DEAR SUN SPOTS: I would like to know the safe, correct way to clean the coins in my coin jar, so I can read the dates. What coin dates are valuable now? — B., Wayne ANSWER: Several online resources said that you should avoid cleaning your coins if possible, as improper cleaning could damage them […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I just read that there was a million-dollar winner on the instant scratch ticket here in Maine. I am wondering, do you have to make your name known if you win big, or can you claim it without giving specifics? — D. Richards, [email protected] ANSWER: Sun Spots called the Maine Lottery spokesman, […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: This is regarding the March 26 question asking when and where barbershop groups will give concerts. There is an annual concert of a cappella singers known as Joining Voices. Sometimes these singers perform barbershop-style music. This year’s Joining Voices concert will be at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 4, at the auditorium at […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: What is the difference between a ladybug and a Halloween bug? Every summer when it gets real warm, these red bugs with spots on them come into our home. This bug can really sting, and they will drop into your food if you don’t watch out. Will sticky fly paper catch them? […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I’m having a hard time having telephone calls billed to me that are not mine. For the last two months I have been billed for four calls to Quebec that are not mine. The next month I was charged for three calls to Caldwell, N.J., that weren’t mine. They refused to give […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Recently I have received a large number of calls on my cellphone from what appear to be telemarketing companies. Most of the numbers (804-201-7506, 804-201-1021, 804- 201-4452, etc.) hang up when I answer, having said nothing. Another number, (571-982-3641 for instance) has someone with a foreign accent attempting to ask me how […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I am in need of a copy of my birth certificate from Auburn. Can you tell me how to go about getting it? Please do not use my name. Thank you for all you do. — No Name via email ANSWER: You have a choice. You can either go to the town […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: My brother and I are in need of help. He just recently found out that he is a father and now has custody of his baby daughter. He is having a rough time getting the items he needs. I am a single mother completely restarting. I could really use household items like […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: As part of planning for the next exhibit in our “Power of Music” series, Museum L-A is doing some research on speakeasies — establishments where alcohol was sold and consumed during the Prohibition era (1920 to 1933), when the sale, manufacture and transportation of alcohol was illegal. If you have any information […]