DEAR SUN SPOTS: Could you please find the truth about these new meters from the electric company? I have heard they are bad, and I have also heard that they are no different than a microwave oven. I would like to know the truth about them. Thank you. — No Name, No Town ANSWER: Sun […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I hope some of your female readers can help. My friend is three months post-surgery for a pacemaker and cannot find any bra that is comfortable. Does anyone have any suggestions? — Friend, No Town ANSWER: Sun Spots looked online and found a couple of suggestions. One is to go with a bra with a […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I’m curious about this new tax on water. I bought a gallon of distilled water for $1.25 and was charged 5 cents for deposit. My total at the register was $1.37. No explanation on the screen. When I asked the clerk, he stated it was a tax but could not tell me […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I would like to know if Ann B. Davis, the actress who played the maid on “The Brady Bunch,” is still acting and how old she is now. If possible, is there a mailing address so I can write to her? — Susan, Lewiston ANSWER: Ann Bradford Davis was born May 3, […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Recently someone in Lisbon was looking for Raggedy Ann and Andy dolls. I have two adorable sets. How was anyone supposed to contact them? — No Name, too! ANSWER: Contact information is an ongoing issue for Sun Spots. Many people want her to act as a behind-the-scenes go-between, but not only does […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: St. Louis School in Auburn is having a class reunion  on Sunday, June 2,  at Gippers Sports Grill at 120 Center St. in Auburn. We will meet at 12:30 for lunch, then visit and reminisce till 4 p.m   If you are a past student who attended St. Louis School in Auburn between the […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: A recent Sun Journal article said that Maine lobster fishermen got $2.69 a pound for lobsters last year. Here in Alabama a pound-and-a-quarter lobster in a seafood restaurant is about $25 to $26 apiece ($21 a pound). What is the breakdown of costs between the lobsterman’s price and the restaurant? I know […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Does anyone repair HD/LCD televisions any longer in the greater Lewiston-Auburn area? It seems that the manufacturers expect them to be disposable today. Thanks. — Terri, [email protected] ANSWER: Actually, thanks to an alert reader who wrote Sun Spots, she now knows of one local person who works on these TVs, as well […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: We compost, and because we have had a garden, we have had a use for the dirt. But we are not going to have a garden this year. We still have a few flowerbeds, and we could sprinkle the dirt around our yard and whatever. But the other weekend we were talking […]