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Saturday, February 18, 2012

Week in News: KaBoom! No More, Teen Pleads in Deadly Crash, Dog Show Star

Some of the top stories from throughout eastern Monmouth County from Feb. 12 to Feb. 18.

Growth Made KaBoom! Unsustainable Via Red Bank-Shrewsbury Patch Somewhere along the way the KaBoom! Fireworks on the Navesink grew too large. When the KaBoom! Committee announced the cancelation of this year’s show earlier this week it was tough to find anyone, supporter, opponent, or otherwise, who was truly surprised by decision. What had started as a low-key fireworks show more than 50 years ago had evolved into a major July 3rd celebration that attracted more than 100,000 people to Red Bank each year, as well as all the problems that came with them. Facing rising costs as well as the reality of multiple years of coming out in the red led the borough to deny KaBoom! financial assistance, effectively shutting the show down, at least for …

In this Article:

Growth Made KaBoom! Unsustainable (in Red Bank-Shrewsbury Patch), Teen Pleads Guilty: Vehicular Homicide, Auto Assault in Cooper Road Crash (in Middletown Patch), Local Dog Competes in Westminster Kennel Club Show, and 1 more ›

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

2012 KaBoom! Fireworks Canceled

The annual fireworks show, a staple in Red Bank for decades, has been canceled this year due to rising costs.

Faced with the ever-rising costs associated with putting on a fireworks show that attracts more than 100,000 people annually, the KaBoom executive committee has made the decision to cancel this year's July 3rd fireworks show. According to a release from the KaBoom committee, the "inability to meet soaring security costs and insurance premiums as well as the difficulty of monitoring public safety" are the prime reasons for the show's cancelation. The first fireworks show over the Navesink was held in Red Bank in 1959 and has been an annual tradition ever since. In recent years, however, as the number of attendees has swelled, so too has the cost. For the past few years, the show has cost the KaBoom committee, a non-profit that has relied …

In this Article:

KaBoom Fireworks with a Community Focus (in Red Bank-Shrewsbury Patch), Red Bank Borough Municipal Complex (in Red Bank-Shrewsbury Patch), and Chaotic Scene Follows KaBoom Fireworks

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