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A ban on fireworks will remain in place in the Seabrook Beach Village District after voters rejected a petition warrant article to allow such displays on weekends and holidays, including July 3.
Tom O’Hara’s citizen petition article — which was opposed by the commissioners of the Seabrook Beach Village District— failed by a vote of 615-666 at Tuesday’s election. It was attempting to overturn a rule put in place by the town’s selectmen in 2011
This was O’Hara’s third attempt to lift the ban of the pyrotechnics in the beach district.
Last year, the beach resident put forth an article that would allow displays before 10:30 p.m. with permission of the property owner but it failed by a mere three votes.
His first attempt in 2012 to reverse the ban was foiled when voters at deliberative session changed the wording of his article, essentially nullifying its intent.
The issue regarding fireworks at Seabrook Beach first flared up in 2011, when beach residents successfully persuaded selectmen to rule that fireworks, while permissible on private property throughout Seabrook, should not allowed at the beach district.
At the time, beach residents cited safety issues as the major concern as homes are built in close proximity to each other, while issues of noise disturbance were also raised.
Richard P. Maguire, chairman of the Seabrook Beach Village District commission, was one of the more vocal opponents of the article to lift the ban.
“The issue then and now is a quite simple one to grasp and understand,” said Maguire. “Homes within the Seabrook Beach Village District are most often within the 16 feet of one another in both the side and rear setbacks.”
The obvious safety concerns with homes in such close proximity, he said, led to the ban being put into effect.
“The problem exists seven days a week, 52 weeks a year. Fridays, Saturdays, holidays, and July 3 are no different,” Maguire said.
Maguire said he’s not opposed to fireworks.
He urged those who want to see fireworks at Seabrook Beach to encourage all parties — selectmen, beach commissioners, civic association leaders, fire and police officials — to work together to find ways for such displays in a responsible manner within the beach district.
All other petition warrant articles on the ballot were approved Tuesday including one that requests the town to reserve at least 10 parking spaces for town residents in the Seabrook Harbor parking lot
According to petitioner Joyce Addison, residents used to be able to park at that location. “We pay our taxes, we should be able to park there for free like we used to,” she said.
Voters also approved a petition article to replace the dugouts at Ralph Marshall Field at Gov. Weare Park, as well an an article by Philip S. Lycett III to raise the elderly property tax exemption for Seabrook residents.

Summer festivities may seem far away, but city officials are getting a jump-start on one of Nashua’s largest celebrations — the annual Fourth of July fireworks display.
This week, more than $17,000 was approved for the fireworks event at Holman Stadium on July 4, a gathering that continues to be a family tradition for many local residents.
“I think we would all agree that last year’s show was pretty remarkable,” said Mayor Donnalee Lozeau while reviewing the proposed contract with the aldermanic Finance Committee.
Last year the city utilized a new vendor for its fireworks display, opting to hire RS Fireworks of Hudson. At the time, a three-year optional contract was approved, allowing the contract to be reviewed annually.
“Being a Nashua native myself, this is my official guarantee and my duty to make this year’s show fantastic,” Rob Lavoie of RS Fireworks wrote in a memo to the city’s Parks and Recreation Department. “I personally owe it to my family, friends, clients and coworkers in Nashua, and would love the chance to do it the best way I know how.”
The show, at a price-tag of $17,250, will include 1,625 firework shells, according to the contract.
An average of 8,000 people attend the city’s fireworks display each Independence Day. In addition to the fireworks, other festivities are planned at Holman Stadium each year such as races, games and concerts.
Although Lozeau said she enjoyed last year’s show, not everyone was pleased with the fireworks event.
Alderman Paul Chasse, Ward 6, said he thought the fireworks shows in earlier years — with a different vendor from Jaffrey — were more entertaining displays.
“I think it goes on too long,” said Alderman David Deane, board president.
Lozeau noted that the Hudson company is closer to home, and that there is a cost savings of nearly $2,000 with RS Fireworks.
Lavoie said he guarantees that the Nashua fireworks display will be one to remember for years to come.
“We are convinced that with all our heart, technique and creativity that if awarded this bid, that Nashua will receive a fantastic and memorable display,” he said.

Thunder ruled the sky over Brown University’s College Green Friday evening, when the university punctuated the first round of celebrations on its 250th anniversary with a vigorous fireworks display that brought roars from the crowd that jammed the hallowed area.
At one point flaming white numbers — the size of the four-story building on whose side the apparition appeared — spelled out “250+”. The blazing digits would appear again, at the climax of the display, this time in gold. From the roof, technicolor sparks hosed skyward à la antiaircraft fire. The light show illuminated not only the clouds above, but the heads below.
Connie DiPanfilo, who watched the pyrotechnics from the shelter of Rogers Hall with her son, Nicholas, a student at Attleboro High School, said, “Never,” when asked if she had ever seen such a display. In fact, said DiPanfilo, who works in Brown’s International Advancement Office, she had never seen any fireworks at Brown.
College Green became a mob scene long before the fireworks erupted. As a first-quarter moon loomed through a thin overcast, the throngs approached from every direction, having consumed every parking spot within a many-block area.
Many were clearly not Brown students. Parents brought young children who rode their shoulders.
A brilliantly lit stage formed a backdrop from which speakers spoke and performers performed. The clamor of the crowd was such however that nothing penetrated beyond 50 feet.
It was a night for winter coats and wool hats. People carrying hot drinks from several tents that distributed food and beverages left small trails of steam behind them.
From a backlit, third-story building someone gazed down on the throng and did a respectable imitation of the pope appearing on the balcony at St. Peter’s Square. The papal mimicker soon draped himself with a flag and danced.