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Video: What happens when you drop 1,200-pound pumpkins on things

Most people who grow 1,200-pound pumpkins would make a lot of pumpkin pie. But the organizers of the 2015 Damariscotta Pumpkinfest and Regatta must have figured they had enough pie. So they dropped the ginormos gourds on things. Things like vehicles and an inflatable pool. The Wiscasset Newspaper’s Ben Bulkeley captured the squashaggedon from various […]

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Pumpkin weighs in at 962 lbs at Windsor Fair

WINDSOR (AP) — A pumpkin weighing nearly half a ton has taken top honors at a Maine fair’s annual giant pumpkin contest. Edwin Pieront’s entry tipped the scales at 962 pounds in Sunday’s contest on the first day of the Windsor Fair. The second-place pumpkin weighed 818 pounds. Pieront, who’s from Jefferson, is no stranger […]