A Cumberland mother's new farm stand was stolen before she could use it; strangers....

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Father-son build new farm stand for woman after stand stolen on her first day of business A mother of two who spent months preparing to open a home-based sourdough bakery had her brand-new farm stand stolen on its first night outside, but a father-and-son construction team of complete strangers rebuilt the entire stand for free, reports WJAR.Katrina Blancaflor, a former professional pastry chef, placed the wooden stand at the end of her driveway on the evening before 4 July to attract visitors from a local holiday road race. By the next morning, the stand had disappeared.When neighbours checked private security camera footage, the video showed an SUV arriving at 2:00 a.m., lifting the heavy wooden stand onto its roof, and driving away into the night.After Blancaflor shared the theft on social media, local builders John Adams and his son, Casey Adams, owners of Adams Construction in Cumberland, saw the post and offered to rebuild the stand without charging for labour or materials.Months of planning vanished overnightBlancaflor trained at culinary school and worked at well-known restaurants, including Bobby Flay's restaurant in Las Vegas and David Burke's Primehouse in Chicago. After...

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