DEAR SUN SPOTS: Does anyone know what the long white lines that airplanes are leaving behind in the sky are? These lines eventually expand into what looks like a hazy white fog that covers the whole sky. I’ve counted nine planes all in the sky together flying the same way, side by side. I know […]
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Photos of old Eddy’s Drive-In sought
DEAR SUN SPOTS: My father-in-law, Norm Vallee, originally opened the business now known as the Village Inn Restaurant in Auburn in 1963 as Eddy’s Drive-In Diner in the existing building and location. Although he now spends his winters in Florida, Norm just can’t bring himself to fully retire during his months home in Lewiston. He […]
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Correction: Papa John’s fundraiser May 6-7
A Sun Spots item published on Page C15 on April 27 should have said Papa John’s food drive to benefit Good Shepherd Food-Bank will be May 6 and 7. People who donate three or more items at locations in Bangor, Biddeford, Brunswick, Lewiston, Portland and Waterville will get a free pizza. The information was incorrectly […]
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Collect cans for Haitian orphans
DEAR SUN SPOTS: We are very grateful for your help in promoting our annual fundraiser. Catholic Financial Life, formerly Union Saint-Jean-Baptiste Chapter Ste. Croix No. 413, is inviting area residents to join them in our annual family bottle drive to benefit Fr. Marc Boisvert’s Hope Village in Haiti. Free The Kids.org is a nonprofit organization […]
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New England Pie Co. tins are collectible
DEAR SUN SPOTS: You’ve been very helpful in the past. Thank you for that. I have two 9-inch pie tins that say New England Flaky Crust Pie Table Talk. One says 5 cents deposit on it; the other does not. I would appreciate any information on these tins and the company. Thank you. — D.N., […]
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‘Alta’ post office puzzles reader
DEAR SUN SPOTS: You are such a wonderful resource that if you have a slow time, I jump at the chance! I have only gotten dead ends in researching a post office that was in my home from 1900 to 1912. The postmaster was Clement Stetson, also president of both the Greene Grange and the […]
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Bikes not allowed in skate park
DEAR SUN SPOTS: Last fall, we had a visit one Sunday morning from an officer from the Lewiston Police Department. He informed me that if he caught my son biking in the skate park again, he would be taken away in handcuffs. As of last year, it was illegal for bike riders to be in […]
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Lewiston library longs for Legos
DEAR SUN SPOTS: The Lewiston Public Library is looking for a donation of Legos in good condition to be played with in the Children’s Room. — David Moorhead, [email protected], 513-3133 DEAR SUN SPOTS: I wonder if any of your readers in Auburn or Lewiston would be willing to donate “gently used” copies of their Sun […]
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St. Mary’s school seeks classmates
DEAR SUN SPOTS: We are in the closing process of reaching out to all students and friends who attended St.Mary’s Parochial School in the 1960s and the closing in 1967-68. You may not have graduated but are still welcomed! The reunion will take place June 2 at the Franco-American Heritage Center. The reservation deadline is […]
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Java now safe, with caveats
DEAR SUN SPOTS: This is a computer question. A few weeks ago a news item said that Java’s latest form had been hacked, and users were advised to disable it and/or not download that current form. Java was said to be working on a solution which would be available “soon.” Has the Java problem been […]