DEAR SUN SPOTS: I’d like to find out if you and your readers know of any St. Valentine’s Day dances coming up. I’d really like to go to a special dance with my husband, and he would also like to take our 11-year-old daughter to a father-daughter dance if there is going to be one […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Will there be free tax help for seniors at the Lewiston Armory this year? — Richard, no town ANSWER: According to the CA$H Maine website (https://www.cashmaine.org/find-your-location/), it doesn’t look like the tax return preparers will be at the Armory this year. You can, however, take a picture of your tax documents (or […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I would like to look at this past Sunday’s epaper but I cannot find a location to review the previous days’ e-papers. Can you provide information on how to do this? — Tim, no town ANSWER: Click on the menu icon of your current day’s e-paper. (The three horizontal lines on the […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I know under Maine law that it’s illegal for merchants to charge fees to pay by credit card. Where can you report a merchant who violates that law? Also, is it illegal for a municipality to charge a fee for using a credit card?—No name, no town ANSWER: The law states, “a […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Regarding the letter about the increase in electricity bills (Jan. 18 Sun Spots), household electric bills have two parts: supply and delivery. All customers have options when choosing their energy supplier and their energy supply rate, which is the cost of generating electricity. Customers can choose the standard offer, a rate of […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I have a question about senior housing. There is a building at Lisbon Street and East Avenue. I think it was a school and I heard it was going to be senior housing. Has it been approved and where does it stand? Are there going to be one- and two-bedroom apartments? If […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I sure hope you can help us. I’m not the only person steaming over our latest bills from Central Maine Power. For example, my December bill that covered  November was almost $300. Now the January bill to cover 28 days in December is $503! I have a detached small garage that only […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I’m a Latin teacher at Lewiston High School and have some students who speak Portuguese. I would like to learn some Portuguese so I can speak it with them. Are there resources, such as grammar books, that people could share with me? You can reach me at 795-6791. — Bernie Fortier, no […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: A few months ago, you wrote about an organization that picks up used medical supplies, refurbishes them and gives them to needy countries. I have lost that information. Could you please give publish it again?—Constance, no town ANSWER: You are remembering Partners for World Health (www.partnersforworldhealth.org/medicalsupplydonations) at 40 Walch Drive in Portland. […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Regarding vehicle access to Gas Light Park (Jan. 11 Sun Spots), the park was restricted beginning in the summer of 2022.  Pedestrian access has never been restricted, and vehicle parking is available in the small parking lot across from the park at Locust and Lincoln streets. The park has been subjected to […]