DEAR SUN SPOTS: I almost dropped my coffee cup this morning when I read the Adopt-A-Pet section of the Sun Journal. Maine has one of the most populous uncontrolled outdoor and feral cat populations in the nation, yet we are bringing in cats for adoption from other states?! Please somebody explain this so I can […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: We have bats in our shed, which is attached to our house. Already this summer four have made it into the house. Not fun in the middle of the night! Any suggestions on how to get rid of them would be greatly appreciated. — D.B., Livermore Falls ANSWER: Sun Spots can sympathize. […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: We are looking for someone who may have videotaped the new plaque unveiling at the Vietnam Memorial Bridge in Auburn on Sunday, Aug. 10. We would like to have a copy for the American Legion archives. Please contact me. Thank you. — Dan St. Pierre, commander of the William J. Rogers Post […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Will Sun Spots please refer me to a dog behavioral trainer, preferably in the Jay, Wilton or Farmington areas? A lady by the name of Dianne — previously associated with the Greater Androscoggin Humane Society — often came to Farmington for weekly classes. It’s unfortunate I do not recall her last name. […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: On Sunday, Aug. 24, I was at Walmart in Auburn. When I returned to my car, I noticed a cart with a denim jacket in it. I decided to hold onto the jacket and write this letter to you to try and find its owner. Also, I read in one of your […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I have lived on the Maple Hill Road for 65 years. Part of my house was built, where it still stands, in the 1860s in Minot. Subsequently, Auburn annexed this part of Minot. The house was built on a now-discontinued road which led from approximately where Callahan’s Construction is on the Turner […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Somebody told me that the price of all hard liquor in Maine is the same, no matter where you buy it. That seems incredible. Is it true? — No Name, Leeds ANSWER: The answer to this question surprised Sun Spots, who didn’t expect it to be true.  Gregg Mineo, director of the […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: We frequently drive out to Range State Park in Poland from Auburn. We take Hotel Road and then turn at the road that the airport is on. Where the bridge is on Hotel Road and again where the railroad tracks are near the airport is a horrible smell. We don’t know how […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: For those of us who follow “Jeopardy” it is almost a religion, and when it is taken off for a sports program, we feel hurt and insulted. I feel sports should be on the sports channels so the rest of us can enjoy our favorite programs. Thank you. — No Name via […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: What is the background of the 21-gun salute? Where it start and why? Why 21 guns? — Hank Sakrison, Otisfield ANSWER: What an excellent question! There are several answers available online, but Sun Spots went with a May 1969 fact sheet from the Headquarters of the Military District of Washington, found at www.history.army.mil/html/faq/salute.html, […]