KENT—The 47th annual five-mile Pumpkin Run will be held Sunday at noon, starting from Kent Green. 

Tickets purchased are $35 and the first 300 registrants receive a commemorative t-shirt.

A Kids Fun Run will be held at 11:15 a.m. for children ages 12 and younger. The Fun Run features both half-mile and one-mile options and each runner receives a race bib and a prize. 

There will be cash prizes for the overall top three males and overall top three women. Special prizes will be presented to the second- and third-place male and female runners in all age divisions. Those who choose to conquer the run in a costume may win a prize and there will be will also hold a costume contest for children.

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The race begins and ends in front of the Kent Town Hall, 41 Kent Green Blvd., and is Kent’s largest one-day community event. 

The Kent Pumpkin Run is organized by the Kent Chamber of Commerce and hosted by the Kent Green Shopping Center.

Kathryn Boughton has been editor of the Kent Dispatch since its digital reincarnation in October 2023 as a nonprofit online publication. A native of Canaan, Conn., Kathryn has been a regional journalist...