DEAR SUN SPOTS: Auburn residents use Mid-Maine Waste Action Corp. at 110 Goldthwaite Road, Auburn, for their waste disposal and also for discarding recyclables. There is a truck for recyclable materials divided into different sections and originally marked very clearly as to where the items discard were to be placed, but now there appears to […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Could you please find out how come they won’t repave North River Road in Auburn and put up guardrails? When I travel it, sometimes I’m afraid I’ll go in the river. Thanks for your help. — No Name, Lewiston ANSWER: For an answer, Sun Spots turned to Nick Labbe, deputy director of Public […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: In 1970, ’71 or ’72, just before Christmas, the Saturday edition of the Journal ran a several weeks’ long children’s story about a mouse (I think) named Juniper Per Per. Each week I read the story to my then-3-year-old son, who was totally captivated. He is now 45, and I would like […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Do you know where the pretty little girl who used to sing and dance to Pepsi commercials a few years back is now? I think her name was Joy. Thanks for your information. — Joan Mahaffy, Auburn ANSWER: Even when Sun Spots used to watch TV, she avoided commercials with an old-fashioned […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Back on Nov. 30 the Sun Journal generously did a story on Boy Scout Troop 121 and our fundraiser of collecting Christmas trees in the city of Auburn. Unfortunately, the response has not been as great as we hoped. Now that Christmas is over and residents will be taking down their trees, we […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: What are the requirements to graduate from Lewiston High School? What happens to the student who lacks the ability to meet these requirements? — No Name, Lewiston ANSWER: Sun Spots emailed Lewiston High School Principal Gus LeBlanc, who gets points for answering the same day, at night and during school vacation week. […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I know the wreaths at Arlington National Cemetery come from Maine. How does someone get to go with them to Arlington? I have it on my bucket list and promised myself someday I would do this. Sun Spots is such a great recourse for our community. Thank you for all you do. — […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: We read Sun Spots all the time. It is very informative. We would like to know if there is a law in Maine or the United States stating that it is against the law preventing people was scattering cremation ashes (crushed bone fragments) at a favorite location for a deceased person such […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I have been trying for at least a month to find a Christmas-spirited person who would have the financial capabilities to help a truly deserving disabled woman. She needs a ramp so her daughter and disabled son-in-law could get down some stairs, especially for her medical appointments. She is paralyzed. It is […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I am hoping that there is someone out there with true holiday spirit. On Thursday, Dec. 20, my husband went out to the Lewiston Mall to start his Christmas shopping. From the time he parked the car and went into the mall he somehow lost $1,500 cash out of his pants’ pocket. […]