Pumpkin smash event at McCleery Elementary School in Aurora
Spectators watch as a worker pulls a cord that sends a pumpkin into a dumpster during a public smash event at McCleery Elementary School in Aurora Thursday.
2023 Pumpkin Smash
Kane County residents can “green their Halloweens” by dropping off pumpkins, jack-o-lanterns, and other compostable seasonal decorations to be composted from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Nov. 4, at Pushing the Envelope Farm, 1700 Averill Road, Geneva, just north of the intersection of Rt. 38/State Street and Kirk Road. Accepted...
Kane County Pumpkin & Squash Recycling Event November 2
Kane County, in conjunction with Pushing the Envelope Farm and Northern Illinois Food Bank, will offer a free pumpkin-recycling event in Geneva from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Nov. 2 at Pushing the Envelope Farm, 1700 Averill Road in Geneva. Non-compostables such as candles, yarn hair, stickers, googly eyes, plastic...