DEAR SUN SPOTS: About a month ago I wrote to you about my stove. You answered that it would have been helpful if I had given you the model number. So here I am again! It’s an Amana self-cleaning range. It’s 15 years old and works excellently, but I cannot use the oven because I […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Could you find a good definition of what charter schools are? Thanks. You are the best! — No Name via email ANSWER: There are numerous websites with varying takes on charter schools, but for a hopefully less biased definition, Sun Spots turned to Wikipedia, which says: “A charter school is an alternative […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: What are the little bugs that get in boxes of cereal and pasta and how do you get rid of them? If we put a box of pasta on the shelf, in no time it has these bugs in the bottom and they put holes in your pasta, like chew holes. We […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: If you have ever wanted to impact the lives of survivors and victims of domestic violence, now is your opportunity. Safe Voices is looking for volunteers to participate in our advocacy training to help us staff our 24-hour helpline. Safe Voices is a domestic violence resource center that operates in Androscoggin, Franklin […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: New Beginnings Educational Support Program seeks assistance from column readers. The New Beginnings Education program supports homeless youth, ages 13 to 19, who are not enrolled in school. Youth in this program benefit tremendously from having access to school supplies, like books, writing utensils, rulers, poster board, calculators, scissors and notebooks. We […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: On July 30 you ran my letter asking about reverse mortgages. At the end of my letter I offered a free 32-inch television (not a flat screen). A woman named Linda called and said she would really like to have it. She asked me if I could deliver, and I said no, […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I just wanted to know when you would post a birth that was on July 3? I have been watching the website, but either the website or the newspaper would work. I just want to save the clipping. — Brittney, [email protected] ANSWER: Birth announcements are sent to the Sun Journal (often by […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: When I was a kid there were these spotlights that would illuminate back and forth every night in the Lewiston sky. It’s like the spotlights you see in the 20th Century Fox movie ad before a movie starts. Do you remember them? Where did they originate from? Thanks! — Scott Hebert, [email protected] […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: On July 26 you mentioned to a person that she could send you the name of a deceased person and you would try to help her find the obituary. Could you please help me with this deceased person? Armand L. Jutras, 86, of 2 Penny Lane, Lisbon, who died either in 2009 […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Museum L-A is looking to honor World War I and World War II veterans in a new display in conjunction with the existing “Roaring ’20s to Swing” exhibition. This initiative is a partnership with the Franco-American Collection at the University of Southern Maine Lewiston-Auburn College and veterans groups planning a celebration to be […]