DEAR SUN SPOTS: My neighbors and I are wondering if you have names of people in your Rolodex who work on mobile homes installing insulation, heating tape, etc. We thank you for your help. — No name, no town ANSWER: If you live in a park, I would hope that your manager could make recommendations. […]
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Recommendations requested for seamstresses and quilters
DEAR SUN SPOTS: Do you like to sew? I have Halloween costume patterns and others to give away. Call Sylvia at 783-3935 DEAR SUN SPOTS: I’m hoping someone can help me find a pattern called the Pumpkin Patch. I believe it was put out by Keepsake Quilting around 1993 or 1994. If someone has it […]
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Lost ring with mother’s diamond a precious gem to reader
DEAR SUN SPOTS: I’m hoping someone can help me. Earlier this summer, I lost my mother’s white-gold diamond ring. I had just had it set with her diamond and my two smaller diamonds. I have looked everywhere and I am hoping someone found it. I’m almost to the point of reporting it to my insurance […]
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Lewiston Post Office undergoing repairs, upgrades
DEAR SUN SPOTS: In regard to the question about the trains running through Auburn (Sept. 16 Sun Spots), the line is the Pan Am Railway, owned by the Mellon family (Mellon Bank) of Pittsburgh and is currently for sale. Guilford Industries, owned by the Mellon’s, bought the Boston & Maine Railroad in 1981 and the […]
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Where to find information on missing stimulus checks
DEAR SUN SPOTS: Below is an excerpt and link from an article in the Washington Post (published on Sept. 11) about missing stimulus checks. This is in response to a recent question from a reader. I realize there may not be room in your column for the entire article, but perhaps there are some nuggets […]
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Fighting for tax refund, against ‘grandparent’ scam
DEAR SUN SPOTS: I was impressed enough with the Sept. 15 Sun Spots regarding a teacher who hadn’t gotten her unemployment funds that I was compelled to write about my issue. Our tax returns were sent electronically by our preparer on February 22. It is now Sept. 15 and thus far our check still hasn’t […]
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Identifying train that runs through Auburn
DEAR SUN SPOTS: What can you tell us about the train that passes through downtown Auburn, near the library? Where is it coming from and where is it going? What does it carry and who owns it? When was this railroad established and how often does it go by? Is there any other information you […]
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Unemployment story inspires jobless in Ohio
DEAR SUN SPOTS: On Friday, Sept. 11, we found a power tool on the side of Quaker Ridge Road in Greene. It looks like it may have fallen off a truck. If you lost something, please email [email protected] with a description of the power tool. — Beth, Greene ANSWER: Thank you so much for writing […]
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Fundraisers cautiously making a comeback
DEAR SUN SPOTS: AMVETS Post 6 on Route 100 in New Gloucester is having a Take-Out only Bean Supper Saturday, September 19. We will be serving curbside from 4-6 p.m and will offer two types of beans, red hot dogs, Cole slaw, Chop Suey, biscuits, brown bread, and apple pie. To order ahead, call or […]
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Readers offer resources for snow removal, screen repair, scrapple
DEAR SUN SPOTS: I just read in the Sept. 8 Sun Spots that you’d like telephone numbers for snowblowing and plowing and lawn care services. My daughter found a person from Turner and I just talked with him and hired him after he gave me all the information I needed. I told him about Sun […]