Here we go again, the Fourth of July holiday and once again we are told that if not for fireworks sales, many would be unable to raise monies for their nonprofits. Let us be real here — it is not the ...

This letter is in response to Martha Drake Young for her letter on Feb. 17, 2026 titled “Stop the Brutal Fireworks“. Martha, Thank you for your letter to our community. You are so correct ...

As a lifelong Long Islander, I am aware that street fireworks and the Fourth of July are synonymous. I absolutely love the Fourth of July. In the 1980s, I also made noise and a mess lighting fireworks ...

On the Fourth of July, I drove past more than 20 uniquely numbered police cruisers that were parked with officers inside, not patrolling for illegal firework use in our city limits. What were police ...

On July 3, 1776, John Adams suggested to his wife Abigal that Independence Day "ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade ... bonfires and illuminations from one end of this continent to the other, ...

One letter writer argues against restrictions on fireworks, citing other loud events like EAA and motorcycles. Another letter writer urges Oshkosh to invest in more resilient infrastructure to handle ...

To the Editor: Perhaps Gov. Kelly Ayotte will consider including the detonation of fireworks in her ban of fires and smoking to protect us, our property, our forests, and our wildlife from wildfires.

Firework noise — especially military artillery types — affects your neighbors and their pets mentally — not just the July 4 week but long after! East Helena has a fireworks ordinance (2010). Please be ...

Fireworks are illegal in the city of New Orleans. Yet, every year, weeks before the Fourth of July and weeks after, fireworks are going off and it sounds like a war zone. I hear dogs barking all night ...

July 24 − To the Editor: My apologies for the delay in this letter but it has taken me a while to put paw to paper and address the recent fireworks saga in Portsmouth. I walk close to 5 miles on any ...