DEAR SUN SPOTS: Please consider joining the welcoming and inclusive Central Maine Healthcare volunteer family. CMH volunteers are the health system’s community ambassadors for healthy and compassionate living. Our volunteers serve patients, support families and assist in delivering health care services with compassion, competence and dignity. Volunteers serve across the CMH system supporting departments within […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: The Lewiston Auburn Rotary Club will hold its annual shredding service Saturday,  April 29, from 9 a.m. to noon at John F. Murphy Homes at 800 Center St. in Auburn. As people work on their taxes, this is a good time to go through files and see what can be safely eliminated, […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center is seeking volunteers to join our wonderful team. Volunteers help transport patients within the hospital, assist with departmental projects, deliver flowers to patient rooms, greet patients, provide directions to departments and more. The only requirement is a desire to help others in a friendly and personable manner. […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: We are two senior citizens who just had to replace our router and we can’t connect it to our printer after many attempts. Is there someone locally who could help us out? I think a person that helps folks with tech problems would be very successful! Thank you for all you do. […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: The Marine Corps League, Central Maine Detachment 810, and the Lewiston/Auburn Veterans Council will host a Remembrance Tribute to our Vietnam War/Vietnam era veterans Tuesday from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at the Lewiston Armory at 65 Central Ave. in Lewiston. The public is invited to join us for the presentation of Vietnam […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I have quite a few baby spider plants to give away. I believe there’s a nonprofit that has a sale of these plants sometime in April, if I’m not mistaken. Can you verify this for me? These little plants need a home. No name, Auburn ANSWER: The Androscoggin Hospice Thrift Store used […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Greetings from the Greater Androscoggin Humane Society. I thought Sun Spots readers may be interested in our Dash for Dogs 5K Run and Strutt Your Mutt Walk on Sunday, April 30, starting at 9 a.m. This is a fun, fast fundraiser for the society, and it will happen right on Strawberry Avenue […]

DEAR SUNSPOTS: By the Silver Spur in Mechanic Falls my spouse and I are hearing a very loud whirring machine sound. It could be a generator, HVAC in need of repair, or some kind of industrial machine. This goes on 24/7 and runs continuously for hours then stops for about 10 minutes and starts all […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: We want to remind everyone that the folks at Readfield United Methodist Church on Route 17 in Kents Hill are holding a Cabin Fever Game Day on Saturday from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. We will have an assortment of traditional games available and invite people to bring their own special game if […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I recently cleaned out a lot of saved magazines. Some are too beautiful and like mini books. I just cannot throw them away without offering them to an interested party. I am thinking of a culinary arts school or an avid cook. These magazines include explanations of why methods work best after […]