MECHANIC FALLS — A portion of the property formerly known as the Harvest Hill Farms on Pigeon Hill Road will become a small-engine racing park called Redneck Fun Park. The Mechanic Falls Planning Board on Monday night approved the application submitted by Matthew Weeks of Greene. The farm is the site of the “haunted hayride” […]
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Mechanic Falls council changes street status
MECHANIC FALLS — The Town Council voted Monday night to make Yates Street two-way again with no parking on either side. The action followed a public hearing and ends a six-month experiment of having the street one-way from Highland Avenue to Pine Street and on-street parking along the left side. Parking along Yates Street had […]
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Judge OKs move for fatal hayride trials
AUBURN — A judge ruled this week that three criminal trials stemming from a 2014 haunted hayride in Mechanic Falls that killed a teenage girl will be moved out of southern, central and western Maine because of potentially prejudicial pretrial publicity. Attorneys for the three defendants filed motions seeking change of venue from a local […]
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Charette family sues Bolduc, Harvest Hill Farm in fatal hayride accident
AUGUSTA — Randy Charette, whose daughter Cassidy was killed in a hayride accident at Pumpkin Land in Mechanic Falls in 2014, filed a wrongful death lawsuit Wednesday against the company and its owner, Peter Bolduc Jr., claiming damages resulting from Cassidy’s death. Charette’s suit also names the driver of the Jeep involved in the crash […]
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‘Mean’ cow shot by Auburn police
AUBURN — Officers Monday morning fired 10 to 15 rounds into a cow bound for the slaughterhouse after it escaped its trailer by the Minot Avenue rotary and caused a scene for 45 minutes. Deputy Chief Jason Moen said police were called around 10 a.m. when a cow being transported by Harvest Hill Farm in […]
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Some statements by mechanic won’t go to trial in haunted hayride case
AUBURN — Prosecutors agreed not to use at trial statements made to two of three state investigators by a mechanic who worked at Harvest Hill Farm in Mechanic Falls at the time of a 2014 fatal accident during a haunted hayride. Assistant District Attorney Andrew Matulis told a judge in Androscoggin County Superior Court on […]
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Defendants in haunted hayride crash to meet with judge next month
AUBURN — A Portland judge is expected to meet next month with prosecutors and defense attorneys for three people facing criminal charges related to the Harvest Hill Farm haunted hayride crash in Mechanic Falls nearly a year ago. The attorneys met Tuesday in Androscoggin County Superior Court with the trial judge to discuss scheduling matters. […]
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Power goes out during Harvest Hill Farm concert
MECHANIC FALLS — It was supposed to be their first show in New England since a tragic nightclub fire at The Station in Rhode Island where they were performing in 2003 claimed 100 lives, but local fans of Jack Russell’s Great White will have to wait for another chance to see the band play again […]
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T. Hart: Everyone make mistakes
I am writing because I feel bad for Harvest Hills Farm owner Peter Bolduc. It seems like a person cannot have a business today without getting sued. What is wrong with the justice system? Is it because there are too many attorneys? The state of Maine wants more farming and small businesses, but they are […]
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Haunted hayride defendants expected in court
AUBURN — Two of three defendants criminally charged in a fatal haunted hayride last fall have lined up lawyers to represent them at their first court appearances on Thursday. Portland defense attorney Michael Whipple is expected to represent Harvest Hill Farm of Mechanic Falls, a company that’s charged with manslaughter and two other felonies stemming […]