The Readers Have Spoken

The First Annual Star News Group Spooktacular Halloween Costume Photo Contest is  now over and our Grand Prize winners have been chosen. Hundreds of Star News Group readers voted and our winners are...

Best Costume, Kids, goes to Hanna Whitcomb, 7, for "Haunting Spring Lake" with 339 out of 636 votes (53%). Photo submitted by Kerry Whitcomb. Ms. Whitcomb has won a $50 gift certificate to Quinnderella's Toys in Manasquan.

Best Costume, Adults, goes to Dana and Mike Griggs of Wall for their entry, "Kiss Reunion," which  received 446 of 868 votes. They have won a $100 gift certificate to the restaurant of their choice from the starnewsgroup.com restaurant guide.

Best Costume, Pets, is awarded, by a whisker, to the 7-year old Boston Terrier from Spring Lake Heights, Weezer, as Superman. Weezer beat Shana the Skunk from Wall by 2 votes - 305 votes to 303 votes. Submitted by Elizabeth Hodson of Spring Lake Heights. Weezer can now enjoy a $25 gift certificate to B.C. Woof in Manasquan.

Congratulations to all of our winners and a BIG "Thank You" to everyone who participated.

And the nominees are...

Scroll down to view the finalists for the First Annual Star News Group Halloween Costume Contest.  To vote, just choose from the polls on the right. 

Check back throughout the week to see how your favorites are doing!

Best Costume, Kids:

Dean Martin Terry, 6, of Wall looks much older than he really is.

Hanna Whitcomb, 7, is haunting Spring Lake.

Joe Trainor, 1, of Wall is a true Halloween surprise. 

Best Costume, Adults:

The Deadliest Catch - Christine McArthur of Brielle is sporting a fishing vessel with working headlights and marker lights and a PVC mast.

From left to right, Brian and Lisa Williams of Aberdeen reunited with Dana and Mike Griggs of Wall to bring back classic rock.

Bob McArthur of Brielle is a Rusted Robot. This costume is made out of cardboard, duct tape, and Christmas lights. He carries two nine-volt batteries two storage boxes for carring extra goods and two drink cups for the long walks through the neighborhood.

Best Costume, Pets:

CASEY is a Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier & he thinks he is the COOOOOLest POOCH in Town

Weezer, a 7-year old Boston Terrier from Spring Lake Heights, is able to leap tall dog houses in a single bound.

Shana may be Wall's only indoor Skunk.

Weekly Random Drawing Winners

Wall Township resident Jodi Maccioli has been randomly selected as the recipient of the last weekly giveaway as part of Star News Group’s Spooktacular Halloween Photo Contest.
Ms. Maccioli is the mother of Braden Maccioli [left], Wall’s newest baby skunk, aged 3 and one-half months. Ms. Maccioli won a four-pack of tickets to Jenkinson's Aquarium in Point Pleasant Beach by submitting her picture.

Doug and Paul Fenton, of Point Pleasant, also won a four-pack of tickets to Jenkinson's Aquarium for submitting a picture of their Akita [right] Pirate Kerry, and his trusty sidekick, Boo the Pomeranian. For more information on how to enter the contest, log on to starnewsgroup.com and click on “Blog & Contests.”

This Week's Random Drawing Winners

Two lucky Wall residents have been randomly selected as the recipients of the second weekly giveaway as part of Star News Group’s Spooktacular Halloween Photo Contest. 

Beth Ferry of Allenwood submitted a photo of her son, Zachary, 11 [left], in a very original aquarium costume. Zachary attends Allenwood Elementary School. Mrs. Ferry won two tickets to the late-night Haunted Express Train Ride at the Pine Creek Railroad at Allaire on All Hallows Eve. 

Brittany Coyne submitted a photo of her son, Callan, [pictured, right], a fifth grader at Allenwood Elementary School, dressed in a home-made Mr. Met costume. The Coynes won free passes to the Haunted Marconi Hotel at the Info Age Center in Wall. Send your Halloween Costume photos to contest@starnewsgroup.com today. 

To enter to win a Grand Prize, be sure to include the name/s of those pictured, town of residence and ages and school if applicable. 

This Week's Random Drawing Winners

Congratulations go out to Carol Bardo and Megan Byrne - our first two winners of random weekly prize drawings. They both win a family 4-pack of passes to Jenkinson's A-SCARE-ium, Creepers Cove Mini Golf and Fun House for this weekend.

Ms. Bardo submitted this photo of Misty, the Fire Fighting Dalmation.

Ms. Byrne submitted pics of her adorable 6-year old twins, Aidan (above) and Alexis (below).

Halloween Photo Contest

Attention Ghouls, Fools and Furry Ones that Drool...

Star News Group is preparing to launch its FIRST ANNUAL HALLOWEEN PHOTO CONTEST on October 16th. 

We'll be offering grand prizes to the best photo (of someone or their pet in a Halloween costume) in three categories: Adults (ages 18+), children (ages 0-17), and pets of all ages, shapes, sizes and colors.

Stay tuned for more details in the coming weeks.