DEAR SUN SPOTS: The Fiddlehead School of Arts and Sciences will hold its Fourth Annual Giant Tag Sale to benefit the school on Sunday, May 20, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the school at 25 Shaker Road in Gray. Anyone wishing to rent a space to sell their goods is required to register in advance and pay for the space at the time of registration. Community members can rent a space for $30. Spaces are 8.5 feet by 15 feet and can accommodate one 8-foot table per space. Vendors must bring a table. Vendor space is limited. Rain date is Sunday, June 3. For more information about the event, please e-mail fiddleheadpto@gmail.com. Thank you!
— Jason, no town
DEAR SUN SPOTS: The Mechanic Falls Public Library will offer a seed planting workshop for children and adults. We have non-GMO heirloom seeds available and will have all the supplies needed to plant several varieties.
The workshop will be at 4 p.m. May 31 on the third floor of the Mechanic Falls Public Library, 108 Lewiston St. We will also offer the workshop on June 9 at 10 a.m. Our future goal is to have a seed library available for patrons. We will include directions on how to dry the seeds for the fall.
Please call or email the Mechanic Falls Library for more information at 345-9450 or mechanicfallslibrary@gmail.com.
— Nancy Petersons, Mechanic Falls
ANSWER: More and more libraries are bringing these types of innovative, creative ideas to their patrons. I can’t say it enough:the local library is your library. Get involved by sharing your time and ideas, make a donation whenever you can, and visit often.
DEAR SUN SPOTS: We own a cedar log swing that is in need of repair and we would like to give it away to someone who might be interested in fixing it and giving it a new life at a new home. We aren’t able to do the repairs ourselves. Please contact us at 777-7194.
— Claire, Lewiston
ANSWER: That’s really generous of you, Claire! I’m sure you’ll get many calls!
DEAR SUN SPOTS: In reference to Sun Spots, May 10, someone asked about filling in her pool area and my name, Fern Gravel at 10 Meadow Lane and phone number was published. I am not a business who provides gravel so please cancel out this information. Thanks.
— Fern, no town
ANSWER: I can’t apologize to you enough, Fern! This is what happens when Sun Spots does not thoroughly check out information found in Google listings. (Do you know you’re listed as a construction business? We are so sorry for any inconvenience this has caused.
I owe you an answer to a question. Send me a good one!
DEAR SUN SPOTS: There was a fire at 220 Gamage Ave. in Auburn in April. I need to find the newspaper article about this. Do you know what date it was in the paper? Thanks again for all you do for so many of us.
— No name, Auburn
ANSWER: The story about the accidental fire that displaced six people residing in a two-family home was published on April 18.
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