DEAR SUN SPOTS: I’m hoping you can provide us with some information on one of our favorite PBS series, “Doc Martin,” starring Martin Clunes as Dr. Martin Ellingham. PBS has been running several seasons of this series, but also has aired two movies under the “Doc Martin” title, also starring Clunes. One was on last […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: The Woman’s Literary Union is looking for volunteers who like to sew or knit to help us in making doll clothes for the tea we hold in the spring for little girls and their dolls, along with moms, grams, aunts, sisters, and friends. As well as dressing and acting like “little ladies,” […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Who does the temperatures, hottest and coldest records? My numbers sometime conflict with the Sun Journal records. I have been recording these numbers since at least 1968. What was the snowfall for the month of December for either Lewiston or Rumford? What was the date when Calais had the coldest temperature recently? […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: How can one get things more than seven years old removed off their credit record? And if they do, will it increase their credit score? Thank you. — No Name via email ANSWER: Have you tried contacting the credit agencies and asking why those items still appear on your report? While most […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: You’re the best! The letter on the cost of running Congress (Jan. 17) got me to thinking. Does anyone know what it cost per year to run the White House? Or is it hidden in the Pentagon budget? Which president now or in the past lived the highest? Thank you. — C.M. […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I am interested in finding online the music and lyrics of some of the wonderful songs that were written back in the 1930s, ’40s and ’50s. If anyone has a favorite website where these are available I would appreciate it if they would write to Sun Spots. — No Name, No Town […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Do you know anyone who resilvers mirrors? Thank you. — No Name, No Town ANSWER: Sun Spots has one local possibility: Silvex Surface Technology, 45 Thomas Drive, Westbrook, 761-0392, www.silvexinc.com. She spoke to Dave, 887-1810, who said he wasn’t sure if they’d be able to help you. He said for you to […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: We all know that salaries in professional sports have become outrageous, but in my mind they are an insult to the workforce of this country. For a start, Alex Rodrigues of the Yankees is the highest paid player at $27 million. Last year he played in 98 games, which breaks down to […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Museum L-A invites the community to contribute photographs of themselves and their families at work to be part of the local component of “The Way We Worked,” a traveling exhibition from the Smithsonian exploring the changing nature of work and occupations over the past 150 years. Photographs can be from the past […]