DEAR SUN SPOTS: I’m hoping you can help me. I was given a $40 gift card for my birthday, redeemable at any VIP location. The logo on the gift card says VIP. I went to spend it on May 23 and was told they cannot honor it, even though the VIP sign is still on […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Recently I was driving by Lake Auburn on Route 4. There is a turnout where you can park by the lake and just enjoy it. I saw three large water trucks getting water (the type that fill pools, etc.). My question is: Do they have permission to take water and do they […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: If you had to choose between food and shampoo, which would you buy? Yet, how someone looks affects how they feel about themselves, and how others treat them, and whether they can go for a job interview. You can help us help build the self-esteem of women by donating the hygiene items. […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Several years ago I ordered a set of solar lights from QVC and they were great, but QVC no longer has them and one of the tops that has a loop on the top to hang on a hook broke off. The set of eight can hang or put on a little […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Is Spring Road on the west side of Lake Auburn open to foot traffic? Why was it closed? — Al St. Pierre, [email protected] ANSWER: Sun Spots contacted Tracy at Public Works to see whom she should contact for an answer for this question and was referred to Auburn Water District Superintendent John Storer, […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I know I’m going to get grief for this, but I’m going to say it anyway. Why must dog owners insist on taking the dogs shopping with them? I am deathly scared of dogs, and every place I go people have their dogs in the store. It’s to the point that I […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Could you find out why the Red Sox play and sing “Sweet Caroline” during the seventh inning at all home games? Thank you. — No Name, Livermore Falls ANSWER: Sun Spots’ editor pointed her to msn.com (http://tinyurl.com/mznujb5) for an explanation of this ritual. According to reporting by a Boston Globe correspondent, there […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Before Memorial Day a treasured family heirloom was removed from my garage — an ox yoke dating back to the 1800s. Anybody out there knowing anything pertaining to this will greatly be appreciated. — No Name, Auburn, 784-6025 DEAR SUN SPOTS: Will the person who took the table lamp from the home […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: In response to Ida, who wanted more information about the ice palaces in Lewiston, I believe I can elaborate on the information provided by Doug Hodgkin (May 30). The ice palaces were an important component of snowshoe club conventions in Lewiston and elsewhere. As Professor Hodgkin noted, there was often a mock […]