DEAR SUN SPOTS: My search of the archives for contact information for the person from Bowdoin, a former cardiac-care nurse, who now spends her time finding lost cats and dogs, has been unsuccessful, so I am reaching out to you. She was on the Lewis Hill Road in Bowdoin, but a trip up that road […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Here’s an old murder mystery I’m trying to track down for a genealogy friend. Please let me know if you’ve ever heard of it. Henry G. Brown was born in Rumford but lived in Hartford for many years. His son, Charles, was supposedly murdered sometime after 1900. The story goes that he […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: On Feb. 22, 2011, your newspaper ran a story about Cecil “Mush” Moore and his long trek with a dog sled. In an old suitcase we bought some time ago we found a picture of a man standing next to a dog sled. On the back is written Cecil “Mush” Moore. Does […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Thankfully we have you to go to when we can’t find answers anywhere else. Right now I need to know if Concepts in Comfort in the Portland area has gone out of business. The covers of my porch sofa are in need of replacement, and phone calls to the number I have […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Do you have that special talent for quilting? If so, Advocates for Children needs your help. Baby quilts are a part of our new “baby bags” that we give to parents in our Maine Families Home Visiting program. We never have enough and always are running out. We have regular contributors, and […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I saw the movie “Peyton Place” made from the book by Grace Metalious and would like to know where it was filmed. I thought it was in a Maine coast town like Camden. A friend says a town in New Hampshire. Thank you. — Eleanor Parker, [email protected] ANSWER: According to Wikipedia, “the […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: St. Francis Recovery Center (24 Dunn St., Auburn) is a residential rehabilitation unit in Auburn for adult men struggling with addiction. One of the things we help the men with is learning to interact with others in a sober, healthy way. Organized play is just one way we try to do this; […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I work at a building right outside the jetport entrance in Portland. I was fortunate enough to see the presidential motorcade come by and some of my co-workers went down to take pictures of Air Force One. They showed me the pictures, and the plane he flew in on was not a […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I would like to know where I can buy a picture like the one I am sending you. A phone number or address or website would really help. I love your column and read it every day. Thanks for your help. — Dinah Brown, Buckfield ANSWER: The photo Dinah sent Sun Spots […]