Two more pumpkins come his way, as businesses stepped in to help. 
 
 Nine-year-old Jaiden Newcomer poses Monday with his 100-pound pumpkin in the backyard of his Spring Garden Township home. The pumpkin, which he had won at a fall festival, was stolen. It was recently returned with a note, seen here taped to the giant pumpkin. Jason Plotkin - Daily Record/Sunday News (JASON PLOTKIN -- DAILY RECORD/SUNDAY NEWS) 
 
 Nearly a week after a 100-pound pumpkin was taken from the front porch of the Newcomer family in York, it has been returned, along with an apology note. 
 
 In addition, area businesses have stepped forward to help 9-year-old Jaiden Newcomer, the pumpkin's owner 
 
 The original pumpkin had been taken from the family's front porch in the 1200 block of Edison Street last week and was returned over the weekend. 
 
 "I didn't think my actions through," the apology note stated. 
 
 It all started the evening of Oct. 14, when Jaiden's dad, Corey Newcomer, went to work. The pumpkin was gone by the time he got home the next morning, and Jaiden was upset. 
 
 Nine-year-old Jaiden Newcomer pulls his 100-pound pumpkin into the backyard of his Spring Garden Township home. The pumpkin was a replacement for his original pumpkin, which he had won at a fall festival, that was stolen. A couple of businesses offered a replacement after hearing about the theft. The stolen pumpkin was recently returned with an apology note. Jason Plotkin - Daily Record/S.nday News (JASON PLOTKIN -- DAILY RECORD/SUNDAY NEWS) 
 
 News quickly spread about the theft. 
 
 After hearing about it, Ashcombe Farm and Greenhouses in Mechanicsburg donated a 60-pound pumpkin to Jaiden, who went to pick it up Friday afternoon with his grandparents, Corey Newcomer said. 
 
 Saturday afternoon, Dave VanZant, owner of Cape Horn Beverage in Red Lion, also reached out to the family to offer a replacement. 
 
 Monday afternoon, VanZant was set to deliver another pumpkin, guessed to be about the same weight as the one Jaiden first won at a fall festival hosted by the business. 
 
 "I'm not certain of its weight, but I'm 69 years old, and I need help carrying it," VanZant said. 
 
 "Jaiden has been pretty nervous talking to people about it, but he's all beside himself with excitement," Corey Newcomer said of the attention since the theft. "It has been a pretty nice response from everyone." 
 
 Now that he has so much pumpkin, Jaiden wants to pay it forward and find a place that can make pies from all the pumpkins so he can donate them to a food bank, according to Jaiden's mother, Amy Newcomer. 
 
 In the meantime, the father said Jaiden will likely keep his new pumpkins somewhere else so it isn't as easy for someone to take them. 
 
 "We're just happy everyone has been so kind," he added. "It's been heartwarming." 
 
 Note of apology 
 
 Jaiden's original pumpkin was returned with a note of apology: 
 
 "I'm really sorry about taking your pumpkin, it was wrong of me, you earned the pumpkin, I didn't think my actions through nor realize who they were affecting Sincerest Apologies" 
 
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 Also of interest: 

 Jaiden Newcomer, 9, of York, shows off his giant pumpkin, which a thief stole but returned Sunday with a note of apology. (Submitted photo) 
 
 A York City boy has his prized giant pumpkin back after the professed thief returned it Sunday. 
 
 Amy Newcomer, mother of 9-year-old Jaiden Newcomer, said the family returned to their home in the 1200 block of Edison Street on Sunday evening after being away for the weekend to find the pumpkin back on the front porch of the home. 
 
 "He's very excited," Newcomer said. "He's beside himself." 
 
 Jaiden won the 100-pound pumpkin by correctly guessing its weight at an Oktoberfest celebration at Cape Horn Beverage in Windsor Township, said his grandmother, Josie Tomchick of Dallastown. 
 
 Four adult family members worked together to lift it onto the porch when they first brought it home, according to Tomchick. 
 
 "They put it on a wheelbarrow to move it," she said. 
 
 Note of apology: Accompanying the returned giant pumpkin was a note apologizing for the theft, Newcomer said. 
 
 The note said: "I'm really sorry about taking your pumpkin. It was wrong of me. You earned the pumpkin. I didn't think my actions through nor realize who they were affecting. Sincerest apologies." 
 
 Newcomer said she was surprised the pumpkin didn't end up smashed and destroyed. 
 
 "I never thought it would actually be returned," she said. 
 
 Even Jaiden initially wasn't so sure the returned pumpkin was the same one that was stolen. 
 
 The stolen one had the shape of a crescent moon on it and Jaiden examined the returned one to make sure it bore the same mark, Newcomer said. 
 
 "He ran there to make sure it was on there," she said. "Our great pumpkin was on the front porch." 
 
 More pumpkins: As word began to spread that the pumpkin had been stolen, offers to replace it started to roll in to the Newcomer family. 
 
 A Cumberland County plant nursery gave Jaiden a replacement pumpkin, and Cape Horn Beverage planned to give him a new but smaller one Monday. 
 
 Tomchick, Jaiden and his brother, 5-year-old Peyton, went to Ashcombe Farm and Greenhouses on Friday to pick up the new pumpkin. 
 
 Now Jaiden has 255 pounds of pumpkin, Newcomer said. 
 
 Pay it forward: All the generosity bestowed on Jaiden was not lost on him. 
 
 He told his mother that he wanted to use the pumpkins to "make pumpkin pies for people who can't afford it," Newcomer said. 
 
 But the pumpkins he has aren't meant for cooking, so instead Newcomer said they plan to buy pumpkin pies and donate them to a charity. 
 
 -- Reach Liz Evans Scolforo at levans@yorkdispatch.com. Reach Greg Gross at ggross@yorkdispatch.com.
– A 9-year-old Pennsylvania boy got his huge pumpkin returned to him yesterday by an apologetic, if anonymous, thief. Jaiden Newcomer won the pumpkin at a festival when he guessed how much it weighed (100 pounds, according to the York Daily Record), and the behemoth required four adults and a wheelbarrow to make it onto the family porch. Last week it went missing, and publicity surrounding the case led to many offers to replace it with other, not-quite-as-huge pumpkins. Apparently, the publicity also touched the thief's heart. The Newcomer family came home yesterday after a weekend away to find the pumpkin back on their porch, along with a note reading, "I'm really sorry about taking your pumpkin. It was wrong of me. You earned the pumpkin. I didn't think my actions through nor realize who they were affecting. Sincerest apologies." A skeptical Jaiden made sure it was the same pumpkin by checking for a distinctive mark. "He's very excited," his mom tells the York Dispatch. "He's beside himself."