GOOD MORNING, SUN SPOTS: Sun Journal reporters are frequently asking readers to express their thoughts on different issues. When are they going to ask readers for opinions about the Sun Spots’ column? Anyway, now for today’s business: The 1961 Lewiston High School Folio recognized the city of Lewiston’s centennial in several ways. * The cover […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: What is the social etiquette for tipping after a massage or going to the hairdresser? Being a senior on a fixed income, I can just barely afford the needed massage, which is quite pricey, for a back problem. Does it make a difference if the person providing the service owns the business […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: In response to N.L. from Lisbon Falls’ solution of trapping and then dropping off squirrels in cemeteries and woodchucks in “sunny locations” (Dec. 9), since there are no cemeteries that I know of that don’t have residences surrounding them, he is taking his problems and bringing them to someone else’s yard. I […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Do you know of any store, school, library, etc., within 50 miles of Lewiston that offers a one-session class in working with Photoshop for PC users? I would like to purchase it as a Christmas gift. Please don’t use my name; he is a faithful Sun Spots’ reader! Thank you. — No […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I am trying to find a really old picture. It is of the Stubbs Mills Schoolhouse in Jay. My grandmother would like a picture of it, and I would like to find it for her and frame it. — Kalie Doiron, [email protected] ANSWER: Readers, can you help Kalie? DEAR SUN SPOTS: I […]

GOOD MORNING, SUN SPOTS! In response to the tombstone found in an Auburn home (Dec. 5 column), there are two possibilities. One is that the name of the deceased was later added to a family monument and the individual stone removed from the family burial plot. Sometimes vandals remove a stone and keep it as […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I lost a brown “Rocky” jacket with a traffic vest on it and a set of keys in the jacket pocket. I left it on the side of the truck while having lunch and believe I lost it off the truck around the boat launch behind Riverview Dental on North River Road, […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Do your or your readers know of anyone in the New England area who still deals in furs such as mink, sales, quotes, etc. Thank you for all your help. Happy holidays to all. — C.G., Lewiston ANSWER: Sun Spots found one promising source online: Dino International Furs. The website says they […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: We heat our two-story home with oil and each floor has its own zone. We use the second floor a lot, although not constantly, so closing off rooms is not an option. Is it more efficient to keep the temperature the same on both levels or can we turn down the heat […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I’m a U.S. Air Force Vietnam veteran. I was told were to wear the American flag pin on the rights side, hats, etc. But the president of the United States and other politicians wear it on the left side. Even people on TV, Jay Leno, local newscasters, Maine Gov. Paul LePage, etc., […]