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This weekend is the last weekend to enjoy festivities of the Fall Festival at the Great Pumpkin Farm in Clarence. Admission is FREE on this final weekend October 31 and November 1.  You can purchase tickets on the grounds for the attractions including the Cornmaze,...

Ten teams from area high schools competed, with the following results: Longest Single Throw: 1st place Depew High School, 672 ft. 2nd place Clarence High School, 439 ft. 3rd place Hamburg High School, 393 ft. Combined Throws (Total): 1st place Depew High School, 1,725...

Area high school technology teams have been working for weeks to design and build trebuchets (pronounced treb-yeh-SHETs) to compete in this weekend’s 14th annual Pumpkin Catapult Contest, as part of The Great Pumpkin Farm’s Fall Festival. Twelve teams from area...

There’s an extra day this weekend to enjoy all the fun, as the Great Pumpkin Farm’s Fall Festival’s fifth weekend extends into Monday, October 14 (Columbus Day). The big event is the Annual Pumpkin Drop, which takes place on Monday, October 14 at 12:00 p.m. in...

The 24th annual World Pumpkin Weigh-off took place today at the Great Pumpkin Farm in Clarence and, once again, the results were over the top!There were 11 entries this year. Here are the winners: 1st place went to Karl Haist of Clarence Center, NY with a 2,269 lb....

One of the Great Pumpkin Farm’s most popular events, the annual World Pumpkin Weigh-off, takes place this weekend as part of the Farm’s 24th annual Fall Festival. Judging for The World Pumpkin Weigh-off begins at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 5; winners will be...

The 10th annual Hands-free World Pumpkin Pie Eating Contest was held this afternoon at the Great Pumpkin Farm in Clarence. A NEW RECORD was set by professional eater, Molly Schuyler, who consumed 50 pieces of pie in just 10 minutes, beating the old record of 48 pieces...

Professional Competitive Eater Molly Schuyler of California will be back in town this weekend to compete in the Great Pumpkin Farm’s Hands-free World Pumpkin Pie Eating Contest as part of the third weekend’s festivities at the Fall Festival. Last year, Schuyler...

The 18th annual Kansas City Barbecue Society (KCBS)-sanctioned Oinktoberfest BBQ Cookoff, held during this weekend’s Fall Festival at the Great Pumpkin Farm in Clarence, is now in the books! A total of 43 teams from New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Canada...

If you love good BBQ – and who doesn’t? – the Great Pumpkin Farm’s Fall Festival in Clarence, NY is where you want to be this weekend, as more than 90 teams compete in the annual Oinktoberfest BBQ Cookoff - New York State’s longest continually running sanctioned BBQ...