Fair days

PHOTOSBYCHRISKELLY staff

Fair days PHOTOSBYCHRISKELLY staff


July 21 was a fun-filled opening evening at the Monmouth County Fair in Freehold Township. Pictured are Newark’s Billy Sanchez making a sausage sandwich (top left); Ulric Butcher (top right) of Marlboro, explaining how a beehive works; Jackie Reed, 12, of Jackson, making a new friend (middle row, left); Howell’s Taylor Kunzman, 4, walking out of the "crazy tunnel" (middle row, center); Doug Young, Howell, greeting visitors to the fairgrounds (middle row, right); the Nerds entertaining the crowd (right); Jackson’s Grace Sharpe, 7, showing her excitement on one of the rides (above).