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RED BANK LIGHTS UP

Maybe it was the price of gasoline, but most observers agreed this year’s KaBoom crowd in downtown Red Bank wasn’t quite as teeming as it’s been in recent years.

Still, last night’s fireworks show was a blast, as befits the largest such display in New Jersey, in which some 100,000 shells were lofted skyward.

Here are some photos of the fireworks on the ground before, during and after the show. To see if anyone you know is mugging it up, click to enlarge.

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Posted on July 4, 2008 at 4:59 am, filed under Entertainment, Festivals, Food and Drink, Misc. Events, Photos, Public Facilities. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Both comments and trackbacks are currently closed. Email this story.

Can you believe the way these parents let their kids leave their house looking like tramps??? These photos speak volumes for the folks of Monmouth County. Respectfully, you allow your daughters to dress like sl*ts and YOU are responsible for the consequences.

Posted by: YerAskinFerIt on July 4, 2008 at 9:29 am | Permalink
please shut up and dont ruin a great celebration being jugemental work on yourself

Posted by: stop the hating see a shrink on July 4, 2008 at 10:17 am | Permalink
This was a wonderful "FAMILY" celebration. You should have been focusing on the good time, music, and fellowship. My family and I traveled from north Jersey just to be a part of this. I agree with YerAskinFerIt,

Posted by: Parent of a female pictured. on July 4, 2008 at 11:55 am | Permalink
Sorry I was agreeing with Stop the Hating see a shrink.

Posted by: Parent of a female pictured on July 4, 2008 at 11:57 am | Permalink
Parent of a female pictured:

Thanks for the support! And I too agree with you - the photos should focus more on the overall celebration rather than the little strumpets quickly sliding down the path to low self esteemville.

Again - my thanks!

Posted by: YerAskinFerIt on July 4, 2008 at 12:03 pm | Permalink
"Can you believe the way these parents let their kids leave their house looking like tramps??? These photos speak volumes for the folks of Monmouth County."

Sorry to say, but kids NO MATTER where they live in ANY STATE OR TOWN are dressing a bit more provocatively now a days (there is no question to that) - but not just in Monmouth County! So are you saying that the kids in Ocean, Middlesex, Bergen, etc.. are dressing more appropriately? Give me a break! Go travel to even Florida, California, Texas, etc.. and see how they are dressing as well!

I'll just say that your comment as one of the stupidest things I heard today.

Posted by: Lisa on July 4, 2008 at 1:07 pm | Permalink
Is it women who are placing value judgments on other women regarding their clothes? Why are the judgments directed at the women? Men used to dress in suits and top hats in public once upon a time? Are they not "sluts" now for wearing tshirts and shorts, or pants hanging off their butts?

And why is the display of a human body always about SEX for crying out loud? Can we not admire a beautiful human without crying out some name or judgment?

Leave the girls and young women alone and consider your own motives. Maybe we're older and just a wee bit jealous of what we once looked like (or wished we did)?

Posted by: Sandra T. on July 4, 2008 at 4:15 pm | Permalink
Well, if you ever watched the movie about Erin Brockovich, one may have said that she was a tramp for wearing short skirts and low cut shirts but wasn't she the woman who exposed one of the biggest environmental utility company's of delibertly poisoning the residents of a California town? If my memory also serves me correctly, it was the largest toxic tort injury settlement in U.S. history. So my point is - don't judge people by what they wear. It really doesn't mean anything of who they are.

Posted by: Don't Judge on July 4, 2008 at 5:05 pm | Permalink
What's up with the three chicks wearing the "I love Jesus" hats holding wads of cash?

Posted by: Captain Picard on July 4, 2008 at 11:03 pm | Permalink
I'm a 65yo female 'Stick-in-the-mud Old Fogey' who just viewed EVERY photo and read the comments.

I see not one person wearing anything even remotely inappropriate for this type of event!
Well, maybe one…The man in the straw hat, reading a book (3rd row from the bottom).
He really should button his shirt and cover the 'man-boobs'. Just a thought!

Everyone looks like they were having a great time. It was a fun night for all!

Posted by: Stick-in-the-mud Old Fogey on July 5, 2008 at 3:32 am | Permalink
We have spent 20 years complaining Americans are too fat. Now we see a generation being brought up that is health conscious and looks good as a result. If they want to wear their hard work proudly let them. They look respectable in all pics I see here and everyone I see at the park. You can certainly have sleevless shirts and short-shorts and be classy too! Be hot and be proud of it! Heck, it's better then seeing fat chicks in spandex!

Posted by: AlanP on July 5, 2008 at 8:48 am | Permalink
Americans ARE too fat!!!

Posted by: Jebediah on July 5, 2008 at 11:24 am | Permalink
To the owner of this blog site, thanks so much for posting so many great pictures on this site.

To the Red Bank PD and the politicians of Red Bank, thanks for making Kaboom 2008 such a great day. You guys make it look easy. We are lucky to have you. (Thanks also to the cops from neighboring towns that helped out with crowd control.)

Posted by: Caramore on July 6, 2008 at 3:42 pm | Permalink

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