TURNER — A community rallied to help a local farmer after a dramatic fire Sunday afternoon razed a dairy barn on North Parish Road. The farmer estimated damage at $500,000. Just after 2 p.m., fire broke out in a barn at the Caldwell Family Farm, prompting a fire and rescue response from Turner, Buckfield, Livermore […]
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Tests of rifle continue in death of Lewiston man on Turner egg farm
TURNER (AP) — Maine prosecutors say any charges in a shooting at an Androscoggin County egg farm will likely come from a grand jury. Deputy Attorney General William Stokes said investigators are still doing ballistic tests on a .22-caliber rifle they believe was used in the shooting. Authorities say 57-year-old Manuel Adame of Lewiston was […]
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Pest-control contractor accidentally shoots Turner egg farm worker
TURNER — A pest-control contractor who was shooting at vermin in a Moark Egg Farm barn on Monday afternoon mortally shot a farmhand, according Assistant Attorney General William Stokes. The farmhand died en route to the hospital. “It’s not intentional,” Stokes said shortly after returning from the massive egg farm that stretches over several acres […]
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Fire levels historic Dover-Foxcroft farm
DOVER-FOXCROFT — Every available firefighter in the region rushed to a fire at a historic 1914 farm on Shaw Road on Sunday afternoon, but nothing could stop the fast-moving flames, Fire Chief Gerald Guyotte said. “It’s burned flat,” the chief said of the fire at 257 Shaw Road, which leveled the 50-foot-tall barn and the […]
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Berries big and beautiful, but rain will take toll
“Because of the rain, we were closed Wednesday, Thursday and Friday,” said Knightly of Fairwinds Berry Farm in Oxford. On Saturday, his fields were full of customers and big, beautiful strawberries, as was the Chipman Farm in Minot. “Today’s been great,” Knightly said. He stayed open later than normal Saturday so more berries could be […]