DEAR SUN SPOTS: For the past year I have been looking around for pork hocks, pickled pigs feet, lamb tongue and pickled eggs, which all came in jars with the name Rogers on the label. These were all readily available in stores, bar rooms and clubs, but today they are just about gone from the […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Can you answer a question for me? Someone told me that once you have LASIK surgery on your eyes, you can never have cataract surgery later on. Is this true? If it is true, then what happens when they get cataracts later in life? — No Name, No Town ANSWER: From reading […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Several of us ladies here in Mechanic Falls would like to know where to get pinking shears sharpened. Can you or your readers help? Thank you. — Maggie, Mechanic Falls DEAR SUN SPOTS: I am visiting here in Rumford with my aunt who is 102. I am from Middleboro, Mass., right next […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I am looking for a copy of “100 Years of Rising with the Sun: Suntennial Celebration of the Lewiston Daily Sun, 1893–1993.” This was published by the Sun Journal in 1993. I would love to obtain a copy by Christmas for my mother. Please do not use my name as she reads […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: We place a large container (butter dish or large tin can) of ammonia in the clean-out part of our chimney (open door and just set it in). This keeps our chimney clean year-round. Just check it and refill when needed. — Don, Oxford ANSWER: Sun Spots has never heard of this method. […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: First of all, I would like to tell you how much I enjoy reading Sun Spots and how helpful Sun Spots has been over the years, which is why I’m writing today. I am writing in response to the person who wrote in Sun Spots on Nov. 11 about getting a lamp […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Once again I need your help, and thank you again for your great column. I found a recipe for a lemon-dill snack mix in an older “The Spirits of Christmas” cookbook (a Leisure Arts Publication — no telephone number available) that calls for an envelope (1.8 ounces) of lemon-dill sauce mix that […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I am looking for three items. Where can I find smokeless, dripless candles? I’m also looking for the 10- by 12-inch individual deli-wraps. The wraps that I have now are Rite Wrap. Also, I want to know where I can purchase Cello Superglide ball-point pens. I purchased the last ones at Wal-Mart […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Thanks for your column of very helpful material. Hope you can help me. Billy Currington has a hit song on Great American Country called “People Are Crazy.” Could you please print the words for this song for me? I know most of them but can’t make out the rest. I would appreciate […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I love your column, so loaded with information. While in Brunswick this summer, I noticed Grand City had closed. Is this just a sign of the times or did they move? In Turner, on Allen Road, there was a “deer farm,” as it was called. Does it still exist? Also, schools want […]