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 […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Kahlua is $40 a half gallon. Would you or your readers have a recipe for homemade Kahlua? Thank you. — The Dude, Lewiston ANSWER: Sun Spots regrets to inform you that you are out of luck when it comes to making Kahlua, even with a recipe, seeing as the federal government looks […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: This Summer Sabbathday Lake Grange in New Gloucester will be holding an indoor yard sale and craft fair on the third Saturday of each month May through September from 8 a.m. to 1p.m. We are looking for anyone interested in renting a table at these sales. The cost is $10 for a […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: You are always so helpful to us all in finding important information. I hope you can help us by telling us when Bates and Bowdoin colleges will have their annual end-of-the-school-year sales? Many thanks for this helpful information. — Andrea DeFilipp, [email protected] ANSWER: According to www.bates.edu, Clean Sweep is held the third […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Is it possible for you to find out why the Farmington hospital does not allow any public use of its Wi-Fi network? Other Maine hospitals have Wi-Fi set up so that family members can keep in touch when visiting ill relatives. Many gadgets are Wi-Fi only, and it would be so convenient […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I am a crafter who needs help. I have been searching for doll eyeglasses. I have found several different sizes, but I need 2¼-inch, half-round eyeglasses. I’m hoping your readers will help me locate these. Any help will be appreciated. — Dodie Mahar, Rumford, 364-2338 ANSWER: Sun Spots guesses that you have […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Is there anyone in the near area that sells local honey? Thank you. You’re doing a great job. — Dorothy, Lewiston ANSWER: Sun Spots found several sources of Maine honey online. Here are a few: www.overlandhoney.com (Portland, 772-3380), www.mainehoney.net (Pittston, [email protected]), www.rlberryfarm.com (Readfield, 685-4709, 877-647-3419), www.mainehoneycrisp.com (Boothby’s Orchard, Livermore, 754-3500), as well […]