DEAR SUN SPOTS: Calling all musicians! My name is Ken Tyler. I am a retired director of the United States Air Force Academy Drum and Bugle Corps and I am looking for musicians. I am trying to see if there is interest out there to march in an all-state marching band. We are in the […]

Which Sun Spots logo do you like better? DEAR SUN SPOTS: What is the history of this Sun Spots column? — Curious, via email. ANSWER: Sun Spots has been asked this question in the past and has referred to the previously published answers to that question. It is reported that this column began in the […]

HELLO SUN SPOTS: The new billing from the local cable company has a nearly 300 percent increase for digital adapters along with increases in “taxes and fees and surcharges.” How do we know who gets these increases? I would like to hear from Sunspots’ vast readership of their experiences with the local dish companies. It […]

Last year, 255 gowns were donated to WLU and 55 gowns were given away for free at the event. WLU also donated a dozen gowns to another local nonprofit, Tri-County Mental Health’s Social Learning Center, for its clients’ yearly formal dance. At last year’s event, 65 girls attended and registered for prizes such as gift […]

ANSWER: Sun Spots did some research and learned that maple bricks were popular in the days when transporting white sugar was difficult and expensive and so these maple bricks were used instead of white sugar. Sun Spots found two companies that advertise maple bricks in their product line, one in New York and one in […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: My father, Richard Theberge, died Feb. 28, 1968, in a plane crash at the Auburn-Lewiston Airport. My siblings and I are interested in visiting the crash site. We are searching for anyone who may have responded to the crash or lived nearby at the time of the crash. Lt. Donald Delisle of […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I would like pictures of or articles about Paine Products’ original manufacturing plant which I understand burned down many years ago. I would be more than happy to pay for any photos or information about the original plant. I don’t have email so you could mail the photos or call me at […]

Crafters can rent a table for $20 and sell all the supplies they bought but never used. This fair is for fabric and supplies only, not finished products. Fabric donations for the church tables may be left at the church after April 1. Call 207-784-1306 in the morning to confirm that someone will be there. […]

We have been able to make sure Sumner’s families are getting a good variety of food items to meet their needs. While there have been many, many contributors of food, money and physical labor, I would like to especially thank a few specific people. Christopher Dunn brought in a grocery bag of food on behalf […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: The reunion committee of the Lewiston High School class of 1975 is organizing their 40th reunion. The celebration is slated for Aug. 1, 2015. We appreciate any contact information for the classmates listed below: mailing address, phone, or email. Email dmlebrun@hotmail.com. We are looking for Ramona Ames, Judy Ashton, Robert Auger, Roberta […]