DEAR SUN SPOTS: I wanted to say thank you for your great column and all the help that you give folks. I’ve written in more than a couple of times, and you have done great answering my questions. I was hoping you could help me with another. I am trying to find out where in […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: A few weeks ago I lost a Rite-Aid envelop of pictures between Neil’s diner on Sabattus Street through Farwell and Webster streets to South Avenue in Lewiston. These pictures were of a cruise vacation and had the negatives in the envelope as well. If anyone has found them, please call, as they […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Where would I inquire to learn the fate of a World War II serviceman? — Frank Koris, Rumford ANSWER: The website for the World War II memorial (www.wwiimemorial.com) has a registry where you can enter the name of a veteran or search for someone. Sun Spots feels certain that someone at the […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Thank you for your helpful information. I have been reading lately of gold star mothers. How does one get information about them? I received a gold star pin from the government back in 1943, but no information came with it. I had lost my husband in action in World War II. Thank […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I am trying to find a doll that was popular about 40 years ago. It would be very meaningful to someone who is in great distress. The doll’s name is “Thumbelina,” and she wiggles like a real infant. If somebody has one and would willing to part with it for a reasonable […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I’m in need of your assistance, if I may. I am looking for a double stylus for my 1966 RCA Victor stereo portable phonograph, series YVCS. Hope you can sleuth this out. Thank you. — Karl Windischhofer, Greene ANSWER: Sun Spots checked on eBay, the usual place to find unusual older items […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I am a disabled veteran and usually rent a car three or four times a year to visit my children, who all live in Maine. Recently I called rental places and was told that I have to have full insurance coverage to rent a car. I asked why, not owning a car, […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: The other day I was out riding with my mother-in-law and she took me by the unused ski area she called Evergreen Valley at Kezar Lake in Lovell. She said it had been closed for many years. It was very spooky to walk around it for the lawn was all mowed. In […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: You have been very helpful to me in the past, so here I am again. I need someone who has a chestnut tree who would be willing to part with some, as I need them for a project I am trying to work on. Also, there was a letter in Sun Spots […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: How do you measure for a cord of 16-inch firewood, cut and split, to figure out if you got a cord? — No Name via e-mail ANSWER: A cord of stacked firewood measures four by four by eight feet. Of course, if you want it stacked, you most likely are doing it […]