DEAR SUN SPOTS: I am writing to give you an update and some more information. Last fall I wrote to you and replied that I would make rain barrels for the people looking for them, and I did. A couple of people were just asking and a couple were buying, so it worked out. In […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I am looking for people who are willing to display their military vehicles at the Western Maine Veterans Home in South Paris. The Advisory Committee raises funds for residents’ activities and is holding the event on Saturday, July 17, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event is free with donations being […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: In response to Wilma Turcotte, Craft-Mania on Center Street in Auburn has several pattern books for crochet doilies. We also carry the crochet thread in many different sizes and colors as well as the crochet hooks. — Lee via e-mail DEAR SUN SPOTS: I saw Wilma’s inquiry for crocheted doily books in […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: As a child, I spent time at my Aunt Freda’s, where she had a 78-rpm phonograph. A song I played over and over was “The Old Master Painter.” I have asked around for this song, but no one sees to have heard it or can find it anywhere. I am quite sure […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Thank you for being so helpful in offering your column to the public and answering so many of our questions. I’m an avid reader of your column and found a couple of questions I would like to present to you. I would like to know what happened to Julie Chen and Russ […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I love your column, and I read it everyday, but I need some help from your readers on two things. Does anyone know who would clean an alpaca rug? It was a gift from Peru when I was there, but it is 15 years old and never been cleaned. I would like […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I have been helping my mother clean out closets and have some things to donate to a yard sale. I would love for it to benefit animal shelters if possible , but any worthy cause will do. I was also curious if you knew anywhere that could use empty 35-mm film containers? […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: When the Sun Journal changed formats, they stopped printing the full obituaries, such as important information about the deceased, such as where the person worked in the past, their family members’ names and other pertinent information about the deceased. Why can’t the Sun Journal start printing this information in the obituaries again […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I just love your column. It’s the best part of the paper. I can’t remember what channel this advertisement is on, but it shows abused animals and plays the saddest song. I don’t know the name of the song, but some of the words are “in the arms of the angels.” Could […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: What happened to the TV Preview? First they stopped including it in the Saturday paper. Then we had to go down to the Sun Journal to pick it up, now they took off the box outside so we go inside — no more TV preview! We have to pay for it? It […]