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Downtown Westfield Corporation Thanks Businesses for Downtown Trick-or-Treat and Announces Winners of the Costume Contest

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The ever-popular Downtown Trick-or-Treat & Costume Contest, sponsored by the Downtown Westfield Corporation (DWC) took place on Sunday, October 25, 2009. Almost 2,000 trick-or-treaters enjoyed treats from our downtown businesses from 11 am to 3 pm. An estimated 400 children paraded in the costume contest on Quimby Street, and 59 winners were awarded wonderful prizes from sponsoring businesses. Entertainment was provided by local resident and entertainer Michael Doyle.

Beth Brenner, Assistant Executive Director of the DWC stated “We were really happy with the level of participation this year. Our businesses provided great prizes and creative categories for the costume contest.” The following is a listing of the winners from each sponsoring category:

Downtown Business Sponsor	Category	Winner Name	City
Treasure Cove Watersports	Best Aquaman	Peter Youssef	Westfield, NJ
Castle Bootery Inc.	Best Ballerina	Emma Sylvester	Mountainside, NJ
Boogie's Tickets	Best Boogie	Jean & John Fei	Scotch Plains, NJ
Coldstone Creamery of Westfield	Best Creation	Conleth Gorham & Caoimhe	Mountainside, NJ
Trader Joe's	Best Food	Bridget Davis & Audrey Davis	Fanwood, NJ
Capital One Bank	Best Football Costume	Gianna Fernances	Roselle Park, NJ
Ghost of Lancaster Past	Best Ghost	Mario Rodrigues	Westfield, NJ
Farmhouse Store	Best Handmade	Max Martin	Westfield, NJ
GAP Kids	Best Icon	Luke and Matt Sylvester	Mountainside, NJ
Sadie	Best Mummy	Kathlene Horvath	Westfield, NJ
Limani Seafood Grill	Best Pirate of the Sea	Gabriele Zhang	Westfield, NJ
Limani Seafood Grill	Best Pirate of the Sea	Nicolas Lutsky	Westfield, NJ
Rockn' Joe Coffeehouse + Bistro	Best Rocker or Rock Diva	Olivia Ruhnke	Westfield, NJ
Knit-A-Bit	Best Sewn	Katelyn Gaulin	Fanwood, NJ
Westfield Fitness	Best Superhero	Jonathan Zhang	Belle Meade, NY
Ana Beall's Tea Room	Best Tea Party Costume	Ally Vikovic	Scotch Plains, NJ
Melinda Lane	Best Witch	Julia Hollosi	Westfield, NJ
Poppyfields Home	Best Wizard of Oz	Mike Bidiak	Garwood, NJ
Cool Vines	Coolest Costume	Luke and Abigail Mokrzycki	Westfield, NJ
Manhattan Bagel	Costume with the Most Holes	Logan Catalfamo	Roselle Park, NJ
Brunner Opticians	Cutest Animal	Madelin & Samantha Smok	Westfield, NJ
Staples Copy & Print Shop	Easiest Costume	Brooke and Briana Dreher	Colonia, NJ
Ahrre's Coffee Roastery	Edgiest	Garrett Daniels	Scotch Plains, NJ
Subway	Freshest	Jasper Lemberg	Westfield, NJ
Five Guys Burgers and Fries	Meatiest Costume	Frank Martielli	Middlesex, NJ
Just Bead Yourself	Most "Beadiful"	Lilly Demerdjieva	Westfield, NJ
Anais Boutique	Most "Jazzy" Fashionista	Andriana Greberis	Holmdel, NJ
Paw House of Westfield	Most "Paw"fectly Frightful	Sean Vikovis	Westfield, NJ
Evalyn Dunn's Gallery	Most Artistic	Julia Romano	Westfield, NJ
Running Company	Most Athletic	Alexa Luther	Paterson, NJ
Michael Kohn Jewelers	Most Brilliant	Marlo Avidon	Westfield, NJ
Bath Junkie	Most Bubbly	Darian Napodano	Greenbrook, NJ
Town Book Store	Most Characteristic	Hannah Everett	Westfield, NJ
Rita's Water Ice	Most Chilling	Ethen Jaffey	Westfield, NJ
Downtown Westfield Corporation	Most Colorful	Liam Tucker	Westfield, NJ
Randal's Shoes	Most Comfortable or Most Laid Back	Nick Youssef	Westfield, NJ
Learning Express Toys	Most Creative Toy	Avi Ash	Westfield, NJ
J. Winthrop & Co.	Most Dazzling	Kristina Hollosi	Westfield, NJ
Robert Treat Deli	Most Delicious	Sophia Perone	Greenbrook, NJ
Maria Candida's Hair Forum	Most Enchanted	Kristen Hughes	Westfield, NJ
Success Express	Most Fairy	Annabella Pugliese	Fanwood, NJ
Douglas Cosmetics	Most Glamorous	Alivia Clark	Springfield, NJ
Citibank	Most International	Stephanie Muenzen	Fanwood, NJ
Flower Zone	Most Magnificent	Christina Romano	Springfield, NJ
New Jersey Workshop for the Arts	Most Musical	Whitney Rees	Westfield, NJ
Sole	Most Soul	Desi Garcia	Union, NJ
Tamar Jewelers	Most Sparkly	Jane Guglielmo	Westfield, NJ
Tinga Taqueria	Most Spicy	Abby Germinder	Fanwood, NJ
Esprit	Most Spirited	Nicole Badillo Oliva/Juliette Orlando	Westfield, NJ
Xocolatz Restaurant & Grill	Most Tasteful	Josie James	Cranford, NJ
Thinka Dinka	Most Toyrific	Rebecca White	Westfield, NJ
Ferraro's	Most Traditional	Lauren Sullivan	Westfield, NJ
Lord & Taylor	Most Trendy	Nicole Muenzen	Fanwood, NJ
Lord & Taylor	Most Trendy	Gavin Higgins	Westfield, NJ
Mademoiselle	Prettiest Princess Dress	Katelyn Haggerty	Scotch Plains, NJ
Westfield Health & Rehabilitation	Scariest Skeleton	Evan Cooney	Clark, NJ
Aerosoles	Souls 4 Soles	Sofia Lemberg	Westfield, NJ
Bovella's Pastry Shoppe	Sweetest Costume	Sarina Incorvaia	Clark, NJ
Windmill	Wild and Wacky	Isabella Perone	Greenbrook, NJ

The DWC thanks all of the downtown businesses who provided the candy and prizes and the volunteers who assisted with judging all of the costumes and awarded the prizes. According to Sherry Cronin, Executive Director “This annual event has grown each year in popularity and we couldn’t do it without great support of the business community and our judges who volunteer. This event draws visitors from a wide area to visit our downtown too.” Volunteer judges included: Dee Murley of Xocolatz, Millicent Brody, Jamie Lemberg, Peg Lockwood, Lee Corcoran, Barry Corcoran, Carole Leone, Nancy Trippe, Dea Lenihan, Brendan Lenihan, Daniel Cronin, Richard Edge, Lily Suda, Sophie Greene, Colleen Verdic, Caroline Verdic, and Nicole Notar.

The DWC appreciates the support of the community and looks forward to another successful event next year.

Photo: The Fei Family of Scotch Plains was one of 59 winners in the 2009 Downtown Westfield Corporation Costume Contest. They were the recipient of a gift certificate from Boogie’s Tickets.

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