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Searching for friend; Turner veterinarian

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I recently reconnected with a couple of old friends. We’d like to get together, but we’re still missing one other friend, Peggy Danforth. We believe she married someone with the last name of Lewis. Does that ring a bell with anyone? We all worked for Depositor’s Trust in 1963-64. —No name, Lewiston […]

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Guitar duet, The “Experience”

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I’m a retired person with many years’ experience playing finger-style acoustic guitar. I am seeking a like-minded person who lives between Lewiston-Auburn and the mid-coast Brunswick area to collaborate with. The ultimate goal is playing at the many “open mic” nights and expanding what can be done with a solo instrument and […]

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Unwanted mail can be stopped two ways

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I keep getting unwanted mail from veterans’ groups and other organizations that contains labels, calendars and stickers. A few years ago I asked for your advice about this and was told that as long as I didn’t order anything, I don’t have to pay for it, but I don’t want these mailings […]

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Vets’ cemetery fund; Locating classmates

DEAR SUN SPOTS: As Mainers file their income tax forms this season hoping for a big refund, they also have an opportunity to give back to those who have served in the military by donating part of their refund to the Maine Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery Fund. The fund supports the maintenance and preservation of Maine’s […]

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Yard sale to benefit animal shelter

DEAR SUN SPOTS: The United New Auburn Association and Walton School have teamed up to offer a chili/chowder challenge from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday, March 17, at the Walton School. Featuring chili and chowders from our local businesses and community members, this is sure to be a taste-testing extravaganza! Admission is $5 at the door. Raffle […]

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Classmates, Bowl-a-thon

DEAR SUN SPOTS: We’re desperately seeking Lewiston High School Class of 1968 classmates: Joanne Dion Baribault, Linda Doyon Higgins, Jackie Ducharme Rioux, Helen Dussault Torti, Janice Dutil Godin, Aurise Fortin Hughes, Linda Fournier Derosier, Gerard Gagne, Doris Gagne Tennesson, Linda Gastonguay, Pauline Giguere, Suzanne Giroux, Donald Grenier, Pat Grenier Gaworski and Pauline Grondin Coverdale. Please […]

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Cat’s Meow, Jungle Book, dowsing

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I’m looking for a Cat’s Meow Village Collectible of the Bates Mill. These are wooden and many of them were made for different buildings in Lewiston and Auburn. They were once sold at the former Gooseberry Barn. If anyone has one of these and doesn’t mind parting with it, I would be […]

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Vietnam War veterans; art restoration

DEAR SUN SPOTS: The Marine Corps League, Detachment 810, will celebrate National Vietnam War Veterans Day from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 29 at Veterans Memorial Park on Main Street in Lewiston. The event is open to everyone, especially veterans who served in Vietnam or were on active duty during that era, Oct. 1, […]