DEAR SUN SPOTS: Thank you for the good you do for this area. I do not know what we would do without you! Friends have told me that because my husband is a veteran and receives his health care from them that I can qualify for the state to pay my Part B Medicare. Is […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: We love Sun Spots and appreciate all your help and good tips. We are hoping you or some of your readers could help us with a special request. We have been blessed and honored to have my father-in-law, Albert Dupuis, back in Maine with us after 48 years in Bristol, Conn. He […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Where can you obtain a list of people who want to write? I am looking for an adult pen pal. — No Name, No Town ANSWER: There are several websites where you can find a writing pal. They include www.penpalworld.com, www.penpalsnow.com and www.interpals.net. Sun Spots noted that your letter was handwritten. If […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: First off, I’d like to thank you so much for this column. I read it nearly every day and really appreciate all the help you and the readers give. I am looking into making a quilt for a teacher at our school who is adopting a 2-year-old girl from China. There is […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Our shop is getting ready to hold its first Piecing for Pets event. We are asking for assistance from local quilters who would be interested in making pet beds to donate to the Humane Society. Beds should roughly measure 12 by 16 inches. Pet beds can also be knitted or crocheted. These […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: There will be a bake sale to benefit Loaves & Fishes on May 12, 13 and 14 at the Sabattus Regional Credit Union on the corner of Center Road and Sabattus Street in Sabattus. Bakers and buyers are needed. For more information, contact Sister Lucille Fournier at 375-8399. — Claudette Therriault, www.sabattusdominicans.org […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Is there a place where I could take mahjong lessons? — Carole Pike, [email protected] ANSWER: Sun Spots did not find anything online. Maybe a reader can help. DEAR SUN SPOTS: Can you please find me an address and/or phone number for Great Falls TV? They used to be listed in the phone […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Do you know where we can find a two-wheel laundry cart? We like to hang out our laundry on a clothesline and putting wet clothes in a laundry cart makes it easier than toting a heavy laundry basket. — Winfield Grant, [email protected] ANSWER: Most of the laundry carts Sun Spots has seen, […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I try to eat berries year-round because they are very healthy and good to eat. I always rinse these berries with water from the faucet before eating them. I worry about chemicals. Is this the best way to clean them? What about berries from Chile and Mexico? — L.L., Brunswick ANSWER: Washing […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: At times you help people find words to an old song. I wonder if you might have the lyrics for one I found hilarious as a teenager way back in the 1940s. It ended with the words “Can’t get away to marry you today; my wife won’t let me.” Do you know […]