DEAR SUN SPOTS: Thank you for your column. It is a great place to turn to for help. I have been working on my husband’s and my genealogy for the past five years. Because of our French heritage, I have been able to use the Maine Franco-American Genealogical Society in Auburn. What a great source […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Every day is a good one when we have Sun Spots to read. I want to know if there is any way for animal lovers to get help with feeding their much-loved pets in these hard economic times. Some people don’t have it in their hearts to give them up but do […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Could you please find out why that woman, who claims to be homeless, is still begging in front of the drive into Walmart and Denny’s Restaurant? Also I would like to know why there does not seem to be any action going on at the little railroad station on Lincoln Street. That […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I am looking for a place where someone can teach me how to use QuickBooks. I have used an old version in the past but had to update due to computer problems and am confused with the new version. Maybe some of the adult ed places are offering classes. I would appreciate […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: The Woman’s Literary Union is looking for volunteers who like to sew or knit to help us in making doll clothes for the tea we hold in the spring for little girls and their dolls, along with moms, grams, aunts, sisters and friends. As well as dressing and acting like “little ladies,” […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I’m collecting the presidential gold dollar coins. Rainbow Credit Union on Main Street gave them up. Where can I go now? Thank you. — Pauline, Lewiston ANSWER: Unfortunately, few people share your interest. Because not enough people were collecting or using these coins, more than a billion dollars worth of them ended […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: In the Jan. 5-6 Sun Journals I received a flier from a company selling the “Comfort Furnace,” which is described as an infrared heater. The ad says that you get maximum heat without drying the air, and although this appears to be a portable electric heater, the testimonials that go with it […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I just read on the Dr. Oz website that a giveaway he is doing does not allow Maine residents to be eligible. It is the only state not eligible. Why are we not allowed to participate? — No Name via email ANSWER: You did not say what contest in particular and Sun […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: What does the “W” in the Portland International Jetport airport code PWM signify? Thanks for your excellent service! — No Name, Lewiston ANSWER: Sun Spots found the following explanation at portlandjetport.org: “PWM, the code given to the Jetport by the FAA, stands for Portland Westbrook Municipal. In the earliest days of aviation, […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: The fabric/craft supply fair is returning to High Street Congregational Church, 106 Pleasant St., Auburn. This is the fair where you gather up all the fabric and supplies that you bought but never used, and rent a table and sell them to other crafters. Or donate them to the church to sell […]