Now take a deep breath, all you pumpkin-spice lovers, and if you can allow yourself to do it, let’s consider the pumpkin from another angle — minus the sugar and spice.
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Responsible Pet Care cat has his box packed to moved to forever home
PARIS — Pumpkin has his box packed with some of his favorite foods and toys. He’s ready to leave Responsible Pet Care. All he needs now is his forever person. Ten-year-old Pumpkin is a large, red cat. He’s quiet and easy to get along with. He loves to explore empty boxes, and he loves his […]
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Making pumpkin fairy houses in Norway
Lily Davis, 5, of Oxford, made a house for fairies out of a pumpkin Saturday at an event hosted by the Western Foothills Land Trust in Norway. (Liz Marquis/Sun Journal)
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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 flavor: A smashing success
The taste is EVERYWHERE (except in kitty litter and Luke’s beer), and $361 million in 2014 sales explains why.
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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 […]