DEAR SUN SPOTS: I am trying to find someone who can reupholster furniture in central Maine. I have a scalloped-back chair that is in great shape but the fabric is from the 1970s. Thank you for your help. — Paula, no town.
ANSWER: If anyone offers this service in central Maine, please write to Sun Spots to let Paula and other readers know. Here are a few upholstery businesses in the area:
- Brunswick Reupholstering, 1157 Mere Point Road in Brunswick, 207-504-0764;
- Pistol Pete’s Upholstery Shop, 17 Marion St. in Portland, [email protected] or 207-671-7792;
- Liberty Bell Furniture Repair & Upholstery in Portland, [email protected] or 207-344-5924;
- Todds Design Studio, 20 Pleasant St. in Topsham, [email protected] or by calling 207-841-3800.
DEAR SUN SPOTS: Could you please print again the names and contact numbers of pellet stove repair persons. Thank you. — No name, no town.
ANSWER: The following companies offer pellet stove repair service:
- Sagadahoc Stove Co., 26 Bath Road in Brunswick, 207-721-8969 or email [email protected]; and
- HomeTown Heat, 1288 Roosevelt Trail in Raymond, 1-844-655-4328.
If you or your company offers pellet stove repair, please write to Sun Spots.
DEAR SUN SPOTS: The Parish Social Ministry program of Catholic Charities Maine is designed to help parishes meet community needs through various trainings and resources. St. Joseph’s in Bridgton was looking for ways to help residents combat the high costs associated with heating their homes for the winter with a long-term solution that would go beyond one season.
Through Catholic Charities, St. Joseph’s was partnered with WindowDressers — a volunteer-driven nonprofit organization dedicated to helping Mainers reduce heating costs, fossil fuel consumption and CO2 emissions by minimizing heat loss through windows. The parish created its own Community Build Program whereby volunteers learned how to create and install window inserts as an inexpensive alternative to window replacement.
The program has been so successful that St. Joseph’s volunteers plan to go out into the community later this spring to do more measuring and then build more inserts for distribution in the fall.
Other community groups and congregations are welcome to join St. Joseph’s to help measure and build the window inserts. To get involved, please contact Frank Daggett at 207-583-2113.
Anyone residing in the area from Fryeburg to Mechanic Falls can sign up now to receive inserts at www.WindowDressers.org. Teams will custom-measure windows in the spring and the completed inserts will be available in the fall. For more information, contact Frank Daggett at [email protected].
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