PORTLAND (AP) — The federal government has sued a Maine farm alleging that it allowed male workers to sexually harass women hired as seasonal harvesters. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said in its lawsuit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Portland that female employees at County Fair Farm in Jefferson were subjected to […]
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Fatal hayride operator’s recycling company frequently cited for truck-safety violations
CITATIONS: Read the Re-Harvest Driver Vehicle Examination reports LEWISTON — A company that’s part of the same corporate structure as Harvest Hill Farms has a lengthy record of citations for vehicle-safety violations, according to public records obtained by the Sun Journal. According to a Maine State Police supervisor, the company’s safety rating is among the worst […]
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Time stands still in an Auburn cornfield
I can look from our living room window and see a fine field of corn, nearly ready for the harvesting vehicles to cut it and transport it to the neighbor’s farm, where it will feed dairy cattle in the winter. The view is pretty close to what I saw about 60 years ago from that […]
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Life on a rural Maine farm remembered in Edith McCleery’s memoirs
FARMINGTON — The children of Edith McCleery have published the memories and stories of her early life on a New Portland farm and are ready to share them. A book signing and celebration for “Memoirs of New Portland Hill, An Autobiography” by Edith Edwards McCleery will take place at 4 p.m. Friday, Aug. 29, at […]
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This week’s agenda
Tuesday Jay: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Office Farmington: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Phillips: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office
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Fresh local farm market opens in New Auburn
AUBURN — A fresh and local food market has opened in New Auburn. The “4 Season Farm Market” opened in late spring of this year. Auburn farmers Kathy Shaw and Joe Gray of Valley View Farm set up shop at the corner of Mill and Third streets, across from the Pontbriand’s Hardware building. “Our emphasis […]
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Fresh local farm market opens in New Auburn
AUBURN — A fresh and local food market is opening in New Auburn. The “4 Season Farm Market” had a soft opening at the end of April and are ramping up for their grand opening which might be held on Mother’s Day. Auburn farmers Kathy Shaw and Joe Gray of Valley View Farm set up […]
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Fire razes Turner barn
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 […]