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 ...

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 ...

Boulder is full of people of love to pamper their pets. There are many expensive pet supply stores in town, and we boast one of the best animal shelters in the United States. We certainly treat our ...

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 ...

Loveland’s not having fireworks July Fourth. Let’s think about why we celebrate the Fourth. For 250 years our nation’s been a beacon to the world. We’ve shown that to live in freedom and to enjoy rule ...

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 ...

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 ...

But I am slightly disturbed that there weren't more restrooms. A big inconvenience for the hundreds of people who came and spent all day there. And again, I am disturbed to no end by the personal ...

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 ...

Anecdotal reports note a marked drop in use of illegal fireworks over the Fourth of July weekend, the first major holiday to fall under new laws designed to crack down on possession, distribution and ...

The time is overdue for New Jersey to follow the lead taken by New York in legalizing the sale and use of certain consumer fireworks. New York is the 47th state to make some level of consumer ...