Dear Sun Spots: Regarding the inquiry from Concerned Brother in Sabattus, who is worried about his sister living in a Main Street apartment in Auburn, where none of the windows can be opened:
The Auburn Fire Department and the Auburn Planning & Permitting Department also investigate these types of complaints. The AFD administrative office is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The phone number is 784-5433. Please dial ext. 28 for the fire prevention officer. The building inspector/code officer and the sanitation code officer are located in the Planning & Permitting department at Auburn City Hall. The number there is 333-6601, ext. 158, and this office is also open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. – Janet, Auburn Fire Department.
Answer: Many thanks to Janet for the information.
Dear Sun Spots and column readers: Can anyone recommend someone who could take a look at our GE refrigerator? The ice maker stopped working last summer, and the water works when it wants to. It is only four or five years years old. Thank you for any help. – Mary in Turner.
Dear Sun Spots: After receiving my pharmacist’s advice on which shoe inserts might be best for my painful feet, he showed me his shoes which give him great relief while standing for long periods. They’re called Irocs and he bought them at a Maine fair. He thinks the company was based in Skowhegan. Could you please help with the phone number or address. My feet would be ever so grateful. – Diana Pratt, No Town.
Answer: Sun Spots located www.irocshoes.com, at 13 Columbia Drive, Amherst, NH 03031, 1-877-476-2746. You may also reach them online at www.870irocshoe.com. In addition, you may send a direct e-mail to [email protected].
Dear Sun Spots: I recently saw a television episode with Martin Klebba. He had his picture taken with the whole family and said that he is going to use the photos for autographs. How would one be able to contact him about that by e-mail or mail or about getting an autographed photo? Thanks. – No Name, Lewiston.
Answer: According to his Web site, www.martinklebba.com, you may purchase several autographed photos through the site or by contacting Martin Klebba at 11345 Old Ranch Circle, Chatsworth, CA 91311.
Dear Sun Spots: I really enjoy your column every day. I would like to purchase a 1979 Oxford Hills High School yearbook. I may be reached at 539-2312. – S. Brown, Oxford.
Dear Sun Spots: I am doing genealogy of my line of Farringtons. I would love pictures of Stephen and or Apphia Bradley, John II and or Nancy Royce Southwell and or Amanda Miller, James Henry and or Anna Bassett.
If anyone has any of the above photographs, I would really appreciate having a copy. I would love to share any information I have on this family’s lineage. – Lois (Farrington) Niemi, Stoneham.
• Readers responding to No Name, No Town in the June 12 column, seeking assistance with locating places to sell her jewelry made with seaglass, shell, fossil minerals and other materials, can e-mail her at [email protected]. Unfortunately, Sun Spots provided an incorrect address.
Dear Sun Spots: Your column has been very helpful to many. I am looking for someone who can repair a zipper in a large duffel bag on wheels? Do you or any of your readers know of any business that could help me? Thank you. – Mary Crane, Turner.
Dear Sun Spots: I am hoping that the couple who purchased two Fisher-Price barns at my yard sale on Friday, June 15, reads this:
Would they please contact me at 784-1289. They left some items behind that I’d like to ensure they have as part of their set. – Nancy from Lewiston.
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