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 […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I need your help reaching the Big Deal at WPOR by e-mail. I tried numerous times at Big [email protected], and it always fails. The e-mail returns to me saying it is wrong! Does anyone know the correct e-mail so I can send my e-mail? Also how are the same people able to […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: In reference to the broken one-year-old television, there is a state law called the Consumer Goods and Maine Express and Implied Warranty Laws that may cover television repair or replacement. It covers goods up to four years from purchase. My TV had a serious failure three years after I purchased it. I […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: The Lewiston School Nutrition Program will offer a free summer food service program for children. Breakfast and lunch will be served weekdays at the following sites: Kennedy Park, June 21 to Aug. 13; River Valley (Tall Pines), June 14 to Aug. 20; Hillview Apartments, June 14 to Aug. 20; and Camp Smiles, […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Quite sometime back, I was reading your column regarding the former Farmington Diner, which was moved to East Wilton. Have they ever renovated it or found a permanent place for it, or are they going to just use it for a museum? — No name, via e-mail ANSWER: There appears to have […]