DEAR SUN SPOTS: We all so appreciate your never-ending source of information that you provide for us. I would like to let people who work with fur, making small bears, know that I have some fur to share. Perhaps I can help them and they can help me. If interested, please call me at 207-926-4042 […]

HI SUN SPOTS: The small piece in the Thursday, Oct. 15, Sun Journal on Habib Dagher was a nice piece from the White House. It failed to mention any sales figures though. Can you find out how many of the “Bridge-in-a Backpack” have been sold? — Just Wondering. ANSWER: Sun Spots called the Maine Department […]

The website at www.vvmf.org/Wall-of-Faces needs our help in finding photos of these Vietnam vets from Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties who lost their lives in the war: Harold E. Walker, Jr. of Auburn; Harold G. Breton of Lewiston; Normand C. Deschaine of Lewiston; Roland P. Guerette of Lewiston; Morris D. Gagnon of North Leeds; David […]

ANSWER: There are many oil companies in Maine, and Sun Spots is unable to call each one to ask what types of assistance they have for heating oil payments. A search of the Internet shows that energy loans may be available through your heating oil company. Interestingly, a few years ago, a couple in Maine […]

Also, Sun Spots is not the column that publishes events. In order to have your event mentioned in Sun Spots you must be a nonprofit asking for specific donated items, volunteers, crafters, etc. Event information should go to communitynews@sunjournal.com. Thank you. HI SUN SPOTS: The West Paris Firemen’s Auxiliary is looking for crafters for a […]

RESPONSE: Sun Spots checked out BetterWorldBooks. They wrote: “Sell back [your textbooks] with our friends at Bookbyte and get the ultimate value for your textbooks. Bookbyte offers an expedited check or instant payment via PayPal with a $10 minimum requirement. Bookbyte covers shipping costs for textbooks you sell back to them. You can get a […]

DEAR READERS: A reader had written in to Sun Spots recently asking when the new IHOP on Turner St. in Auburn would open. The date has changed since we answered that question. On its Facebook page, IHOP has announced that “due to recent modifications, IHOP will be opening the week of the 19th. The date […]

ANSWER:  From the Federal Communications Commission: “Closed captioning displays the audio portion of a television program as text on the TV screen, providing a critical link to news, entertainment and information for individuals who are deaf or hard-of-hearing. Congress requires video programming distributors (VPDs) to close caption their TV programs. “FCC rules apply to all […]

ANSWER: “I Live With Four Men” I get up with Charley Horse I spend a good deal of time with Will Power And in evenings sit with Arthur Itis I go to bed with “Ben Gay” — Author Unknown “Seniors Are a Treasure” Remember, old folks are worth a fortune, With silver in their hair, […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I have two bicycles that need minor repair. Is there someone who repairs and then donates bikes to needy children? — Call Ed at 207-240-9520. DEAR SUN SPOTS: I am having a hard time finding a bus to go to Foxborough, Mass. this fall to see the New England Patriots. Maybe one […]