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Wednesday, 1 May 2024

Residents sound off on fireworks

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Residents sound off on fireworks
Residents sound off on fireworks

Residents are sharing their frustrations with the non-stop fireworks that are being set off in the city.

JOSH: AS WE TOLD YOU, FIREWORKCOMPLAINTS IN BOSTON WERE UPMORE THAN 2,000% IN MAAND IT’S NOT JUST ANNOYING, ITSTRAUMATIZING TO PEOPLE IN ANUMBER OF NEIGHBORHOODBOSTON CITY COUNCILOR JULIAMEJIA HELD A VIRTUAL TOWN HALLMEETING ON THE ISSUE LAST NIGHT.A NUMBER OF PEOPLE SHARED THEIRFRUSTRATION, INCLUDING A BOSTONMARATHON BOMBING SURVIVOR WHOSAID THE NON-STOP FIREWORKS AREINCREASING HIS LINGERING TRAUMA.ALSO SHARING A POWERFUL MESSAGTHE FATHER OF STEVEN ODOM, THE13-YEAR-OLD GUNNED DOWN IN 2007.HE SAID THE CONSTANT FIREWORKSARE FORCING TO RELIVE THAT PAIN.

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