Andover’s Favorite Pumpkin Chunkers Go Long!

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By Don Gross, for the Beacon
Andover’s Favorite Pumpkin Chunkers Go Long!

Four years ago Brian Labrie, his wife, Kerry, and the American Chunker team of Brookline, New Hampshire rolled into Andover to demonstrate the sport of “punkin chunkin.” The team used the time to practice for their first visit to the annual World Punkin Chunkin Championship in Sussex County, Delaware. The first three years of competition […]

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