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 […]
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Reader recommends ammonia for clean chimney
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. […]
Once again readers come through with answers
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 […]
Reader searching for lemon-dill sauce packets
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 […]
Reader searching for smokeless, dripless candles
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 […]
Song lyrics ‘adjusted’ at Internet site
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 […]
Closing of Brunswick’s Grand City lamented
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 […]
Tough times take toll on local businesses
DEAR SUN SPOTS: I bought a tanning package at Madison’s Tanning and Day Spa in Lisbon for $70 at the beginning of October. I called several times to make an appointment and only got an answering machine. I left a message each time and finally someone called me back mid-October and said that she was […]
Spouses want veterans’ names added to memorial
DEAR SUN SPOTS: In a recent online article in the Sun Journal I read about the Veterans Memorial. My wife, Muriel Peck (nee LeBel), was only 20 years of age when she volunteered for the WAVES in World War II (1942). It was noted by the Navy recruiter in Lewiston that he was the first […]
Reader requests information on L-A railroad
DEAR SUN SPOTS: I am writing a history of the Lewiston & Auburn Railroad, better known as the Grand Trunk Depot on Lincoln Street, and the track that went out to Lewiston Junction in Auburn. This was the route that many people took to and from Quebec. I would like to hear from readers who […]