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What’s the Fourth of July without fireworks? Some towns are about to find out

Aaron Schrank Jul 4, 2017
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What’s the Fourth of July without fireworks? Some towns are about to find out

Aaron Schrank Jul 4, 2017
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July Fourth. Time for parades, BBQs and municipal firework displays. Except this year – not so much. Towns on tight budgets across the country are nixing their annual displays, as show costs head skywards. 

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