DEAR SUN SPOTS: Regarding your May 18 column on Medicare Part B, you are totally correct: It is all very complicated. The program that can pay for your Medicare Part B is called the Medicare Savings Program, also known as the “Buy-In.” In addition to paying for your Medicare B premium, this program qualifies individuals […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Great job with information. I have two questions. First, why do coins turn green? And are there any banks in the Farmington area that are doing the National Park quarters? Thank You. — No Name via email ANSWER: Several online sources said it’s the copper in coins, which oxidizes, that turns them […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I am curious about comic strips. Do they have local connections? The other day the Nancy strip referred to the Eshbachs as their neighbors, and Nancy was wearing a uniform with the aqua Sea Dogs logo on it. Does the creator have ties to Maine? — No Name via email ANSWER: According […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Could you please tell me if your newspaper published in 1911? I am searching for obits of both grandparents, Joseph and Julia Kundrat, who died in 1911 in Lisbon Falls. I cannot find a paper for that town. Thank you very much. — Dotty Kasmann, [email protected] ANSWER: The Sun Journal does indeed […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I wanted to let your readers know that I am the new Project Linus coordinator for Oxford and Androscoggin counties. Project Linus is a national organization composed of volunteers who make and distribute blankets to children going through difficult times. Oxford and Androscoggin counties have not had a coordinator for a long […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Thank you for all the help and support you give to our community. Creative Sewing Center and the Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope and Healing are working together on the No Sun for Baby program. The purpose of this program is to educate parents of newborns on the methods for and […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: What is the appropriate cleaner for removing algae and mold from aluminum/vinyl siding on a mobile home? Thank you. — T.I., Dixfield ANSWER: Sun Spots surfed the Internet and picked up some tips that she believes apply to both mobile homes and siding on a traditional or modular home. Askthebuilder.com (http://tinyurl.com/ybvt67b) warns […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: The First Universalist Church of West Paris will hold a rhubarb festival Saturday, June 4, from 9 a.m. to noon at the church on Main Street. In addition to our famous rhubarb pies, we will be serving coffee with rhubarb muffins, squares and coffee cake. Everything rhubarb! We will have ice cream […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: The United New Auburn Association announces the beginning of the summer season of Cruiz Nites, starting June 3 from 5:30 to 8 p.m. every Friday night, weather permitting, at the Rolly’s Diner parking lot on Mill Street in New Auburn until Sept. 9. We encourage the public to come and enjoy the […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I am looking for a Christmas tree topper that my mother had when I was a little girl in the late 1960s. It was a gold star with the center cut out for what I call an upside-down cup made of plastic, I believe. It was multi-colored, and there was a bulb […]