Over the last few days, concerned citizens have filed 311 complaints about fireworks at Castle Island in South Boston, Charlestown High (where they burned the turf) and the Bremen Street Park and the McKay School area in East Boston. Read more.
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By adamg - 9/20/20 - 10:39 pm
Several annoyed citizens have filed 311 complaints about fireworks returning, from Forest Hills to Mission Hill, including this one from Parker Hill Avenue:
Enormous m80 sounding fireworks.
By adamg - 7/10/20 - 9:40 am
A Somerville man police say was shooting off fireworks on the Cambridge Street bridge around 4 p.m. yesterday now faces drug and weapons charges after Transit Police officers nabbed him at the neighboring T station, two Roman candles "protruding from his person." Read more.
By adamg - 7/5/20 - 10:27 pm
Despite today being July Fifth, Boston's 311 system is still full of fireworks complaints, a number with less than nice things to say about Marty Walsh, as well as at least one referencing people taking matters into their own hands:
Large group of men on Hancock Street headed to Columbia rd looking for the ones responsible for fireworks. Hope they get them.
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By adamg - 7/4/20 - 10:04 pm
Erica had a good view of the fireworks at Healy Field in Roslindale tonight.
Brad Searles took in some of the Lower Allston fireworks action: Read more.
By adamg - 7/1/20 - 3:24 pm
Massachusetts Attorney General's office today warned Phantom Fireworks to stop sending Bay Staters ads for fireworks or risk an explosive lawsuit. Read more.
By adamg - 6/26/20 - 4:29 pm
Mayor Walsh today announced a task force to consider what to do about the exploding problem of fireworks in Boston in the few days remaining until July 4.
Among the members of the task force: The four at-large members of the City Council, including Julia Mejia, who has beendemanding action against illegal fireworks for weeks now. Read more.
By adamg - 6/26/20 - 9:55 am
A peeved citizen files a 311 complaint to have the city clean up the remains of a fireworks show last night at Mother's Rest Park at Four Corners in Dorchester.
By adamg - 6/17/20 - 2:42 pm
Angry citizens are filing 311 complaints (like this one) about the fireworks mailings they're now getting from a New Hampshire fireworks dealer in this, the Year of the Fireworks, even though the offerings are, you know, technically illegal here.
By adamg - 6/10/20 - 11:18 am
At a City Hall press conference this morning, Mayor Walsh said fireworks complaints in May were up 2,300% over last May. He then emphasized that was not a typo - the city got 650 fireworks complaints last month, compared to just 27 a year ago. Read more
By adamg - 6/9/20 - 9:28 am
With pre-Fourth fireworks at possibly their most insane levels ever, City Councilor Julia Mejia (at large) will host a mental-health counselor and two youth leaders in an online session to try to figure out what to do about the problems the bombs bursting in air are causing. Read more.
By adamg - 6/5/20 - 9:23 pm
Too many outraged citizens to count are filing 311 complaints about how the city has turned into a giant pit of explosions and smoke.
By adamg - 8/29/19 - 9:52 pm
— Vesa Tormanen (@VesaTormanen) August 30, 2019
The annual Illuminate the Harbor fireworks.
By adamg - 7/8/19 - 9:23 am
A fed-up citizen filed a 311 complaint on Sunday about fireworks along Columbia Road in South Boston: Read more.
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