Steve Sperry, of Johnston, plucked his season’s final pumpkin and broke the Ocean State record last weekend in Richmond at the Rhode Island Giant Pumpkin Festival held at Pasquale Farms. His final pumpkin of the season weighed in at 2,465.5 pounds. He’s awaiting a final weekend of global weigh-offs, but fully expects to place high on the world’s top grower list (possibly first place on earth!). His top three pumpkins of the year weighed a combined 6,817.5 pounds, and so far Sperry ranks first on the planet. (Submitted photo)