DEAR SUN SPOTS: The Androscoggin Historical Society now reaches out for help from you and your readers. We urgently need new members on our Board of Directors. Because our staff person has very limited hours, we rely on board members and other volunteers to help manage our finances, our collections, our programs and our public […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: We tried to check the Internet for eBay drop-off locations. Although they listed some for Lewiston, Auburn, Augusta, Bangor, Biddeford, Portland, etc., we could not get a page to come up that listed any of the locations. If you could get the addresses and phone numbers for these eBay drop-off stores, it […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: USM’s Franco-American Collection is trying to track down members of the Bates Manufacturing Hockey Team, which went to Europe in 1951 to represent the U.S. in the Amateur Hockey World Championships. I know many members of the team are no longer with us, but I’d like to hear from anyone who was […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: There is a steel gate between Hevey Street and Maine Family Credit Union and behind Holy Family Church that is opened all winter but is closed all summer (except weekends). Is there any way they can keep it open all the time? When turning from Genest Street onto Sabattus Street we take […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: This conversation I had with a technician during an appointment breaks my heart. He is an Auburn resident who has witnessed a neighbor’s dog being mistreated many times, such as being left out in all kinds of weather without shelter. He saw the dog being punched and then kicked in the head […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I responded to a recent Sun Spots letter (June 20) asking for volunteers to remove from two Lewiston cemeteries the small flags which were placed by all the veteran graves in observance of Memorial Day. As I was leaving, I asked the people who organized the project where they would be storing […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Your column has helped so many, and now I’m hoping you can help me. A few years ago, perhaps five to 10, I read and cut out an article describing a tearoom or restaurant in Vermont where the wait staff dressed as nursery-rhyme or storybook characters (Little Miss Muffet and Bo Peep, […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Thank you for your column! I am hoping you can help me locate a gentleman who uses old license plates to make birdhouses. I believe he is from the Rumford area. Any way I can get in touch with him — email, phone, address — would be great. Thanks again. Also, do […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I attended the Maine Sportsman Show in Augusta and ordered a pair of apricot poodle socks from Pat’s Fudge, which was listed under Pat Thompson in the vendor list. I wrote a check for $17.32, which was cashed March 31 at the KV Federal Credit Union. I never received my socks and […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: We have a spinet piano and bench that has been in the living room of our home since our children took lessons. It is in good condition, and we want to donate it to a worthy nonprofit. The problem is that we are having new furniture delivered right after the weekend of […]