DEAR SUN SPOTS: The University of Southern Maine’s Franco-American Collection at Lewiston-Auburn College will host Joyeux Noel, a family celebration of the traditional Franco-American Christmas, on Saturday, Dec. 11, from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. The event will feature a performance by Vermont folk trio Va-et-Vient, as well as a chance for the audience to […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: The Students Transitioning/Experiencing Progress program at Lewiston High School is once again gearing up to do our Holidays for 100 project. We are gathering new items to gift to youth experiencing homelessness within the city of Lewiston during the coming holiday season. Our focus is to provide each youth with heartfelt gifts […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Can you find out if the public had any influence in extending Daylight Saving Time days by two weeks in the fall as well as two weeks in the spring? Also, what year did this change occur? Thank you for solving so many puzzles for all of us. — No Name, Auburn […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I live on a dead end street. Across the street are 48 housing units. When people move out, they leave their cats. Some are pregnant. The cats come to my apartment to be fed. Currently there are six kittens and three full-grown wild cats. I’m afraid they will freeze this winter. I […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I went to the Longhorn restaurant the other night and had their white cheddar stuffed mushrooms and they were to die for! Can they share the recipe? — No Name via e-mail ANSWER: Sun Spots decided that the only way to authentically answer your question was to head over to Longhorn (she […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: What is the best way to tell Time Warner to keep WGME TV-13 on its programming? The phone number we see on the screen of WGME is warning us of a situation where we may not have the station starting Jan. 1. The phone number is only attached to options of changing […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: You were incorrect on firewood measurements. A cord of wood is a term designed to measure wood cut in four-foot lengths. A tier of four-foot-long wood, ranked and well stowed, that is eight feet long and four feet high measures one cord. It contains 128 cubic feet of space, not wood. If […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I wanted to say thank you for your great column and all the help that you give folks. I’ve written in more than a couple of times, and you have done great answering my questions. I was hoping you could help me with another. I am trying to find out where in […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: A few weeks ago I lost a Rite-Aid envelop of pictures between Neil’s diner on Sabattus Street through Farwell and Webster streets to South Avenue in Lewiston. These pictures were of a cruise vacation and had the negatives in the envelope as well. If anyone has found them, please call, as they […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Where would I inquire to learn the fate of a World War II serviceman? — Frank Koris, Rumford ANSWER: The website for the World War II memorial (www.wwiimemorial.com) has a registry where you can enter the name of a veteran or search for someone. Sun Spots feels certain that someone at the […]