   KOUNTDOWN TO KABOOM: IT’S ON
A shot from last year’s show.
Only winds over 20 mph or a “torrential” downpour will derail that plan, he says. “We’ll shoot right through [a less than torrential rainfall] if we have to,” he says.  GETTING AROUND FOR THE BIG SHOW
First, the weather forecast, as of 6a Friday: Today: A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 80. West wind between 6 and 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63. West wind around 9 mph. So conditions would appear to be favorable for tonight’s Kaboom Fireworks on the Navesink. An official decision will be made about whether to go ahead with or postpone the event at 2p; see below for more info. If it’s a go, the annual challenge of getting into Red Bank, finding a viewing spot and getting out of town is on, too. Here’s some guidance on how to make the best of it.  WHERE ARE ALL THE TWENTYSOMETHINGS?
On her blog, Chef? Writer? Red Head, Curry — a former redbankgreen intern — challenges the endlessly recited mantra that Red Bank is a “hip” town, at least as it applies to her cohort. She writes that except for the bar scene, there’s little evidence of twentysomethings participating in the cultural offerings around town.  BRINGING IN THE BIG GUNS
A recreational vessel speeds past the barge carrying the KaBoom Fireworks on the Navesink display as it nears the Oceanic Bridge en route to Red Bank Thursday afternoon. A second barge is scheduled to anchor just west of the bridge early Friday morning. The two vessels serve as platforms for simultaneous fireworks displays just a few miles apart.
 MEDIA KaBOOMStar-Ledger ‘vodcast’ maven Brian Donohue, leveraging his hometown ties to Red Bank to avoid the ride to Newark this morning, shot today’s edition of Ledger Live on the banks of the Navesink. Topic? Fireworks. The first half of the video is an interview with Peter Reinhart, chairman of KaBoom Fireworks on the Navesink scheduled for 9pm Friday in Red Bank. Rain date is Saturday, same time. The second half is about the Santore family of Garden State Fireworks. They’re the folks who are throwing up the display, which Chris Santore tells us is one of the nation’s 10 largest.  IN oRBit: BEFORE THE FUSE GETS LIT
The pre-show crowd at Riverside Gardens Park last year. With KaBoomsday just a day away, and all concerned bravely trying to view the glass as 70 percent empty — that’s the optimistic side of a 30 percent precipitation forecast — today’s edition of Red Bank oRBit complements our own ongoing coverage of KaBoom Fireworks on the Navesink with a look at the live entertainment being presented on two full fully equipped stages in Marine Park and Riverside Gardens. It’s a lineup that includes Josh Zuckerman, Jobonanno, Kirk & the Jirks and more, all of them experienced hands at lighting the party-fuse for an all-ages “captive” audience. Despite the decrease in dollars from corporate sponsors, it’s a show that’ll go on with no discernible cutting of corners, thanks to the stepping up of individual donors and a heartening volunteer response that met and even exceeded the staffing needs of the organizing committee. Worth a couple of oohs and aahs, right there. From there we take it down to the Asbury Lanes, one of our favorite fringe haunts and the site of a July 4th art happening called Oh Say Can You Screen! As Dorothy Creamer explains, it’s a celebration of the “affordable and accessible” art of screen printing, curated by one of our favorite “galleristas,” Sarah Potter, in collaboration with DJ Sweet Swedersen. And what can be more all-American than tater tots, Pabst Blue Ribbon, dancing to old records and that All-U-Can-Bowl deal? All this plus a myriad of reasons to excuse yourself from that barbecue reunion of laid-off co-workers — here and now in the pixelated pages of oRBit! A ‘MASSIVE DISPLAY,’ WEATHER PERMITTING
Everywhere you look, it seems, New Jersey towns and cities have scaled back or canceled their annual Independence Day fireworks shows. Today’s Star-Ledger is among the latest media outlets to detail the economic fallout on fireworks shows. But here in Red Bank, the KaBoom Fireworks on the Navesink display will go on Friday night, barring an unexpected windstorm or drenching rain — in which case it will be moved to Saturday night. The only real difference from past editions of the event is that organizers will be out soliciting contributions to close a deficit for the $200,000 spectacle, people involved in the planning say. GRANT WILL BOOST ROAD ENFORCEMENT
The state funds will pay overtime for additional traffic enforcement for one month. Red Bank police expect to roll about 20 additional street patrol shifts this month under a state grant awarded yesterday, Capt. Darren McConnell tells redbankgreen. The borough was one of 75 municipalities awarded a $4,000 grant under the state Division of Highway Safety’s new ‘Obey the Signs or Pay the Fines’ initiative to help local cops reduce common motor vehicle violations. The idea behind the program is to boost driver awareness of violations such as failing to come to a full stop at an intersection, passing on the right, speeding and tailgating, says McConnell, who heads the department’s traffic safety division. By having many towns throwing additional resources at enforcement simultaneously, “you get the synergistic effect,” McConnell says. “It’s better in terms of getting the message out to people.” CRIME WATCH
Criminal Mischief was reported on 6-19-09. Victim stated that his vehicle was given to valet parking in the area of Monmouth St. restaurant. When vehicle was returned unknown person(s) had keyed both sides of vehicle causing long scratches. Ptl. Dawn Shields. Criminal Mischief occurring on 6-19-09 at Cedar Street. Unknown person(s) threw a large piece of concrete through the driver’s side window breaking the glass and striking the doorframe of passenger side door. Ptl. Gary Watson. Theft from vehicle reported on 6-20-09 but occurred on 6-17-09 in the area of Central Avenue. Victim reported that a GPS Unit had been stolen from her car. Ptl. Thomas Doremus.
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