DEAR SUN SPOTS: I have a question. My dad passed away in March. Rent was paid every month while he was in the hospital for three months. The landlord decided that because my dad didn’t give notice of moving, the landlord only gave back half of my dad’s deposit. Is this right for landlords to […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I am a part of the Sunnyside Neighborhood Association located in Lewiston. Our mission is to keep our community united to discourage vandalism and crime from growing in our area. Hopefully, if people see what one small area can do, then they will follow. We have been working together on cleanups and […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: The Lewiston Root Cellar will be holding a clothing distribution on Friday, July 16, from noon to 4 p.m. and Saturday, July 17, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The distribution will be at the 89 Birch St. location in the Community Center. The Root Cellar needs volunteers to help sort clothing, […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Has anyone noticed what is going on with the white pine trees? Over my 63 years they have always shed dead dry needles in the fall only. For the past several years, they also shed at least as many if not more in the spring. This year almost double the fall shed. […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I recently found a small booklet entitled “By-Laws of Eureka Council No. 37 Junior Order of United American Mechanics of the State of Maine” printed in 1901. It has 16 pages and a cover. We would like information on this organization. — Robert, Canton Historical Society ANSWER: For help on this question […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Thank you for the great public service. Are there any garden centers or nurseries in the area that carry the weeping Japanese maple? — No Name via e-mail ANSWER: A very nice man at Landscape World in Lewiston told Sun Spots that this specialty tree would be found through landscape nurseries. He […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: About cowboys. Cowboys are cattle men. They drive herds, ride horse, play at rodeos, but we never see them milking cows for a living. That’s a dairy farmer’s job. So why are they called cowboys? My thoughts are that the name refers to a location rather than a trade. So I think […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Where is Kalle Oakes? Oxford Plains Speedway is not the same on Wednesday night without him announcing. Since he left, we don’t get any race results in the paper. As Mr. Oakes knows, if it wasn’t for us drivers there would not be any Wednesday night races. Let’s get going and do […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: In the past, you have been wonderful in providing very good facts and information. Hopefully you will be able to do something for the veterans in Rumford. A story in the Sun Journal last September said the veterans’ clinic was to be moved to a new location on Route 2 West in […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: On Saturday night, June 26, on the “Lawrence Welk Show” a man recited a short story titled “I am the United States.” It was wonderfully patriotic (something we can all use just now). I’d love to have a copy of it. It was from a very old show. Can you help me […]