DEAR SUN SPOTS: For the person with Christmas cards to donate (Jan. 30 Sun Spots), I love making donations to the Lewiston-Auburn SHARECenter. The recycled goods get used by local teachers. Cards are useful for collages and other art projects.I know the SHARECenter is on the move and we would be interested in knowing where […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I have a couple suitcases to donate to a nonprofit that can use them. They are large and have been used once. They are just too big for me to handle anymore. — No name, no town ANSWER: Readers, if you have donated luggage to a nonprofit in the past, let me […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I am looking for a local company to help me move from a small house to an even smaller home just 20 miles away. I do not have a lot of belongings, but need help. I will have everything packed. I just need a mover to take the boxes and some furniture, […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: On Dec. 19, my daughter, Victoria “Ria” Sessions, of Norway competed in her first invitational international competition in the Bahamas. She competed an Xcel platinum division and won a silver medal representing the USA and her gym, Maine Academy of Gymnastics in Westbrook. As a parent, I wanted to express our gratitude […]

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 […]