MLive file photo of Saline resident Eric Muir, right, and Ypsilanti resident John Hackmann run down the hill with the remains of their pumpkins during a pumpkin rolling race at Mill Pond Park in ...

Grand Rapids Pumpkins roll for the 40th annual Zeeland Pumpkinfest Published: Oct. 05, 2024, 7:20 p.m. 55 1/55 Pumpkins rolled for the 40th annual Zeeland Pumpkinfest By Charlie Nick | [email protected] ...

It’s a high school tradition where upperclassmen collect pumpkins from all over town, then smash and roll them down Grove Hill until it’s a gooey mess. Many students also slide down the ...

The Pumpkin Roll really does involve gourds gaining speed along the town's bustling Ocean Avenue, which, quite famously, does have a soft, then steeper, slope in the direction of its splashy namesake.