Gallery – Ham-o-ween 2024 draws hundreds to Smithfield - Smithfield Times

Gallery – Ham-o-ween 2024 draws hundreds to Smithfield

Published 5:36 pm Friday, November 1, 2024

: Winners of the newborn to age 5 costume contest, from left, are Owen Rethamei, first place – cutest; Mary Jane Saunders, second place – cutest; Aubrey Wamsley, third place – cutest; Kelsey Hassell, first place – scariest; Carter Picott, second place – scariest; Hunter Critzer, first place – most original; Emerson Brown, second place – most original; and Cara, third place – most original. (Photos by Stephen Faleski | The Smithfield Times)

Smithfield’s annual Halloween festivities, or Ham-o-ween as it’s known locally, returned to Main and Grace streets on Oct. 31, drawing hundreds of trick-or-treaters and their families. The town closed Main and Grace from 4-8 p.m. to allow residents and merchants to hand out candy. The Smithfield Times once again sponsored the town’s costume contest, awarding prizes for the cutest, scariest and most original costumes in divisions for newborns to age 5, ages 6-12, 13 and up and families and groups.

: Phillippe, Samantha, Maely, Max, Milo and Maven Jackson

: Winners of the family division in the costume contest, from left, are Lynn and Emerson Brown and dog Dozer, first place – cutest; Nathaniel and Melody Griffey and dog Lily, second place – cutest; and Robert, Lois and Grace Barlow, third place – cutest.

: Gunner, Amber and Stephen Knight

: Jacob Myles, Catia Pabis, Kayleigh Highlander, Serenity Reyes and Meghan Myers

: Winners of the family division in the costume contest, from left, are Rich, Chris, Dede and Poppy Yoko, first place – most original; Tucker and Baker Vasil, second place – most original; and Braislyn Syring, Mackenzie Hess, Colby Syring and Finnegan Hess, third place – most original.

: Trick-or-treaters walk past a Halloween-decorated house on Grace Street.

: Matt, Ashley, Ethan, Mason, Carolyn, Mia, Nicole and Juliana McCrary

: Winners of the family division in the costume contest, from left, are Dave Green and Sam White, first place – scariest; Eliana Grace and Ian Copen, second place – scariest; and Brynnlee Gross and Ashley Edwards, third place – scariest.

: Hailey and Beverly Hunter hand candy to trick-or-treater Keeley Brice.

: Winners of the ages 13 and up costume contest, from left, are Elliott Jacobs, first place – cutest; Tate Fitzgipbons, second place – cutest; Grady Mace, third place – cutest; Abaya Evans, first place – scariest; Alexis Engstrom, second place – scariest; Kylee Engstrom, third place – scariest; Sam White, first place – most original; Nathan Thompson, second place – most original; Anna Hornback, third place – most original.

: Amber Hassell, Stephanie Syring and James, Kimber and Kelsey Hassell

: Winners of the ages 6-12 costume contest, from left, are Samuel Saunders and Jayce Papallo, co-first place winners – cutest; Andria Tynes, second place – cutest; Seth Vaughn, third place – cutest; Tripp Capps, first place – scariest; Nylah Ferebee-Farmer, second place – scariest; Addie Casey, third place – scariest; Parker Jones, first place – most original; Bradley Jones, second place – most original; and Abigail Walker, third place – most original.