the size and shape of the cuke pieces, but he loved […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: The Congregational Church of East Sumner is looking for vendors and items for the annual Harvest Day celebration on Sept. 28. The event will be held rain or shine from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Vendors should provide tables and a tent or tarp cover. This year a barn sale will be […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: One of the many things that the volunteers at Tommy’s Feral Feline Friends do to help abandoned cats living in the wild is to build shelters to protect the kitties from the elements and provide a place to eat free from the danger of predators. As we all know, Maine winters can […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Many thanks for all the help you provide people. I have had good luck before so will ask for help again. I want to know if anyone has the book “Thunder over South Parris.” Also, I need the names of people who repair clocks. Many thanks. — Kathleen, 743-8336 ANSWER: The name […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Our family watched “Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color” on Sunday nights in the 1960s. One of my brothers would love to see the episodes titled “Sancho, the Homing Steer” Are they available in VHS or DVD format? — M.D., Oxford ANSWER: Sun Spots had no luck in finding your movie. In […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: My two kayaks were situated a little too close to the rising Nezinscott River in Buckfield during the Labor Day weekend rain and got swept downstream. We were able to retrieve one of the two, but the other is still AWOL. I have contacted both Turner and Buckfield town offices but otherwise […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Would the person who took the Wizard of Oz characters from my July 6-7 sale on Stearns Hill Road in South Paris please return them, no questions asked. Put them in the mailbox if you want. They are no good without the playset. —Betsy DeWitt, 674-2410 DEAR SUN SPOTS: Maybe you can […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I would like to know who is responsible for cleaning the beach at No Name Pond in Lewiston. For a nice clean pond the beach is a disaster. Thank you for all the help you provide. — Ron, [email protected] ANSWER: Sun Spots could only find out that it is managed by a […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: In honor of those who served during the aftermath of 9/11, Healthy Androscoggin VetCorps is holding an emergency food drive for the Seventh-day Adventist food pantry in Auburn from Sept. 5 to 10. During the last four months, the food pantry has seen an increase from 400 to 900 individuals served. Volunteers […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Montello Manor/Commons is in need of an organ for resident activities. We have volunteers who provide us with much musical enjoyment, and our organ has lost its last leg. Please consider donating your perfectly good working organ to our cause, and we will give it a great new home. Thank you and […]