A Sun Spots column published Monday on page C9 incorrectly directed people to recycle thermometers at certain local plumbing and heating supply houses. These companies take thermostats, not thermometers for recycling, offering a $5 in-store coupon if you bring in a mercury thermostat. For more information, go to http://www.maine.gov/dep/rwm/mercury/thermostatrecyclingstores.xls The information was incorrectly reported by […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Please answer this question, as I’m sure others may not know this. When you have a savings account in a bank, does the bank or state have the right to take your money if that account isn’t used in three to four years? Also, when you have a car repaired and what […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Recently, I was cleaning out my medicine cabinet and came across several of the old stick-in-mouth type fever thermometers, the kind that are glass with mercury inside. I no longer need them, but am not sure how to safely dispose of them. I don’t want to just toss them in the waste, […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I just had an unfortunate thing happen and thought that many others might be interested. With canning season here and lots of stuff to can, I decided that I would revert to my mother’s method of sealing the canning jars with paraffin. But instead of using her method of melting the paraffin […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: For 10 years we have used ExploreMaine and Mid-Maine for our dial-up Internet service and now have constant disconnection and “cannot find host” problems. FairPoint upgraded our phone line, but it didn’t help. Does Sun Spots know if other dial-up users started having these problems about six weeks ago? Trying to determine […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I moved to Texas in the middle of August to be near my daughter, a registered nurse at Baylor Hospital, because my wife, Betty, has ALS. I enjoy your column very much. I have the Sun Journal sent to me to keep up on the news in Lewiston-Auburn and the towns in […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: In reference to the enclosed Aug. 8 story about poultry plants, would you find out just what is done with the chicken “carcass” after the “diseased or damaged” parts are cut from the chicken mentioned. It would be an eye-opener for me and probably many other people. You do so much good […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I have a gift certificate for Shear Madness Hair Salon that was on Center Street in Auburn. They have gone out of business. I have tried to call the phone number several times, and have been able to leave a message, but no one calls me back. I have sent an e-mail […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I’m a great fan of HGTV’s “House Hunters.” Are the people buying homes and the real estate agents the actual buyers and sellers or are they people hired to play the parts? Also, a few years ago, the Sun Journal had weekly columns about antiques and collectibles and their current appraisers. I […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Does the new “distracted-driver law” specifically exclude cell phone use during driving? Thank you. — David, Auburn ANSWER: Maine’s new distracted driving law, as explained by the bill’s author, state Sen. Bill Diamond, D-Windham, states that doing anything that takes a driver’s concentration off the road and could potentially cause an accident […]