ANSWER: Sun Spots called the Health & Fitness Center at Central Maine Medical Center, 207-795-2473. The Center offers a punch card which allows for a certain number of visits for a specific fee and the more visits the less the fee is per visit. They also offer a day guest pass. Sun Spots then called […]

ANSWER: Let’s hope a reader has information as Sun Spots was unable to locate any vape shops in Auburn. For our readers who don’t know what a vape shop is, it is a shop that sells e-cigarettes which aren’t smoked but inhaled instead; thus the word “vape” as an abbreviated form of “vapor.” People who […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I have inherited a mounted bobcat. It was shot, stuffed and mounted in Maine more than a century ago. The museum to which I wanted to donate it could not accept it due to its condition. It needs a conservator to repair the foot, pelt and a lower leg, and since it […]

Second question: I have Time Warner Cable and on channel 87 is METV-Portland. They mention in their program line up “The Andy Griffith Show” at 8 p.m. Well, we don’t get it. Instead it’s “Mayberry RFD.” I don’t have a computer to get the information. I believe the station is in with WPXT. Also, does […]

What can we do to get a phone book that we can read? The new one has such a small print that even a magnifying glass doesn’t help! I called the phone book printer back in December as they print a different version. I was told we would get one in about three weeks as […]

Also, if there is a paper label solidly glued to a plastic container, will that “contaminate” the recyclables stream, or will the paper be somehow separated out in the sorting process? Third question: In our household we are still in the habit of removing the paper labels from all of our soup (etc.) cans before […]

ANSWER: The Lewiston Public Works Department maintains all parks, athletic facilities and cemeteries under the city’s jurisdiction. Deputy Director Megan Bates provided Sun Spots with an updated list of the city parks. Not included on this list are smaller spaces in the city, such as islands, cul-de-sacs or areas that may be under a quarter […]

DEAR SUN SPOTS: This note is to let whoever lost their eyeglasses on the walkway to the CMMC lab on the afternoon of Tuesday, Feb. 10, know that we found them — they are fine — and left them inside at the information desk near the elevators. Hope the owner sees this and can get […]

I recently got an email forwarded to me regarding ASLL changing its name and although I tried contacting them with specific information, I am finding it hard to get info on specific registration costs. Is it still Little League? If not, what is difference? What are the areas for NALL and ASLL? I have t-ballers […]

ANSWER: Sun Spots knows three local stores you can visit or call ahead to see if they have ear muffs in stock on the day you plan to visit the store: JC Penney, 550 Center St. in Auburn, 207-786-2936; Walmart, 100 Mount Auburn Ave. in Auburn, 207-784-0738; and Lumber Liquidators, 730 Center St. in Auburn, […]