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Irene's Fury Good For Something: Giant Pumpkin

The beast was harvested from Early Street Community Garden this week.

Yes, we know Hurricane Irene was not good for Morristown. . There . . A

But, this week proved that at least one good thing came from last month's storm. Or, at least, one big thing.

Mark Tobler, a gardener at the –with the assistance of friends, and recorded by Christian Schuller for posterity–harvested the estimated 400-pound beast this week and put it into cold storage, in hopes of having it for Halloween.

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