MECHANIC FALLS — Sparks from indoor pyrotechnics at the start of a Great White concert in 2003 ignited the ceiling’s foam soundproofing, causing a fire that destroyed The Station nightclub in Rhode Island and killed 100 people. The band’s lead singer, Jack Russell, has not performed in New England since that night. After 12 years, […]
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Cassidy Charette’s parents support charges in fatal hayride accident
AUBURN — The parents of a teenage girl killed in October during a haunted hayride at Harvest Hill Farms in Mechanic Falls said Wednesday that they support the Androscoggin County grand jury’s indictments, handed up Wednesday, of the driver, mechanic and company that operates the farm. Monica and Randy Charette of Oakland, parents of 17-year-old […]
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Harvest Hill Farms charged with manslaughter
This story has been temporarily removed and will be updated later Thursday. See video interivew with the attorney for the family of Cassidy Charette, 17, who was killed. [VIDEO] Video: Attorney for Charette family discusses indictments
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J. Holmes: Everyone has suffered enough
This is in response to the Sun Journal front page story, “Third session for grand jury” (June 6). It made me angry to read that prosecutors have pushed the grand jury into a third session to present evidence about the accident last Halloween in which a girl died while on a hayride. They will try […]
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Criminal investigation into Mechanic Falls hayride ongoing
AUBURN — A county prosecutor said Monday that a criminal investigation into an Oct. 11 haunted hayride in Mechanic Falls that turned deadly is ongoing and won’t be concluded until the report of a hired expert is complete. In a prepared statement, Androscoggin County District Attorney Andrew Robinson said his office has reviewed hundreds of […]