DEAR SUN SPOTS: Regarding the use of mothballs, I’d like to offer an alternative. A few years back someone suggested that I use dryer sheets instead when storing anything. So I tried it with clothes, vehicles (we store two vehicles every winter in our barn) and a friend’s travel trailer. How nice to have no […]

Editor’s note: The column below has been revised to identify Angus King as a wind power developer, and to note that Maine is an electricity exporter. DEAR SUN SPOTS: My question concerns wind power and how it benefits me and the rest of Maine once it is installed and functioning. I realize that during construction […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I was wondering if there is a way for me to get printouts of old stories done on the Chipman Farm in Poland. I can distinctly remember a photo of our strawberries that was on the front page once, and I would love to have that picture. I can’t seem to find […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: In response to Bea Mathieu asking about the restaurant in Sears, it was called the Bradford House. It was my first job when I turned 16 and I worked there until I graduated from high school. They had different “all you can eat” specials every day, which brought in lots of customers! […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I really appreciate your column and have used the information often. It offers a broad range of help and is very interesting to read. Your warmth and caring shines through and your solutions show how knowledgeable you are in providing resources to your readers. This is in response to the question in […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Could you possibly get me information on slate mining that would allow a small group of children, about eight to 10, to see how this comes to be and its uses. I’ve heard there used to be one in Concord in the vicinity of Skowhegan-Solon area. If you could find the company […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: A long time ago I heard a tape by Tex Ritter, containing the story about the deck of cards. His explanation of it was for soldiers during battle, needing only this deck of cards to bring them comfort when lacking a priest or a Bible. If anyone has the words for this, […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I am trying to make contact with anyone who remembers the terrible truck-bridge accident on Nov. 8, 1972, at the intersection of Route 4 and 117 at the bridge entrance. I am the younger brother of George Kamps, who was killed in that crash and who was the driver of the semi-truck […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I am in charge of one of the main projects for the Maine Old Cemetery Association — documenting all of Maine’s old cemeteries. I would like to ask for help from all of the hunters and others who spend time in the woods in areas that most people never get to. Many […]