[CPEO-MEF] Fireworks cancelled in Massachusetts town

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Fireworks out at Williston field

By DAVID BERGENGREN
Springfield Republican (MA)
April 11, 2006

EASTHAMPTON - Citing concerns about potential contamination of the 
city's water supply, The Williston Northampton School notified the local 
Kiwanis Club yesterday it will no longer be able to hold its annual 
Fourth of July fireworks extravaganza at the school's Galbraith Field.

The move effectively ends a tradition that dates back to 1973 and 
typically draws 15,000 to 20,000 spectators each year to the fireworks 
show, the club's largest annual fundraiser, though Kiwanis officials 
said they would continue to seek a new site for the event.

For this year, however, services by vendors for the event have already 
been canceled and there will be no show, they said.

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AFor the entire article, see
http://www.masslive.com/hampfrank/republican/index.ssf?/base/news-4/1144742126238720.xml&coll=1

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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