Mark Harris loads a pumpkin onto a catapult (trebuchet) Saturday at Washington State College of Ohio in Marietta during the second annual Pumpkin Chuckin’ event. Organizers wanted to show off aspects ...

ACROSS AMERICA — There’s a contest for everything, and pumpkins are no exception. You may be rightfully proud of that enormous pumpkin in your patch, but unless it weighs upward of 2,500 pounds, ...

PORTAGE — Myers Elementary second grade does Pumpkin Math every fall. With students in small groups, pumpkins are measured, weighed, estimated and pumpkin seeds counted. Math standards are practiced ...

EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP – Some fourth-grade students at the Joyanne D. Miller School dug enjoyed a fun math lesson on estimation Halloween day using pumpkins. Teachers Kevin Conley and Donna Munyon ...